Trailing 30-24 with five seconds remaining, the Tigers faced fourth-and-five at Opelika’s Bulldog Stadium.
Fletcher rushed for four scores and caught two of Braxton Peters’ three touchdown passes. Harrison Johnson added a scoring catch and Jeremy Strong ran for a touchdown. The fifth-ranked Rebels pulled away from an early 8-7 lead to rout of Chelsea on the road. Vestavia Hills gained 425 total yards – 235 on the ground – to 267 for Chelsea.
Carter Dotson completed 11-of-22 passes for 132 yards for the Hornets while Bauman hit 3-of-4 for 55 yards. Nick Sulenski caught 9 passes for 150 yards.Hillcrest-Tuscaloosa 49, Central-Tuscaloosa 14 Mims threw a 1-yard touchdown pass to Camare’ Hampton with 6.43 left in the third quarter to give Oxford it’s the lead at 14-10 and when Damious Wilson ran 4 yards with 31 seconds left in the period, the Yellow Jackets had a 21-10 advantage.The senior lined up in the Wildcat and ran 54 yards for a score with 8.31 left and grabbed the two-point conversion pass from Nikita Getmanshchuk to close the margin to 21-18.
“Just punch and punch and punch, and soon enough you find one to break,” Holcomb said. “Mason found one to break at the right time.” Center Point plays at Pinson Valley next week. Shades Valley plays at Pell City.Benjamin Locks booted the game-winning extra point touchdown with a minute remaining to lift Montevallo to a Class 4A, Region 3 home win over Sipsey Valley. Braxton King threw an 8-yard pass to Christian Tolbert for the final touchdown.
Jacorey Whitted caught six passes for 110 yards and two touchdowns for the Yellow Jackets . Noah Smith also scored on a touchdown run. Poe finished with nine carries for 139 yards and TD runs of 2 and 97 yards. Casen Fields completed 7-of-9 passes for 94 yards and a touchdown and added a 52-yard TD run. Robertson had 17 carries for 82 yards.
The Warriors fell to 2-4 overall, 1-3 in the region and will host Park Crossing next week in a non-region game. Jakadian Williams recovered a fumble to set up a six-play, 37-yard scoring drives capped by a 1-yard scoring run with 46 seconds left to play by freshman quarterback Micah Spivey. Quinteris Weaver recovered a fumble and Nandish Patel blocked a PAT to pace the Warriors defensively.UMS-Wright returned two interceptions for touchdowns and ended its two-game losing skid wit a 55-13 victory over Elberta at Ervin S. Cooper Stadium in Mobile.