Glencoe snaps Tigers’ streak

Friday roundup: Piedmont, Weaver, Donoho also prevail; White Plains, Anniston, JCA, PV fall

Friday’s Calhoun County Games
Fort Payne 27, Anniston 26
Alexandria 65, Cherokee County 49
Donoho 28, Coosa Christian 6
Verbena 46, JCA 28
Gaston 40, Pleasant Valley 33
Piedmont 30, Oneonta 0
Weaver 45, White Plains 14

By East Alabama Sports Today

HEFLIN — Pace Ozmint rushed for 147 yards and caught three of quarterback Chase Wilson’s four touchdown passes Friday night as No. 5-3A Glencoe rolled past No. 6-4A Cleburne County 38-20 in a battle of ranked playoff-bound teams.

Ozmint accounted for 319 yards of offense. He opened the scoring on a 39-yard pass from Wilson late in the first quarter and later scored on passes of 33 and 57 yards. Nine of Ozmint’s 19 receptions this season have been for a touchdown.

Wilson was 5 of 7 for 169 yards in the game for a passer rating of 462.8 (153.27 NFL). He has an efficiency rating of 145.69 for the season (88.87 NFL).

Mario Smith scored two short-yardage touchdowns for Cleburne County (8-2). Json Henson was the Tigers’ leading rusher with 64 yards on 15 carries. Quarterback Brock Swafford was 12 of 31 passing for 180 yards and a touchdown. Jeremiah Blake caught four balls for 80 yards and a touchdown.

Glencoe (9-1) set the stage for its sixth straight win by scoring 17 points in the second quarter. The teams combined for 24 points in the final three minutes of the half.

The Tigers (8-2) had won eight in a row.

Cleburne County’s Austin Harler led all tacklers with 17 (13 solo). Smith and Chad Brown each had 11. Noah Hauk had 12 tackles for Glencoe.

Both teams will be hosting first-round playoff games Friday. Glencoe plays Colbert County while Cleburne County plays Wilson.

Glencoe 38, Cleburne County 20

Glencoe 7 17 7 7 — 38
Cleburne Co. 0 7 6 7 — 20

G – Pace Ozmint 39 pass from Chase Wilson (Andrew Lang kick), 3:25 1Q
G – Lang 24 FG, 2:41 2Q
C – Mario Smith 2 run (Hunter Carlile kick), 2:32 2Q
G – Cole Holbrooks 12 pass from Wilson (Lang kick), 0:38 2Q
G – Ozmint 33 pass from Wilson (Lang kick), 0:00, 2Q
G – Ozmint 57 pass from Wilson (Lang kick), 6:36 3Q
C – Smith 2 run (pass failed), 3:43 3Q
G – Austin Bush 5 run (Lang kick), 10:41 4Q
C – Jeremiah Blake 13 pass from Brock Swafford (Carlile kick), 2:09 4Q

Team stats Glen Cleb
First downs 13 17
Rushes-yds 46-264 31-106
C-A-I 5-7-0 12-31-1
Passing yds 169 180
Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-2
Punts-avg 5-34.4 5-31.6
Penalties-yds 9-69 1-15

PIEDMONT 30, ONEONTA 0

PIEDMONT – Darnell Jackson returned a punt for a touchdown, Taylor Hayes threw for two scores and ran for third, and the Piedmont defense pitched another shutout in a 30-0 victory over Oneonta Friday that wrapped the regular season.

By all accounts it was a comfortable tune-up for the Bulldogs’ Class 3A playoff opener next week against Lexington (6-4).

The fourth-ranked Bulldogs (9-1) amassed 267 yards of total offense while holding Oneonta to 72 yards net in posting the third shutout of their current five-game winning streak.

Jackson opened the scoring when he returned a punt 64 yards for a touchdown with 10:16 left in the first quarter. Easton Kirk ran their lead to 10-0 with a 29-yard field goal with 1:05 left in the quarter.

The offense scored its first touchdown late in the first half when Hayes threw a 14-yard pass to Deonta Alexander. In the second half, Hayes ran for 11 yards for a touchdown and threw a 29-yard pass to Case Keener for another score.

Hayes was 13 of 19 passing for 149 yards. Jackson was the Bulldogs’ leading rusher with 48 yards on 11 carries.

Next week’s opponent, Lexington, is the fourth seed out of Region 8. The Golden Bears, in the playoffs for the eighth year in a row, were off Friday. They opened the season 4-0, but have lost four of their last six.

Piedmont 30, Oneonta 0

Oneonta 0 0 0 0 — 0
Piedmont 10 6 14 0 — 30

P – Darnell Jackson 64 punt return (Easton Kirk kick), 10:16 1Q
P – Kirk 29 FG, 1:05 1Q
P – Deonta Alexander 14 pass from Taylor Hayes (kick blocked), 2:14 2Q
P – Hayes 11 run (Kirk kick), 8:25 3Q
P – Case Keener 29 pass from Hayes (Kirk kick), 3:47 3Q

Team stats One Pied
First downs 6 18
Rushing yds 52 118
C-A-I 4-8-0 13-19-0
Passing yds 20 149
Fumbles-lost 0-0 0-0
Punts-avg 7-28.0 2-34.0
Penalties-yds 3-31 2-25

WEAVER 45, WHITE PLAINS 14

WEAVER – Delo Forbes rushed for 101 yards and three first-quarter touchdowns as the Bearcats (5-5) closed their regular season with a victory and finished it with a .500 or better record for the first time since 2011.

