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DEKALB — The Clarksville Blue Tigers ended the 2009 football campaign in impressive fashion, hammering the winless DeKalb Bears 39-0 in a game played in Bears Stadium on Friday night.

Clarksville jumped out to a 6-0 advantage after one quarter and never looked back as the Blue Tigers scored touchdowns in all four quarters.

The victory was the second win in district play for the Tigers as Dewaski Davis’ team ends the league run with a 2-5 record. The Blue Tigers’ season concludes with a record of 4-6, which matches the record of the 2008 team.

After a playoff run in 2008, DeKalb finished its season at the bottom of the district standings with an 0-7 mark. The Bears season ended without a win, as DeKalb produced an 0-10 overall record.

The Tigers played a solid game defensively, limiting the Bears to just 62 yards of total offense. DeKalb managed just five first downs, with the first arriving near halftime.

“We wanted to come out and establish defense right out of the gate and I told the kids they’re going to be like a snake out here and we’ve got to be ready and focused for them,” Davis said. “Defensively, we rose to the occasion and took them out of what they wanted to do, and once we figured out that, we knew we were going to be able to do what we wanted to do.”

Five players scored touchdowns for Clarksville, with the shortest score arriving from 15 yards out when receiver Jarold McPherson scored on an end around with 2:43 left in the third. The tally extended the Tigers advantage to 33-0.

Quarterback H.B. Rosser’s scoring run of 67 yards was the longest play of the game. It gave Clarksville a 13-0 advantage with 6:47 left in the first half.

Rosser was the leading ground gainer in the contest, using 14 totes to pick up 124 yards while Radonte Edwards added 78 yards on 11 carries. Quan Bell contributed 58 yards with his six totes for the young Blue Tigers.

Freshman wideout Gary Moore was the lone player to record two scores, as he hauled in touchdown receptions of 27 and 22 yards from Rosser. Moore also had 97 receiving yards.

The Tigers started slowly, punting the football away on their first two possessions of the game. But Moore’s 27-yard catch for a touchdown with 33 seconds remaining in the first quarter gave them the lead for good.

The Blue Tigers led 20-0 at the intermission, with Josh Burks recording a pair of huge sacks to cause the home team to remain scoreless through the first two frames.

Clarksville forced three turnovers in the game. All three were interceptions, with McPherson, Trea O’Neal and Devonte Shavers picking off one pass apiece. Shavers was playing in his final game as a member of the Tigers team.

The Bears forced a pair of Clarksville mistakes, but coach Buddy Ray’s team was unable to capitalize. In fact, DeKalb recorded negative yardage on 13 offensive plays during the four quarters of action.

The Tigers will lose linebacker Keyondrian Harris, who produced some big defensive plays in the game, as well as Dariel Rosser, Zach Parker and Jeremy Ricks.

The Bears were forced to punt six times during the four quarters of action. The teams moved to a running game clock early in the final period after Edwards scored the final touchdown on a 38-yard blast with 11:36 left in the game.

Quan Bell contributed a strong 35-yard, second-quarter run to account for the other Clarksville touchdown.

Jarrion Roberts was among the Clarksville players who applied strong defensive pressure to DeKalb quarterback Matthew Davis, as he was limited to minus-61 yards rushing.

“It was a big win for our program. We wanted to finish on a high and we want to go into offseason positive. We’ve got to get stronger. We know we’ve got a lot of talent and a lot of young players who grew up this year and provided some great leadership. Then, we’ve just got to take it just one day at a time and we’ve got to get stronger and wiser,” Davis said.

CLARKSVILLE 39, DEKALB 0

Clarksville 6 14 13 6 — 39

DeKalb 0 0 0 0 — 0

First quarter

Clarksville — Gary Moore 27 pass from H.B. Rosser, 0:33 (Kick failed)

Second quarter

Clarksville — H.B. Rosser 67 run, 6:47 (Radonte Edwards kick)

Clarksville — Quan Bell 35 run, 2:48 (Edwards kick)

Third quarter

Clarksville — Jarold McPherson 15 run, 6:33 (Edwards kick)

Clarksville — Moore 22 pass from Rosser, 2:43 (Kick failed)

Fourth quarter

Clarksville — Radonte Edwards 38 run, 11:36 (Kick failed)

CHS DHS

First Downs 19 5

By run 14 2

By pass 3 2

By penalty 2 1

Rushes-yards 36-302 35-(-16)

Passing yards 134 78

C-A-I 8-16-0 8-17-3

Total yards 436 62

Punts-avg. 3-32.6 6-36.5

Fumbles-lost 3-2 3-0

Penalties-yards 6-70 5-45



INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING: Clarksville — H.B. Rosser 14-124, Radonte Edwards 11-78, Quan Bell 6-58, Devontray Forte 3-26, Jarold McPherson 1-15, Trea O’Neal 1-1. DeKalb — Chucky Slade 8-22, Roberto Peoples 5-18, Tayshon Easter 4-10, Jerese Reid 5-6, Brett Hutson 3-(-5), Clay Williams 2-(-6), Matthew Davis 8-(-61).

RECEIVING: Clarksville — Gary Moore 3-97, Kelton Scales 2-23, Jarold McPherson 1-5, Anthony Miles 1-5, Radonte Edwards 1-4. DeKalb — Tashon Easter 2-11, Harrison White 2-6, Christian Latoof 1-48, Chas Montogomery 1-12, Clay Williams 1-5, Roberto Peoples 1-(-4).

