Jacksonville 63, D.H. Conley 22

Jacksonville scored over 60 points for the second consecutive week to pull away from D.H. Conley in Big Carolina 6-A/7-A Conference action.

Amari Pearson had three touchdown runs. He gave the Cardinals a 7-3 lead in the first quarter with a 57-yard scoring run while his 36-yard touchdown extended Jacksonville’s lead to 21-9 in the second. Pearson’s 3-yard score made it 35-16.

Domonic Williams had a 55-yard punt return for a touchdown and returned an interception 35 yards for a touchdown in the fourth and Josiah Benton added touchdown runs of 24 and 3 yards.

Isaiah Hillard threw a 29-yard touchdown pass to SaRonn Thompson and Joshiah Jordan, Jr., added a 4-yard touchdown run for the Cardinals, who have won four straight over the Vikings.

Jacksonville (6-2, 3-1) visits White Oak next week while D.H. Conley (6-3, 2-2) visits J.H. Rose. 

Northside 29, Swansboro 0

Rahlai Anderson rushed for 150 yards and two touchdowns on 21 carries, and the Monarchs recorded their third shutout in a win at Swansboro.

Northside clinched at least a share of the league title.

Anderson scored touchdowns on runs of 6 and 4 yards in the second quarter and added a two-point conversion in the fourth. Zion Jones added 45 yards on eight carries, scoring on a 9-yard run in the second.

Reginald Gray III threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Gavyn Davis in the fourth. Eric Patrick had an interception on the last play of the first half.

The Monarchs outgained the Pirates 306-172.

Northside (9-0, 5-0) hosts Havelock next week while Swansboro (6-3, 2-3) hosts Richlands. 

Richlands 34, Dixon 28

Richlands defeated Dixon for the fifth consecutive time as the Wildcats earned their first Coastal Conference victory.

The Wildcats led 14-6 after the first quarter, 14-12 at halftime and 21-20 after the third.

Chase Boutwell and Gabe Mentor each scored two touchdowns while Baylee Rathe added a touchdown for the Wildcats.

Aiden Tilley scored two touchdowns and Tristan Frick and Aaron O’Donnell each added a touchdown for the Bulldogs.

Richlands (2-7, 1-4) visits Swansboro next week while Dixon (2-7, 0-5) visits Croatan. 

Southwest 44, South Lenoir 0

Davion Cephus found Mason Houze for a 40-yard touchdown pass in the middle of the first quarter, and Southwest never looked back en route to an East Central Conference victory over South Lenoir.

A blocked punt set up Ton Bolden’s 2-yard touchdown run as the Stallions led 16-0 in the first. Bolden added a 25-yard touchdown run as Southwest led 24-0 at halftime.

The lead was extended to 30-0 when Cephus found Houze for 55 yards. Kayden Clark added a 30-yard scoring run, Justin Kirksey added a 60-yard touchdown run and Alex Torres reached 100 tackles for the season.

Southwest (4-5, 3-1) visits Clinton next week while South Lenoir (3-6, 0-4) hosts East Duplin. 

East Duplin 34, Pender 6

Noah LeBlanc rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns on 16 carries as East Duplin topped Pender to earn at least a share of the East Central 3-A/4-A Conference crown.

LeBlanc had a 36-yard touchdown run in the first quarter that saw the Panthers outscore the Patriots 21-0. He added a 4-yard score in the second and also had 11 tackles and one sack.

Keeshon Mckinnie added 84 yards rushing on nine carries, scoring on a 2-yard run to give East Duplin a 7-0 lead. Zachary Cruz had 63 yards on six carries, scoring on a 39-yard run in the second. Hayes Lanier had a 9-yard scoring run as the Panthers led 34-0 at halftime.

James Matas had 11 tackles, three for loss, and a sack, Semaj Scott had 11 tackles, a sack and a forced fumble and Amir Lamont made nine tackles.

East Duplin (8-1, 4-0) visits South Lenoir next week while Pender (3-6, 1-3) travels to Trask.  

Liberty Christian 64, Wayne Prep 24

Eddie Deptola rushed for three touchdowns and threw for another and Korvin Wilson ran for three touchdowns as Liberty Christian Academy topped Wayne Preparatory Academy to close the regular season.

Caleb Malpass added a rushing touchdown, a two-point conversion, a sack and a fumble recovery, Noah Horne added a receiving touchdown and a two-point conversion and Logan Potting had a rushing touchdown.

Eli Arnette, Andrew Smith and Cam McFarlane also scored two-point conversions. McFarlane and Brantley Warren each had sacks.

The game was tied at 6-6 before Deptola scored a touchdown and Horne added the two-point conversion to make it 14-6 in the second quarter. Wilson then scored two touchdowns as the Heat pulled away.

Liberty Christian (7-0) hosts Community Christian next week in the NCISAA Christian Independent Conference championship game. Wayne Prep (2-4-1) visits North Wake next week. 

Croatan 20, West Carteret 0

Kannon McBride had two rushing touchdowns as Croatan grinded out a Coastal Conference victory over West Carteret for its second consecutive series win.

McBride’s 1-yard score extended the Cougars’ lead to 14-0 with 7:21 left in the third quarter. He had a 36-yard run with 3:10 left in the game to make it 20-0.

Croatan first got on the board with 51 seconds left in the second quarter when Andrew Boucher took a screen pass and darted 43 yards for a touchdown.

Croatan (8-1, 4-1) hosts Dixon next week while West Carteret (3-6, 2-4) hosts Northwood in a nonconference game. 

Pamlico 36, Lejeune 28, OT

Lejeune fell short, despite a valiant comeback, as the Devilpups dropped an overtime decision to Coastal Plains 1-A/2-A Conference foe Pamlico.

Izir Benjamin’s 3-yard touchdown run and two-point conversion for the Hurricanes were the differences in overtime.

The Devilpups trailed 22-7 at halftime before Cameron McKinnis returned the third-quarter kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown. He had a touchdown run in the third and fourth as Lejeune took a 28-22 lead.

However, Benjamin tied the game with a 32-yard touchdown with two minutes left in the fourth.

Desean Godbolt had a touchdown run to give the Devilpups a 7-6 lead in the first.

Lejeune (2-6, 1-3) visits Southside next week while Pamlico (3-6, 2-2) hosts East Carteret. 

South Central 46, White Oak 14

White Oak allowed 46 straight points between the second and fourth quarters as the Vikings dropped a Big Carolina Conference game to South Central.

The Vikings took a 6-0 lead late in the first on Tony Hendrick’s 3-yard touchdown. He added a 5-yard score in the fourth.

White Oak (2-6, 0-4) hosts Jacksonville next week while South Central (4-5, 1-3) visits New Bern.