MACCC Football Roundup: Hall powers Gulf Coast to another win; Holmes tops Jones to stay unbeaten
Published 3:04 pm Friday, September 27, 2024
Trey Hall kept making big plays, and Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College kept on winning.
Hall rushed for 171 yards and three touchdowns, including scores of 60 and 70 yards, to lead No. 4 Gulf Coast to a 41-14 victory over Pearl River Community College on Thursday.
Hall, a Warren Central alum, also had a 7-yard TD in the first quarter. He had a 93-yard TD last week against Southwest Mississippi, and has gone over the 100-yard mark in four consecutive games.
Gulf Coast (5-0, 3-0 MACCC South) finished with 336 rushing yards as a team. Chandler Chapman had 130 yards and one touchdown on 22 carries. Hall had 12 carries.
Hall’s 60- and 7-yard TDs helped the Bulldogs take a 20-7 lead at the end of the first quarter. His 70-yarder was part of a 21-point third quarter barrage that pushed it to 41-7.
Keenan Franks rushed for 111 yards and one touchdown for Pearl River (3-2, 2-1).
“It felt good,” Chapman said. “Everything was opening up. I could tell after the first run when Trey broke the first one. I got in and broke my first one. I could tell it was going to be a good game.”
East Central 42, Hinds 13
Landon Sims threw three touchdown passes and added 51 rushing yards to lead East Central Community College (3-2, 1-1 MACCC South) to an easy win over Hinds (0-5, 0-2).
Keshawn Henley added 70 rushing yards and a touchdown for East Central, and Tyler Arrington caught three passes for 80 yards and a TD. The Warriors outscored Hinds 28-3 in the second half to blow open a close game.
Tanner Hollingsworth kicked two field goals for Hinds, from 27 and 41 yards. Former Vicksburg High star Kearris Gilliam had three total tackles.
Holmes 35, Jones 22
Chase Richardson threw for two touchdowns and ran for another as No. 11 Holmes Community College (5-0) remained undefeated with a big Top 20 victory over Jones College (3-2).
Richardson was only 8-of-20 passing for 29 yards, but he threw a 10-yard TD pass to Malcolm Boykin midway through the first quarter and a 29-yard TD to K.J. Miller in the second to help Holmes take a 28-17 lead at halftime.
Holmes won despite having only 190 yards of total offense and possessing the ball for 17 minutes and 35 seconds to Jones’ 42:25. Jones committed five turnovers.
Jones quarterback Blake Murphy was 29-of-56 passing for 369 yards and one touchdown, but threw three interceptions. Two of the picks gave Holmes the ball inside the 5-yard line, and two other turnovers set up the Bulldogs inside the 30. All four led to short touchdown drives.
Northwest Mississippi 28, Northeast Mississippi 20
D’mariun Perteet rushed for a career-high 166 yards and two touchdowns, and quarterback Zach Wilcke was nearly perfect passing the ball as No. 10 Northwest Mississippi (4-1, 3-0 MACCC North) topped Northeast Mississippi (1-3, 0-2)
Wilcke completed 23 of 24 passes for 213 yards and one touchdown. His 95.8 completion percentage was the best for any Northwest quarterback since at least 2016.
Caden Greer was only 5-of-13 passing for Northeast Mississippi, but had 117 yards and two touchdowns.
Copiah-Lincoln 42, Southwest Mississippi 16
Will Loy threw two touchdown passes and added a short rushing touchdown to lead No. 15 Copiah-Lincoln (3-2, 2-1 MACCC South) past Southwest Mississippi (0-5, 0-3).
Loy completed only 7-of-14 passes for 86 yards. He threw a 1-yard touchdown to Que Tillman on the Wolves’ first possession of the game, and a 10-yard TD to Kannon Cato late in the first quarter. He also scored on a 2-yard run with 9:26 left in the second to put the Wolves ahead 21-7.
Tray Minor rushed for 121 yards and one touchdown for Co-Lin, and Deantre Jackson Jr. had 97 yards.
Southwest Mississippi was 4-for-17 on third down conversions, had three turnovers, and allowed seven sacks.
Itawamba 35, Mississippi Delta 17
Jaylen Sulton rushed for 94 yards and two touchdowns, including a 2-yarder that started a decisive fourth-quarter surge for Itawamba Community College (4-1, 2-0 MACCC North) in its win over Mississippi Delta (1-3, 0-1).
Mississippi Delta led 17-14 after Conner Whitson threw a 42-yard touchdown pass to Davion Alston with 10:17 remaining in the fourth quarter.
Itawamba answered with a 10-play drive capped by Sulton’s touchdown with a 5:54 left to regain the lead.
Mississippi Delta went three-and-out on its next possession, and a short punt gave Itawamba the ball at the Delta 33-yard line. Jaylen Foster scored on a 5-yard run with 2:04 to play, and Dylan Rowsey had a 43-yard interception return TD with 1:10 to go to seal it for the Indians.