PASSING: Clarksville — H.B. Rosser 7-15-0, 86. Radonte Edwards 1-1-0, 48 yds. DeKalb — Matthew Davis 6-15-3, 32. Brett Hutson 2-2-0, 50.

INTERCEPTIONS: Clarksville — Jarold McPherson 1, Trea O’Neal 1, Devonte Shavers 1.

RECORDS: Clarksville 4-6 (2-5). DeKalb 0-10 (0-7).

HOOKS — Rivercrest was unable to end its 2009 campaign on a positive note, as the Hooks Hornets prepared for their impending playoff run with a 54-0 drubbing of the Rebels in Hooks on Friday.

Hooks (5-5, 5-2) enters the postseason as the Division I representative from District 12-2A and has a bi-district round game against the Gunter Tigers (10-0), who were the District 11-2A champions.

The season is over for Rivercrest (2-8, 1-7), which matched its overall record from a season ago.

Rivercrest edged Hooks in the season finale this past year, but Hooks displayed its improvement with a dominating performance in Friday’s game.

The Hornets limited the Rebels to 146 yards of total offense in the game, had two interceptions and recovered a pair of fumbles.

Two first-quarter touchdowns set the tone of the game, as Hooks claimed a 14-0 lead after the first period. That lead was extended to 35-0 by halftime.

Rivercrest junior quarterback Brady Kennedy completed 4 of 21 passes for 72 yards. He also had 12 carries for 17 yards. Running back Jordan White had seven carries for 49 yards, including one 36-yard run. White also had three receptions for 33 yards. John English had one reception for 39 yards.

Garret Anderson was the leading tackler for Rivercrest with 14. Kyle McCuller and Bow Willis had 12 tackles apiece. Doyle Brooks added 10 tackles.

HOOKS 54, RIVERCREST 0

Rivercrest 0 0 0 0 — 0

Hooks 14 21 12 7 — 54

First quarter

Hooks — Touchdown (Kick good)

Hooks — Touchdown (Kick good)

Second quarter

Hooks — Touchdown (Kick good)

Hooks — Touchdown (Kick good)

Hooks — Touchdown (Kick good)

Third quarter

Hooks — Touchdown (Kick failed)

Hooks — Touchdown (Kick failed)

Fourth quarter

Hooks — Touchdown (Kick good)

RHS HHS

Rushing-yards 74 N/A

Passing 72 N/A

Att-Comp-Int 4-21-2 N/A

Total Yards 146 N/A

Fumbles-lost 2-2 N/A

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

RUSHING: Rivercrest - Jordan White 7-49, Brady Kennedy 12-17, Kyle McCuller 1-8.

PASSING: Rivercrest - Brady Kennedy 4-21-2, 72.

RECEIVING: Rivercrest - Jordan White 3-33, John English 1-39.

RECORDS: Rivercrest 2-8 (1-6). Hooks 5-5 (5-2).

LEONARD — Reggie Robinson put the Leonard Tigers on the scoreboard with a 70-yard touchdown run and tacked on two more short touchdown runs later in the game to lead a scoring effort, as Leonard notched a 35-7 victory over the Honey Grove Warriors on Friday.

Leonard (8-2, 5-2) advances to the postseason as a Division II representative from District 11-2A and is set to face Paul Pewitt at 7:30 p.m. Saturday at Royse City High School in a bi-district round game.

The season is over for the Honey Grove (3-7, 2-5) squad.

Robinson opened the game’s scoring with his long touchdown run after only 17 seconds had ticked off the game clock. The Tigers extended their lead to 13-0 after a 4-yard run by Jake Buchanan later in the opening frame.

Honey Grove found the end zone early in the second quarter on a 4-yard run by sophomore quarterback Dillon Baugh and kicker Aaron Spann tacked on the extra point to close the gap to 13-6.

Tevin Daniels and Robinson scored on 1-yard runs before halftime, though, as Leonard led 27-7 at halftime.

Junior linebacker Jordan Mallicote led the Warriors with 13 tackles, including six solos. Patt and Brandarious Brown had six tackles apiece. Corwin Louis and Sam Velis had five tackles apiece.

LEONARD 35, HONEY GROVE 7

Honey Grove 0 7 0 0 — 7

Leonard 13 14 8 0 — 35

First quarter

Leonard — Reggie Robinson 70 run, 11:43 (Conversion failed)

Leonard — Jake Buchanan 4 run (Conversion run good)

Second quarter

Honey Grove — Dillon Baugh 4 run, 9:00 (Aaron Spann kick)

Leonard — Tevin Daniels 1 run (Robinson run)

Leonard — Robinson 1 run (Conversion failed)

Third quarter

Leonard — Robinson 6 run (Conversion pass good)

HGHS LHS

First downs 8 20

Rushes-yards 33-121 44-350

Passing yards 24 31

C-A-I 3-10-1 3-5-0

Total yards 145 381

Punts-avg. 4-38.8 1-40

Penalties-avg. 10-79 12-133

INDIVIDUAL STATS

RUSHING: Honey Grove - Zack Patt 19-73, Dillon Baugh 10-42, Courtland Finney 4-6.

PASSING: Honey Grove - Dillon Baugh 3-10-1.

RECEIVING: Honey Grove - Corwin Louis 2-20, Zack Patt 1-4.

RECORDS: Honey Grove 3-7 (2-5). Leonard 8-2 (5-2).

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