Scramblin,’ ramblin’ Yellow Jackets move to second round

Gary Corsair • Clay County Progress Yellow Jackets super sophomore Dawson “Freight Train” DeVane busts through a huge hole in the second half of Hayesville’s 37-22 playoff victory over Alleghany.

Gary Corsair • Clay County Progress Logan Caldwell angles away from a trio of Trojan defenders.

Gary Corsair • Clay County Progress Hayesville’s “Mighty Mite” Michael Mauney, No. 24, explodes past defenders on a 24-yard kickoff return.

Gary Corsair • Clay County Progress Hayesville cheerleaders (from left) Jade Price, Chloe Price, Bella Duran and Abby Joyce bask in the glow of the Yellow Jackets first-round playoff victory.

Gary Corsair • Clay County Progress Hayesville tight end Avery Leatherwood, No. 10, heads up field after catching a Logan Caldwell pass.

Gary Corsair • Clay County Progress Bryan Davenport, No. 25, and Isaac Chandler, No. 4, stop Alleghany’s Mac Lemasters short of the goal line.

Yellow Jackets Asher Brown, No. 1, Logan Caldwell, No. 6, and Dawson DeVane read an Alleghany pitchout with 20/20 vision during Hayesville’s 37-22 playoff victory Friday. Jackets Avery Leatherwood, No. 10, and Kyle Lunsford, No. 7, pursue from the weak side.