They now have a date at perennial power Madison Academy in the first round of the Class 3A playoffs.

Forbes scored on runs of 56, 10 and 26 yards as the Bearcats opened a 21-7 lead. Quarterback Dalton Hamby threw two touchdown passes in the second quarter as they extended the lead to 42-7 at halftime.

Hamby completed seven of 10 passes in the game for 154 yards.

The Bearcats also took advance of three White Plains turnovers

White Plains rushed for 225 yards as a team and had four runners gain at least 40 yards. Macy Carr was the Wildcats’ leading rusher with 77 yards on three carries; the bulk of yardage came on an 85-yard touchdown run with eight minutes to play.

Brycen Longley (56 yards), Gage Whiteside (44) and Blake Roszell (43) all had at least seven carries. Whiteside scored their other touchdown.

The Wildcats finished their first season under coach Chris White 1-9.

Weaver 45, White Plains 14

White Plains 7 0 0 7 — 14
Weaver 21 21 3 0 — 45

W – Delo Forbes 56 run (Riley Benavides kick), 11:05 1Q
W – Forbes 10 run (Benavides kick), 8:20 1Q
WP – Gage Whiteside 1 run (Charlie Huey kick), 6:01 1Q
W – Forbes 26 run (Benavides kick), 0:19 1Q
W – Tyrik Hall 20 run (Benavides kick), 9:40 2Q
W – Cody Ortiz 75 pass from Dalton Hamby (Benavides kick), 7:50 2Q
W – Giovanni Mosley 23 pass from Hamby (Benavides kick), 0:19 2Q
W – Benavides 21 FG, 3:50 3Q
WP – Macy Carr 85 run (Huey kick), 8:00 4Q

Team stats WP Wea
First downs 9 11
Rushes-yds 47-225 33-209
C-A-I 2-10-0 7-10-1
Passing yds 10 154
Fumbles-lost 3-3 0-0
Punts-avg 6-25.8 4-27.0
Penalties-yds 6-55 2-30

DONOHO 28, COOSA CHRISTIAN 6

The Falcons (3-6) found four different ways to score touchdowns to close coach Andy McWilliams’ first season on a winning note.

Robert Clausen scored on Ross Svensen’s only completion and on the ensuing defensive stand raced 66 yards with an interception return. Garrett Steed scored on a punt return and Tej Patel scored on a fumble return.

Steed was the Falcons’ leading rusher with 68 yards on 11 carries. He and Jake Kaplan shared the team lead with 11 tackles, while Walton Montgomery and Reaves Nelson each had eight.

The Falcons ended the season on a two-game winning streak. The Conquerors finished 0-10 and have lost 16 in a row.

Donoho 28, Coosa Christian 6

Coosa Chr. 0 0 0 6 — 6
Donoho 7 7 7 7 — 28

D – Robert Clausen 51 pass from Ross Svensen (Mitchell Baker kick), 11:26 1Q
D – Clausen 66 interception return (Baker kick), 11:04 2Q
D – Garrett Steed 65 punt return (Baker kick), 4:09 3Q
C – 38 1 run (kick blocked), 7:15 4Q
D – Tej Patel 2 fumble return (Baker kick), 2:41 4Q

Team stats Coo Don
First downs 11 9
Rushes-yds 46-136 26-119
C-A-I 3-14-2 1-8-2
Passing yds 26 51
Fumbles-lost 3-3 2-1
Punts-avg 4-34.5 2-36.5
Penalties-yds 4-35 7-58

VERBENA 46, JCA 28

VERBENA – When Verbena got the ball it found the end zone quickly and that spelled a quick end for Jacksonville Christian.

The Red Devils (7-3) scored their first three touchdowns on three plays and needed only six plays to open a 27-0 first-quarter lead. They opened the scoring with a reverse pass on their first play from scrimmage and added two long runs with their next two snaps.

The Thunder (4-5) got on the board early in the second quarter when Andre Garner threw a 51-yard touchdown pass to Antwon Fegans.

Reed Murphy had a hand in JCA’s other three scores. He had touchdown runs of 8 and 2 yards, and threw a 14-yard halfback pass to Walker Messer for a touchdown in the closing seconds.

Murphy rushed for 141 yards on 20 carries. Fegans had all three of JCA’s receptions for 77 yards.

Verbena 46, JCA 28

JCA 0 13 0 15 — 28
Verbena 27 13 0 6 — 46

V – Juwan Tyus 67 pass from Anthony Miller (Miller kick), 11:44 1Q
V – Hakeem Underwood 54 run (Miller kick), 10:16 1Q
V – William Cook 63 run (Miller kick), 8:46 1Q
V – Dorrian Parker 18 run (kick failed), 3:47 1Q
J – Antwon Fegans 51 pass from Andre Garner (Elijah McCormack kick), 10:49 2Q
V – Tristan Short 9 run (Miller kick), 8:29 2Q
V – Underwood 31 run (kick failed), 6:12 2Q
J – Reed Murphy 8 run (kick failed), 1:55 2Q
J – Murphy 2 run (McCormick kick), 4:12 4Q
V – Parker 56 run (kick failed), 3:54 4Q
J – Walker Messer 14 pass from Murphy (Murphy run) 6.4 4Q

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