No keeping up with this Jones

Owings Mills RB scores 3 TDs in rout of Randallstown

James Jones ran with violence on Saturday afternoon.

The Owings Mills running back’s physical style wore down Randallstown’s defense, beating it down for three touchdowns as Jones and Co. snatched a 32-0 win. As a senior, Jones is just glad to get the opportunity to be able to put on his team’s uniform for one of the final times of his career.

“I’m just happy that they gave us a shot,” Jones said. “I already know that my coaches and my teammates are going to give me a chance — they look out for me when they block.

“I already knew that everything was going to come together. I just had to play my best and make things happen.”

Owings Mills coach Travis Hall saw his team score five touchdowns. After having a ton of down time with COVID-19 and the oddity of a spring football season, the idea was to play crisply.

“It feels good because it’s been a long time with the layoff and not knowing if we were going to get to play,” Hall said. “Honestly, for me this was a surprise. To have them out there and perform like that — I had freshmen finish the game off — it was a good feeling.

“Normally, we’d have a JV, so we don’t normally get the ninth graders on varsity like that. So basically, our approach is to use this like a spring game; it’s just that we have multiple ones.

“We wanted try to get the young guys in there every single game and get them experience.”

Jones scored the first touchdown on a 7-yard rush with 6 minutes, 22 seconds left in the first quarter. Then the senior had a 47-yard rush to give Owings Mills a 14-0 lead with 3:20 remaining in the quarter.

Jones rushed for his third touchdown on a 10-yard rush to give the Eagles a 20-0 lead at the 4:10 mark.

Saturday, 1 p.m. Streaming: ESPN3