High school football roundup

DANVILLE 36, POYEN 6

DANVILLE — Quarterback Preston Donnell was 17 of 23 for 305 yards and 3 touchdowns in Danville’s (9-1) rout of Poyen (3-8).

Donnell found Trent Cathey with a 12-yard touchdown pass and threw 56 yards to Dalton Reagan before the half.

In the third quarter, Evan Lane caught a 60-yard touchdown pass from Donnell. Lane returned an interception 52 yards for another Danville touchdown.

Jacob Farmer’s 9-yard touchdown pass to Max Nannemann saved the Indians from a shutout.

NEWPORT 28, GLEN ROSE 27

GLEN ROSE — Joe Broadus had two rushing touchdowns as Newport (8-3) held off Glen Rose (9-2).

Glen Rose scored on the first play from scrimmage with a touchdown pass by Jarred Rogers. Broadus later tied the game with a 42-yard run.

The teams again traded touchdowns in the second quarter. In the third quarter, Tydrell Friar gave Newport the lead with a 99-yard kickoff return. Glen Rose answered with two touchdowns but had an extra-point attempt blocked.

Later in the quarter, Newport’s Garrett Body caught a 40-yard touchdown pass to put the Greyhounds ahead to stay.

BARTON 40, PARIS 33

BARTON — Three rushing touchdowns by Wanya Wilkins helped Barton (10-1) to a victory against Paris (4-7). Devin Olloway had a 90-yard scoring run for the Bears.

MELBOURNE 26, PERRYVILLE 16

MELBOURNE — Jordan Hawkes caught three touchdown passes from Gabe Lawrence as Melbourne (9-2) advanced with a victory over Perryville (7-4). Alex Bray added a rushing touchdown for the Bearkatz.

ATKINS 43, YELLVILLE-SUMMIT 6

ATKINS — Tyler Haney scored two rushing touchdowns as Atkins (9-2) topped Yellville-Summit (4-7).

The Red Devils outscored the Panthers 29-0 in the first quarter, led by Haney’s touchdowns. Josh Jones scored on a 3-yard run, and Zack Harris threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Parker Sweet.

Atkins added to the lead in the third quarter with touchdowns on an interception return by Kennen Martin and a run by Rylee Bowden.

Yellville-Summit scored in the fourth quarter on a run by Malcolm Novak.

Atkins receiver Trey Davis had three catches for 110 yards, giving him a school record 957 yards for the season.

OZARK 42, CROSSETT 7

OZARK — Eddie Graham ran for two touchdowns and had two interceptions, including one that he returned 76 yards to the end zone, as Ozark (9-2) defeated Crossett (3-8).

Dawson Dietz had nine carries for 104 yards and a touchdown for Ozark.

STUTTGART 28, SHILOH CHRISTIAN 7

STUTTGART — Kirk Hughes scored two touchdowns on short runs in the second half as Stuttgart (8-3) beat Shiloh Christian (7-4). Jon Hoskyn put the Ricebirds on the board wth a 15-yard touchdown run, and David Walker followed with a 42-yard score.

Landon Brown got the Saints in the game with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Truitt Tollett before the half.

HAMBURG 20, JONESBORO WESTSIDE 7

JONESBORO — Hamburg (6-5) overcame a scoreless first half and seven-point disadvantage to beat Jonesboro Westside (7-4).

All the Lions’ points came in the third quarter with Allen Forrest starting it off with a 10-yard touchdown run. Shannon Brennon, who rushed 138 yards for the night, followed up with a 45yard touchdown run.

Gage Price blocked a punt that Devonte Tucker returned 25 yards for Hamburg’s third touchdown with four seconds left in the third quarter. Price finished the game with two sacks, and Brayden Berry had two interceptions.

Jonesboro Westside’s Logan McPherson started the scoring with a 14-yard first-quarter touchdown run.

MORRILTON 41, WATSON CHAPEL 20

PINE BLUFF — Quarterback Jacolby Criswell threw for a touchdown and ran for three more as Morrilton (8-3) defeated host Watson Chapel (8-3).

