Heritage used a pair of big performances from players who came into Friday night’s nonregion football game at Gordon Lee sitting second on the depth chart to exit Chickamauga with a 35-21 win.
With the host Trojans focused defensively on making sure former Gordon Lee player Brayden Stoker didn’t beat them, Heritage’s “other” receiver, Cohen Fletcher, had a career night. The baseball standout finished with seven catches for 167 yards and two touchdowns, with the first score giving the Generals (2-3) a 21-14 lead and the second one making it 28-14 early in the fourth quarter.
Backup running back Caden Watson also stepped up when Cole Pritchett, Heritage’s leading rusher this season, exited the game with an injury after one carry. Watson, a junior, amassed 128 yards on 19 carries, getting all 65 yards on the Generals’ final drive, including a 5-yard touchdown run to seal the win.
Stoker, meanwhile, scored Heritage’s first two touchdowns (one rushing, one receiving) as the visitors took a 14-7 lead into the second quarter.
The Generals, who are off next week, head into GHSA Region 7-AAAA play following a tough early schedule in which they lost their previous three games.