EL DORADO — Lucas Reed completed 18 of 26 passes for 350 yards and 3 touchdowns Friday to lead El Dorado to a 31-17 victory over Lake Hamilton at Memorial Stadium.
El Dorado, which managed 79 yards rushing, improved to 5-2 overall and 4-0 in 6A-South play.
Sandy Brown had five receptions for 124 yards and two touchdowns for the Wildcats, while Jarvis Davis had five receptions for 89 yards.
“We can always get better. But, the receivers — Sandy Brown, Ty Owens, Jarvis Davis, Treyshawn Shutes, Ron Murphy — they all made great plays today,” said Reed, who completed 8-of-9 passes for 136 yards in the second half.
Lake Hamilton closed the deficit to 17-14 midway in the third and 24-17 on Omar Vega’s 35-yard field goal with 9:47 left in the game.
But, El Dorado responded with an 82-yard drive in eight plays. Reed hit Davis for 20 and Marque Burris for 14. He threw a quick pass to Brown, who got two blocks from Davis en route to a 30-yard completion to the 16. Burris would hurdle his way into the end zone from five yards out with 7:39 left in the game.
The Wolves’ final two drives never got going thanks to linebacker Patrick Seweje, who stopped both with slacks.
“We hit some big plays or it would’ve been a rough night because they were really physical. They gave us some problems but our defense played good all night,” El Dorado Coach Scott Reed said.
“It seemed like whenever we needed a play defensively, we made it. We made a couple fourth down stops that were huge. Our kids just keep hanging in there. They’ve been in close games before. I’m proud of the win.”
Clay Jessie threw a slant to Trever Mittelstadt, who ran 41 yards to the end zone when the defender misplayed the ball and Lake Hamilton took a 7-3 lead in the second quarter.
The Wildcats’ subsequent 87-yard drive included Reed’s 31-yard pass to Shutes on fourth-and-15. Two plays later, Reed hit Brown on a 4-yard TD pass. Harter’s kick put El Dorado up 10-7 with 6:32 left in the second.
The Wolves quickly went three-and-punt and El Dorado struck quickly as Reed hit Burris out of the backfield on a 54-yard touchdown pass down the middle of the field with 5:16 left in the half to take a 17-7 lead.
PINE BLUFF 41, LITTLE ROCK FAIR 0
Brandon Starks completed 3 of 10 passes for 122 yards and 3 touchdowns in Pine Bluff’s victory over Little Rock Fair.
The Zebras (6-1, 4-0 7A/6A-South) led 28-0 at halftime and Trevor Hunt added two touchdowns.
Fair (0-7, 0-4) has lost 22 consecutive games.
BENTON 45, TEXARKANA 17
BENTON — Wallace Foote rushed for 228 yards on 16 carries and scored 3 touchdowns as Benton cruised to a 6ASouth Conference victory at Panthers Stadium. Foote scored on runs of 5, 17 and 79 yards while quarterback Tarek Beaugard threw a 32-yard touchdown pass to Boone Cox and Shaun Carey scored on a 9-yard run. Benton had 535 yards of offense, including more than 400 yards rushing. Sophomore Tomoya Davis started at quarterback in place of Dylan Silvey, who was suspended for breaking a school rule, and led Texarkana (1-6, 0-4) to a pair of touchdown drives.
BRYANT 58, SHERIDAN 0
BRYANT — Sophomore utility back K.J. Hill ran 8 times for a career-high 118 yards and 1 touchdown in Bryant’s victory over Sheridan. Hill, who scored on a 32-yard run, also caught 3 passes for 43 yards, including a 21-yard touchdown. Senior quarterback Hayden Lessenberry completed 11 of 14 passes for 178 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 2 more scores. Lessenberry threw a 36-yard touchdown pass to Ian Shuttleworth. The Hornets (5-2, 3-1 7A/6A-South) led 30-0 at halftime and finished with 495 total yards. Sheridan (2-5, 1-3) was led by quarterback Dylan Flores, who completed 7 of 16 passes for 44 yards.
Sports, Pages 26 on 10/13/2012