Camden Harmony Grove rides big plays from Daniel
CAMDEN HARMONY GROVE 47, GLEN ROSE 28
GLEN ROSE — When Camden Harmony Grove needed a big play, there was junior Damion Daniel.
Daniel caught a couple of touchdown passes and had a big interception in the fourth quarter as the Hornets stayed alive in the Class 3A playoffs with a 47-28 victory over the Glen Rose Beavers on Friday night.
Daniel grabbed touchdown receptions of 59 and 57 yards as the Hornets (9-3) raced to a 27-14 halftime lead, but it was his interception with five minutes remaining that clinched the victory when his team held a 40-28 edge. Daniel returned the interception 35 yards, which led to junior Xalon Falls grabbing a 28-yard scoring pass from Gannon Bearden with 3:24 left to set the final score.
“Any win this time of year is big,’’ Harmony Grove Coach Ernie Horstkamp said, “because there aren’t any bad teams left.
“I thought we played well. We knew this would be a tough game. Glen Rose is so sound.”
Up next for the Hornets is a trip to Booneville, a 41-13 winner over Walnut Ridge, for next week’s quarterfinals.
It was the Hornets’ ability to hit the home run that did in the Beavers (9-2). Falls went 70 yards on their first play to grab the lead.
Glen Rose went up 7-6 when Matthew Clark caught a 51-yard touchdown pass from J.T. Towers, and Dalen Baldwin ripped the ball from a Hornets’ runner and returned it 7 yards for a score with 2:24 left in the first quarter for a 14-6 lead for the Beavers.
After Dylan Garrett’s 41yard kickoff return, Falls scored on a 43-yard pass from Bearden. Shaun Lucas ran in the two-point conversion to tie the game at 14-14.
Daniel’s first scoring pass, this one from 59 yards, made it 21-14. On the final play of the half, Bearden and Daniel connected again, this one from 57 yards for another score. The PAT failed and it was 27-14 at the half.
Lucas scored on the first play of the second half on a 70-yard run for Harmony Grove for a 34-14 advantage.
CLASS 4A
DUMAS — Kaleb Smalls scored two touchdowns to lead Dumas (11-1) to a hard-fought victory over Helena-West Helena (9-3).
Chris Harris, Rylan James and Bry Alsup also scored for Dumas.
RIVERCREST — Kentavious Robinson and Demilon Brown combined for 254 rushing yards and 5 touchdowns, and Rivercrest (11-1) rallied from a 4-point halftime deficit to pull away from Heber Springs (7-4).
Heber Springs took a 7-0 lead with 3:36 to play in the first quarter on Adam Martin’s 32-yard pass to Rocky Finney.
Rivercest responded with touchdown runs of 58 and 9 yards by Robinson, and a 19-yard run by Riley Jones to give the Colts a 21-7 lead.
Heber Springs stormed back behind Blaze Nelson (38-164 rushing) who scored on runs of 13, 15 and 3 yards to give the Panthers a 28-24 halftime lead.
STUTTGART — The Ricebirds led 1410 at the half, and Stuttgart (9-1) did enough in the second half to hold off Dardanelle (9-3).
Stuttgart led 21-10 after scoring a touchdown with 11 minutes to play in the game.
Dardanelle kicked a field goal with less than 7 minutes to play, but the Sand Lizards could get no closer.
CLASS 3A
BOONEVILLE — Carson Ray rushed for 98 yards and a touchdown to help Booneville (13-0) cruise past Walnut Ridge (9-3).
Evan Schlinker added 55 rushing yards and a scoring run.
The Bearcats led 21-0 after one quarter and 34-6 at halftime.
Cade Burris scored two rushing touchdowns and finished with 79 yards to lead the Bobcats. LAMAR — Ike Pelts accounted for 4 touchdowns — 2 rushing and 2 passing — to lead Lamar (10-2) over Harding Academy (7-4).
Brady James scored twice for the Warriors, catching a 31-yard pass from Pelts with less than a minute to play in the first quarter and scoring on a 6-yard run in the third quarter, increased Lamar’s lead to 18-0.
Pelt’s second rushing touchdown, from 44 yards, with less than 11 minutes to play, and Pelts’ two-point conversion pass to Braydon Grace gave Lamar a 26-0 lead.
Harding Academy scored on a 6-yard pass at the 10-minute mark.
Pelts’ 14-yard pass to Jacob Parmenter with less than four minutes left completed the scoring.
NEWPORT — Dewayne Raley and Caleb Smart each scored twice, and McGehee (9-3) pulled away from Newport (9-3) in the second half.
EL DORADO — Greg Turner accounted for five touchdowns and 280 yards as Smackover (10-1) defeated Danville (8-4) at Memorial Stadium.
The game was moved to El Dorado because of poor field conditions at Smackover.
Turner rushed for 218 yards and 3 touchdowns on 23 carries. He had 2 receptions for 62 yards and 2 touchdowns.
The Buckaroos finished with 484 yards, including 251 rushing.
CLASS 2A
FOREMAN — Kyren Batey rushed for three touchdowns and passed for another, and Foreman (10-1) pulled away after Magazine (6-5) got within eight points early in the fourth quarter.
Batey scored on runs of 48 yards in the first quarter, 13 yards before halftime and from 72 yards midway in the third quarter.
Robbie Smith scored twice for the Gators, rushing 90 yards for a score in the first quarter and catching a 23-yard touchdown pass from Batey with less than four minutes to play to give Foreman a 38-20 lead.
HAMPTON — Brian Williams returned an interception 22 yards for a touchdown less than a minute into the game, and Hampton (8-2) routed Mineral Springs (9-2).
HAZEN — Tarrall Penn rushed for two touchdowns, Rasheed Mills scored on an interception return and Hazen (11-0) cruised to victory over Gurdon (9-2).
JUNCTION CITY — Dhante Gibson rushed for 2 touchdowns, Brady Hutcheson threw for three more, and Jakiran Cook scored twice as Junction City (10-2) turned a long day for Mountainburg (83) into an even longer night.