Prep Football Roundup: Tylertown too much for Southeast Lauderdale

Published 6:00 am Saturday, November 13, 2010

    Southeast Lauderdale fumbled on the first play of the game and Tylertown returned it for a touchdown.

    The Chiefs continued piling on early as they raced to a 31-7 win against the Tigers (9-4) in the second round of the MHSAA Class 3A playoffs.

    “We were in disarray early and before we knew it, we’re down 24-0,” Southeast coach Boo Smith said. “We didn’t survive that first onslaught very well.”

    In Tylertown’s early ourburst, the Tigers contributed by lining up wrong on a fourth-down play, leaving the Chiefs the open hole to keep the drive alive. Southeast also gave up a 30-yard play while having just 10 men on the field.

    “All of their points came were our fault,” Smith said. “And after that, we played them tit-for-tat.”

    Still, being a second-round team that won the most games in 30 years at Southeast isn’t good enough for Smith. He has his sights aimed higher.

    “We’ve got one more step we’ve got to make to be compared with the elite teams and get into that Top 5,” he added. “That’s what I’m shooting for.

    “We’ll give the kids a week off and then we’ll get right back to work.”

— Jamie Wachter

MHSAA Class 4A

St. Stanislaus    28

Quitman    22

    Eric Godette, who was voted the player of the year by The Meridian Star on Thursday, tried to play through a shoulder injury in the second round of the MHSAA Class 4A playoffs.

    However, the injury limited his throwing ability and the defending champion Rock-a-chaws capitalized.

    While Godette was still dangerous running the ball, leading Quitman (8-5) to a 15-0 halftime lead and 22-7 advantage heading into the fourth quarter, St. Stanislaus was able to stack the box and slowly taking the Panthers’ running game away.

    Armed with that two-score lead heading into the fourth, the Panthers were deep in Rock-a-chaw territory before turning it over, allowing SSC to climb back in the game, pulling within 22-20.

    Then, after another Quitman turnover, the Rock-a-chaws tacked on the game-winner on a 20-yard touchdown pass with 40 seconds remaining.

— Jamie Wachter

MAIS Class A

Sylva-Bay Academy    38

Newton County Aca.    0

    Everything seemed to be going the Generals’ way early in their rematch against heavily-favored Sylva-Bay Academy on Friday. That is, until Ole Miss commit Cody Prewitt, a Dandy Dozen selection by The Clarion-Ledger, put his stamp on the game.

    NCA (7-5) had driven the length of the field and was fixing to punch the ball into the end zone when Dillon Williams collided with the Saints’ star. Prewitt ripped the ball away and raced 80 yards in the other direction for a score.

    “That killed us,” NCA coach Robert Roberts said. “We had too many turnovers. And too much Prewitt.”

    The Generals made it back to the MAIS Class A playoffs following a 3-7 record last year.

    “Nobody expected us to get this far,” Roberts said. “We were smaller than everybody, but we played with a lot of heart.”

— Jamie Wachter

MHSAA Class 2A

Taylorsville    33

Union    12

    The Yellowjackets were right where they wanted to be as the first half was winding down.

    Then, they coughed up a pair of turnovers in the final four minutes before the intermission and the top-ranked Tartars tacked on a pair of touchdowns to stretch out the one-score deficit to a rout.

    “We played well and we played hard,” Union coach Brad Breland said. “We wanted to sit on the ball and we did a good job of that.”

    However, the athleticism of Taylorsville proved too much.

    “They put a lot of pressure on you with their offense,” Breland said. “They have speed all over the field and that’s not our strong suit.”

    Union (6-7) got a 65-yard passing touchdown from Chance Lowery to Dalton Thames and a 15-yarder from Lowery to Kyle Adkins.

    “We lost four games by a total of 14 points,” Breland added. “They call it a game of inches and with just four or five plays, we could have very easily been 10-3.”

— Jamie Wachter