CLASS 5A
Clarksville 15, Ozark 12
Clarksville (3-0) came up with two huge fourth-down stops in the fourth quarter to close its nonconference slate with a signature win Friday night.
The Panthers stopped Ozark inside the 20-yard line twice late in the game and used a time-consuming drive to run off more than 5 minutes of the fourth-quarter clock to give coach Khris Buckner his biggest win in four seasons at Clarksville.
"Our kids are playing with so much confidence right now," Buckner said. "Our motto this season has been don't hope to win, expect to win and the kids have really bought into that. To hold a team like Ozark, an explosive team, to 12 points, I can't say enough about our kids."
Clarksville got down early 6-0, but on the extra point, Michael Powell blocked the attempt and that seemed to spark the Panthers, Buckner said.
Clarksville took a 7-6 lead when Miles Castleman hit Jamie White down the sideline for 42 yards, setting up Bryce Buckner's 1-yard touchdown run. Ozark scored on its opening possession of the second half, but the Panthers battled back with White taking a counter 35 yards for the go-ahead score. After Ozark was whistled for being offside on the extra point, Clarksville went for two and Nicholas Buckner scored for a 15-12 lead.
Farmington 49, Gravette 19
The Cardinals used a dominant aerial attack to roll over Gravette.
Farmington quarterback Marqwaveon Watson catapulted himself into the end zone from the 1 early in the first quarter to open the scoring, and the Cardinals (2-0) never lost the lead.
Farmington scored on its next possession, on a 27-yard pass from Watson to senior wide receiver Drew Sturgeon. It was the first of four Sturgeon touchdowns on the night. Along with his touchdown catch, Sturgeon tacked on three more big plays. He returned the opening kickoff of the second half 62 yards to the end zone, and later outran the Gravette defense on a jet sweep for a 60-yard touchdown.
Sturgeon caught a 28-yard touchdown pass from Watson later in the game, to complete his quartet of touchdowns. Gravette dropped to 0-2 with the loss.
Class 4A
Elkins 48, West Fork 6
Junior quarterback Kain Johnson accounted for six touchdowns to lead the Elks to the big win.
Johnson completed 11 of 12 passes for 270 yards and four touchdowns. He also rushed for two more.
Cody Drummond also added 105 yards receiving and returned a punt for a touchdown for Elkins. (1-1).
Lincoln 41, Keys, Okla. 13
Lincoln piled up 460 yards of total offense while rolling to its second consecutive victory.
The Wolves jumped ahead 28-0 and took a 28-7 lead into halftime. Christian Sellers rushed for 201 yards on 24 carries.
Quarterback Tyler Brewer was 14 of 20 passing for 217 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions.
CLASS 3A
Cedarville 65, Bigelow 27
Cedarville's rushing attack produced 593 yards on 43 carries in its win over Bigelow.
Kelin Mitchell led the assault with 198 yards and one touchdown. Darryl Kattich added 161 yards and three touchdowns while Hayden Partain contributed 38 yards and two scores on just four carries.
Cedarville (3-0) is off this week before opening 3A-1 Conference play at Lamar.
Lamar 41, Subiaco Academy 6
Brady James rushed for 198 yards and scored 4 touchdowns to lead the Warriors to a nonconference win.
James also had an interception in the second quarter that helped the Warriors (2-0) take a 13-6 lead. Lamar led 21-6 at halftime and dominated the second half.
The Warriors rushed for 412 yards. Steven Brown finished with 76 yards and Jacob Parmenter added 62 yards on the ground.
Mansfield 53, Lavaca 22
Quarterback Ethan Stovall threw for four touchdowns to lead the Red Tigers to the big nonconference win.
Mansfield (3-0) jumped to a 34-0 lead after one quarter and 41-16 at halftime en route to the easy win. Stovall completed 8 of 10 passes for 206 yards and four touchdowns to four different receivers.
Layton Howard had a kickoff return for a touchdown just before halftime and a receiving touchdown.
Booneville 42, Pottsville 14
Randon Ray rushed for 114 yards and scored two touchdowns to lead the Bearcats to their first win of the season.
Quarterback Evan Schlinker threw for 116 yards and two touchdowns, including one to Ray, for Booneville, which led 28-7 at halftime.
Cam Brasher and Andrew Robertson also scored two touchdowns each. Robertson got one of his scores on a fumble return.
Paris 28, Waldron 24
Senior Patrick Richardson scored the go-ahead touchdown and picked off a Waldron pass in the waning seconds to help Paris earn the come-from-behind win.
Paris (2-1) trailed 18-6 at halftime, but used a big second half to pick up the win.
The Eagles were trying to run out the close in the fourth quarter, but fumbled near midfield to give Waldron a last chance. However, Richardson picked off a pass near the Paris 10 with 20 seconds left to seat the victory.
Richardson caught a 10-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Chase Watts midway through the fourth quarter for the lead. Watts ran in the two-point conversion.
Watts also ran for a score and accounted for two 2-point conversions on the ground.
CLASS 2A
Johnson County Westside 48, Two Rivers 46 (OT)
In a wild back-and-fourth game, the Rebels rallied in the closing seconds of regulation to tie and force overtime, then won it with a two-point conversion run.
The game was tied at 20-20 at halftime and Two Rivers went up by two touchdowns 32-20 before Westside (1-1) battled back to take a 34-32 lead on a Tanner Bryant touchdown.
Two Rivers took a 40-34 lead and looked to have the game locked down when Westside took over at its own 15 with under a minute left. But Bryant threw up a Hail Mary pass with 5 seconds left that Dakota Beavers somehow came down with in the end zone to tie the game at 40-40 and force overtime.
The Gators scored first in overtime to take a 46-40 lead, but the Rebels answered on James Linton's 5-yard touchdown run. The Rebels turned to Bryant on the conversion and he found his way into the end zone for the win on the two-point conversion.
Sports on 09/15/2019