Mary Montgomery players celebrate after defeating Baker 20-10 Friday night. (Tom Deck/Call News)
Mobile Christian’s Israel Benard fires a pass against Providence Christian Friday night. Benard tossed three touchdown passes in the Leopards’ 27-13 win. (Mike Kittrell/Call News)
By ROBERT LADNIER
MOBILE — Kam Smith powered for 222 yards on 35 carries and Mary G, Montgomery chewed up 7:46 in a 72-yard, 14-play scoring drive in the fourth quarter to pull away from host Baker for a 20-10 win at Clem Richardson Field Friday night.
Smith scored on runs of 12 yards and 1 yard while Adam Ezell kicked field goals of 42 and 40 yards for the Vikings (3-3), who piled up 304 yards on the ground and picked up 19 first downs.
Tate Graham, who was 10-of-22 passing for 98 yards, threw a 16-yard touchdown pass to Jamien Pryor that tied it 10-10 at the end of the third quarter for the Hornets (2-4). Bennett Morgan added a 28-yard field goal.
Graham was sacked five times, including two by Ashton Finley, while Jordan Drinkard and Labraxton Pettway recovered fumbles for the Hornets.
MGM led 7-3 after one quarter and 10-3 at halftime.
Mobile Christian 27,
Providence 13
Junior quarterback Israel Benard tossed three touchdown passes and Ladouglas Jones returned a punt 71 yards for a score for the Leopards, who stayed tied with Bayside Academy in the private school Class A Region 1.
Benard’s TD passes were 41 yards to Damarien Gatson, 14 yards to Jones and 23 yards to Tristan Aragon.
Aragon added 161 yards rushing for Mobile Christian (6-1, 4-0).
“We made some adjustments,” Leopards coach Charles Lawson said. “Defensively, in the second half, we made their offense more one dimensional, shutting down the QB run that hurt us in the first half.”
— John Vella
