Southeast Lauderdale takes one from Newton

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September 19, 2009

By Marty Stamper/Special to The Star The Meridian Star Sat Sep 19, 2009, 01:13 AM CDT

NEWTON — Both Southeast Lauderdale and Newton sought to avoid 1-4 starts to their 2009 football season when they met Friday night on a waterlogged E.L. Morgan Field.

Southeast made enough plays in the mudbog to come away with a 26-8 victory and improve to 2-3.

“We were determined that we could not go 1-4,” said Southeast head coach Boo Smith. “If we went 1-4, we felt like our season was over. Even if we were

1-4 without playing a district game, you’ve got to feel good about yourself going into the district and you can’t going 0-fer or 1-fer.

“We expected to come in and win this time. We asked them to win the line of scrimmage and I think we did that on both sides of the ball.”

Southeast took a 20-0 lead into halftime and held on as the playing conditions steadily got worse throughout the night.

“The conditions just took away from high school football tonight,” Smith said. “It’s just a shame anybody had to play in this.”

The Tigers took a 6-0 lead on their second possession of the night as they covered 60 yards with a lot of help from Newton. After an 18-yard pass from

Shelby Moseley to Nathan Freeze, Newton jumped offside on back-to-back plays to give Southeast the ball at the Newton 32. A 15-yard penalty on the hosts following a 1-yard run by Ledarious Clark moved the ball to the 16. Newton again jumped offside before Lakelvin Newell set up second-and-goal at the 1 with a 6-yard run. Moseley scored on the next play. The Tiger quarterback was sacked on a two-point attempt with 4:18 left in the first quarter.

A 6-yard punt had Southeast back in business at the Newton 37, but after a apparent touchdown by Clark was called back due to illegal procedure, Newton opened the second quarter by sacking Moseley for a 5-yard loss and forcing an incompletion on fourth down.

Newton reached its 44 following a 32-yard scramble by quarterback DeKarian Beasley before punting. It was the hosts’ deepest penetration of the first half.

Moseley scored on a 5-yard keeper off right end for a 12-0 Southeast lead with 4:57 to go in the half.

A sack of Beasley resulted in a fumble that D.D. Goudy recovered at the Newton 2. Three plays later, Moseley threw a touchdown toss to Jamie Bryant in the back of the end zone. Clark ran in a two-point conversion for a 20-0 lead with 58 seconds left in the half.

Newton closed the gap to 20-8 with 10:57 to go in the third period when Beasley completed a 14-yard pass to Terrance Evans in the end zone. The two hooked up again for a two-point conversion. Beasley and Evans also had a 30-yard pass play to begin the drive.

Clark picked off a Beasley pass with a sliding grab at the Newton 34 to set up the final score. Newell scored from a yard out with 2:16 left in the

third period for a 26-8 lead.

Southeast had first-and-goal at the 1 in the final period, but Newton’s Tevin Chapman stripped Clark of the ball and returned it to the 16.

Clark had a pair of interceptions for Southeast.

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