Friday night roundup
- Updated: October 10, 2015
Oxford snaps losing streak in dramatic fashion; includes Alexandria, Jacksonville-White Plains, Ohatchee-Glencoe, Donoho, JCA, Cherokee County
By East Alabama Sports Today
PELL CITY – Oxford snapped its longest in-season losing streak in nine years Friday night in a most dramatic way.
Trey Franks scored on a 3-yard run in overtime and Laquaviuos Ford threw quarterback Jermaine Ross for a loss on the final play of the game as the Yellow Jackets beat rival Pell City 28-21 at Pete Rich Stadium.
It snapped a three-game losing streak. It was their longest losing streak within the season since losing four in a row during the 2006 season.
Adding to the drama, the Jackets held their breath as Pell City kicker Sergio Alvarez missed two 32-yard field goal attempts in the final four minutes that would have decided the game. The second one came with one second left in regulation.
“We just fought our guts out tonight,” Oxford coach Ryan Herring said. “We stepped up our play when we had to.”
Franks scored three touchdowns for the Yellow Jackets (3-5, 2-3) and rushed for 94 yards. Brody Syer completed 15 of 31 passes for 117 yards and ran for the Jackets’ other score.
Syer’s touchdown, a 19-yard run with 31 seconds left in a 35-point second quarter, gave Oxford a 21-14 halftime lead and came about through one of Herring’s gutsiest calls of the year.
The Jackets had two fourth-down conversions in the game, one in each half. The first was a 28-yard pass from Jacob Sears to Brody Syer on a fake punt. It set up the go-ahead touchdown.
“I may not be the smartest coach, but I have guts,” Herring said. “We came here to win this game and were going to do whatever we had to do to win the game.”
OXFORD 28, PELL CITY 21
Oxford 0 21 0 0 7 — 28
Pell City 0 14 0 7 0 — 21
O – Trey Franks 15 run (Keaton Borelli kick), 11:53 2Q
PC – Jermaine Ross 81 run (Sergio Alvarez kick), 11:34 2Q
O – Franks 29 run (Borelli kick), 9:24 2Q
P – Ross 55 run (Alvarez kick), 4:04 2Q
O – Brody Syer 19 run (Borelli kick), 0:31 2Q
PC – Ross 14 run (Alvarez kick), 10:47 4Q
O – Franks 3 run (Borelli kick), OT
Team stats Oxf PC
First downs 13 14
Rushes-yds 33-186 35-321
C-A-I 16-32-1 5-18-1
Passing yds 145 42
Fumbles-lost 2-0 3-3
Penalties-yds 17-140 7-50
Alexandria 50, St. Clair County 21
Keenan Woodruff rushed for 176 yards and five touchdowns and Jamal Tucker ran for 170 yards and two scores as the seventh-ranked Valley Cubs improved to 6-0 for the first time since 2006.
They are working on a 10-game regular-season winning streak.
The Valley Cubs rushed for 488 yards as a team and averaged more than 10 yards a carry against the Saints (3-4, 2-3). They scored on their first seven possessions of the game and ended the eighth by taking a knee deep at the St. Clair County 3 late in the fourth quarter.
Woodruff scored the Cubs’ first five touchdowns, the first coming on a 56-yard burst on the third play of the game. He also scored on runs of 14, 5, 3 and 25 yards. Tucker scored on runs of 24 and 65 yards.
Woodruff now has 989 yards and 18 touchdowns rushing for the season on 93 carries. Jamal Tucker (588) and Jacob Heathcock (471) have combined for 1,059 yards and 13 touchdowns on 90 combined carries this season.
Justin May rushed for 130 yards and two second-half touchdowns for St. Clair County.
