High school football roundup

Bentonville West 43, Muskogee, Okla. 35

West rallied from a 10-point deficit with 27 unanswered points as the Wolverines capped nonconference conference play with a victory over Muskogee — a 57-point turnaround from last year’s meeting in Bentonville.

Muskogee (1-2) led 24-14 after Jacob Medrano hit Diante Crutchfield with a 17-yard touchdown pass with 42 seconds before halftime, but West needed only 25 seconds to respond as Will Jarrett hit Stefan Banda with a 13-yard touchdown pass and made it a 24-21 game at halftime.

The Wolverines continued the offensive assualt as Jarrett hit Banda again — this time from 27 yards and gave West a 27-24 lead with 8:01 left in the third quarter. Jonas Higson then added a 15-yard touchdown run on a fourthdown play at the 5:54 mark in the third quarter, and he bolted 51 yards for another score, giving the Wolverines a 4124 lead with 3:16 left in the third quarter.

Muskogee used a field goal by Manuel Espinosa to pull with 41-27, but West’s defense closed out the scoring with a safety as Kendall Young blitzed and sacked Medrano in the end zone. The Roughers then closed out the scoring with a touchdown and two-point conversion in the final minute.

Jarrett, who finished with 317 yards on 21-of-27 passing, hit Banda with a 62-yard touchdown pass late in the first quarter after Muskogee had already taken a 10-0 lead. Jarrett added a 30-yard touchdown run with 7 minutes left in the first half.

The Wolverines head to Van Buren next week to begin 7A-West Conference play.

Elkins 38, Huntsville 33

Quarterback Quin McClain threw for four touchdowns and ran for another to key a big second half for the Elks.

Huntsville led 14-8 at halftime, but Elkins scored 30 second-half points and held off a late charge for the win.

McClain threw three touchdown passes to Chad Graham and another to Camren Dunn as the Elks improved to 2-1.

Gravette 26, Jay, Okla. 7

Austin O’Brien ran for a pair of touchdowns to lead the Lions to a win in their final nonconference game.

Brady Moorman added a 55-yard punt return for a touchdown, and Bailey Soule’ also scored for the Lions (1-2).

Danville 38, Mountainburg 14

The Little Johns scored early and often in a key 2A-4 Conference win Friday night at Dragon Field.

Danville scored on first three possessions and limited Mountainburg to just 20 yards in the first half. The Little Johns forced the Dragon offense to go three-and-out on six of its seven possessions.

The Little Johns tallied 261 yards of offense in the first half as they scored on four of its six possessions. Danville finished with 356 yards on a balanced attack, 185 on the ground and 171 through the air.

Trent Cathey ran in the first score of the night, on an 13-yard run. Cathey also caught a 5-yard screen pass for another TD.

Preston Donnell completed 5 of 8 passes in the first half for 97 yards and three touchdowns. The biggest was a short pass to Juan Ponce, who converted it into a 64-yard gain for a TD.

Donnell also threw a touchdown pass to Evan Lane from 25 yards out. Donnell was 12 of 16 for the game with 171 yards.

Quentin Tolbert, who was the workhorse of the game with 16 carries for 69 yards, added his touchdown, from 4 yards out to start the second half. Danville led 38-0 with 9:27 remaining to put the game out of reach for the Dragons.

Mountainburg finished with 159 yards (one through the air). Caleb Jorgensen ran for a team-high 51 yards on six carries, and added a 23-yard TD run.

Dillon Jones added 41 yards on 2 totes, including a 32-yard scamper in the fourth. Jesse Quick ran for 40 on six carries.

Shiloh Christian 48, Pottsville 0

The Saints rolled over the Apaches behind a solid defensive performance. The team bus had a blowout on the drive down, so the final score wasn’t the only blowout of the trip.

“We played extremely physical up front to get the shutout,” said Saints coach Jeff Conaway. “Our defensive line and linebackers did a great job of run fits and filling gaps, and that’s what you have to against a good running team like Pottsville.”

Conaway was unsure of offensive statistics but said quarterback Landon Brown, along with Micah Button and Caleb Carr, had “big games” to help the team take a 35-0 lead by halftime.

Dover 43, Lavaca 6

LAVACA — Blake Massengale rushed for 159 yards on 19 carries, scoring 4 touchdowns to lead Dover (3-0) over Lavaca (0-3).

