​South Aiken wide receiver Dion Simpkins celebrates with running back Kaelab Oberry after scoring a touchdown that was later brought back on a holding call on Oct.1 against Fox Creek. Taylor Beltz/StaffAIKEN – Fox Creek had no answers for South Aiken’s defense in the two teams’ region opener on Oct.1.Despite a slower start on offense for the T-Breds, they found their stride in the final quarter, scoring three times to cruise to a 35-0 victory.South Aiken head coach Chris Hamilton said miscues in the first half were a result of the team getting back into the swing of things following their bye week.“We kind of slept walked the first half,” he said. “We always worry about coming off of a bye week and kind of being rusty, and we were. Then the week off of school, and everything’s way different. And so we just got to make sure we come out next week with a little more intensity, a little more focus. But a win’s a good win. Good win, and we’ll take it.”Although it didn’t take the T-Breds too long to put points on the board first by recovering a fumbled punt in the end zone on the Predators’ opening drive.For the rest of the first, it was a struggle offensively for both teams, with South Aiken having its second touchdown brought back by a holding call at the end of the first. Despite having longer drives in the first half with some favorable field position, Fox Creek wasn’t able to capitalize on opportunities to add any points to the score line.South Aiken running back Drelyn Brown was the first to find the end zone from the offense in the second quarter, scoring on a six-yard run to give the T-Breds a 14-0 lead ahead of halftime. While on paper it still looked like a closer game heading into the half, South Aiken was starting to find a rhythm while the Predators failed to gain any momentum when they had the chance.However, Fox Creek’s defense managed to keep the game close, forcing a scoreless third quarter for South Aiken. The only issue was a continued lack of production from the offense, and shorter drives quickly wore through the Predators’ defensive unit.For the T-Breds, it was penalties that contributed the most to their offensive woes; from personal foul calls to holding, several drives were halted by flags on the field.“Just couldn’t get nothing going on offense,” Hamilton said. “Every time it seemed like we got something going, we had a penalty, but we’ve got to fix that. If we don’t fix that, then it’ll show itself again in crucial times, and we can’t do that, and I told them that. And so we’ve just got to execute a little better.”The fourth quarter is when they started to finally pick up some steam, scoring three times throughout the final 12 minutes to quickly turn a two-score lead into five. It was Brown who kicked things off, flying into the end zone just seconds into the quarter to make it 21-0.“ Want to go ahead and put it away, but you’d like to do it earlier,” Hamilton said. “But the young guys in th