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By KEVIN WEAKS Messenger Sports The running clock looked a whole lot better this time. Camden Napper’s sec- ond interception for a touchdown two plays into the second half turned on the clock for good while turning out the lights on Memphis Frayser in the Rebels’ 41-6 win Friday night at Rebel Field. Celebrating Military Appreciation Night in style, Central scored three times in the second quarter and pulled away from the talented but undisciplined Rams to even its record at 1-1. The win came a week after the Rebels had seen the mercy rule — a conti- nous running clock when one team gets a 35-point lead — from the other side in a 49-14 loss to highly-touted Huntingdon. Outmuscled in that game, OC did not let that happen again, using straight-up power football to knock out the Memphis visitors. “We were physical, just like we’d worked on,” said Kevin Goltra, who picked up his first win as the Rebel head coach. “We saw where we had some minor problems in our power running game, and we fixed those. I know (Frayser) is a little down, but they’re still extremely athletic.” The Rebels’ offensive gameplan was no-frills, some might even describe it as “caveman” football. Going mainly off-tackle, even with the inside reverse play that was called sev- eral times, and throwing only three passes, Central gained 297 yards on 36 rushing attempts. Ben Jones had 129 yards on 12 carries, breaking the game’s longest run with a 74-yard touchdown sprint past the speedy Rams, while Jacob Hyde added 89 yards and two more scores on 12 carries. Quarterback Blake Berrner did most of his work with his feet, carrying eight times for 59 yards and a TD. While he is mainly used like a fullback when he carries the ball, going straight up the middle, Berner’s score came on a bootleg to the left side for 33 yards. While the Rebel offense was beating its way through Frayser, the OC defense was beating down the Rams. Although Frayser was able to pick up 258 total yards with 10 plays cover- ing more than 10 yards, the Rebels did a good job of cutting off the field and keeping the Rams from getting outside. Able to take angles at Frayser’s line splits, Central shot the gaps and made big plays in the backfield, many a crucial times to stop momentum In all, the Rebs stopped Frayser behind the line on Time flies by in Rebel rout The Messenger SPORTS MONDAY SPORTS MONDAY SMOOTH SAILING A. 30 McKenzie L 14-35 S. 6 • Lake Co. Away S. 13 Huntingdon Away S. 20 • So. Fulton Home S. 27 Dresden Away O. 4 • Gibson Co. Home O. 11 • Greenfield Away O. 18 • Humboldt Home O. 25 • Trenton Away N. 1 • Halls Home UNION CITY TORNADOES 2013 SCHEDULE A. 24 Huntingdon L 14-49 A. 30 Frayser W 41-6 S. 6 • Dyersburg Home S. 13 Dresden Away S. 20 • So. Gibson Away S. 27 Call. Co., KY Away O. 4 • Crock. Co. Away O. 11 Chester Co. Home O. 18 • Westview Home O. 25 OPEN DATE N. 1 • Milan Home OCC REBELS 2013 SCHEDULE 5 Page Monday, September 2, 2013 e-mail: [email protected] TODAY: • Central runs wild • UC mistake-prone • UT’s easy opener Obion Central ......... 41 Frayser ...................... 6 Tennessee ................ 45 Austin Peay ............... 0 McKenzie ................ 35 Union City ............... 14 Alabama .................. 35 Virginia Tech .......... 10 Dresden ................... 15 Trenton ...................... 3 Western Ky . ............ 35 Kentucky ................. 26 Humboldt ................ 26 Milan ....................... 21 Clemson ................... 38 Georgia .................... 35 Huntingdon ............. 20 Westview ................. 19 Missouri .................. 58 Murray St. .............. 14 Weekend Results Weekend Results PREP ROUNDUP (See Page 8, Col. 1) (See Page 8, Col. 1) HE’S GONE, AGAIN — Obion Central senior defensive back Camden Napper is in the clear as he heads to the endzone for the second of his two touchdowns on interception returns during Friday night’s game against Memphis Frayser at Troy. Napper had four pick-offs in all as the Rebels dominated the Rams 41-6. Now 1- 1, OC will host Dyersburg in its District 13AA opener this Friday. AP PREP TOP 10 RESULTS By The Associated Press Class 5A 1. Beech (1-1) lost to Henry Co. 41- 20. 2. Knoxville West (1-0) idle. 3. Henry Co. (2-0) beat Beech 41-20. 4. East Hamilton (2-0) beat Kingsport Dobyns Bennett 33-21. 5. Clarksville NE (1-1) lost to Franklin 28-20. (tie) Tennessee (1-1) lost to Sullivan South 37-27. 