Criswell completed 6 of 13 passes for 172 yards and had 18 carries for 195 yards. Receiver Tory Criswell CQ caught 2 passes for 92 yards and 1 touchdown.

Simeon Lee and Kyren Gilreath each had two interceptions apiece for the Devil Dogs.

WYNNE 56, LR CHRISTIAN 42

The Wynne Yellowjackets imposed their will Friday night in the first round of the Class 5A playoffs.

Wynne finished with 516 yards — all rushing — in a victory over Little Rock Christian at Warrior Field in Little Rock.

The Yellowjackets (10-1) will host Morrilton in the second round of the Class 5A playoffs Friday.

Senior running back Ta’von Hicks rushed for 170 yards and 3 touchdowns on 30 carries. Senior Corey Smith finished with 134 yards on 7 carries while Kris Miller, also a senior, had 127 rushing yards and 1 touchdown on 8 carries. Quarterback Luke Chapman, a senior, did not attempt a pass, but rushed for 75 yards and 3 touchdowns on 15 carries.

Coach Van Paschal, whose team ran 75 plays and averaged 6.8 yards per carry, knew his team had to keep Little Rock Christian’s high-powered offense off the field and used the triple-option offense to make it happen.

“We had to score every time we got it,” said Paschal, who earned his 200th victory Friday. “I’m proud of our guys.”

Little Rock Christian Coach Eric Cohu, whose team finished 9-2 and was second in the 5A-Central Conference this season, credited Wynne for its their rushing performance.

“We didn’t play responsibility football,” Cohu said. “You have to do everything right to stop a very good option running attack. That bit us. Hat’s off to Wynne, they’re a very good football team. They’re very good at what they do.”

Senior quarterback Jackson Bowersock led the Warriors offensively, passing for 302 yards and 3 touchdowns and 1 interception. Running back Ladarius Burnes, a senior, had 108 receiving yards and 27 rushing yards.

Hicks capped Wynne’s opening 13play, 84-yard drive that took 6:19 off the clock with a 5-yard touchdown run to give the Yellowjackets a 7-0 lead with 5:41 remaining in the first quarter. His scoring run was set up by Miller’s 38-yard run on third 3rd-and-6 earlier in the drive.

The Warriors tied the game at 7-7 with 3:01 left in the first quarter on Bowersock’s 3-yard touchdown run.

But the Yellowjackets responded, driving 62 yards in six plays with Miller’s 22-yard touchdown run that made it 14-7 with 23 seconds left in the first quarter.

After a Warriors punt, Wynne extended its lead to 21-7 with 4:40 left in the second quarter. Smith’s 27-yard run set up Chapman’s 1-yard touchdown run.

Little Rock Christian pulled within 21-14 with 3:01 to play in the first half when Bowersock found sophomore wide receiver Chris Hightower for a 39-yard touchdown.

Wynne stretched the lead to 28-14 with 39 seconds remaining before halftime. Chapman ran 25 yards to the Warriors 1, then scored from one yard out on a keeper.

The Warriors cut the lead to 28-14 with 8:56 left in the third quarter on Bowersock’s 4-yard touchdown pass to junior wide receiver Justice Hill. But Wynne extended its lead to 35-21 with 2:56 left in the third quarter with Chapman’s 1-yard touchdown run, which was set up by Smith’s 35-yard run the previous play.

Hicks scored from 20 yards out with 11:20 remaining to make it 41-21 Yellowjackets.

With 8:37 remaining, sophomore Kavion Alston scored from one yard out and Hicks ran in the two-point conversion for a 49-21 lead.

Bowersock’s 7-yard rushing touchdown pulled the Warriors within 4928 with 7:12 left. But Hicks’ 11-yard scoring run pushed the lead to 56-28 with 2:14 to play.

With 1:58 left, Bowersock threw a 76-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Trey Harris to pull the Warriors within 56-35. Then, after the Warriors recovered an onside kick, Bowersock threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to Harris to cut the lead to 56-42 with 53 seconds left.