Joe T. Robinson roars past Baptist Prep

JOE T. ROBINSON 65, BAPTIST PREP 0

A big night by the Robinson Senators quarterbacks paved the way for an easy 65-0 victory over Baptist Prep at the Senators refurbished Charlie George Stadium in west Little Rock.

Junior starter Greyson Tackett ran for two scores and passed for two and backup Zaytron Waits, also a junior, ran for a two scores and passed for one in the victory over their Highway 10 neighbor.

“We just focused on trying to get better,” Robinson Coach Todd Eskola said. “We start conference play next week so we wanted to come out healthy, which we did. We wanted to work on our passing game a little early in the game and we were able to play a lot of kids. That was for our kids. We played a lot of kids who don’t get to see the field very much but are talented players. It was good for those kids tonight.

“We were honest with our kids and told them if we go out and take care of our business a lot of the young guys were going to get a chance to play. We were subbing in the first quarter and those kids got a chance to run our offense and our defense. They made some plays and scored and it was great for them because they have not had that opportunity before.”

Mekel Kentle raced 65 yard for a touchdown on Robinson’s first play, and the points came rapidly for the Senators (3-0).

Treveon James caught touchdown passes of 24 and 25 yards from Tackett as Robinson built a 23-0 lead on its first three possessions.

Andre Bradley added s 34yard touchdown run before Tackett scored on runs of 2 and 36 yards in a 44-0 first half.

Waits opened the second quarter with a 40-yard touchdown run. He added a 46yard scoring pass to Xavier Hardy and capped the night with a 93-yard score with 1:07 left after the Eagles (0-3) had driven to the Robinson red zone late in the game.

Junior Trent Eskola was 7 for 7 on extra-point attempts and the Senators converted 2 two-point conversions.

“We feel like we are picking up where we left off last year and next week we get to find out for sure (at Fountain Lake),’’ Eskola said. “We will find out a lot more about our football team next week.”

ARKADELPHIA 49, HOT SPRINGS 0

ARKADELPHIA — Arkadelphia’s defense wasn’t about to let Hot Springs (0-3) score.

Posting their third consecutive shutout, the Badgers (3-0) routed the visiting Trojans in Arkadelphia’s home opener.

Zion Hatley ran for three touchdowns, Cannon Turner passed for two scores and Arkadelphia converted a fumble into another touchdown.

Arkadelphia’s defense, after shutting out Stuttgart and Sheridan, scored a second-quarter touchdown against Hot Springs when Josh Wallace returned a fumble 2 yards for a 35-0 lead.

Turner, a second-year starter as a sophomore, passed 22 yards to Logan Lucas and 27 yards to Dyon Hunter for touchdowns. Turner passed to Jack Burnham for a two-point conversion and 8-0 lead, after which Gabe Goodman made six extra-point attempts.

Hatley broke a 64-yard touchdown run with 1:55 left in the first half for a 28-0 edge, after earlier scoring on runs of 2 yards and 1 yard. Turner’s 6-yard quarterback keeper made it 42-0 with 4:45 left in the third quarter.

Hatley had 171 rushing yards by halftime.

NASHVILLE 51, IDABEL, OKLA. 30

IDABEL, Okla. — Trent Harris had 157 yards on 36 carries and scored 2 touchdowns in Nashville’s (2-1) victory.

Harris rushed 2 yards for the game’s first score, then added another touchdown run in the final quarter. Carmillias Morrison also had touchdown runs in the second and fourth quarters.

Tyler Hanson was 15-of-30 passing for 253 yards, including touchdown throws to Ty Pettway and Domonick Kight.