7. Cleveland (1-1) beat Cookeville 36-17. 8. Columbia (2-0) beat Dickson Co. 21-16. 9. Ridgeway (0-1) idle. 10. Morristown West (1-1) lost to Greeneville 40-0. Class 4A 1. Knox. Fulton (2-0) beat Bearden 52-0. 2. Greeneville (1-0) beat Morristown West 40-0. 3. Giles Co. (2-0) beat Lawrence Co. 30-10. 4. Signal Mountain (1-1) beat Tyner Aca. 49-28. 5. Dyersburg (1-1) lost to Haywood 46-24. 6. Crockett Co. (2-0) beat South Side 55-0. 7. Sullivan South (2-0) beat Tennessee 37-27. 8. Elizabethton (1-1) lost to Science Hill 40-35. 9. Knox. Cath. (2-0) beat Coalfield 47-7. 10. Lexington (2-0) beat Riverside 22-14. Class 3A 1. Alcoa (1-1) lost to Maryville 31-2. 2. CAK (1-1) lost to Powell 42-41. 3. CPA (2-0) beat Hillwood 35-7. 4. Tyner Acad. (0-1) lost to Signal Mountain 49-28. 5. Fairview (2-0) beat Camden 19-7. 6. Gatlinburg-Pittman (2-0) beat Greenback 20-14. 7. Sullivan North (1-1) beat Volunteer 16-0. 8. Notre Dame (1-1) beat East Ridge 21-9. 9. Polk Co. (2-0) beat Chatt. Central 35-15. 10. Milan (0-2) lost to Humboldt 26- 19. Class 2A 1. Grace Christian (2-0) beat Kingston 34-6. 2. Adamsville (2-0) beat Bolivar 42- 6. 3. Marion Co. (2-0) beat Bledsoe Co. 28-7. 4. Boyd Buchanan (1-1) lost to McMinn Central 18-15. 5. Huntingdon (2-0) beat Westview 20-19. 6. Trenton (1-1) lost to Dresden 15-3. 7. Trousdale Co. (2-0) beat Sycamore 28-27. 8. Goodpasture (1-1) lost to Franklin Road Academy 17-14, OT. 9. Mitchell (0-2) lost to Memphis Central 32-21. 10. Oneida (2-0) beat Hampton 31- 14. Class A 1. Coalfield (1-1) lost to Knox. Cath. 47-7. 2. South Pittsburg (1-1) lost to Hixson 29-6. 3. Greenback (1-1) lost to Gatlinburg- Pittman 20-14. 4. Moore Co. (2-0) beat Cornersville 34-0. 5. Humboldt (2-0) beat Milan 26-19. 6. Dresden (2-0) beat Trenton 15-3. 7. Gordonsville (1-1) beat Smith Co. 14-7. 8. Nashville Christian School (2-0) beat Ezell-Harding 28-11. (tie) Cloudland (2-0) beat Happy Valley 21-18. 10. Jo Byrns (1-0) beat Lancaster Christian 50-0. WEEK 1 RESULTS McKenzie 14, Union City 14 Obion Cent. 41, Frayser 6 Humboldt 26, Milan 21 Huntingdon 20, Westview 19 So. Gibson 38, Chester Co. 10 Haywood 46, Dyersburg 24 Crockett Co. 55, So. Side 0 Bruceton 47, McEwen 13 Dresden 15, Trenton 3 Gleason 51, Greenfield 16 Harding Aca. 34, W. Carroll 12 Lake Co. 40, Fulton Co. 0 Halls 41, KIPP 0 Scotts Hill 39, Gibson Co. 18 Adamsville 42, Bolivar 6 Brentwood Aca. 45, Liberty 7 Northside 30, Hardin Co. 22 JCM 55, Fayette-Ware 20 Lexington 22, Riverside 14 TCA 35, USJ 0 (See Page 8, Col. 1) By MIKE HUTCHENS Messenger Sports Editor Before Union City can beat anybody this year, the Golden Tornadoes will first have to stop beating them- selves. UC committed six turn- overs, including a school- record five lost first-half fumbles, in a mistake-filled 35-14 season-opening loss to McKenzie Friday night at War Memorial Stadium. The Twisters fumbled nine times in all — eight before intermission — los- ing possession on each of their first four offensive series, all inside McKenzie territory. UC also had a long touchdown run called back via penalty with four min- utes to play that would’ve closed the deficit to one score. McKenzie, meanwhile, capitalized on Union City’s sloppiness with TDs after three of those turnovers. Two scores within a 57- second span in the final 1:16 of the first half was especially telling to the Tornadoes’ largely self- inflicted demise. “How many ways can you write self-destruct?” UC head coach Darren Bowling asked after his team’s ugly outing. “If it was just one thing, you’d say you could fix it and overcome it. But we had center/quarterback exchange problems, mesh problems between the quar- terback and fullback, and other fumbles from just simple contact past the line of scrimmage. “We just shot ourselves in the foot as far as having any chances at winning.” Twice in their first three possessions, the Twisters appeared to be marching toward paydirt before fum- bling away possession at the McKenzie 23 and 22, respectively. Perhaps the dagger came just before the intermission, though, after the Rebels had marched 81 yards in 16 plays — twice convert- ing on fourth down — to widen their lead to 20-7 on the second of Christopher Allen’s four touchdowns with 1:16 showing. On the first play following the ensuing kickoff, UC’s fifth and final turnover of the half gave the visitors the ball back immediately and Allen’s 3-yard run and a two-point conversion made it 28-7 at