TALLULAH – They’re called opening night jitters, those fumbles, slips and drops that plague a team early in the season. Some teams get them, some don’t.

On Friday night, Tallulah Academy had them.

Glenbrook scored three touchdowns in the first 13 minutes of the game, and Jack Jiles ran for 117 yards and three scores on only 11 carries as the Apaches hammered Tallulah 43-14 on opening night.

Tallulah committed four turnovers that led to 24 Glenbrook points. One of the bright spots for the Trojans was Brandon &#8220Shoelace” Beard, who amassed 250 all-purpose yards and caught a touchdown pass in the fourth quarter.

&#8220The kids played hard. We just ran into a superior opponent,” first-year Tallulah coach Tommy Roberts said. &#8220The first quarter was a little bit of pregame jitters.”

Glenbrook jumped out to an insurmountable lead early with a pair of one-play scoring drives.

After the teams exchanged punts to start the game, Jiles took a handoff up the middle, weaved through the defense and outran Tallulah’s secondary down the left sideline for a 60-yard touchdown run.

In the next few minutes, Glenbrook’s Michael Ratcliff helped his team extend the lead. He intercepted a pass on the next play from scrimmage, then hauled in a 30-yard touchdown pass from Jake Byrd on the play after that.

Four plays later, Ratcliff pulled down another interception that led to Jiles’ 4-yard TD run with 11:10 left in the second quarter. Glenbrook added a 28-yard field goal by Byrd with 2:06 to play to make it 24-0 at halftime.

&#8220Our defense played great in the first quarter. Our defensive coordinator, Jared Smelser, had a great gameplan. Offensively, we had some protection issues and some turnover issues,” Roberts said. &#8220I told the guys at halftime that it should be 10-0 at the worst.”

After the initial shock wore off, Tallulah found its footing and played the Apaches to a relative standstill.

The Trojans got on the board two minutes into the second half when Wes McDonald tackled Jiles in the end zone for a safety, and Beard returned the free kick to midfield. Two quick first downs and a 20-yard pass from Shivers to Beard moved the ball inside the one, where Shivers scored on a quarterback sneak to cut it to 24-8.

Glenbrook killed Tallulah’s momentum and put the game out of reach on its next possession, though.

Jiles ran for 19 yards on third-and-4 to silence a rising crowd, then punched it in from 5-yard line five plays later to make it 30-8. On Tallulah’s next drive, Jes Shivers was sacked by Adam Hurley and fumbled. Geoff Lary recovered and returned it 29 yards for a touchdown to make it 37-8, putting the nail in the coffin.

&#8220That turned things back around and got us rolling in the right direction,” Glenbrook coach Jerry Almond said of Jiles’ third-down run.

Trinity 45, Tensas Academy 8

Trinity scored 45 unanswered points – 30 in the second quarter – and R.J. Fleming scored three touchdowns in a rout of Tensas Academy.

Tensas took an early 8-0 lead on a 53-yard touchdown run by Jim Lentz and a two-point conversion run by quarterback Bennett Schauf. Lentz finished with 105 yards on eight carries.

Trinity tied it on a 6-yard TD run by Fleming, then exploded in the second quarter.

Parker Brumfield threw two touchdown passes, and Fleming scored on a 57-yard punt return and a 15-yard run. The Saints’ backups scored one more TD late.