The Fort Dorchester Patriots defeated the Orangeburg-Wilkinson Bruins tonight by a score of 28-6 . The Bruins scored first and were leading 6-0 at the end of the first quarter. The Patriots took control after that and scored 28 unanswered points. The Fort was led on offense by junior quarterback Galen Bennett, who was 10-14 passing for 113 yards and a touchdown. Senior running back Dwayne Scales led the rushing attack with 14 carries for 82 yards and a TD. Sophomore running back Michael Sellars ran for two more FDHS touchdowns. The defense was led by junior linebacker Adrian Stewart with 8 tackles, 4 solo tackles, and an interception late in the 4th quarter.

The Post and Courier today named Patriot QB Galen Bennett Offensive Player of the Week. Bennett ran for 200 yards on 10 carries in Friday night's win over Wando. He also threw for 71 yards and scored two touchdowns, one rushing and the other through the air.

The Patriot B-Team fell to Wando 12-6 this morning in a game postponed from Thursday night due to weather. It was the first loss of the season for the 4-1 FDHS B-Team.

Fort Dorchester came away with an impressive win tonight over the Wando Warriors. The Patriot offense was led by quarterback Galen Bennet who ran for 200 yards on 10 carries and passed for another 71 yards. The Defense put together a team effort, recording five sacks by five different players. 14 different players had tackles, led by Kenneth Cook with 9 as the Fort held Wando to only 104 net yards.

The Fort Dorchester vs Wando B-Team and JV games were cancelled tonight due to lightning. The B-Team game will be played on Saturday 9/15 at 9:00am. There will not be a JV game. Come out to Bagwell Field on Saturday to support our UNDEFEATED B-Team Patriots!

The Fort cruised to a 35-6 victory tonight over James Island, as the Patriots emptied their bench in the second half after starting the game with 35 unanswered points. The only James Island score was on a long run with 13 seconds remaining in the 4th quarter. The first half was dominated by the Patriots on both sides of the ball, while the second half was dominated by defense for both teams.

The Patriots JV returned to their winning ways tonight with a convincing 23-0 victory over the James Island Trojans.

The Fort Dorchester Patriots suffered their first loss of the 2007 season, losing 30-24 to the Berkeley County Stags. The Patriots were unable to overcome the sloppy field conditions and the Stags powerful running game. The final difference came down to the kicking game, as both teams scored 4 touchdowns, but Berkeley added three extra points and a field goal while the Patriots were unsuccessful on two extra point kicks and two 2-point tries.

FDHS Football Booster Club
Tailgate Party

When: Friday, August 31st
Where: Under the breezeway-front of FDHS
Time: 5:30
Cost: Free to patriot seat ticket holders and Game Volunteers (press box, stats, chain gang, etc.)
$2.00 for everyone else

The JV suffered their first loss of the season tonight, falling to the Stags 8-6 in overtime.

The Post and Courier today named Robert Quinn Defensive Player of the Week for his performance in Friday's game against Goose Creek. Quinn led the Patriot defense with 12 tackles and 2 1/2 sacks. The stingy "defenders of the Fort" only allowed the Gators 221 yards total offense. Goose Creek averaged more than 400 yards per game last season..

Game 1— Friday, August 24th 2007
Fort Dorchester High School
Bagwell Stadium/Patriot Field
North Charleston, SC
7:30 Kickoff

Fort Dorchester is looking for another great start this year and hoping to better their record 5-0 start from last season

The Patriots are coming off an impressive 14-7 pre-season win over 2006 AAAA state runner up Irmo High School.

Fort Dorchester defeated Woodland 15-0 at the 37th annual Sertoma Classic last Friday at Johnson Haygood Stadium.

The 2007 Patriots' power-packed defense features defensive end Robert Quinn who is one of South Carolina’s top 5 college prospects.

Friday’s game has been picked as the Post & Courier’s Game of the Week.

THE IFS

If the Patriots can defeat the Gators Friday, It would.…
• Give the Patriots their 1st win of the 2007 season.
• Give the Patriots their 2nd consecutive win over the Gators.
• Give the Patriots confidence going into their 2nd non conference game with Berkeley

Patriots All-Time Scores Vs The Gators

8/25/06 Fort Dorchester 27 @ Goose Creek 6

8/26/05 Goose Creek 32 @ Fort Dorchester 25

8/27/04 @ Goose Creek 43 Fort Dorchester 37

8/29/03 Goose Creek 21 @ Fort Dorchester 16

8/30/02 Fort Dorchester 27 @ Goose Creek 17

8/24/01 @ Fort Dorchester 48 Goose Creek 0

8/25/00 Fort Dorchester 20 @ Goose Creek 6

11/5/99 @ Fort Dorchester 42 Goose Creek 6

11/6/98 Fort Dorchester 35 @ Goose Creek 27

10/10/97 @ Fort Dorchester 10 Goose Creek 9

10/11/96 @ Goose Creek 20 Fort Dorchester 16

Fort Dorchester JV and B-Team got the season off to a great start as both teams won their season openers against Goose Creek High School tonight.

ESPN Comes To The Fort

Friday August 24, 2007

ESPN Radio is bringing their Lowcountry High School GameNite to The Fort !

Friday night ESPN Radio 910 The Team will bring their big Motor Home to broadcast a pre-game show and the game live.

Darren Goldwater, Jonas Mount and Ted Byrne will broadcast their pre-game show starting at 6pm.

They will be joined by ABC News4 as they broadcast the 6pm sports from the Fort.

At 7:30 the guys will move up to the booth for the live play-by-play call of the game.

The Pre-game show will include segments with Phil Kornblut on recruiting, and Phillip Bowman of the Post and Courier as he previews all the High School Games in the Lowcountry that night.

Hope to see everyone at the game.

Ted Byrne

Program Director

ESPN Radio 910 The Team

FDHS Football Booster Club Tailgate Party

Patriots All-Time Scores Vs The Gators

FDHS Football Booster Club
Tailgate Party