{"id":424135,"date":"2026-10-10T10:54:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-10T10:54:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/424135\/"},"modified":"2026-10-10T10:54:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-10T10:54:55","slug":"high-school-football-jacksonville-area-week-8-roundup-sports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/424135\/","title":{"rendered":"High School Football: Jacksonville area Week 8 Roundup | Sports"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>J.H. Rose 28, Jacksonville 26<\/p>\n<p>J.H. Rose scored with 1:15 left on receiver Kasyn Chase\u2019s 50-yard touchdown pass to Shammah Cabell as Jacksonville fell in the Big Carolina 6-A\/7-A Conference clash.<\/p>\n<p>Josiah Benton\u2019s 41-yard touchdown with 1:38 left gave the Cardinals a 26-21 lead.<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s 7-yard touchdown and two-point conversion. They took a 6-0 lead early on Montez Jimenez\u2019s short touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>Jacksonville (4-2, 1-1) hosts South Central next week while J.H. Rose (7-0, 2-0) visits White Oak.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Croatan 49, Richlands 8<\/p>\n<p>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\u2019s Coastal 5-A\/6-A Conference win.<\/p>\n<p>Boucher\u2019s 3-yard touchdown run and Carter Boal\u2019s 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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Northside 56, West Carteret 21<\/p>\n<p>Undefeated Northside outscored West Carteret 35-0 in the second quarter as the Monarchs earned a Coastal Conference win.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Gray had a 12-yard touchdown run early.<\/p>\n<p>Northside (7-0, 3-0) visits Dixon next week while West Carteret (2-5, 1-3) visits Richlands.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>East Duplin 63, Trask 0<\/p>\n<p>Brayden Jones\u2019 10-yard touchdown pass to Hayes Lanier set the tone in East Duplin\u2019s East Central 3-A\/4-A Conference win over Trask.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Darwin Bonilla scored from 41 yards out, Ayden Lane had an 8-yard score, and Amir Lamont had a 90-yard touchdown run.<\/p>\n<p>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.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>East Duplin (6-1, 2-0) hosts Clinton next week while Trask (2-5, 1-1) visits Southwest.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Southwest 30, Pender 28<\/p>\n<p>Jon Carter\u2019s 25-yard field goal with 2:50 left helped lift Southwest to an East Central Conference win at Pender.<\/p>\n<p>The Patriots took a 28-27 lead with 6:36 remaining on Austin Deal\u2019s 31-yard touchdown run and Kyeik Cherry\u2019s two-point conversion.<\/p>\n<p>Judah Clyde\u2019s 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\u2019s Ton Bolden tied the game at 20-20 in the third.<\/p>\n<p>Bolden ended with 115 yards on 10 carries, Davion Cephus threw for 99 yards, including a 55-yard touchdown to Damaree Hill.<\/p>\n<p>Southwest (2-5, 1-1) hosts Trask next week while Pender (2-5, 0-2) hosts South Lenoir.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Havelock 41, Dixon 16<\/p>\n<p>Dixon was outscored 21-0 in the third quarter as the Bulldogs fall to Havelock in Coastal Conference action.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Aiden Tilley had a 6-yard touchdown run and Lonnie Stowers\u2019 two-point conversion gave Dixon an 8-6 lead. Aaron O\u2019Donnell had a 25-yard touchdown run and Jacob Olson added the two-point conversion to give the Bulldogs a 16-14 lead.<\/p>\n<p>Dixon (2-5, 0-3) hosts Northside next week while Havelock (4-4, 3-1) hosts Swansboro.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>New Bern 44, White Oak 6<\/p>\n<p>White Oak allowed New Bern\u2019s Karvin Magwood and Ezekiel Best to score two touchdowns as the Vikings fell in Big Carolina Conference action.<\/p>\n<p>New Bern led 15-0 in the first quarter. The Vikings\u2019 Keyondre Wright returned a kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown to bring White Oak within 37-6 in the second.<\/p>\n<p>White Oak (2-4, 0-2) hosts J.H. Rose next week while New Bern (5-2, 1-1) hosts D.H. Conley.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>East Carteret 22, Lejeune 7<\/p>\n<p>Lejeune pulled within one score on Cam McKinnis\u2019s touchdown run with 5:30 left, but East Carteret sealed the Coastal Plains 1-A\/2-A Conference victory with a late touchdown.<\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p>Lejeune (1-5, 0-2) visits Jones Senior next week while East Carteret (2-5, 1-1) hosts Northside-Pinetown.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"J.H. Rose 28, Jacksonville 26 J.H. 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