SUN HERALD: Ocean Springs finds way to win at George County

Originally published September 11, 2021

Ocean Springs, Miss. - It was a tale of two halves for Ocean Springs.

Behind the play of quarterback Bray Hubbard and a stingy second half defense, the Greyhounds got past George County 51-28 in Lucedale on Friday night.

The Rebels started out firing on all cylinders, jumping out to 14-0 lead in the first quarter on 6-yard touchdown pass from Illinois commit Ashton Howell to Ole Miss commit Marquez Dortch for the first score. Then Howell scored on a 5-yard run with 3:28 left.

Ocean Springs’ first touchdown came on a 40-yard pass from Hubbard to J.P. Coulter. George County extended their lead to 21-7 with 11:32 left in the second quarter on a Hollins 4-yard touchdown run.

The Greyhounds cut the lead to 21-14 on a 70-yard touchdown pass from Hubbard to Coulter and tied the game with 3:13 left in the second quarter on a 36-yard run by David Humphries.

George County’s final touchdown came on a Dortch 80-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.

Ocean Springs tied the game at 28-28 with 1:05 left in the second quarter as Hubbard connected with Holton White on a 23-yard touchdown pass.

The second half was all Greyhounds as Ocean Springs outscored George County 23-0. Hubbard had three rushing touchdowns in the fourth quarter and Humphries had a 73-yard touchdown run with 2:04 left in the game to seal it for Ocean Springs.

Hubbard finished the night 13-of-21 passing for 228 yards with three touchdowns and had 72 yards rushing on 12 carries with three touchdowns to lead the Greyhounds offensively.

Humphries had 180 yards rushing on 15 carries with two touchdowns.

Coulter had six catches for 127 yards receiving with a score.

“Obviously a great win. George County has some amazing athletes and they gave us some problems in the first half,” Ocean Springs coach Blake Pennock. “We made some adjustments and did a great job of executing. Huge credit goes to our offense and offensive staff on an unbelievable night to keep pace while we figured it out on defense.”

Next week Ocean Springs (3-0) is off and will resume Region 4-6A play on Sept. 24 at home against Hancock. George County (1-2) will host Wayne County next week.