CHARLESTON -- Booneville and Charleston hadn't played each other in 17 years before Friday night.
Ty Storey made sure the latest meeting between the Arkansas River Valley rivals was a memorable one for Charleston.
The senior quarterback, who is orally committed to the University of Arkansas, completed 23 of 27 passes for 390 yards and 5 touchdowns and rushed for 2 more scores as Tigers defeated the Bearcats 47-20 in front of an overflow crowd of 3,500 at Alumni Field.
Storey had 266 yards in the first quarter alone and completed his first 11 passes while throwing scoring passes to senior Dalton Christenberry (74, 13 yards), senior Dylan Jones (24, 49 yards) and junior Wade Gerlick (8 yards) in the first half.
"Big-time players make big-time plays in big games," Charleston quarterback Greg Kendrick said. "He's at his best in big games."
Storey and the 16 other seniors on Charleston's roster have heard stories about the Booneville-Charleston rivalry during their career. On Friday, they left their mark on the storied rivalry as the Tigers beat the Bearcats for the first time since 1991.
"It was definitely a different week," said Storey, who had 379 yards at halftime. "You could feel it in the air. It was a crazy atmosphere. We came out on top, and that's what means the most."
Jones caught 6 passes for 123 yards and 2 touchdowns. Christenberry had 107 yards on three catches, and Taylor King had eight catches for 97 yards.
Charleston took a 6-0 lead on the first play of the game as Storey found Christenberry down the right sideline for a 74-yard touchdown. The Tigers extended their lead to 14-0 with a six-play, 80-yard drive that culminated in Storey's 24-yard touchdown pass to Jones with 7:25 left in the first quarter. Storey ran in the two-point conversion.
Charleston's one turnover in the half came when Storey fumbled and Booneville senior linebacker Shannon Vannortrick recovered at the Tigers 43. One play later, senior halfback Matt Berry raced 43 yards for the Bearcats' first score to pull Booneville to within 14-7 with 3:22 remaining in the first quarter.
Charleston went right back to work, going 85 yards in five plays to extend its lead to 21-7. King's 24-yard reception on a third-and-20 play set up Storey's 49-yard touchdown pass to Jones with 51 seconds left in the quarter.
Booneville pulled to within 21-14 early in the second quarter on senior Bryson May's 74-yard touchdown run, but Storey threw his fourth touchdown pass of the half with 5:52 left, this one a 13-yarder to Christenberry in the back of the end zone to give Charleston a 27-14 lead.
The Bearcats faced fourth and 4 at the Charleston 43, but Charleston was called for encroachment to give the Bearcats a first down. One play later, May ran 38 yards for a touchdown to cut the lead to 27-20 with 2:06 before halftime.
The Tigers answered the Bearcats one more time. Storey threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Gerlick, his fifth of the half, for a 34-20 advantage with 12 seconds left in the half.
Storey added two 1-yard touchdown runs in the second half to increase the Tigers' lead to 47-20 with 4:44 left in the third quarter.
Booneville Coach Scott Hyatt, who has coached the Bearcats since 2007, said he hasn't seen a quarterback like Storey.
"He's good," Hyatt said. "He's a great kid. I've been around him some. He's a good football player. He makes good decisions on the field.
"You got a kid who can read coverages like that, you've got a special kid there."
May finished with 161 yards on 16 carries, while Berry had 87 yards and 1 touchdown on 11 carries.
GREENLAND 20, EKLINS 0
GREENLAND — Alex Sizemore had 29 carries for 149 yards and 2 touchdowns as Greenland (7-2, 4-1 1-3A) defeated Elkins (3-6, 3-3).
Greenland quarterback Cole Self completed 11 of 25 passes for 100 yards with 2 interceptions.
BALD KNOB 63, MARIANNA 36
MARIANNA — Deshawn Gulledge rushed for 203 yards and three touchdowns as Bald Knob (7-2, 4-2 2-3A) defeated Marianna (4-5, 3-3)
Gulledge scored on runs of 1, 4 and 52 yards.
