Louisiana: Vikes extend streak; Bears, Trojans win
Published 12:00 am Friday, October 31, 2003
DELHI, La. &045; Those Bears in Delhi may look like Grizzlies, but Vidalia treated them like infant cubs Friday night.
Springing out to a 39-0 lead by halftime, the Vikings (8-0) ran their unbeaten streak to 18 regular season games and realistically clinched a playoff berth due to power ratings by sending Delhi (5-3) into hibernation, 48-6.
&uot;The thing that worries me is going 15 rounds in the playoffs,&uot; said Vidalia head coach Dee Faircloth, who watched his team total 346 yards via rushing. &uot;We’re knocking people out early. Hopefully we can get back on track.&uot;
Quarterback Tony Hawkins and running back Stephen Cooper kickstarted the night with a pair of opening scores on runs of 48 and 28 yards, respectively.
The Vikes added a safety when the Delhi punter went out of the end zone to push the lead up 14-0 with less than three minutes gone by.
Hawkins, who was 3 of 5 passing for 31 yards with one interception, added a 2-yard plunge later in the first to increase the advantage out to 20-0.
Block 62, Davidson 0
ST, JOSEPH, La. &045; Well, at least the Bears didn’t get into triple digits Friday, right?
Block (5-3, 2-0) continues to roll through district 4-1A foes, after it opened play with an 82-8 romp of Tallulah two weeks ago.
Behind the legs of Demetrius Duncan, who carried the ball five times for 130 yards, the Bears put the Warriors (2-5, 0-3) on ice early.
Duncan scored four times on a 52-yard punt return and runs from scrimmage of 9, 21 and 60, respectively.
&uot;Davidson is terrible. We’re still focused and doing all the things we’ve talked about,&uot; Block head coach Chad Harkins said. &uot;It doesn’t matter who we play, we can see steps forward.&uot;
Quarterback Demetrius Bowie, who finished the night 4 of 7 for 66 yards tossed two touchdown passes &045; one to Jeremy Washington for 14 yards for the Bears’ first score and the second midway through the second quarter on a 22-yard completion to Michael Griffin.
Block held the Warriors to 27 yards of total offense, as Davidson managed zero yards passing on three incompletions and an interception.
&uot;From watching from the sidelines, we’ve got players defensively that are getting better week in and week out,&uot; Harkins said. &uot;I just hope when it’s all said and done, we don’t get shell-shocked in the playoffs and play somebody that makes us play four quarters.&uot;
Ferriday 36, Lake Providence 6
LAKE PROVIDENCE, La. &045; Trojan running back Theotis Cummings continues to run wild for Ferriday, which has made a resurgence through district 4-2A play.
Cummings went for 245 yards on 21 carries in the Trojans’ (3-5, 2-0 4-2A) romp over the Panthers (0-8, 0-3 4-2A) Friday.
Ferriday quarterback Scotty Cage was nearly flawless, completing 6 of his 7 pass attempt for 142 yards, including a 5-yard scoring strike to Terrance Hawkins and a 10-yard touchdown pass to Brandon Woods to put Ferriday up 12-6.
Cage also added a 10-yard touchdown run to close the scoring early in the fourth quarter.
Huntington 16, ASC 14 (OT)
FERRIDAY, La. &045; Trey Keith was too much for the Rebels from Liberty to handle as he rushed for 122 yards on 25 carries and scored an important two-point conversion after a touchdown run in overtime to help give the Hounds the win Friday night in an MPSA District 7-A game.
&uot;We probably played one of our best games of the year,&uot; Hounds assistant coach Bo Swilley said. &uot;At the beginning of the game we dedicated this game to our seniors.&uot;
After being down to as few as 13 players earlier in the season due to injuries and illnesses, Huntington finished with wins in its last three games to finish 5-5 overall and 2-3 in district.
&uot;Considering the injuries we had, we had a good year,&uot; Swilley said. &uot;I’m real proud of the kids. I’m proud for (head coach Hugh) Hathcock. He kept this team together.&uot;
Even though the game went into overtime, Swilley noted that they controlled much of the game.
&uot;We really played lights out. ASC did, too,&uot; Swilley said. &uot;We controlled the ball. We ran 71 plays to their 37. Both teams played extremely well.&uot;
Huntington had 317 yards of total offense, including 231 on the ground, to just 136 yards for Amite School Center (2-7, 1-4).
Adam Trevillion scored on a 17-yard run and Kyle Johnson scored on a two-point conversion run to give the Hounds an 8-0 lead.
Amite countered that as Brent Bean scored from 3 yards out and ran in for the two-point conversion for an 8-8 score that lasted until overtime.
After Keith scored for a 16-8 lead, the Rebels got a chance and scored on a 10-yard run by No. 32 (no name given), but the two-point conversion was no good.