Class 3A
Week 1 - Aug. 31 game summaries and briefs
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Perryville 20, Bigelow 6 (at UCA)
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette -- There was nothing about Perryville’s rushing attack that should have concerned Bigelow’s defense. That might have been the problem.
Perryville (1-0) gained 372 yards rushing on the way to a 20-6 victory Tuesday night at Central Arkansas’ Estes Stadium. Fullback Kane Drye finished with 125 yards on 10 carries, while tailback Tyler Blackmon added 96 yards and two touchdowns.
Heber Springs Panthers 16, Mayflower 28 (at UCA) - PHOTOS
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette --Deshaun Bagby’s 86-yard opening kickoff return for a touchdown turned out to be an anomaly.
The junior’s run helped set the tone for Mayflower’s 28-16 victory over Heber Springs on Tuesday night at Central Arkansas’ Estes Stadium, but that was about all fans got to see of Bagby’s and the Eagles’ breakaway ability.
Mayflower (1-0) arrived as a team built for speed, with Bagby having turned in one of the state’s top sophomore seasons a year ago. But the Eagles’ reputation for game-breaking plays apparently preceded them, because they looked like a thoroughly scouted football team on their first offensive possession.
Junction City 48, Smackover 0
SMACKOVER — Junction City gave Smackover Coach Joe Black a rude homecoming, blasting the Buckaroos behind sophomore Alan Turner, who ran for two touchdowns and returned an interception for another touchdown in the first half.
Black, 63, graduated from Smackover in 1962 and returned to coach his alma mater last spring.
The Dragons stormed to a 42-0 halftime lead, invoking the 35-point mercy rule and a continuously running clock in the second half.
Turner ran for touchdowns of 75 and 5 yards and also returned an interception for a score.
Senior Justin Cook and sophomore Kyle Darden also ran for touchdowns, while Dustin Franklin threw a touchdown pass to senior Anthony Carter.
Mountainburg 14, Hackett 7
HACKETT — Chance Gagliano threw for a touchdown and ran in a two-point conversion as Mountainburg (1-0) defeated Hackett (0-1) in a nonconference game.
Gagliano hit Kevin Cluck with a pass for Mountainburg’s first touchdown. Richard Dyer scored on a 1-yard run for Mountainburg’s other touchdown.
Leroy Kimmons scored Hackett’s touchdown on a 7-yard run in the first quarter.
East Poinsett County 6, Marked Tree 16
MARKED TREE — Michael Gray got Marked Tree’s season off to a rousing start with a 63-yard touchdown run with 9:20 to go in the first quarter in a victory over East Poinsett County.
Gray, who finished with 187 yards on 25 carries, also scored on a 5-yard run with 11:35 left in the third quarter.
East Poinsett County’s lone touchdown came on Dustin Beatty’s 49-yard run with 10 minutes left in the second quarter.
Clarendon 35, Brinkley 0
Dwight Brooks rushed for two touchdowns and had an interception that led to another score as Clarendon shut out Brinkley.
Brooks intercepted a Brinkley pass on the games’ first play. Teammate Rodrick Harris scored on a 22-yard touchdown with 11:37 left in the first quarter.
Clarendon’s Conner James caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Tavadrick Lee for a 14-0 lead with 6:01 left in the opening period. Steve Boston came up with an interception and Brooks was the beneficiary, scoring on a 9-yard run with 3:03 left in the quarter.
Lee’s 1-yard run gave Clarendon a 26-0 lead with 10:13 left in the second quarter. After Clarendon forced a safety for a 28-0 lead, Brooks scored his second touchdown on a 6-yard run with 4:46 left in the first half.
Gurdon 14, Jessieville 7
Gurdon came back from 7-0 deficit to defeat Jessieville, the defending Class 2A champion.
Jessieville opened the scoring when Matt Harper ran 4 yards for a touchdown with 9:31 left in the first half. Harper finished with 107 yards rushing on 19 attempts.
With 3:56 left in the half, quarterback Zack Duncan had a 4-yard touchdown run. O’Bryan Bell added the two-point conversion to give Gurdon an 8-7 lead.
Bell ran 33 yards for a touchdown with 9:04 left in the third quarter. The two-point try failed.
Lamar 40, Magazine 0
Johnathan Justice and Travis Hall had two touchdowns apiece to lead Lamar in blowout victory against Magazine.
Denvis Moore added a 15-yard touchdown run in the first quarter, and Ariel Ragsdale closed out the scoring with a 16-yard run in the third quarter.
Justice finished the night with 67 yards on six carries, while Ragsdale gained 71 yards on eight rushes.
Pottsville 33, West Fork 21
Johnathon Huffman carried 15 times for 160 yards and 3 touchdowns to lead Pottsville (1-0) past West Fork (0-1).
Huffman scored on runs of 55, 48 and 6 yards, while Josh Falls and Jacob Irwin added 1-yard scoring runs for Pottsville.
Strong 14, Lafayette County 7
Earl Robinson returned an interception 85 yards for a second-quarter touchdown to give Strong an upset victory.
There was no scoring in the second half.
Barton 28, Palestine-Wheatley 25
BARTON — Kareem Matthews’ touchdown run and two-point conversion with 11 minutes to play lifted Barton to a hard-fought victory over Palestine-Wheatley.
Murfreesboro 40, Horatio 0
MURFREESBORO — Zack Bufkin caught six passes for 113 yards and teammate Marc McRae caught two touchdown passes and rushed for another as Murfreesboro ran up 493 yards in total offense in its victory over Horatio.
Carlisle 26, England 19
D.D. McClain’s 30-yard touchdown run in the first quarter helped Carlisle spoil England Coach Mike Morrison’s debut.
Keith Crudup’s 15-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Tucker gave England a 7-6 halftime lead.
Lake Village 41, Marvell 0
Decatur 0, Cedarville 39
Corning 41, Rector 0
Shiloh Christian 42, Prestonwood (TX) Christian 14 - PHOTOS
Green Forest 35, Reeds Spring 13
Westville, Okla. 24, Lincoln 0
Cave City 36, Johnson County Westside 6
Rose Bud 29, Bismarck 8
Thayer, Mo., 54, Salem 13
Hoxie 22, Walnut Ridge 15
Piggott 33, Portageville, Mo. 7
Mountain Pine 28, Centerpoint14
Dierks 34, Fouke 6
Mount Ida 42, Magnet Cove 7
Prescott 22, Spring Hill 22, tie
Bearden 41, Camden Harmony Grove 7
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