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Enterprise visits St. Joe tonight
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| By: RICHARD DUBE, DAILY LEADER Sports Writer |
October 29, 2009 |
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Due to the threat of rain Friday, the Region 6-2A game between the Enterprise Fighting Yellow Jackets and the host Madison St. Joseph Bruins will be played tonight. The game begins an hour earlier at 6 p.m.
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In Lincoln County games Friday night, Brookhaven hosts McComb, Loyd Star visits Hinds AHS, Bogue Chitto invades Salem, and West Lincoln entertains Vicksburg St. Aloysius for homecoming.
Enterprise (3-6, 0-4) is coming off a tough 48-16 district loss at the hands of Loyd Star. Madison St. Joe (3-6) fell to Wesson 33-17 last week.
Enterprise head football coach Wayne Rogers talked about moving the game up a day and Madison St. Joe's football team.
"We want to beat the rain," explained Rogers. "St. Joe head coach Flip Godfrey wanted to move the game up to beat the rain that is supposed to come in Thursday and continue through Friday."
Rogers said the Bruins are lot like the Jackets and haven't had many breaks fall their way.
"We need to get a district win," stated Rogers. "St. Joe are a lot like we are size wise. We have a little bit more speed. They haven't won a district game.
"We can't afford to give up the big plays," added Rogers. "The kids did a good job rushing the football last week against Loyd Star."
In the loss to Loyd Star, Enterprise quarterback Cody Brister rushed the football 17 times for 104 yards. Aaron Prather rushed 17 times for 50 yards and scored a touchdown. Following with 9 carries for 108 yards was Garrett Greer.
Brister was 4 of 11 for 45 yards including a 22-yard touchdown pass to Greer.
The Jacket defense were powered by Travis Leggett with 12 tackles, 2 fumble recoveries and a sack. Josh Nations finished with 8 stops.
Last year, St. Joe nipped Enterprise 20-19.
Loyd Star (8-1, 3-1) travels to Utica to face Region 6-2A rival Hinds AHS. Last Friday, Puckett took down Hinds AHS 39-0.
Loyd Star head football coach Ryan Ross said Hinds has gotten back some key players he did not have when they played Wesson, including last year's Region 6-2A Most Valuable Player Darius Newton.
"Darius Newton is back," said Ross. "He played against Puckett last week. Hinds drove up and down the field on Puckett but couldn't punch it in. They are going to snap it to a great guy, kind of like the Notre Dame box. They use their power and speed. They have their top guys back.
"I took it easier on the kids this week to let the old injuries heal now that we are in the playoffs," continued Ross. "We are working on more mental preparation. If we win and Puckett win, we could go in second. We are playing to win and host a first round game. We are glad to be there and be as healthy as we can be there."
Leading the Hornets over the Jackets last week was Marquis Sims with 12 carries for 96 yards and a touchdown. Rushing 7 times for 156 yards and a touchdown was Tradareous Wilson who also returned a kickoff 83 yards for another TD.
Hornet quarterback Joseph Shelby completed 5 of 10 passes for 107 yards. Fred Clark caught 2 passes for 47 yards, including a TD.
The Loyd Star defense was led by David Fields and T.J. Floyd with 13 stops apiece. Travis Sorrels followed with 10 tackles.
In last year's contest, Loyd Star clipped Hinds AHS 37-35.
Bogue Chitto (3-6, 2-3) is coming off a tough 34-24 Region 4-1A loss at the hands of Natchez Cathedral. Coached by Gareth Sartin, the Bobcats prepare for road trip to Salem to meet the Wildcats for another district test.
Salem (1-6) had an open date last week.
Sartin on Salem.
In the loss to Cathedral, Bogue Chitto was powered on offense by Byron Kersee with 21 rushes for 122 yards and 2 touchdowns. Javier Gee carried 14 times for 31 yards. Rushing 9 times for 24 yards and a pair of TDs was James Blackwell.
On defense, Bogue Chitto was led by Shawn Wallace and Kersee with 8 tackles apiece.
West Lincoln (2-7) prepares to celebrate homecoming Friday night with the Vicksburg St. Aloysius Flashes in another Region 4-1A test. Coach Chris Calcote's Bears fell to Sebastopol 46-0 last week.
St. Aloysius (5-4) fell to Mt. Olive 40-13 last week.
"St. Al is a good football team," said Calcote. "They lost their top running back. Bogue Chitto and Dexter have beat them." "Their quarterback throws the ball real well. They will be a challenge for us. If you can't get up for homecoming, you can't get up for it."
In the loss to Sebastopol, West Lincoln was led by Josh Reno with 6 carries for 31 yards. Deon Moore had 10 carries for 25 yards.
Bear quarterback De Price completed 1 of 3 passes for 3 yards. Casey Lofton made the reception.
Defensively, Marcus Lee led West Lincoln with 9 tackles. Price followed with 8 stops.
West Lincoln starting offensive linemen Grant Rushing and Austin Bozeman both suffered knee injuries in the loss at Salem. Linebacker Garrett Rushing (concussion) and running back Calvin Kees (knee) also missed the Sebastopol game.
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©The Daily Leader 2009
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