J.H. Rose 28, Jacksonville 26

J.H. Rose scored with 1:15 left on receiver Kasyn Chase’s 50-yard touchdown pass to Shammah Cabell as Jacksonville fell in the Big Carolina 6-A/7-A Conference clash.

Josiah Benton’s 41-yard touchdown with 1:38 left gave the Cardinals a 26-21 lead.

Jacksonville led 20-14 at halftime thanks to a 14-yard touchdown run by Amari Pearson. The Cardinals took a 14-7 lead on Pearson’s 7-yard touchdown and two-point conversion. They took a 6-0 lead early on Montez Jimenez’s short touchdown.

Jacksonville (4-2, 1-1) hosts South Central next week while J.H. Rose (7-0, 2-0) visits White Oak. 

Croatan 49, Richlands 8

Andrew Boucher rushed for 100 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries and had three receptions for 88 yards and two more touchdowns in Croatan’s Coastal 5-A/6-A Conference win.

Boucher’s 3-yard touchdown run and Carter Boal’s two-point conversion gave the Cougars a 15-0 lead with 3:31 left in the first quarter. He had touchdown receptions of 40 and 43 yards in the second.

Kannon McBride completed nine of 12 passes for 167 yards. He hit Antoine Blunt for 10 yards to make it 7-0. McBride also had touchdown runs of 15 and 1 yards. Carl Gull added a 7-yard touchdown run.

Blunt had four catches for 56 yards and Jack Gaharan had an interception. Braylen Allen had a 53-yard touchdown reception from Pedro Castro for the Wildcats.

Croatan (7-1, 3-1) has an open date next week and visits West Carteret on Oct. 23. Richlands (1-6, 0-3) hosts West Carteret next week. 

Northside 56, West Carteret 21

Undefeated Northside outscored West Carteret 35-0 in the second quarter as the Monarchs earned a Coastal Conference win.

Rahlai Anderson scored from 22 yards out to give the Monarchs a 14-7 second-quarter lead. Gavyn Davis then took a pitch from Reginald Gray III and darted 30 yards to make it 21-7.

Later, Jamian Johnson caught a short pass and sprinted 70 yards to the end zone. Gray then found Davis 50 yards before Anderson and Casey Popalis each added 4-yard scores.

Gray had a 12-yard touchdown run early.

Northside (7-0, 3-0) visits Dixon next week while West Carteret (2-5, 1-3) visits Richlands. 

East Duplin 63, Trask 0

Brayden Jones’ 10-yard touchdown pass to Hayes Lanier set the tone in East Duplin’s East Central 3-A/4-A Conference win over Trask.

Keeshon McKinnie followed with a 49-yard interception return for a touchdown. In the second quarter, Zachary Cruz had a 12-yard touchdown run while McKinnie had a 12-yard touchdown run, a 65-yard punt return for a score and a 5-yard touchdown reception.

Darwin Bonilla scored from 41 yards out, Ayden Lane had an 8-yard score, and Amir Lamont had a 90-yard touchdown run.

Lanier had six tackles and a forced fumble, McKinnie made five tackles, James Matas had six tackles, a sack, forced fumble and a recovery and Roman Byrd made nine tackles. 

East Duplin (6-1, 2-0) hosts Clinton next week while Trask (2-5, 1-1) visits Southwest. 

Southwest 30, Pender 28

Jon Carter’s 25-yard field goal with 2:50 left helped lift Southwest to an East Central Conference win at Pender.

The Patriots took a 28-27 lead with 6:36 remaining on Austin Deal’s 31-yard touchdown run and Kyeik Cherry’s two-point conversion.

Judah Clyde’s 59-yard touchdown pass to Elijah Williams on a reverse pass gave the Stallions a 27-20 lead late in the third. A 41-yard touchdown run by Southwest’s Ton Bolden tied the game at 20-20 in the third.

Bolden ended with 115 yards on 10 carries, Davion Cephus threw for 99 yards, including a 55-yard touchdown to Damaree Hill.

Southwest (2-5, 1-1) hosts Trask next week while Pender (2-5, 0-2) hosts South Lenoir. 

Havelock 41, Dixon 16

Dixon was outscored 21-0 in the third quarter as the Bulldogs fall to Havelock in Coastal Conference action.

The Bulldogs led 16-14 with 1:38 left in the second quarter, but the Rams scored with 15 seconds left in the period to take a 20-16 lead.

Aiden Tilley had a 6-yard touchdown run and Lonnie Stowers’ two-point conversion gave Dixon an 8-6 lead. Aaron O’Donnell had a 25-yard touchdown run and Jacob Olson added the two-point conversion to give the Bulldogs a 16-14 lead.

Dixon (2-5, 0-3) hosts Northside next week while Havelock (4-4, 3-1) hosts Swansboro. 

New Bern 44, White Oak 6

White Oak allowed New Bern’s Karvin Magwood and Ezekiel Best to score two touchdowns as the Vikings fell in Big Carolina Conference action.

New Bern led 15-0 in the first quarter. The Vikings’ Keyondre Wright returned a kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown to bring White Oak within 37-6 in the second.

White Oak (2-4, 0-2) hosts J.H. Rose next week while New Bern (5-2, 1-1) hosts D.H. Conley. 

East Carteret 22, Lejeune 7

Lejeune pulled within one score on Cam McKinnis’s touchdown run with 5:30 left, but East Carteret sealed the Coastal Plains 1-A/2-A Conference victory with a late touchdown.

McKinnis brought the Devilpups within 14-7, but the Mariners responded one minute later with a score. East Carteret has won 12 straight over the Devilpups.

Lejeune (1-5, 0-2) visits Jones Senior next week while East Carteret (2-5, 1-1) hosts Northside-Pinetown.