5 A-EAST

FORREST CITY 25, GREENE COUNTY TECH 20

PARAGOULD - Ethan Adams threw three touchdown passes to lead Forrest City past Greene County Tech.

Brian Griffith scored two touchdowns for Greene County Tech.

BATESVILLE 38, NETTLETON 12

BATESVILLE - Wesley Rudd caught a pass for a score and returned an interception for a score to lead the Pioneers (2-2, 1-0) in their 5A-East opener.

Rudd caught a 38-yard touchdown pass from Jacob Hartin in the second quarter and had a 45-yard interception return for a touchdown in the third quarter.

Hartin added a 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Joey Rodriguez scored on runs of 6 yards and 1 yard for Batesville.

Lance Walker had scoring runs of 59 and 78 yards for Nettleton (2-2, 0-1).

PARAGOULD 28, BEEBE 21

BEEBE - Dylan Hoggard ran for four touchdowns and 138 yards on 32 carries to lead Paragould (2-2, 1-0) to a victory over Beebe (0-4, 0-1).

Hoggard scored on a 3-yard run in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead after Emily Guinn’s first of four extra points.

Beebe tied it on Micheal Kirby’s 62-yard touchdown run.

Hoggard put Paragould in the lead for good with two 9-yard touchdown runs in the second quarter.

Eric Thorn brought Beebe within 21-13 with a 1-yard scoring run in the third quarter.

WYNNE 43, BLYTHEVILLE 0

BLYTHEVILLE - Draylon Willis scored on runs of 15 yards and 1 yard to lead Wynne (4-0, 1-0) to a victory.

With all the scoring coming in the first half, the Yellowjackets got rushing touchdowns from Franklin Settles and Nick Moody, and touchdown passes from Reed Wingo to Joe Stampley and Ross Trail to Nate Jenkins.

Sports, Pages 27 on 09/22/2012

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