Senators score quickly, pound Cobras 47-18
LITTLE ROCK — Joe T. Robinson’s offense makes time-honored football traditions like ball control irrelevant.
The Senators routed Fountain Lake 47-18 Friday night and ran just 27 plays. Senior quarterback Hunter Eskola completed seven of eight passes for 254 yards and five touchdowns, Robinson scoring on five of its six first-half possessions and needing just 12 plays for a 3312 halftime lead.
Senior receiver Koilan Jackson had four catches for 169 yards and three touchdowns. He also had a 34-yard run and a 24-yard punt return.
Junior Nathan Page added three touchdowns, scoring on runs of 17 and 22 yards and catching a late-first half pass.
“We told the kids (the visiting Cobras) are going to try and run the clock,” Robinson coach Todd Eskola said in the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. “That is just part of it. We don’t worry about time of possession. Our goal is to score every time we get the ball and I don’t care if it one play or 15 plays.”
Page scored on the Senators’ first play, a 22-yard run after a bad snap set up the short drive and Chandler Pruitt kicked it to 7-0 a little more than a minute into the game. On a three-play scoring drive, Eskola passed 53 yards to Jackson for a 14-0 lead.
Fountain Lake’s Hunter Bryant hit Cade Dodge on a 49-yard touchdown pass, Robinson’s Hunter Swoboda blocking the PAT and leaving it 14-6.
Corey Page grabbed a 57yard TD pass from Eskola on a three-play drive of 63 yards. The extra-point attempt failed, and Fountain Lake pulled within 20-12 on a 14-play drive of
54 yards, Myles Fells blocking the PAT.
Nathan Page (22 yards) and Jackson (31 yards) had touchdown catches in the last 3:37 of the half, which ended 33-12.
“We didn’t practice very well this week,” Todd Eskola said. “We just came out sloppy both sides of the ball, but the kids are resilient and they played well enough to get the job done.”
Robinson is 4-0 after winning its 4A-7 opener, completing a two-game Garland County sweep after downing Lakeside 51-28 at War Memorial Stadium in Week 1. Fountain Lake, 0-4, plays defending 4A champion Nashville, 19-0 under second-year coach Mike Volarvich, at home Friday night.
Arkadelphia-Nashville
NASHVILLE — Darius Hopkins ran for 301 yards and four touchdowns on 18 carries as Nashville overpowered Arkadelphia 71-40 at Scrapper Stadium.
Hopkins has rushed for 570 yards in his past two games. He had 269 yards and eight touchdowns in Nashville’s 91-63 victory over Idabel, Okla., Sept. 16.
Trent Harris added 131 yards and one touchdown on 15 carries. Tyler Hanson completed 11 of 21 passes for 211 yards with five touchdowns and an interception. Ty Pettway had two catches for 99 yards and two touchdowns while Domonick Kight had five catches for 65 yards and two scores.
Nashville is 4-0 after winning its 4A-7 opener, Arkadelphia dropping to 3-1 overall.
Bauxite-Malvern
MALVERN — Demias Jimerson passed for three touchdowns and ran for another as Malvern blitzed Bauxite 43-8 at Claude Mann Stadium.
Jimerson rushed for 144 yards on eight carries and completed nine of 13 passes for 164 yards.
Delvin Langston had three catches for 117 yards and two touchdowns. Darion Weaver had four receptions, including a touchdown, for the Leopards.
Jacquez Lock ran for a Malvern touchdown.
The Leopards improved to 3-1 after winning their 4A-7 opener. Bauxite is 0-4 under first-year coach Daryl Patton.