Isaac Talkington rushed for 99 yards on 8 carries and added another touchdown in the first quarter to help put the Pirates ahead 30-6 at halftime. Prairie Grove 40, West Fork 6 Anthony Johnson scored two touchdowns to lead the Tigers (3-0) to a big nonconference win.

Mena 47, Waldron 31

MENA — Justin Dean had touchdown runs of 41 and 92 yards and added a 56-yard punt return for a score to lead Mena (3-0) by Waldron (2-1).

Dean finished the game with 291 yards of total offense.

Mena quarterback Carson Cannon completed 7 of 11 passes for 177 yards and 2 touchdowns. He also had 19 carries for 118 yards and 1 touchdown.

Mena finished the game with 340 yards rushing and 517 yards total offense.

Mansfield 39, Lincoln 36

LINCOLN — Mansfield grabbed a 27-0 halftime lead and held on away from home to earn its first win of the season.

Little Rock Christian 48, Harrison 41

Sophomore tailback Kendel Givens ran 12 times for 143 yards and three touchdowns in unbeaten Little Rock Christian’s victory over Harrison in a Class 5A nonconference game Friday night at Warrior Field.

The Warriors (3-0) never trailed, but needed a recovered onside kick by standout junior utility back Justice Hill with 54 seconds remaining in the game to finally subdue the Goblins (2-1).

Despite playing without starting senior tailback Ladarius Burnes (ankle injury), Little Rock Christian amassed 505 total yards on 62 plays.

Senior quarterback Jackson Bowersock completed 23 of 29 passes for 284 yards and 3 touchdowns and ran 9 times for 52 yards.

Hill, from the Wildcat formation, ran for a 5-yard touchdown and a 48-28 lead with 2 minutes remaining in the third quarter. Hill also caught a 36-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter and helped the Warriors extend a 28-21 halftime lead with a long interception return to the Goblins 27 to open the second half.

Two plays later, Bowersock completed a 25-yard touchdown pass to sophomore wide receiver Chris Hightower with 9:36 remaining in the third quarter.

Bryant 56, Lake Hamilton 7

Bryant didn’t need any late-game heroics to knock off Lake Hamilton on Friday night.

Quarterback Ren Hefley completed 13 of 15 passes for 281 yards and 4 touchdowns — all in the first half — to carry the No. 2-ranked Hornets to a blowout over the Wolves in front of a large crowd at Hornets Stadium.

The Hornets (3-0), who held off Saline County-rival Benton 49-42 in the opener and pulled out a 38-37 victory at Fayetteville last week, erased all doubt early.

“I thought we played well, I really did,” Bryant Coach Buck James said. “We didn’t necessarily play sharp all the time, but we played hard. We finally got going a little on offense, but Lake Hamilton had been scoring 40-something points per game.

Bryant trailed 7-6 in the first quarter before scoring 50 unanswered points.

Wide receiver Brandon Murray caught 4 passes for 139 yards and 3 touchdowns for the Hornets, who finished with 507 yards of total offense, never punted and scored on 8 of their 9 possessions.

Maumelle 37, Mills 10

The Hornets (1-2) scored all of their points in the first half on their way to an easy victory over the Mills University Studies Comets (1-2).

With 10:26 to go in the first quarter, junior Xavion Morgan threw a 2-yard touchdown pass to junior Evan Robinson. About a minute later, sophomore Schwuann Malone returned a fumble 30 yards for a touchdown.

About four minutes later, junior Trey Jackson ran 1 yard for a touchdown, and junior Antavius Henderson followed with a 1 yard run about five minutes later.

In the second quarter, the Hornets scored a safety and Henderson ran 9 yards for a touchdown, putting Maumelle up 37-0 for good.

Senior Daniel Wheeler was 5-for5 on extra points.

Ashdown 56, Hamburg 10

HAMBURG — Eight touchdowns was more than enough to push the Panthers (3-0) past the Lions (1-2) on the road Friday night.

Senior quarterback Jaden Hill three four touchdown passes and scored a rushing touchdown of his own.

Senior LaDarrius Bishop caught two touchdown passes, on for 25 yards and another for 47 yards.

Junior Keamon Nutt records a 35-yard touchdown reception, and junior Shuntori Montue caught a touchdown pass for 5 yards.

Hill ran 1 yard for a touchdown, Senior Tre Green ran 9 yards for a touchdown and sophomore Delrae Smith ran 73 yards for a touchdown.

On defense, junior Ben Birtcher returned a fumble 27 yards for a touchdown.