Lakeside, LH split in jr. high football
Lakeside’s freshman Rams took a 41-13 win over Lake Hamilton Thursday night at Chick Austin Field.
Grady Ohman opened up the scoring with a 32-yard touchdown run for the junior Rams with a successful kick by Denver Davidson.
The junior Wolves responded with a pair of scores to take a 13-7 lead in the second before Ryan Ballard scored on a 66-yard touchdown run to tie the score halfway through the period after Davidson’s kick was blocked. Ballard found Ohman with 30 seconds remaining in the half for a 36-yard TD pass with Ballard running the ball in on the conversion attempt to take a 21-13 lead into the break.
The score remained unchanged until Ballard scored on a 5-yard run with 7:00 left in the game for a 27-13 lead. Ohman stripped the ball from the junior Wolves’ quarterback, running it back for the scoop-and-score with Davidson’s PAT for a 34-13 lead.
Ballard ran the ball in from the 19 with 3:45 left to set the final after Davidson’s PAT.
Ballard had 14 carries for 141 yards and three touchdowns, Ohman had six carries for 81 yards, three scores and eight tackles, Zakk Haywood had four carries for 54 yards, and Joseph Newman and Ben Vincent each had six tackles.
“I was really pleased with how hard our guys all competed every snap,” said head junior Rams coach Chris Brock. “Our guys up front did a really good job on both sides of the football. I love our team and the way we show up ready to get better everyday.”
Lakeside will host Maumelle Thursday at 7 p.m. Lake Hamilton will travel Hot Springs with kickoff set for 7 p.m.
EIGHTH-GRADE WOLVES DOWN LAKESIDE ON ROAD
Lake Hamilton got things going offensively Thursday, scoring first en route to a 38-24 win at Lakeside.
A.J. Burns scored first for the eighth-grade Rams with a 60-yard reception to tie the game at 8-8. Lake Hamilton scored their second touchdown just before halftime to take a 16-8 lead into the break.
Burns also scored for the eighth-grade Rams in the third on a 31-yard reception. Luke Wrublesky scored the final touchdown for Lakeside with an 8-yard run in the fourth quarter.
The eighth-grade Wolves scored late in the fourth to set the final.
Burns had four catches for 140 yards and two touchdowns, Javarius Russell had five catches for 65 yards and Beau Brock had five runs for 35 yards and two 2-point conversions. Wrublesky and Chris Ford led the junior Rams with seven tackles apiece, and Ford had a 2-point conversion.
Lakeside will host Maumelle Thursday at 5:30 p.m. Lake Hamilton will be at Hot Springs with kickoff set for 5:30 p.m.