Jacksonville 62, South Central 30<\/p>\n
Amari Pearson scored five touchdowns as Jacksonville outscored South Central in a Big Carolina 6-A\/7-A Conference game.<\/p>\n
Pearson set the tone with a 9-yard touchdown to make it 7-0. His 62-yard touchdown run made it 28-14 in the second quarter while he added scoring runs of 58, 40 and 50 in the third.<\/p>\n
Isaiah Hillary threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Mikhail White, Josiah Benton had a 60-yard touchdown run, SaRonn Thompson returned an interception 75 yards for a score and Montez Jimenez had a 3-yard touchdown run.<\/p>\n
Jacksonville (5-2, 2-1) visits D.H. Conley next week while South Central (3-5, 0-3) hosts White Oak.\u00a0<\/p>\n
East Duplin 35, Clinton 21<\/p>\n
Noah LeBlanc rushed for 123 yards and three touchdowns on 17 carries as East Duplin defeated Clinton in an East Central 3-A\/4-A Conference showdown.<\/p>\n
LeBlanc had touchdown runs of 12, 2 and 38 yards. Keeshon Mckinnie added 77 yards on nine carries, including a 4-yard touchdown, and Zachary Cruz had 57 yards on seven carries.<\/p>\n
Semaj Scott returned an interception five yards for a touchdown to give the Panthers a 35-7 lead in the third. Scott had eight tackles, McKinnie had 12 tackles, Amir Lamont had seven tackles and two sacks and Esiah Bennerman had nine tackles.<\/p>\n
The Panthers held the Dark Horses to just one first down and minus-1-yard rushing in the first half.<\/p>\n
East Duplin (7-1, 3-0) hosts Pender next week while Clinton (5-3, 2-1) visits Trask.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Northside 39, Dixon 6<\/p>\n
Leading just 12-6 at halftime, Northside outscored Dixon 27-0 in the second half to earn the Coastal 5-A\/6-A Conference victory.<\/p>\n
Gavyn Davis returned the third-quarter kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown to make it 19-6. Rahlai Anderson followed with an 8-yard touchdown run. Reginald Gray III then found Kaleb Robinson for a 9-yard score before Anderson scored from five yards.<\/p>\n
Anderson scored early to give the Monarchs a 6-0 lead before the Bulldogs\u2019 Aiden Tilley tied the game. Gray found Evan Wanga for a 33-yard score to make it 12-6.<\/p>\n
Northside (8-0, 4-0) visits Swansboro next week while Dixon (2-6, 0-4) visits Richlands.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Southwest 48, Trask 0<\/p>\n
Ton Bolden rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns and Davion Cephus threw for 114 yards as Southwest topped Trask in East Central Conference action.<\/p>\n
A Cephus rushing touchdown and two-point conversion put the Stallions ahead 8-0 in the first quarter. Bolden added a touchdown and two-point conversion to make it 16-0 in the second.<\/p>\n
Judah Clyde added a 21-yard score, and Quan Bacon had a 5-yard score as Southwest led 32-0 at halftime. Mason Houze added a 40-yard touchdown and Cephus scored to end the third.<\/p>\n
Southwest (3-5, 2-1) hosts South Lenoir next week while Trask (2-6, 1-2) hosts Clinton.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Liberty Christian 36, Sandhills Classical Christian 30<\/p>\n
Eddie Deptola rushed for two touchdowns, threw for another and intercepted two passes to lead undefeated Liberty Christian past Sandhills Classical.<\/p>\n
Deptola also had two two-point conversion runs and a pair or two-point conversion completions. Daniel Canales had a touchdown catch and Caleb Malpass ran for a touchdown.<\/p>\n
John Hansley and Korvin Wilson each had two-point conversions, Andrew Smith had a sack and a fumble recovery, Logan Potting had two forced fumbles and a recovery and Eli Arnette had a sack and a forced fumble.<\/p>\n
The Heat trailed 14-8 after the first quarter, but led 16-14 at halftime. The game was tied 22-22 entering the fourth. Liberty topped Sandhills 38-28 earlier this season.<\/p>\n
Liberty Christian (6-0) hosts Wayne Prep Academy next week while Sandhills (2-3) hosts Community Christian.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Lejeune 40, Jones Senior 0<\/p>\n
Grady Mahaffey scored four touchdowns and Cameron McKinnis scored two as Lejeune topped Jones Senior in a Coastal Plains 1-A\/2-A Conference game.<\/p>\n
McKinnis got the scoring going on a touchdown run before Mahaffey returned an interception for a score. Mahaffey added a touchdown run as the Devilpups led 21-0 in the first quarter.<\/p>\n
Desean Godbolt had a touchdown run while Mckinnis capped the scoring with a 70-yard touchdown run. The 40 points were the most by Lejeune since a 66-44 victory over Spring Creek in 2024.<\/p>\n
Lejeune (2-5, 1-2) hosts Pamlico next week while Jones Senior (0-8, 0-3) hosts East Carteret.\u00a0<\/p>\n
West Carteret 14, Richlands 13<\/p>\n
Baylee Rathe\u2019s 5-yard touchdown run in the third quarter moved Richlands to within one, but the Wildcats weren\u2019t able to take the lead in falling to Coastal Conference foe West Carteret.<\/p>\n
Anthony Kohler-Howard had a 30-yard touchdown run as the Wildcats led 7-6 in the second.<\/p>\n
Richlands (1-7, 0-4) hosts Dixon next week while West Carteret (3-5, 2-3) hosts Croatan.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Havelock 53, Swansboro 19<\/p>\n
Trailing 15-7 after the first quarter, Swansboro was outscored 38-6 between the second and third in a Coastal Conference loss to Havelock.<\/p>\n
Markis Sam\u2019s 22-yard touchdown run brought Swansboro within 15-7. Gavin Jones returned an interception 81 yards for a score to move the Pirates within 30-13 in the second.<\/p>\n
Swansboro (6-2, 2-2) hosts Northside next week while Havelock (5-4, 4-1) has an open date and visits Northside on Oct. 30.\u00a0<\/p>\n
J.H. Rose 62, White Oak 0<\/p>\n
White Oak allowed 27 first-quarter points as the Vikings fell to Big Carolina Conference leader J.H. Rose.<\/p>\n
The Vikings (2-5, 0-3) visit South Central next week while the Rampants (8-0, 3-0) hosts New Bern.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jacksonville 62, South Central 30 Amari Pearson scored five touchdowns as Jacksonville outscored South Central in a Big…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":430257,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[116,118,117,110],"class_list":["post-430256","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville","tag-jacksonville-headlines","tag-jacksonville-news","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=430256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/430256\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/430257"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=430256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=430256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=430256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}