the break. “That was really big as far what it did to us mental- ly,” Bowling added. “Being down two touchdowns was bad enough with the style of offense we play. Being down three scores really puts us behind the eight- ball.” McKenzie’s Allen ran for 155 yards and four scores while quarterback Tyler McClain riddled a Union City defense that appeared to be again vulnerable to the pass for 162 yards, includ- ing a 58-yard touchdown play to Kennon Taylor that was basically just the byproduct of a short pass and missed tackles. Union City came up with a turnover of its own to set up its only first-half score, Cace Cook’s interception and good return to the Rebel 13 setting up Ricky Henry’s six-yard fourth-down burst over left tackle for a TD at 8:06 of the second quarter to half the locals’ deficit at 14-7. The Twisters showed some life immediately fol- lowing the break after the aforementioned disastrous final moments before the intermission. A fourth-down stand near midfield from a defense that was considerably bet- ter over the final two peri- ods gave UC good field position and quarterback Garrett Walton — switched to the shotgun formation to better receive snaps — dart- ed 27 yards to paydirt with a keeper just three minutes into the second half. Cook’s PAT made it 28-14. Union City looked to be mounting more momentum early in the fourth quarter before a bad snap resulted in a 15-yard loss after the Tornadoes had reached the McKenzie 30. Two plays later, Walton was intercept- ed. Hope for a comeback by the locals was dealt a final blow when Javonte Moffatt’s 70-yard touch- down sprint with 4:03 showing was wiped from the scoreboard by a holding infraction. UC worst enemy dressed in purple in ugly ’13 debut By MIKE HUTCHENS Messenger Sports Editor Turns out, Jake Sisk can throw a little bit too. The Huntingdon quar- terback, who rushed for 225 yards and five touch- downs in his first game last week vs. Obion Central, threw a seven-yard scor- ing pass to Tyler Bush with less than four min- utes to play, then carried in the subsequent game-win- ning two-point conversion in the fifth-ranked (Class 2A) Mustangs’ 20-19 vic- tory over Westview Friday night. Sisk, ran for 170 yards and two TDs, completed all five of his passes for 75 yards in the contest after attempting just one in Week 0 vs. the Rebels. Westview had taken a 19- 12 lead with 8:10 to play on Cal Bradshaw’s 21-yard field goal. The Chargers had missed out on a chance for more points in the first half when they were off on a field goal attempt. Bradshaw’s field goal in the fourth period came when Martin was unable to con- vert a first-and-goal situa- tion. Ty Brown and Hunter Beal had touchdowns runs for the Chargers (1-1). In other games of local interest Friday: Dresden 15, Trenton 3 The Lions (1A) won a battle of sixth-ranked teams against Peabody (2A) when Joey Caldwell punched in a couple of TD plunges in the final 14 minutes. The two teams were locked in a 3-2 defensive duel until late in the third quarter when Caldwell scored the first of his touch- downs on a three-yard run to give Dresden the lead. Freshman quarterback Dresser Winn followed up his spectacular varsity debut by throwing for 166 yards for the Lions. Tide QB Braxton Baugus had just eight completions for 77 yards. Humboldt 26, Milan 21 Jaylen Montague ran for all four Viking touchdowns and Humboldt broke an eight-game losing streak vs. the Bulldogs, who fell to 0-2. Montague had scoring runs of 30, 16, 1 and 48 yards as H’boldt — ranked No. 5 in Class A — over- came the continued absence of star running back Nic McLilly, who missed his second game with a knee injury. McLilly’s possible return to the Viking lineup is uncertain. Milan, which was missing five starters due to injuries and other circumstances, had just 206 yards of total offense and was guilty of three turnovers. Gleason 51, Greenfield 16 Fullback Will Clark bulled his way for 164 yards and three touchdowns ’Stangs use pass to nip Martin DRAWING A CROWD — McKenzie’s Kennon Taylor is sandwiched by Union City defenders Javonte Moffatt (left) and Alex Reid after catching a pass in Friday’s game. Taylor turned a short toss from Tyler McClain into a 58-yard touchdown for the Rebels’ first score and the visitors capitalized on six UC turnovers to hand the Golden Tornadoes a 35-14 season-opening loss. Union City opens District 14A play this week with a trip to Tiptonville to take on Lake County.
