Texarkana’s offense stutters, finally fires during victory over Magnolia

5A-SOUTH

TEXARKANA 28, MAGNOLIA 7

TEXARKANA — Despite an offense that sputtered at times, Texarkana remained unbeaten with a 28-7 victory over Magnolia on Friday night at Razorback Stadium.

The Razorbacks (4-0, 1-0 5A-South) missed a plethora of offensive opportunities across the entirety of the game and took just a 14-0 lead into halftime after getting off to an electric start. Just 56 seconds into their first series, quarterback Nate Wall broke loose down the left sideline for a 69-yard run on third and 4 to open the scoring. Rodney Kinley executed the 2-point conversion for the quick 8-0 lead.

An onside kick caught the Panthers off guard as Texarkana recovered at the Magnolia 39. But the Hogs would stall on the ensuing 10-play series that resulted in a turnover on downs.

The Panthers’ Flexbone run game had no answer for the stinginess of the Razorbacks’ defense, and committed three turnovers in the first half. From there, the Razorbacks answered on the next play when Wall passed over the middle to wideout Telly Wells for a 79-yard touchdown to extend the lead to 14-0 after a failed extra-point attempt.

The Razorbacks would use clock management and their ground game to finish out the game, getting a 7-yard scoring run from running back Tony Noble in the third quarter. Wall later connected with receiver Gabriel Braggs for a 44-yard touchdown pass to give Texarkana commanding 28-0 lead before Magnolia (22, 0-1) eventually erased the shutout with a score in the closing moments.

Texarkana travels to Camden Fairview next Friday for another 5A-South game. Fairview lost its conference opener 34-20 to Hot Springs Lakeside on Thursday.

ARKADELPHIA 44, NASHVILLE 6

ARKADELPHIA — Cade McBride’s big night was more than enough to help Arkadelphia (1-3, 1-0 4A-7) pick up its first victory of the season.

The senior was 17-of-26 passing for 184 yards with 3 touchdowns and ran 12 times for 148 yards and 1 touchdown for the Badgers, who took advantage of two first-quarter turnovers to score their first two touchdowns of the game and eventually led 30-6 at halftime. Evan Bailey had three catches for 80 yards and a touchdown for Arkadelphia.

Maddox Atkins and Jay Purifoy caught touchdowns passes, DeAngelo Buckley had a 10-yard rushing touchdown, and Nick Williams returned an interception 60 yards for a score for the Badgers. K.D. Young chipped in with a safety as well.

Tre Hopkins ran 13 times for 127 yards for Nashville (3-1, 0-1). Karson Chambers also had an 80-yard touchdown pass to Kasen Morgan to account for the Scrappers’ only points.

CABOT 27, JONESBORO 14

JONESBORO — Dean Heyer had a 23-yard touchdown run for Cabot (2-2, 1-0), which won its 7A-Central Conference opener over Jonesboro (1-3, 0-1).

For Jonesboro, Chris Stacy caught two touchdown passes, one each from Terrance Brown and Asa Meyers.

CARLISLE 42, BEARDEN 0

CARLISLE — Holden Jones passed for 176 yards and a touchdown for Carlisle (4-1, 1-0 2A-4) in a victory over Bearden (1-4, 0-1).

Kayleb Elliott had 152 yards offensively and 2 touchdowns for the Bison, while Klaidon Clingmon had 103 yards and a score.

CAC 40, LITTLE ROCK HALL 27

Central Arkansas Christian (4-1, 1-1 4A-4) pulled out a win over Little Rock Hall (0-4, 0-2) in North Little Rock despite the efforts of the Warriors’ Jakorei Carter, who threw for a touchdown and ran for another.

CLINTON 34, BENTON HARMONY GROVE 7

CLINTON — Braeden Eppes scored four rushing touchdowns as Clinton (4-1, 2-1 4A-4) rolled past Benton Harmony Grove (2-3, 1-2).

Eppes scored on runs of 16 yards in the first quarter, 12 yards in the second, and 3 and 22 yards in the third quarter.

Zack Gonzales also had a rushing touchdown for the Yellowjackets.

Peyton Potter had a 2-yard rushing touchdown for Benton Harmony Grove.

DEWITT 49, STAR CITY 20

STAR CITY — Korri Graham scored two rushing touchdowns as part of a 26-point second quarter for DeWitt (50, 3-0 4A-8), which defeated Star City (0-5, 0-3).

Griffin Whitmore also returned a kickoff for a touchdown for the Dragons in the second quarter.

HARDING ACADEMY 42, STUTTGART 6

STUTTGART — Owen Miller completed 15 of 19 passes for 215 yards and 4 touchdowns as Harding Academy (4-0, 1-0 4A-2) topped Stuttgart (3-2, 0-1).

Isaac Baker had 16 carries for 138 yards and a touchdown and caught 4 passes for 72 yards and 2 touchdowns for the Wildcats.

After a scoreless first quarter, Miller made a 22-yard pass to Kyler Hoover, who scored his team’s first touchdown. Miller also had scoring passes of 25 yards to Endy McGalliard, and 23 and 27 yards to Baker.

Stuttgart’s Clarence Clark scored first in the second half with a 60-yard rushing touchdown, followed by Cam Pryor’s 76-yard touchdown pass to Nate Corbett for the Wildcats.

HEBER SPRINGS 42, CAVE CITY 0

HEBER SPRINGS — Liam Buffalo threw two touchdowns to lead Heber Springs (2-2, 1-0 4A-2) to a shutout in its conference opener.

