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Heidelberg 19 Choctaw Central 0
   Outcome: Choctaw Central lost its opening game of district play, as the Warriors fell 19-0 to Heidelberg on Thursday night.
   Head coach Troy Savell said his team was simply overmatched during the game and could not keep up with Heidelberg’s athletes on either side of the ball.
   “We just got out-athleted,” Savell said. “We are going to have to get better or we wont win another game in district.”

Enterprise at Bay Springs
   Last year: Bay Springs 32, Enterprise 12
   Outcome: Enterprise hits the road for its Division 7-2A opener winless at 0-5, the first time the Bulldogs have begun division play without a win since an 0-3 start in 2005. There, Enterprise opened the district with a one-point win against Newton. Enterprise’s ground-oriented attack has churned out 229.4 yards rushing per game following last week’s 306-yard effort against Choctaw Central. Dylan Taylor has rushed for 506 yards to lead the Bulldogs. Bay Springs, meanwhile, looks to rebound from its first loss — a 21-20 decision at North Forrest a week ago. Bay Springs won its first four games by averaging nearly 50 points

Kemper Academy at Hebron Christian
   Last year: Kemper Aca. 28, Hebron 26
   Outcome: The Rams take a break from MAIS 8-Man District 1 play as they travel to face the independent Eagles. KA, which is 4-2, has lost two of its past three games. Hebron, though, is 6-0 and averages almost 35 points per game. The two common opponents for the Rams and Eagles are Calvary Christian — which Kemper defeated 42-16 on Aug. 23 on the road, and Hebron downed 45-6 on Aug. 31 at home — and Central Academy — which lost 46-6 to KA on Sept. 14 and then lost 30-0 to Hebron a week ago.

Neshoba Central at Callaway
   Last year: Neshoba Central 34, Callaway 28
   Outcome: Both teams enter with matching 3-2 overall records and 1-0 marks in Division 2-5A. The Rockets, who have won two straight, rushed for 350 yards on just 33 attempts last week in an 18-12 win against visiting Yazoo City. Neshoba now has four backs with at least 163 yards rushing on the season, led by freshman Kavante McCarty’s 198. Patrick Burrage has 192 — 114 coming last week — Shundrick Russell has 190 — 135 coming a week ago — and senior O’Neal McCarty has 163, 13 coming on his lone carry last week in his first appearance since suffering an injury against West Lauderdale on Aug. 24.

Newton at Philadelphia
   Last year: Philadelphia 60, Newton 28
   Outcome: The Tornadoes, winners of 34 straight regular season games, also look to win their 20th straight division game. And Philadelphia, 6-0, gets that opportunity in the Division 5-3A opener against a rival it has dominated. The Tornadoes have won the past 11 meetings with the Tigers, and the last game that was closer than three touchdowns was a 15-8 decision in 2003. Newton’s last win agaisnt Philly came in 1997. Romon Gray leads the Tornadoes with 258 yards and five TDs passing, while also rushing for 475 yards and six TDs. Jacardius Griffin has a team-high 515 yards and seven TDs rushing as Philly averages 261.2 yards on the ground. Newton is 0-5 after not playing last week following a shooting at the school earlier Friday.

Leake County at Union
   Last year: Union 40, Leake County 18
   Outcome: Both teams enter 4-2 as the Gators have won two straight, while the Yellowjackets attempt to regroup from a 35-6 loss to Madison-St. Joseph last week that snapped a three-game winning streak. Union, which won last season’s Division 5-2A championship, earlier lost 17-14 to Choctaw Central before winning three straight, including a 38-24 win against Leake Central. The Gators’ first loss came against Leake Central, a 31-0 decision. Leake County was also blanked in its other defeat, 37-0 at Philadelphia.

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September 28, 2012

Bouncing Back

Cougars look to rebound from first loss, rash of injuries in 5-4A opener

from staff reports Associated Press Fri Sep 28, 2012, 06:00 AM CDT

MERIDIAN —     For the first time this season, Newton County is having to overcome a loss.

   But the Cougars are also having to overcome the loss of three players that suffered knee injuries — including one season-ending — against Germantown last week when they open Division 5-4A play tonight at Northeast Jones.

   “We don’t have any time to pout about it, we’ve got to put it behind us,” Newton County coach Jackie Williamson said. “The kids have had a great week. And this week really starts the season.

   “It was a night where anything that could go wrong did.”

   This week the Cougars will be without defensive lineman Demetre McCleon and offensive lineman Brandon Hollingsworth, while sophomore running back Xavier Sharkey will miss the rest of the season. Sharkey had rushed for 155 yards and two touchdowns, one of four Cougars with more than 100 yards rushing.

   Without him, Newton County will look to lean more on top rusher, senior Michael Lee. Lee didn’t see much time against the Mavericks a week ago as he nursed an ankle injury. However, the 280-yard gainer with five touchdowns is expected to carry the load against the Tigers. Newton County also possesses versatile junior Jamoral Graham, who has rushed for 216 yards on 19 carries while also catching 10 passes for 209 yards. Graham has six TDs.

   “I told the coaches, we are going to be creative and figure out a way to get better,” Williamson said. “Northeast Jones is a really good ballteam. They are really similar to us. They have some good athletes at spots.”

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