Week 2 Scores

 

Game Preview: Whitehaven at East St. Louis

In 2011, the Whitehaven Tigers celebrated Labor Day weekend with a win over a nationally ranked opponent nearly 300 miles away from their Elvis Presley Boulevard home. On Sunday they will look to continue the tradition when they travel back to East St. Louis for the City of Champions Classic.  The game against national power East St. Louis High School will be the highlight in the 4 game event.

The East St. Louis Flyers are a favorite to win the state championship in Illinois’ highest classification.  They return 8 starters on offense, and 8 starters on defense.  The Flyers are anchored by 6’, 200 lb running back Natereance Strong, who last season ran for over 750 yards and scored 7 touchdowns, as a freshman.  He was named to the MaxPrep Freshman All-American Team. 

Hurricane Isaac hits Desoto County Football

Because of potential downpouring and severe weather, due to Hurrican Issac, Desoto County has moved all of its games from Friday to Thursday.  The following games have been rescheduled:

DeSoto Central @ Lake Cormorant
Byhalia @ Center Hill
Lewisburg @ North Panola

Game Preview: MUS at Fayetteville

Thursday night, Memphis University School will travel over 300 miles to play the defending 7A Arkansas State Champions.  It will be MUS’s second game this season (of three) against a defending state champion.  The game, against Fayetteville High School, will be played at Razorback Stadium two nights before the University of Arkansas opens its season on the same field.   The game will be a part of Hootens.com Kickoff Week. 

Week 1 Recap

White Station 35 Arlington 27

White Station (1-1) Arlington (1-1)

The Spartans built a huge lead and withstood a furious rally by the Tigers. White Station was up 35-13 early in the 4th quarter following Donald Gray's third TD of the game. But Arlington QB Drew Reed wasn't finished. Reed threw 2 TD passes in the 4th, one to Justin Boring and one to Omari Hampton to cut the lead to 8 with about a minute to play but the Spartans were able to hold on for the victory. White Station will play Hamilton on Thursday, Aug. 30 while Arlington will play Cordova next.St.

Game Recap: Louisville 42, Ridgeway 41

The Ridgeway Roadrunners traveled to Louisville, Mississippi and participated in what turned out to be a wildly entertaining game.  Ridgwayfootball.net has a recap of the game:

Sr RB Orlando Johnson rushed for 249 yards 3TD and had 3 rec for 66 yards 1TD. Johnson accounted for 315 total yards and 4TD. So. QB Braxton Conard completed 15-27 for 246 2TD. So. FB Earl Harrison rushed for 51 yards on 9 carries and 1TD. Harrison also had a 16 yard reception. The Roadrunners also got a 18 yard TD catch from Sr WR Darren Goudeau. Ridgeways offense looked powerful in totaling more than 520 yards offense. WR Toreano Barnes added 2 catches and TE Marquette Murdock had 3 catches. The offensive line was awesome all game, not allowing a sack and opening big holes for Johnson.

Dana Payne Tribute Video

Steve Smith put together a great Dana Payne Tribute Video.  If you have new game or player highlights you want posted on this site, send them our way.