KOSCIUSKO — If you are wondering what kind of curve first-year Durant High School head football coach William "Sleepy" Robinson is going to be grading his team on this year, Friday night's 47-0 win over visiting S.V. Marshall should give you a little clue.

"We showed signs of being pretty good, but I will give us about a C," Robinson said. "We didn't execute well and we weren't able to run inside of the tackles."

But not worry Durant fans, Robinson says his Tigers still have a chance to ace the exam. "All of the things we had problems with can be corrected," he said. "Offensively, we did spread the ball around pretty well. Coach (Greg) Plump did a good job of that."

Durant, ranked No. 1 in the state in Class 1A according to the Mississippi Prep Sports Source and the Jackson Clarion-Ledger, scored two touchdowns in each of the first three quarters to roll to the easy win.

Cortez Frizell, who led the Tigers with 53 rushing yards on 10 carries, scored on a 80-yard punt return for Durant, while Jose Patterson caught touchdown passes of 60 and 50 yards from William Robinson II.

Durant's other touchdowns came on runs of 30 and five from David Hogsett, a 30-yard run by Davin Mitchell and a 20-yard run by Robinson.

The Tigers hit the road on Friday night to visit the 1-0 Ackerman Indians.



Williams-Sullivan 6,

West Lincoln 0

There is another streak going on at Williams-Sullivan High School and it doesn't have anything to do with losing.

The Yellowjackets broke their game losing streak by beating Strayhorn 22-14 in the last am of the 2009 season, then opened the 2010 season on Friday night with a 6-0 win over visiting West Lincoln.

"It was huge for us," first-year Williams-Sullivan head coach Loray Jordan said of his team's win. "Our confidence will be sky high. It's been a long time since Williams-Sullivan has been 1-0. I knew if we got off to a good start, it would really help us."

The lone touchdown in the game came on a 60-yard punt return by Devin Riley in the third quarter.

Riley finished the night with 170 rushing yards on 13 carries, while Jaramie Griffin was a monster on defense, getting in on 16 tackles and recovering a pair f fumbles.

Riley, Keegan Keyes and Rodney Mabry each recorded a sack for Williams-Sullivan.



Central Holmes 46,

Sharkey-Iss. 0

The homestanding Trojans piled up 427 yards of total offense on the way to a solid season-opening 46-0 win over Sharkey-Issaquena Academy on Friday night.

CHCS took a 19-0 lead after one quarter of play thanks to a 55-yard scoring pass from Hunter Blain to Jake Killebrew and touchdown runs of 20 yards by Connor Edwards and six yards by Blain.

Blain hit on 8-of-11 passes on the night for 198 yards, including touchdown passes of 18 and 36 to Cody Lloyd and 15 to Corvell Dixon. The other CHCS touchdown came on a 48-yard run by Hunter Threadgill.

Edwards led Central Holmes in rushing with 77 yards on seven carries, while Wade Self had five carries for 66 yards and made 10 tackles. Edwards had eight stops and Dixon seven for the Trojans, while Lloyd picked off a pass.

Next up for Central Holmes is a home game against Clinton Christian on Friday.



South Delta 36,

J.J. McClain 20

The season opened up on a tough note for the Mustangs of J.J. McClain on Friday night as they dropped a 36-20 home decision to MHSAA Class 3A power South Delta.

McClain is set to pay a visit to one of the best teams in Class 3A on Friday, when they travel to face No. 3-ranked Philadelphia.

Sylvester Sims led McClain with 122 rushing yards, while Kareem Span rushed for 48 yards and a touchdown. McClain's other scores came on runs of 35 and 15 yards by Anthony Smith.

Tony Mitchell led McClain with 16 tackles, while Ronald Powell had 14 and Alexander had 13 tackles and 159 yards in punt returns. Hence Cox also had 13 stops.



Wnona Christian 26,

Carroll Academy 7

Walker Jackson rushed for 151 yards and scored on a 6-yard touchdown run to lead Winona Christian to the win.

Other touchdowns cme on an 85-yrd kick-off return by Jon Morgan Carpenter  to open the game and a 30-yard run by Cameron Lepard.