LITTLE ROCK — Three Hot Springs backs combined for 297 rushing yards as the Trojans defeated Little Rock Fair 33-12 on Friday night.
The victory gives the Trojans (7-2, 5-1 5A-Southwest) a chance to win the conference championship next week against Camden Fairview.
The Trojans didn't waste much time getting on the scoreboard. Quarterback Dezhe Willis, who ran for a team-high 113 yards, seemed to get the entire War Eagles defense to bite on a fake handoff and ran up the middle of the field and flipped into the end zone for a 22-yard touchdown run.
Hot Springs struck again after holding the War Eagles (2-6, 1-5) to a quick three-and-out. This time, the Trojans needed a little trickery, faking a punt on fourthand-3 by snapping the ball to running back Jeremiah Maglero, who ran for a 21-yard gain. A few plays later, sophomore fullback Christian White ran the ball in from 18 yards out to increase the score to 13-0.
After the Trojans stuffed Devan Thompson on a fourth-and-3, Maglero scored Hot Springs' third touchdown. Maglero finished the night with 109 yards on the ground.
Sophomore running back Stephen Houston led all runners with 174 yards.
CAMDEN FAIRVIEW 55, HOT SPRINGS LAKESIDE 34
CAMDEN - The Camden Fairview Cardinalssecured at least a share of the 5A-Southwest Conference championship and their 20th consecutive regular-season victory Friday by outscoring the Hot Springs Lakeside Rams 55-34.
Camden Fairview (9-0, 6-0 5A-Southwest) took the lead for good when Jim Youngblood threw a 17-yard touchdown pass to Antonio Tower, his second score of the half, with 59 seconds left in the first half, then pushed away from the Rams (4-5, 3-3) by scoring the first 21 points of the second half.
DeAnthony Curtis finished with 146 yards rushing. Youngblood had 169 yards and 2touchdowns rushing, and also completed 17 of 23 passes for 226 yards and 3 touchdowns. Corey Bailey caught nine of the passes for 107 yards. For Lakeside, Colby Warren completed 12 of 20 passes for 289 yards and a touchdown, and B.J. Jones rushed for 91 yards and three touchdowns.
- Camden News MAGNOLIA 26, MALVERN 20
MAGNOLIA - A 26-yard touchdown pass as time expired gave Magnolia (6-3, 4-2) a 5ASouthwest Conference victory over Malvern.
The touchdown came when senior quarterback Trevor Rogers passed to junior receiver Keshawn Devereaux. Rogers completed 17 of 35 passes and threw for 2 touchdowns.
Magnolia led 20-0 at halftime, but Malvern (3-6, 1-5) tied the game 20-20 late in the fourth quarter. Magnolia senior tailback Eric Jones rushed 24 times for 127 yards.
Malvern's Steven Clegg finished with 211 yards rushing on 29 carries and 1 touchdown. He set up the tying touchdown with a 56-yard run and the Leopards scored with 47.1 seconds remaining.
HOPE 55, ARKADELPHIA 20
ARKADELPHIA - D.J. Parker ran for three touchdowns and passed for another to lead Hope (5-4, 4-2) over Arkadelphia (2-7, 0-6) in a 5A-Southwest Conference game.
Rodney Phillips ran for 160 yards and 2 touchdowns on 23 carries for Hope.
Rodney Bragg ran for two touchdowns for Arkadelphia.
Hope's other touchdowns came on a fumble recovery and a blocked punt.
Sports, Pages 32 on 10/27/2007