Titans' season ends with 18-13 playoff loss at Fairfax
Alpha Jalloh accounts for both TDs in first-round defeat
Alexandria City’s football season ended Friday night with an 18-13 loss to Fairfax in the first round of the Region 6C playoffs.
The fifth-seeded Titans turned the ball over on downs with three minutes remaining, allowing fourth-seeded Fairfax to run out the clock from its own 45-yard line, according to MaxPreps play-by-play.
Sophomore quarterback Alpha Jalloh accounted for both Alexandria City touchdowns — a 62-yard pass to Kevin Coates on the opening play of the third quarter and a 1-yard run late in the second quarter.
Neither team scored in the first quarter. Fairfax took a 6-0 lead on a 75-yard rushing touchdown in the second quarter before Jalloh’s 1-yard run made it 6-6 at halftime. The Titans missed the extra point.
Jalloh’s touchdown pass to Coates gave Alexandria City its only lead at 13-6. Fairfax answered with rushing touchdowns by Branden Duffie (7 yards) and Jashon Payne (5 yards). Both two-point conversions failed.
Jashon Payne intercepted a pass and recovered a fumble for Fairfax. Davon Tolson Jr. had a sack and multiple tackles for loss.
The loss was Alexandria City’s second to Fairfax this season. The Lions won 14-7 on Oct. 17 in Alexandria.
Alexandria City opened the season 5-0 before losing five of its final six games. The Titans outscored opponents 249-189 for the season, though 32 points came via forfeit against Lake Braddock.
Fairfax advances to face top-seeded West Springfield in the regional semifinals.