ALEXANDRIA 50, ST. CLAIR COUNTY 21
St. Clair Co. 7 0 7 7 — 21
Alexandria 13 16 14 7 — 50
A — Keenan Woodruff 56 run (Trey Primm kick), 10:20 1Q
SC – Taylor Mickens 5 run (Kylee Harrell kick), 5:20 1Q
A — Woodruff 14 run (kick failed), 2:34 1Q
A — Woodruff 5 run (Jacob Heathcock pass from Luke Tucker), 703 2Q
A — Woodruff 3 run (Jamal Tucker pass from L. Tucker), 0:48 2Q
A — Woodruff 25 run (Primm kick), 6:41 3Q
A – J. Tucker 24 run (Primm kick) 3:33 3Q
SC – Justin May 43 run (Harrell kick) 1:14 3Q
A – J. Tucker 65 run (Primm kick), 11:47 4Q
SC – May 16 run (Harrell kick), 7:41 4Q
Jacksonville 48, White Plains 14
JACKSONVILLE – Tae Ackles rushed for 225 yards and two touchdowns and two other backs rushed for more than 100 yards as the Golden Eagles bounced back from their loss to Cleburne County in a big way.
The Golden Eagles (5-3, 3-2) rushed for 435 yards as a team and averaged 13.5 yards per carry. In addition to Ackles, Nico Richmond rushed for 108 yards and three touchdowns and quarterback Quen Veasley rushed for 102 yards.
Jamond Jackson scored both of White Plains’ touchdowns. He rushed for 100 yards on 22 carries. The Wildcats (1-6, 0-5) rushed for 224 yards as a team.
Kevin Carr played a complete game for the Wildcats. He rushed for 51 yards, passed for 43 yards, caught a pass for 19 yards, averaged 37.3 yards on four kickoff returns and led the defense with nine tackles.
JACKSONVILLE 48, WHITE PLAINS 14
White Plains 0 0 7 7 — 14
Jacksonville 21 14 6 7 — 48
J – Tae Ackles 37 run (Preston Harvey kick), 11:32 1Q
J – Nico Richmond 4 run (Jad Gao kick), 6:38 1Q
J – Martavious Long 40 pass from Quen Veasley (Gao kick), 4:52 1Q
J – Veasley 62 run (Gao kick), 9:07 2Q
J – Ackles 1 run (Gao kick), 0:34 2Q
J – Richmond 57 run (kick failed), 8:11 3Q
WP – Jamond Jackson 5 run (Charlie Huey kick), 5:53 3Q
J – Richmond 2 run (Harvey kick), 7:58 4Q
WP – Jackson 5 run (Huey kick), 3:31 4Q
Team stats WP Jax
First downs 14 18
Rushes-yds 48-224 33-435
C-A-I 4-8-1 6-7-0
Passing yds 98 74
Fumbles-lost 2-1 0-0
Punts-avg 3-32.7 2-32.0
Penalties-yds 3-20 3-25
Glencoe 21, Ohatchee 7
GLENCOE – Austin Bush rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns and caught a long pass to set up another score as Glencoe (6-1, 4-1) took a hard-fought victory from the Indians.
Bush had a 31-yard reception on third down from midfield to keep the game’s opening drive alive. Quarterback Chase Wilson capped the 12-play, 70-yard drive with a 2-yard run to open the scoring.
Bush later scored on touchdown runs of 25 and two yards. He has eight total touchdowns this season, tied with Wilson and Pace Ozmint for the team lead.
The Indians (2-5, 1-4) moved the ball against the Yellow Jackets, but didn’t find the end zone until Taylor Eubanks capped a 14-play, 64-yard drive with a 15-yard run with 3:42 to play.
Eubanks rushed for 89 yards on 16 carries. Austin Tucker had 83 yards on 23 carries.
GLENCOE 21, OHATCHEE 7
Ohatchee 0 0 0 7 — 7
Glencoe 7 7 0 7 — 21
G – Chase Wilson 2 run (Andrew Lang kick), 6:36 1Q
G – Austin Bush 25 run (Lang kick), 2:41 2Q
G – Bush 2 run (Lang kick), 9:54 4Q
O – Taylor Eubanks 15 run (Dakota Wise kick), 3:42 4Q
Team stats Ohat Glen
First downs 15 20
Rushes-yds 53-236 39-283
C-A-I 2-6-0 3-9-0
Passing yds 17 64
Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-2
Punts-avg 4-30.0 1-21.0
Penalties-yds 4-65 1-5
Wadley 46, Donoho 0
WADLEY – Mitchell Baker rushed for 109 yards on 17 carries, but Donoho couldn’t find the end zone and was shut out for the first time in 63 games.
The last time the Falcons were shutout was Oct. 23, 2009 (Fayetteville 22-0).
