Fairhope stuns Theodore; Jackson, Mobile Christian, St. Paul’s, McGill-Toolen romp
Theodore’s J.J. Bush tackles Fairhope’s Nic Ronsisvalle in the first half Friday night in Theodore. (Mike Kittrell/Call News)
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THEODORE — Trey Garner threw four touchdown passes as Class 7A Fairhope extended its winning streak to five games by ripping Class 6A Theodore 31-7 at C.A. Douglas Field Friday night.
Garner completed 9 of 17 passes for 222 yards, including touchdown passes of 41 yards to Fisher Southall, 18 and 43 yards to Byron Martin and 44 yards to Andres Hunt.
“That’s the best football team we’ve played all year,” said Pirates coach Tim Carter, whose team moved to 5-1. “It was our best effort this season and it came after Theodore had a tough battle last week (against St. Paul’s).”
Kendrick Able ran for 163 yards on 16 carries for the Bobcats (4-2). Quarterback Crishon Overton was 7-of-13 passing for 66 yards and had an 8-yard touchdown run.
“Fairhope came to play and we didn’t,” Theodore coach Steve Mask said. “They whipped us in every phase of the football game — kicking, defense, offense and coaching and it’s all credit to Fairhope. They wanted this game worse than we did. They outplayed us, they outcoached us and what we’re going to need to do is make a decision on how we’re going to react to it. They lined up and whipped our rear end. It was a good, old-fashioned butt whipping.”
Jackson 33,
LeFlore 0
JACKSON — The Aggies’ defense, which is second in Class 4A against the score, allowed only 48 yards of total offense while E.J. Crowell rushed for 151 yards on 14 carries and three touchdowns.
“We’re lights out on defense right now,” Jackson coach Cody Flournoy said. “We’re playing at that championship level but still having some hiccups offensively. We just got too many offensive penalties and shot ourselves in the foot.”
Crowell scored on runs of 7, 12 and 7 yards for No. 1-ranked Class 4A Jackson (5-1), which hosts No. 2 St. Michael in a huge 4A Region 1 game next Friday.
Landon Duckworth completed 9 of 17 throws for 101 yards and had a TD run but was ejected late in the second quarter for getting into a fight with two LeFlore players who were also ejected.
Jamarrion Gordon had an acrobatic interception in the second quarter.
Bryant 18,
Citronelle 13
Jayden James scored a pair of second-half touchdowns to rally the visiting Hurricanes to victory.
Whyatt Nelson threw a touchdown pass to Bretland Williams as the Wildcats took a 7-0 lead in the opening quarter.
Henry Nguyen booted a pair of field goals as Bryant closed the gap to 7-6 by halftime.
James punched in scores of 4 and 8 yards to give the Hurricanes (2-3) an 18-7 lead early in the fourth quarter.
Mobile Christian 52,
St. Stanislaus 0
Israel Benard and Landon Stewart combined for six touchdown passes to lead the host Leopards to a blowout win.
Benard was 9-of-11 passing for 162 yards and three touchdowns and Stewart was 3-of-3 passing for 116 yards and three more touchdowns.
“Israel had a rough game against Jackson,” MC coach Charles Lawson said. “He had good command of the offense tonight and is showing nice growth.”
Mobile Christian (4-1) rested star running back Jason Todd for upcoming region games, Lawson said.
Benard, who came off the bench, hooked up with Sema’J Law for a 34-yard touchdown and found Aiden Gaston for a 55-yard scoring strike. He finished with a 9-yard TD pass to Damarien Gatson in the fourth quarter.
Stewart threw scoring passes of 18 yards to Xavier Harris, 65 yards to Ladouglas Jones Jr. and 33 yards to Aiden Gaston.
Law added a 1-yard scoring run and Carter Lewis a 41-yard field goal for a 38-0 halftime lead.
St. Paul’s 51,
Faith Academy 7
The Saints (4-1) rolled up 417 yards of total offense with sophomore quarterback Hayden Fincher throwing for 233 yards and four touchdowns at E.E. Delaney Stadium.
Fincher was 13-of-17 passing, connecting with Anthony Frasier for scores of 7 and 10 yards and Jimbo Boteler for TDs of 59 and 28 yards. Tank Jones had a 4-yard TD run and returned a stripped fumble 16 yards for a score.
Eli Quinley was 5-of-13 passing for 95 yards, hooking up with Kobe Hunt for an 80-yard score in the first quarter for the Rams.
McGill-Toolen 42,
Davidson 7
Blane Barre tossed four touchdown passes in theYellow Jackets’ romp.
Barre came into the game with only two scoring passes through the first five games but Kaden Thrash caught three of the TD receptions of 7, 36 and 38 yards.
Barre completed 12 of 17 passes for 164 yards and did not play in the second half.
“We saw them watching our running backs and biting on the play action and we were able to hit some big plays downfield,” Barre said.
Jack Lenaghan added the fourth touchdown reception from 8 yards out.
“I thought we did a great job of playing fast tonight and executing well in the red zone, an area that we haven’t played well this year,” McGill-Toolen coach David Faulkner said.
Ladarien Miller had 77 yards on 14 carries and scored from 12 and 2 yards out.
Clarke Co. 26,
Millry 7