Tristan Fallwell also scored three touchdowns, one off a blocked kick, another rushing and the last on a 28-yard reception from Grant Glaze.
Glaze, who had a 49-yard touchdown run in the third quarter, also threw two other touchdown passes of 25 yards to Mason Hickman and 11 yards to John Smith.
HARDING ACADEMY 55, MAYFLOWER 48
SEARCY — Alex Francis passed for 409 yards and 2 touchdowns and ran for 2 more to guide Harding Academy (7-2, 6-0 2-3A) over Mayflower (6-3, 5-1).
Second-half interceptions by Mills Bryant and Ryan Turley — the latter’s with just 22 seconds to play — stopped Mayflower drives. Harding Academy led 35-34 at halftime and 41-40 at the end of the third quarter.
Francis completed 25 of 36 pass attempts in a quarterback duel with Mayflower’s Adam Dycus. Francis threw touchdown passes of 59 and 2 yards to Turley and 7 and 16 yards to Luke Fouts. Francis’ touchdown runs were for 10 and 6 yards.
Fouts had 148 receiving yards on 8 catches and Turley 115 receiving yards, also on 8 catches.
Mayflower’s Dycus threw five touchdown passes, including three to Josh Woodham for 9, 65 and 65 yards. The other two touchdowns went for 12 yards to Justin Bailey and 5 yards to Drew Duncan.
Harding Academy’s other scores were by Nate Dickson on runs of 17 and 2 yards in the first quarter. Dickson also kicked six extra points.
Mayflower’s other scores came on runs of 19 and 5 yards by Bailey.
OSCEOLA 36, CEDAR RIDGE 14
OSCEOLA — Teven Jones scored on a run and a pass reception to help Osceola (6-3, 6-0 3-3A) down Cedar Ridge (2-7, 0-6).
James caught a touchdown pass for 40 yards from Harold Weaver and later ran 60 yards for his second touchdown.
FORDYCE 40, CAMDEN HARMONY GROVE 35
CAMDEN — Fordyce (5-4, 5-1 6-3A) used a fumble recovery and three successful onside kicks to overcome a 29-point, fourth-quarter deficit to beat Camden Harmony Grove (2-7, 2-4).
The Redbirds trailed 35-6 early in the fourth quarter when Keon Jackson scored on a 9-yard run with 10 minutes,15 seconds left in the game. Fordyce got the ball back after Jakeymes Gates forced a fumble and returned it to midfield, leading to an 18-yard touchdown pass from Ross Rogers to Trey Williams to cut the lead to 35-18 with 8:58 left.
After a successful onside kick, Gates cut the lead to 35-26 on a 1-yard run with 7:21 left. The Redbirds followed that with another onside kick and cut the lead to 3 points on Rogers’ 26-yard touchdown pass to Caleb Hartgen with 2:35 left.
Then a third consecutive successful onside kick gave the ball back to Fordyce, and Rogers’ 5-yard touchdown pass with :25 left gave the Redbirds the lead.
Rogers finished the game with 159 yards passing, completing 9 of 19 pass attempts. Gates ran for 118 yards on 24 carries, scoring 2 rushing touchdowns and 1 receiving touchdown.
SMACKOVER 50, McGEHEE 22
McGEHEE — Dewayne Jones rushed for three touchdowns to lead Smackover (8-1, 6-0 6-3A) over McGehee (6-3, 5-1) in a showdown of the last two undefeated conference teams.
Keiandre Purifoy had two rushing touchdowns and a reception for another score for the Buckaroos.
Jones opened the scoring with a 6-yard run in the first quarter, then followed with a 7-yard touchdown run in the second quarter to give Buckaroos an early 14-0 lead.
The Owls responded with two scores of their own to tie the game at 14-14.
Purifoy scored on a 2-yard run and caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from Logan Clark to give the Buckaroos a 29-14 halftime lead.
Purifoy gave Smackover a 43-22 lead in the third quarter on a 59-yard touchdown run. Willie Manning scored on a 1-yard run earlier in the quarter.
Jones’ third score came on a 17-yard run in the fourth quarter.
Sports on 11/01/2014