The ninth-ranked Bulldogs (5-1, 4-0) rushed for 479 yards and had 532 yards of total offense against the Falcons (0-4, 1-5). Dakota Brown rushed for two third-quarter touchdowns.
WADLEY 46, DONOHO 0
Donoho 0 0 0 0 — 0
Wadley 22 8 13 3 — 46
W – Tyrese Sheppard 20 run (Sheppard conversion), 10:11 1Q
W – Taquavian Drake 25 pass from Connor Fordham (PAT failed), 8:20 1Q
W – Kamaury Avery 4 run (Dakota Brown conversion), 0:56 1Q
W – Fordham 1 run (Brown conversion), 3:05 2Q
W – Brown 48 run (conversion failed), 11:33 3Q
W – Brown 10 run (Jamichael Angel kick), 0:24 3Q
W – Avery 22 FG, 2:07 4Q
Team stats Don Wad
First downs 9 22
Rushes-yds 26-130 49-479
C-A-I 6-19-0 3-7-0
Passing yds 34 53
Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-0
Punts-avg 5-38.4 1-38.0
Penalties-yds 5-45 6-55
Spring Garden 61, Jacksonville Christian 21
JACKSONVILLE – Junior running back Dakota Lambert gained 200 yards on just 12 carries and scored four touchdowns to lead the Panthers past JCA in Class 1A Region 7.
Lambert scored the Panthers’ first two touchdowns on runs of 34 and 25 yards and quarterback Ben Ivey gave them a 20-0 lead with an 18-yard run with 2:25 left in the quarter.
Reed Murphy got JCA (3-3, 2-3) on the board with a 19-yard run. Murphy scored all three of the Thunder’s touchdowns, adding a 65-yard run right before halftime and a 3-yard run with 3:26 to play.
Ivey opened the second quarter with a 9-yard touchdown run to put Spring Garden (4-3, 3-1) back in front 26-7. Junior fullback Quintin Downey delivered Spring Garden’s next two touchdowns on runs of 1 and 2 yards. Downey rushed for 146 yards on 13 caries.
Lambert scored third-quarter touchdowns on runs of 52 and 41 yards, and
Austin Shell scored the Panthers’ final touchdown with 11:52 remaining in the game on an 18-yard run.
Cherokee County 49, Crossville 10
CENTRE – Tyren Dupree threw for 207 yards and three touchdowns as the Warriors won their fourth in a row to move above the .500 mark for the first time this season.
Dupree, a sophomore, completed 8 of 13 passes. He threw touchdown passes to Quartez Henderson, Jacob Graves and Justin McKnight.
Despite Dupree’s passing proficiency, it was the running game that produced the Warriors’ first two touchdowns. Henderson had three catches for 124 yards. McKnight had four for 52.
The Warriors (4-3, 3-2) led 35-0 before winless Crossville (0-7, 0-5) scored on Keith Owens’ 2-yard run in the third quarter.
Sidney Perry had two fourth-quarter touchdown runs and led the Warriors’ ground game with 91 yards on four carries.
The four-game winning streak is the Warriors’ longest since they went 15-0 in 2009.
CHEROKEE COUNTY 49, CROSSVILLE 10
Crossville 0 0 7 3 — 10
Cherokee Co. 7 21 7 14 — 49
CC – Jacob Graves 44 run (James Sewell kick)
CC – Brendan Bray 1 run (Sewell kick)
CC – Quartez Henderson 81 pass from Tyren Dupree (Sewell kick)
CC – Graves 31 pass from Dupree (Sewell kick)
CC – Justin McKnight 9 pass from Dupree (Sewell kick)
Cr – Keith Owens 2 run (Ronaldo Jimenez kick)
CC – Sidney Perry 22 run (Sewell kick)
Cr – Jimenez 29 FG
CC – Perry 58 run (Sewell kick)
Team stats Cro Cher
First downs 13 17
Rushes-yds 43-104 24-218
C-A-I 7-14-0 8-14-1
Passing yds 48 207
Fumbles-lost 1-1 0-0
Punts-avg 5-30.0 0-0
Penalties-yds 6-70 5-70
On the cover: Moody’s Joseph Sciro celebrates his team’s overtime victory over Anniston. (Photo by Prime Time Prepz/www.primetimeprepz.com)
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