LR McClellan scores 34 points in 5-minute span to cruise
LITTLE ROCK MCCLELLAN 63, LITTLE ROCK HALL 8
Frequently buoyed by their opponent’s mistakes, the Little Rock McClellan Lions dominated from the start of a 63-8 mercy-rule victory over the Little Rock Hall Warriors at Scott Field on Friday night.
“We just wanted to come out and set the tone early,” McClellan Coach Maurice Moody said.
McClellan (2-1) turned a bad snap on Hall’s first possession into a 6-yard touchdown run by senior running back Tyrese Lair with 7:16 left in the first quarter. Lair’s points were the first of 34 for McClellan during a stretch that lasted less than five minutes.
A Hall fumble led to McClellan’s next score, a 1-yard run by senior running back Tommy Crumpton.
After a Hall punt, Crumpton scored on a 2-yard run to give McClellan a 22-0 lead.
Hall’s second lost fumble, at the McClellan 21, led to a 7-yard touchdown run by Crumpton.
McClellan turned the third fumble into a 1-yard run by junior running back Andre Campbell to take a 34-0 lead with 2:40 left in the first quarter.
Campbell led McClellan in rushing with 57 yards on five carries. Lair had 56 yards on 6 carriers.
Senior Bennie Kemp III started McClellan’s first two games but sat out against Hall with a mild concussion, Moody said. He was replaced by junior Jaylon Williams, who completed 4 of 7 passes for 107 yards and 1 touchdown.
“I just try to stay focused,” Williams said. “Whenever coach calls my number, I want to be ready.”
“Jaylon did exactly what we asked him to,” Moody said. “We asked him to come out and compete, play extremely hard, and take care of the football, and he did all of that.”
A run of turnovers by both teams highlighted the first half of the second quarter. Hall (0-3) recovered a fumble at its 12 to stop a McClellan drive, then responded with its only true burst of offense as sophomore quarterback Braelon Adams hit senior receiver Malik Goggins for a 56-yard pass. That set up freshman running back Kavionne Rucker’s 4-yard touchdown run with 6:44 left in the second quarter.
Adams completed 4 of 15 passes for 134 yards.
“When he’s feeling well, and he’s feeling positive, he can deliver the football,” Hall Coach Kip VanHoose said. “He didn’t have a great game in my opinion, but he’s just a sophomore. He can get better. Everyone on our team can get better.”
“We weren’t too happy about that touchdown,” Moody said. “We wanted to keep that goose egg up there.”
McClellan coughed the ball up 3 times and had 7 penalties for 85 yards.
“We’ve got to take care of the football, our most prized possession,” Moody said. “It’s just focus. We got to make sure we focus a bit and take care of that part of the ball game, and we got to clean up the penalties, too. We’ll take care of all that next week.”
WHITE HALL 49, SHERIDAN 13
WHITE HALL — Senior Ollie Reddick accounted for five touchdowns to help propel White Hall (3-0) over Sheridan (0-3).
Reddick completed 10 of 18 passes, throwing for 195 yards and 3 touchdowns. He also tallied 99 yards on 10 rushes and 2 more touchdowns.
With 10:36 left in the first quarter, Reddick threw a 10-yard touchdown pass to senior Devin Koonce.
Six minutes later, senior Layne Hartsfield ran 24 yards for a touchdown, putting the Bulldogs up 14-0.
After a 10-yard touchdown run from Sheridan senior Justin Pruitt, White Hall closed the first quarter up 21-7 when junior Baylor Owen returned the ensuing kickoff 83 yards for a score.
Sheridan opened the second-half scoring on a 35-yard touchdown pass from sophomore Brayden Sites to senior Jason May for the team’s final score of the game.
Reddick then contributed to the final four scores for White Hall, two in the second quarter and two in the third.
Reddick and Owen connected for 30yard and 41-yard touchdown passes in the second quarter, and Reddick ran 11 yards and 7 yards for touchdowns in the third.
BENTON 42, GREENBRIER 16
GREENBRIER — Colen Murrow and Zak Wallace accounted for two touchdowns apiece for Benton (2-1) which took a 28-16 halftime lead and held Greenbrier (1-2) scoreless over the final two quarters.
Wallace started the game for the Panthers with a 69-yard touchdown run in the first quarter and scored again on a 3-yard carry in the second.
Murrow threw 65 yards to Gavin Wells in the first for one touchdown, then 22 yards to Peyton Pallette with 49 seconds left before halftime.
Morrow hit Pallette with another touchdown pass in the third, and Beau Brewer wrapped it up for the Panthers with a 29-yard touchdown run in the last quarter.
Spencer Sutterfield prevented a shutout for Greenbrier with two short touchdown runs.
TRUMANN 40 PARAGOULD 29
PARAGOULD — Will Ryan White scored three touchdowns, including a kickoff return and Trumann (3-0) beat Paragould (0-3).
Trey Carter returned an 81-yard fumble recovery for a score to give Paragould a short-lived lead, 7-6, but White scored on a 75-yard return on the ensuing kickoff.
Trumann led 34-7 at the half. Zack Gartman added a 53-yard touchdown run on the first play of the second half for Trumann.
GREENE COUNTY TECH 48, KENNETT (MO.) 26
PARAGOULD — Kobe Brown ran for four touchdowns and caught a scoring pass and Greene County Tech (1-2) beat Kennett (Mo.) (3-2).
Brown, the Eagles’ senior running back, rushed for 249 yards and caught passes totaling 93 yards.
Eagles quarterback Garrett Stovall threw for three touchdowns and 179 yards,
The Eagles held Kennett to 1 yard rushing and 174 yards passing.
WARREN 20, WATSON CHAPEL 12
PINE BLUFF — Warren (2-1) overcame a 12-6 halftime deficit to beat Watson Chapel (1-2).
Jmalachi Kinnard’s 3-yard touchdown pass to Psavian Person started the scoring for the Lumberjacks in the second quarter. Trylon Burks scored in the third on a short run to tie the score at 12-12, and Kinnard threw a 26-yard touchdown pass to Keemontrae McKnight for the go-ahead touchdown.