Wonder Boys, Tigers take wins on road
ARKADELPHIA — Arkansas Tech collected four turnovers and beat Henderson State 26-3 Saturday night at Carpenter-Haygood Stadium for a 2-0 start in the Great American Conference.
Cua’ Rose picked off three Reddie passes, tying Tech’s single-game record, and Jandt Weary recorded a fourth Wonder Boy interception. Henderson quarterbacks Andrew Black and Evan Lassiter each was intercepted twice and were sacked three times.
Quarterback Ty Reasoner ran eight yards for Tech’s first touchdown and passed 16 yards to Tevin McKenzie for a 13-3 halftime lead. Reasoner kept for 18 yards on a third-quarter run that made it 23-3. Eric Perez had second-half field goals of 37 and 24 yards.
Henderson scored on Julio Cervantes’ 28-yard field goal in the first quarter, making it 7-3.
A first-game winner over preseason GAC favorite Southern Arkansas, Tech plays Oklahoma Baptist at 6 p.m. Saturday in Russellville.
Henderson is 1-1 before Saturday’s 6 p.m. home game against Northwestern Oklahoma.
SW Oklahoma-OBU
WEATHERFORD, Okla. — Drew Harris’ second of three touchdowns, breaking a 10-10 tie, triggered a 28-point second half for Ouachita Baptist against Southwestern Oklahoma Saturday night.
Harris later scored from
51 yards out for the first of two fourth-quarter touchdowns in a
38-10 victory that made the Tigers
2-0. Austin Warford ran 34 yards and Brockton Brown 3 yards for touchdowns in OBU’s decisive second half.
After a tying field goal, Allie Freeman’s 78-yard kickoff return to the Southwestern seven set up Harris’ one-yard plunge with 6:56 left in the third quarter. Cole Antley kicked a 25-yard field goal and Harris ran three yards for a 10-7 OBU halftime lead.
Warford accounted for 200 yards in total offense, rushing for a team-high 82 and completing 13 of 20 passes for 118 with no interceptions.
OBU plays Southeastern Oklahoma at 6 p.m. Saturday at Cliff Harris Stadium in Arkadelphia.
* At Magnolia, Barrett Renner passed for four touchdowns, three to Tanner Hudson, as SAU beat defending champion Harding 3524. The Muleriders are 1-1 and the Bisons 0-2.