Twisters, Red Devils roll; OC suffers tough loss
WEEK 10 PREP FOOTBALL ROUNDUP
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UNION CITY 55, HUMBOLDT 6
The Golden Tornadoes shared the wealth on Friday night as five players scored touchdowns in the Region 7-1A game at Humboldt.
Tayehari Jones, Keaten Brown and Jacob Arnold each scored two touchdowns, while Jaylen Marshall and Kyle Price tackled on the team’s two scores in the second half
Jones got the party started with a 66-yard punt return less than two minutes into the game and later added a 35-yard run.
Brown scored on runs of 10 and 28 yards and finished with 79 rushing yards, while Arnold had TD runs of 13 and 15 yards and ended the night with 78 yards rushing.
Union City is now 6-3 overall and will finish the season with a region game at Lake County on Thursday night.
Humboldt remains winless and will visit South Fulton on Thursday.
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SOUTH FULTON 42, HALLS 7
Dallas Whitehead scored four touchdowns and rushed for 122 yards as the Red Devils came out of the bye week with a strong showing.
Whitehead scored on runs of nine, two, three and 13 yards to help SF jump out to a 34-0 halftime lead.
Brady McFarland ran for a touchdown and threw a pair of two-point conversions, and Josh McKnight also scored a TD for the Devils.
McKnight had seven catches for 100 yards.
Halls finally got on the scoreboard in the fourth quarter on an 18-yard run by Easton Epperson.
The Red Devils piled up 421 yards of total offense, including 243 on the ground. McFarland completed 11-of-15 passes for 178 yards.
With the Region 7-1A win, SF will now look to close the regular season strong by hosting winless Humboldt on Thursday night.
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DYER COUNTY 28, OBION CENTRAL 26
The Rebels were stopped on a potential game-tying two-point conversion attempt with 1:59 remaining in the game to suffer a heartbreaking Region 7-4A setback at Newbern on Friday.
Central pulled within 28-26 on a fourth-down touchdown pass where Hamilton May threw over the middle to Kevyn Alfter, who then pitched back to Kweli Purifoy going the other way for a 26-yard TD play.
On the conversion, however, Dyer County’s defense broke through and forced May to scramble, tackling the Rebel quarterback just inside the 10-yard line.
May accounted for all four Rebel touchdowns as he had a 51-yard interception return for a score and TD runs of one and six yards in addition to the scoring pass.
He ran for 148 yards on 19 carries.
Ja’Bari Livingston ran for two touchdowns and 226 yards, while Pierre Isom added two scores and 124 yards rushing for the Choctaws.
OC will host Craigmont on Friday night, a win guaranteeing the Rebels a winning overall record.