GLEN ROSE - Glen Rose avoided the trap Friday, rolling to a 35-6 victory over Little Rock Episcopal at Glen Rose Beaver Stadium.
The trap could have come in looking ahead to next week's 3A-8 Conference showdown with Bauxite. Instead, Glen Rose (9-0, 6-0) took a 35-0 halftime lead and was never challenged. The Arkansas Activities Association's sportsmanship rule, allowing for a running clock in a game with a 35-point margin, kicked in at the start of the second half.
At halftime, Glen Rose had 311 yards to Episcopal's 111 yards.
The victory sets up a winnertake-all game next week for the 3A-8 championship.
"Our kids performed well in the first half. We wanted to get the clock rolling in the second half and our kids were able to do that," Glen Rose Coach Billy Elmore said. "Our kids obviously know what's on the line next week and Bauxite's kids do to.
're just excited about that."
Glen Rose has outscored opponents 266-58 in six conference games for an average margin of victory of 35 points.
Episcopal (2-7, 1-5) has lost five consecutive games. The most positive thing the Wildcats did in the first three quarters was banking the second-half kickoff Glen Rose player and recovering it. But three plays later, copal faced a fourth-and-25 had to punt.
Episcopal finally scored with eft on a 4 yard run by Robert Henry.
"I'm not taking anything away from Episcopal tonight but I just don't think we were as mentally sharp as we have been in the past," Elmore said. "We put ourselves in a good position as long as we took care of business tonight. And we put it away
ly."
Doug Vinson rushed for 89 on 13 carries and scored a touchdown in the first quarter.
Glen Rose quarterback Nathan Jones missed on his first five passes. But he finished the first half by completing 6 of 8 passes for 168 yards and 3 touchdowns. Glen Rose scored on five of its
first-half possessions.
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GLEN ROSE 35, LR EPISCOPAL 6 than next week," Elmore said.
Two of Jones' touchdown passes went to receiver J Keith for 47 yards and 38 yards. The other went to Michael Blancher on a 33-yard pass to make it 35-0 with 2:26 left in the half.
Blancher also took a series at quarterback. He had a 14-yard run and completed both of his passes for 41 yards. His 3-yard pass to Derek Roach gave Glen Rose a 28-0 lead.
SHILOH CHRISTIAN 56, WEST FORK 8
SPRINGDALE - Shiloh Christian needed about 2:43 to wrap up the 1-3A Conference title Friday. That's how long it took the Saints to score three times in the first quarter during a victory against West Fork.
When Shiloh Christian's defensive line wasn't forcing turnovers, it set up the offense with excellent field position. The Saints' longest drive of the half was 52 yards.
The Saints (8-1, 6-1) scored on their opening drive, going 50 yards on eight plays. Senior quarterback Blake Roberts ran infrom 8 yards out for the touchdown.
Shiloh Christian kicker Trevor Tumlinson's kickoff was high and shallow. The ball bounced, caromed off a West Fork player and the Saints recovered the ball. Three plays later, sophomore running back Chris Bryant took the pitch from Roberts and ran 20 yards for the touchdown.
Jake Scott intercepted West Fork quarterback Daniel Holiday's pass on the next play from scrimmage. Three plays later, Roberts hit Miles Taylor for a 15-yard touchdown pass.
Holiday's night never improved. After the Tigers defense held late in the first quarter, Holiday's pass was intercepted by Mitchell Roberts, who ran 36 yards for a touchdown. Holiday left the game after smacking his thumb on another player's helmet while throwing a pass. He finished 4 of 9 for 29 yards with 2 interceptions.
BAUXITE 28, RISON 19
RISON - Tommy Wimberly ran for two touchdowns to help Bauxite (8-1, 6-0) stave off 8-3A Conference foe Rison (5-4, 4-2).
Wimberly ran 60 yards for a first-quarter touchdown. He followed that up with a 19-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter to help put away the victory.
Ryan Dunlap scored on a 19-yard run forBauxite's first touchdown. Aaron Mathis completed a 65-yard yard pass to Max Boshears for a touchdown in the fourth quarter.
GURDON 14, LAFAYETTE COUNTY 7
LEWISVILLE - Jeff Henry and Andrew Franklin each had a touchdown run to give Gurdon (8-1, 6-0) a 7-3A Conference victory over Lafayette County (4-5, 4-2).
Henry scored on a 1-yard run with three seconds left in the first half. Obrian Bell ran for the two-point conversion and an 8-0 lead.
Franklin's score came on a 1-yard run with 9:52 to go in the third quarter.
Lafayette County closed within a touchdown on Markel Valentine's 46-yard pass reception from LaDarien Briggs with 5:12 to play.
MAYFLOWER 43, SALEM 6
SALEM - Jordan Dycus passed for three touchdowns to help Mayflower (5-4, 4-2) win a 2-3A Conference game over Salem (1-8, 1-5).
Two of Dycus' scoring passes went to Brian McKnight for 32 and 10 yards. Dycus also threw a touchdown pass for 25 yards to Trey Smith.
John Dale Willis opened the scoring with a 60-yard runback with a recovered fumble. DeShaun Bagby scored on a 3-yard run for a 13-0 first quarter lead.
Demitrius Lasker ran 19 yards for Mayflower's other touchdown after the three touchdown throw by Dycus.
Salem scored late in the game on a short run.
MARSHALL 41, PERRYVILLE 9
MARSHALL - Tailback Cody Kelley ran for 177 yards on 23 carries and scored fivetouchdowns to power Marshall (9-0, 6-0) past Perryville (7-2, 4-2) in a 2-3A Conference game.
Kelly also caught two passes for 40 yards. Four of Kelley's touchdowns came in the second half.
Marshall led 13-9 at the half.
ASHDOWN 24, MENA 6
MENA - Ashdown (3-6, 3-3) held Mena (2-7, 1-5) to one score in winning a 7-4A Conference game.
Chris Roberts rushing for a touchdown and Jarrod Russell kicked a field goal for Ashdown.
Mena's only score came on a 7-yard pass from Matt Edwards to Tyler Dennis.
PRESCOTT 65, FOUKE 23
PRESCOTT - Kalin Hall ran back the opening kickoff 80 yards to start Prescott (6-2-1, 5-1) on its way to a 7-3A Conference victory against Fouke (2-7, 1-5).
Hall also ran 13 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter.
B.J. Haney ran for two touchdowns on runs of 11 and 17 yards.
Prescott's other touchdowns came on Tremaine Henderson's 14-yard pass to Tony Gillard, Chris Anderson's 19-yard run, Demarcus Collier's 21-yard run, Jordan Bank's 36-yard field goal, a 1-yard run by Ray Smith and a 24-yard run by James Threadgill.
Fouke's Kache Vincenson threw three touchdown passes. Hunter Baker caught a scoring pass from 9 yards out, Adam Watkins caught a 13-yard touchdown pass and Hunter Baker had a 9-yard reception for a score.
Drew Evans kicked a 22-yard field goal for Fouke's other score.
Sports, Pages 34 on 10/27/2007