Holy Cross (4-7) will visit defending state champion Beechwood (11-0) in next week’s second round of the Class 2A playoffs. The team leaders were Ison, who passed for 252 yards, and Lloyd running back Amari Riley with 136 yards rushing. Holy Cross had 380 total yards compared to Lloyd’s 318. Lavar Jones scored the other two rushing touchdowns for the Indians, who lost to Lloyd, 40-7, in the regular season. Holy Cross won its first Class 2A playoff game in five years behind junior quarterback Javier Ison, who threw two touchdown passes and scored on a 1-yard run for the Indians.īoth of Ison’s touchdown passes went to Javier Ward on plays covering 33 and 85 yards. The Cougars completed just one pass for 29 yards and picked up 232 on the ground against the team that beat them, 43-7, during the regular season.Ĭonner will take a 7-4 record into next week’s playoff game at Covington Catholic (8-3). A few minutes later, they turned the ball over on downs at the 15-yard line.Ĭonner finished with a 261-184 advantage in total yards. The Jaguars missed a field goal attempt after one drive stalled inside the 5-yard line. In the first half, Cooper had the ball in the red zone twice and wasn’t able to score. Conner 14, Cooper 3Ĭonner senior quarterback Alex Castrucci rushed for 154 yards and two touchdowns to complement a good defensive effort by the Cougars in the Class 5A playoff game.
The Eagles, who played only six games last year and missed the playoffs due to Covid-19 precautions, will play a home game against Harrison County in the Class 4A district finals next week. Scott racked up 370 yards (233 passing, 137 rushing) behind Howlett.
The team leader was Tayquan Calloway with 131 yards on 14 carries. Holmes continued to move the ball and finished the game with 328 total yards. Curtez Hill took the ball into the end on a 19-yard run and Miguel Garcia got the two-point conversion to give the Bulldogs an 8-0 lead.
Holmes scored on its first offensive possession in Friday’s playoff game. Scott’s performance was a complete turn-around to how the Eagles played in a 40-0 loss to Holmes in a district seeding game two weeks earlier.