Brian's predictions

Stringer at North Forrest

The Devils and North Forrest played a thriller last year with the Eagles winning 17-7. North Forrest won last week over Sumrall 39-13. The Devils lost to Sylva-Bay last week 20-15 in a game that the Devils had 250 yards in the second half. The Devils can run the football, but will they get the air attack where it needs to be in a tough road game?

North Forrest 28

Stringer 7



Newton at Bay Springs

The Newton Tigers will roll into Bay Springs with a new head coach in former South Panola coach Ed Stanley. The Tigers lost to Kemper County last week 24-6. The Bulldogs lost to Puckett last week 33-6. This should be an interesting game as both teams will be hungry for a win here, but this game is at the dog house and that means something.

Bay Springs 21

Newton 20



University Christian at Sylva-Bay

University Christian comes to Sylva-Bay; the Saints have won the last several meetings between the two teams. The Saints beat Stringer last week 20-15 in a game that saw Cody Prewitt run for 181 yards. Look for the Saints and Prewitt to keep it going here.

Sylva-Bay 30

University Christian 14



Heidelberg at Quitman

The Oilers travel to Quitman with a new head coach in Jeff Gibson. Quitman beat a good Pearl team last week 18-16. The Oilers struggled last week in their loss to Raleigh 41-6. The slate gets no easier this week.

Quitman 35

Heidelberg 7



Heidelberg Academy at Newton Academy

Newton and Heidelberg will square off in Newton County Friday night. Newton has always been a tough opponent for the Rebels. The Rebels beat Russell solid by a 47-7 score. Look for the Rebels to roll this week too.

Heidelberg 34

Newton 12

Brian's wrap-up

Sylva-Bay at Stringer

The Sylva-Bay Saints and the Stringer Red Devils met Thursday night in Stringer as the Saints opened up a 20-0 lead and held off the Devils by the score of 20-15.

The Saints got on the board on the first play from scrimmage as quarterback Cody Prewitt raced 51 yards for a touchdown for a 7-0 lead. The Saints then drove 70 yards in 10 plays, set up by a 29-yard pass on fourth down. Wade Robertson plunged in from 1 yard out at the 7:21 mark of the second quarter; the Saints were ahead 14-0.

Cody Prewitt then scored on a 70-yard touchdown run, leaping over a Stringer defender in open field on his way to the end zone at the 2:59 mark to make it 20-0 Saints.

Stringer finally got on the board just before half as quarterback Jerimiah Chandler went in from a yard out; the drive covered 55 yards on 8 plays to make it 20-7. Stringer added a safety in the third quarter to cut the lead to 20-9.

In the fourth quarter Chandler, tossed a 45-yard touchdown pass to Josh Chandler to slice the Saints lead to 20-15, but the Saints held on for the win.

The Devils had 383 yards of total offense. Stringer rushed 35 times for 283 yards and Chandler was 5-13 passing for 100 yards.

Sophomore Anthony Moore led Stringer with 103 yards rushing on 12 carries. Josh Chandler led Stringer in receiving with 45 yards.

The Saints had 242 yards rushing on 30 carries, and had 40 yards passing. Prewitt led the Saints with 181 yards on the ground on 13 carries, and Zack Gregory had 49 yards on 9 totes.

“I’m proud of these guys. We are family and we worked hard to get here, but we have work to do. We got lucky tonight,” said Saints quarterback Cody Prewitt.

“This is a great rivalry. As long as the rivalry is just the game,” said Saints Coach Chad Odom, “Coach Ainsworth does a great job with our defense; we bend a little, but we don’t break. We fought hard; we were prepared, and the kids stuck it out,” said Odom.

Raleigh at Heidelberg

Raleigh downed Heidelberg Friday night by the score of 41-6. The game marked a matchup of two Dandy Dozens in Zack Jackson of Heidelberg and Donte Moncrief of Raleigh.

Raleigh built a 28-6 lead in the first half as JoJo Barnes tossed three touchdown passes of 34, 9 and 10 yards. The Lions’ Woodrow Hamilton blocked a punt for a score.

The Oilers scored on a 20-yard touchdown pass to Regus McDonald in the first half.

In the third quarter, Jenese Ellis tossed a 9-yard touchdown pass to Donte Moncrief and Ellis ran 10 yards for a score to hand Raleigh a 41-6 win.

The Oilers had 83 total net yards rushing in the game and 110 yards in the air. Zack Jackson had 87 yards rushing and was 4-9 passing for 110 yards with one touchdown and two interceptions. Regus Thomas recorded three catches for 55 yards and 1 touchdown to lead the Oilers.

The Lions had 205 yards on 35 carries, and had 116 yards passing. JoJo Barnes led the Lions in rushing with 83 yards on eight carries. Barnes had three touchdowns passing as he was 7-16 with 107 yards and three touchdowns.

Moncrief had three catches for 46 yards and one touchdown. Dillon Wedgeworth kicked five extra points for the Lions.

“Conditioning was a big factor in the game; we were in the game for a quarter and a half. We made mental mistakes as fatique set in, but Raleigh has a good team. It is easy to see why they are ranked so high,” said Oilers Coach Jeff Gibson.

“This was a good win, but there is room for improvement. I am looking forward to seeing us improve from week one to week two,” said Lions coach Durwood Anderson.The Oilers will travel to Quitman next week, and Raleigh will host Mize.

Russell at Heidelberg Academy

Skylar Prunera scored on touchdown runs of 37 and 33 yards and returned a kickoff 80 yards for a score to lead the Rebels to a 47-7 victory against Russell Academy.

Austin Brashier had a 5-yard scoring run and Austin Wilson scored from 6 yards out as the Rebels led 34-7 at the half.

Earl Hodge had a 16-yard run for a score, and Daniel Hickson scored on a 66-yard screen pass.

Prunera had six carries for 104 yards, and completed 3-5 passes for 62 yards in the victory over Russell. The Rebels will hit the road this week as they will travel to Newton Academy.

Bay Springs at Puckett

The Bay Springs Bulldogs traveled to Puckett in the season opener for both schools as the Wolves came out on top over the Bulldogs 33-6.

Puckett scored three touchdowns in the first quarter and took a 19-0 lead. The Wolves scored once in the second quarter to take a 26-0 lead at halftime.

Donovan Payton got the Bulldogs on the board with a 6-yard touchdown run in the third quarter to cut the lead to 26-6.

The Wolves added a touchdown in the fourth quarter to take a 33-6 victory.

Donovan Payton had 59 yards rushing for the Bulldogs and ONeill Bender had 40 yards on the ground to lead the Bulldogs. Bay Springs will host Newton this week.