Buffalo tossed scoring passes to Parker Brown, who also had a rushing touchdown in the game, and Xander Stabler for the Panthers, who scored 21 points in the second quarter and led 35-0 at halftime. Brice Seigrist, Emmett Dwyer and Weston Worden also scored rushing touchdowns for Heber Springs.

HOPE 49, DE QUEEN 7

HOPE — Tyler Patterson passed for 219 yards and scored a touchdown for Hope (2-2, 1-0 5A-South), which defeated De Queen (0-4, 0-1).

Isaac Love rushed for 113 yards and a touchdown for the Bobcats. Jamarion Monk added 71 yards and a score.

Tamorien Lindsey, Donovan Jones and K.D. Gulley also scored touchdowns for Hope.

HOXIE 49, RISON 12

RISON — Camden Brooks caught a touchdown pass and ran for another score to help Hoxie (5-0) defeat Rison (0-4) in a nonconference game.

Brooks caught a 26-yard touchdown pass from Kayden Glenn. He also scored from 20 yards out.

Glenn also had a 43-yard touchdown run to open the game.

LONOKE 36, RIVERVIEW 14

SEARCY — Bradon Allen accounted for three touchdowns to lead Lonoke (22, 1-0 4A-2) past Riverview (0-5, 0-1).

Allen scored two rushing touchdowns and threw for another for the Jackrabbits.

Lonoke also had a kick return for a touchdown and Will Bedford returned an interception 65 yards for a score.

Trevion Greer scored two rushing touchdowns for the Raiders from 22 and 65 yards, respectively.

MONTICELLO 35, HELENA-WEST HELENA 6

MONTICELLO — Zae Jones rushed for two touchdowns to power Monticello (3-2, 2-0 4A-8) over Helena-West Helena (0-5, 0-2).

Jones scored from four and seven yards out for the Billies, who scored 21 points in the first quarter and led 35-0 at halftime.

Jontavion Jackson had a rushing touchdown while Brooks Bowman threw two scoring passes – one to Blaine Hayden and one to Ja’quayvius Rhodes – for Monticello.

MOUNTAIN HOME 24, RUSSELLVILLE 21

MOUNTAIN HOME — Kelso Haught kicked a 17-yard game-winning field goal as time expired to give Mountain Home (3-2, 1-3 6A-West) a victory over Russellville (1-4, 0-3).

Bombers quarterback Cade Yates passed for two touchdowns in the second quarter, including one to sophomore Carter Adkins for 21 yards.

Luke Jones accounted for three touchdowns for the Cyclones. He threw for a touchdown to Abel Abington and ran for two more.

NORTH LITTLE ROCK 41, LITTLE ROCK CENTRAL 6

Tyson Bradden threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as North Little Rock (1-3, 1-0 7A-Central) picked up a road win over Little Rock Central (0-4, 0-1).

Javonta Harris finished with 82 rushing yards and two touchdowns for the Charging Wildcats.

POTTSVILLE 42, MAYFLOWER 21

POTTSVILLE — Miller Mahan rushed for 130 yards and 2 touchdowns on 12 carries as Pottsville (4-1, 3-0 4A-4) pulled away in the second half.

Tate Cobb had 82 yards on 14 carries in the victory for the Apaches, who finished the night with 393 yards on the ground. Mahan also threw three touchdowns as Pottsville outscored Mayflower (3-1, 1-1) 35-14 in the second half.

Eli Adkins and Colby Stephenson both had interceptions for the Apaches.

PRESCOTT 52, GURDON 7

PRESCOTT — Prescott (4-1, 1-0 3A-5) notched a 45-point conference victory over Gurdon (2-3, 0-1).

Jah’Noah Harris, Pierce Yates, D’Wayne White, Jaylen Johnson, Addyx Williams and Decari Prater scored for the Curley Wolves.

STRONG 44, DERMOTT 8

DERMOTT — Germyren McHenry scored three touchdowns as Strong (3-0) jumped out to a 22-0 lead and never looked back in rolling to a win in 8-man action.

Kaiden McHenry-Jones threw two touchdowns and ran for another for the Bulldogs, who were coming off a 2216 victory over Parkers Chapel a week ago. Strong led 22-0 at the half in that game as well.

WARREN 55, MCGEHEE 14

WARREN — Neeyo Harding threw four touchdown passes to propel Warren (4-0, 2-0 4A-8) to a victory over McGehee (2-1, 1-1).

Harding’s scoring passes were 27 yards to Dakamron Davis and 29 yards to Antonio Jordan in the first quarter, 39 yards to Davis in the second quarter and 15 yards to Jordan Green in the third quarter.

Davis added a 6-yard rushing touchdown for the Lumberjacks.

McGehee got two touchdown passes for Kyan Bell. Bell passed 65 yards to Chris Jones in the second quarter and 7 yards to Decklin Bell in the third quarter.

Tramond Miller and Ervin Rivera added rushing touchdowns of 11 and one yard, respectively, in the third quarter, and Cam Burks had a 15-yard touchdown pass to Jordan in the fourth quarter for Warren.

WYNNE 21, BROOKLAND 17

WYNNE — Cameron Smith rushed for 107 yards on 23 carries as Wynne (2-2, 1-0) earned a victory over Brookland (22, 0-1) in its 5A-East Conference opener.

Donte Smith added 93 yards on the ground for the Yellowjackets. John Watson accounted for 65 yards offensively.