Wynne dominates Texarkana in 4th

WYNNE 28, TEXARKANA 0

WYNNE — In a normal year, undefeated Texarkana would have hosted a football playoff game after Thanksgiving.

Instead, the Razorbacks were forced to make a crossstate trip to take on 5A-East Conference champion Wynne, and that did not pan out too well.

Texarkana (7-1) fell to the YellowJackets (11-0) on Friday 28-0 at YellowJacket Stadium in a Class 5A quarterfinal game.

“I thought we did a great job defensively, but we couldn’t score any points,” Texarkana Coach Barry Norton said. “They’re a good defensive team. They’ve only given up about 10 points a game all year.

“You can’t play chase with teams. We can’t give teams that many possessions.”

The YellowJackets led just 7-0 entering the fourth quarter, but put the game away in a span of seconds late in the game.

Wynne extended its lead to 21-0 when Marterius Ross ran in an 8-yard touchdown with 4:53 left in the game. Eighteen seconds later, Timmy Watson returned a Texarkana fumble 20 yards to set the final score at 28-0.

Ross finished with six carries for 36 yards and a touchdown.

Carl Washington scored on a 15-yard run for Wynne’s first of three touchdowns in the fourth quarter with 10:14 left in the game, putting the hosts up 14-0.

Washington led Wynne with 125 yards and a score on 10 carries.

Braylon Bishop topped Texarkana with two catches for 33 yards, and teammate Logan Williams added a catch for 30 yards.

Torie Blair led the Razorbacks with 63 yards rushing on 21 carries.