The East Side Trojans found its offensive groove Friday night against the West Tally Choctaws in Webb.
The Trojans ended up improving to 2-0 with the blowout victory.
“The offense look good and the defense played well again,” said Trojans head coach Tavares Johnson.
The Trojans led at halftime 40-0. They ended up with 501 yards of total offense.
Leading the way for the East Side offense was freshman quarterback Tavares Johnson, Jr. who completed 9-of-12 passes for 223 yards and two touchdowns. Laquavious Jones anchored the ground game with eight carries for 120 yards and a touchdown, followed by Cordarius Walker with a rushing touchdown. Khiry Lucas and Rodrequis McGee both caught touchdown passes. Lucas also blocked a punt and recovered it for a touchdown while McGee added a punt return touchdown. LaChristopher Lee also added a 71 yard touchdown.
Defensively, the Trojans caused five turnovers. Amontillado Dunbar led the way with 12 tackles, followed by Domunique Taylor with 11 tackles, Lamarcus McGee with two sacks and Walker with a sack.
East Side will be back in action Friday at home against Shelby Broad Street.
JFK 25, North Panola 8
The John F. Kennedy Hornets cruised past the North Panola Cougars in Mound Bayou Friday night.
The Hornets improved to 1- 1. The game was tied 8-8 at halftime. The Hornets were able to coast in the second half by outscoring the Cougars 17-0.
Dontarius Malone and Samodrian Melton led the offense as both players scored touchdowns with Malone kicking a field goal and Melton scoring a 2-point conversion. Dontrez Jordan also returned a kickoff 76 yards for a touchdown in the first quarter.
“Dontarius Malone had an outstanding game, and Samodrian Melton did a good job of running the ball,” JFK head coach Sheldon Hodge said. “They had a tremendous impact on the game. We were able to pick up some key first downs in third and long situations that were able to keep drives going. I think we had the ball longer than North Panola. The big thing was we were able to contain their wide receiver Ricky Hunt. That was a very big part of the game. The only score we gave up was a kickoff return for a touchdown.”
Linebacker Brandon McDaniels led the Hornets’ defense, followed by Demorris Bedford, Javantye Malone, Stephen Gardner, Jordan and Kirk Melvin.
JFK will host Amanda Elzy in Mound Bayou next Friday at 7:30 p.m.
NSA 44, Delta 6
The North Sunflower Academy Rebels won their first game of the season in a big way by defeating the Delta Academy Raiders in a District 1 8-man football game in Drew Friday night.
The win pushed the Rebels to 1-1. NSA led 30-6 at halftime. Austin Starnes threw a touchdown pass to Nathan Cummins, Dylan Debower, Thomas Glass and Aaron Burt rushed for touchdowns and Kevin Muzzi kicked two extra points to lead the offense. Anthony Joseph also rushed for some key yards to aid NSA.
“One of the key improvements was ball control,” NSA head coach Tom Thompson said. “Although we fumbled the ball on the first play, I just stressed to them that ball control and holding on to the ball was critical. After we got that out of our system, we didn’t have to punt not one time during the whole game. That showed we were driving the ball pretty well. Our defense played extremely well.”
The defense was led by several rebels. Ryan Wilson had an interception to give NSA one of its big plays on defense.
NSA will be off this week and will return home to take on Park Place in Drew at 7 p.m. on Sept. 10.
Rosa Fort 42, Broad Street 26
The Broad Street Jaguars came up short Friday as they hosted the Rosa Fort Lions in Shelby.
The Jaguars were led by Quantavious Peterson who completed 7-of-19 passes for 207 yards with four touchdowns and a interception. Devante James caught four passes for 136 yards and three touchdowns, and Willie Bingham caught three passes for 64 yards and a touchdown. He also rushed six times for 21 yards.
The Jaguars will be back in action Friday against East Side in Cleveland.
Leland 20, Shaw 6
The Leland Cubs defeated the Shaw Hawks in Leland Friday night.
The game was Shaw’s season opener. Leland led 12-6 at halftime. C.J. Shepherd led the Hawks’ ground attack with 76 rushing yards on eight carries, followed by Dimitri Appleton with 19 rushing yards and a touchdown on four carries and Kywoun Ware with 26 rushing yards on eight carries.
Lavontay Phillips led the Hawks’ defense with 10 tackles, followed by Christopher Harthorne with eight and Shepherd and Justin Peterson with seven each.
Shaw will hit the road to Clarksdale to play Coahoma AHS next Friday at 7:30 p.m.
Marvell 30, Bayou 20
The Marvell Academy Eagles defeated the Bayou Academy Colts at Colt Field Friday night.
Bayou fell to 0-2. The score was tied 8-8 at halftime. Chase Aguzzi, Caleb Pilgrim and Winn Roark all scored touchdowns for Bayou. The offensive line did a good job blocking up front for the skill players.
Bayou will travel to Belzoni to play Humphreys Academy this Friday at 7 p.m.
Aberdeen 64, Ray Brooks 6
The Aberdeen Bulldogs ran over the Ray Brooks Tigers in Benoit Friday night.
The Tigers fell to 0-2. No further information was reported.
Ray Brooks will host West Bolivar this Friday in Benoit.