GREENWOOD — Cade Lott rushed for 122 yards and scored on a 50-yard run Friday night to lead the Heritage Academy football team to a 35-7 victory against Pillow Academy in a Mississippi Association of Independent Schools Class AAA, District 1 game at Bill Davis Field.
Miller Puckett, Parker Dunaway, and Hudson Bean also scored on offense, and David Hardy recovered a fumble in the end zone for the other score for the Patriots (5-5, 3-3 MAIS Class AAA, District 1, Division 2). Heritage Academy will play Friday at East Rankin Academy in the first round of the playoffs. It is the first time since 2005 that the Patriots have qualified for the playoffs.
For more on this game and the rest of the local action from Friday, see The Dispatch on Sunday.
Here is a list of local and state scores compiled by The Associated Press:
Friday’s Mississippi Scores
Local
Aberdeen 39, South Pontotoc 3
Amory 27, Pontotoc 14
Center Hill 41, New Hope 0
Eupora 37, East Webster 7
Heritage Aca. 35, Pillow Aca. 7
Leake Aca. 28, Winston Aca. 14
Louisville 44, Leake Central 7
Nanih Waiya 28, East Oktibbeha 6
Noxapater 57, West Oktibbeha 6
Noxubee County 34, Caledonia 7
Oak Hill Aca. 20, Immanuel Christian 19
Olive Branch 16, Columbus 7
Presbyterian Christian 34, Starkville Aca. 14
Starkville 34, Callaway 16
West Lowndes 14, Weir 7
West Point 35, Oxford 21
State
Amite County 44, Loyd Star 0
Bassfield 42, Lumberton 6
Benton Academy 46, Central Holmes 6
Biloxi 42, Hancock 0
Bogue Chitto 42, St. Aloysius 14
Booneville 28, Belmont 14
Brandon 37, Natchez 24
Brookhaven Aca. 34, Trinity Episcopal 14
Byhalia 25, North Panola 0
Calhoun City 15, Bruce 14, OT
Canton Aca. 28, Manchester Aca. 14
Cathedral 19, Hinds AHS 14
Central Hinds Aca. 28, Prairie View, La. 0
Cleveland 29, Greenwood 23
Clinton 31, Greenville-Weston 0
Coffeeville 44, McAdams 0
Coldwater 38, Biggersville 6
Corinth 20, Shannon 14
Deer Creek School 27, West Memphis Christian, Ark. 7
East Central 25, West Harrison County 24
East Marion 40, Richton 7
East Rankin Aca. 41, Copiah Aca. 6
East Side 38, Velma Jackson 22
Enterprise Clarke 49, Pisgah 29
Falkner 54, H.W. Byers 22
Florence 31, Raymond 25
Forest 44, Morton 13
Forrest Co. AHS 40, Bay St. Louis 10
Franklin Co. 16, Jefferson County 0
French Camp 42, Durant 8
George County 31, D’Iberville 28
Germantown 65, Richland 7
Greene County 48, St. Stanislaus 41
Gulfport 16, Ocean Springs 8
Harrison Central 34, St. Martin 14
Hattiesburg 21, Oak Grove 14
Hazlehurst 53, Crystal Springs 36
Heidelberg Academy 38, Park Place Christian Academy 0
Houston 38, Kosciusko 10
Humphreys 8, Amanda Elzy 0
Indianola Aca. 44, Carroll Aca. 8
Itawamba 62, Tishomingo County 14
J.F. Kennedy 50, West Tallahatchie 8
J.Z. George 36, Williams-Sullivan 6
Jackson Aca. 14, Madison-Ridgeland Aca. 13
Jackson Jim Hill 20, Murrah 12
Jackson Prep 36, Parklane Aca. 0
Kossuth 28, Holly Springs 19
Lake 36, Leake County 6
Lake Cormorant 47, Clarksdale 7
LeFlore County 26, Leland 12
Madison Central 55, Northwest Rankin 7
Magnolia Heights 27, Washington School 6
Marshall Aca. 52, Kirk Aca. 13
McClain 20, Ruleville 12
McLaurin 15, St. Andrew’s 12
Mendenhall 35, Magee 16
Meridian 41, Terry 0
Mize 41, Clarkdale 7
Mooreville 50, Nettleton 15
Neshoba Central 51, Lanier 6
New Albany 14, Lewisburg 13
North Pike 17, South Pike 0
Northeast Jones 23, Laurel 20
O’Bannon 56, Riverside 20
Okolona 62, Walnut 12
Pascagoula 15, Moss Point 14
Pearl 56, Wingfield 14
Pearl River Central 69, Gautier 0
Petal 37, Forest Hill 14
Philadelphia 50, Choctaw Central 7
Picayune 84, Long Beach 19
Poplarville 54, Vancleave 35
Porter’s Chapel Aca. 40, Prentiss Christian 14
Potts Camp 45, New Site 10
Provine 14, Canton 6
Purvis 48, Lawrence County 7
Quitman 45, Newton County 20
Resurrection Catholic 21, Salem 20
Ridgeland 20, Yazoo City 6
Ripley 60, Alcorn Central 6
Riverfield, La. 26, Amite School 0
Rosa Fort 18, Senatobia 14
Saltillo 45, Hernando 28
Sebastopol 42, Ethel 14
Seminary 22, Collins 19
Shaw 51, Ray Brooks 0
Simpson Aca. 28, Lamar School 15
Smithville 54, Thrasher 18
South Delta 54, Marshall 0
South Panola 15, Grenada 8
Southaven 21, DeSoto Central 14
Southeast Lauderdale 24, Newton 8
St. Joseph-Madison 60, Enterprise Lincoln 12
Stone County 28, South Jones 20
Strayhorn 16, Broad Street 12
Stringer 42, Hartfield Academy 0
Sumrall 42, Perry Central 20
Taylorsville 39, Bay Springs 12
Tri-County Aca. 48, Greenville Christian 0
Tupelo 31, Horn Lake 0
Tylertown 34, Columbia 0
Union 18, Scott Central 13
Vardaman 60, TCPS 6
Warren Central 7, Vicksburg 0
Water Valley 56, Mantachie 3
Wayne County 17, Brookhaven 15
Wesson 32, Puckett 6
West Bolivar 44, Hollandale Simmons 8
West Jones 17, McComb 7
West Marion 63, St. Patrick 8
Wilkinson County 41, Prentiss 0
Wilkinson County Christian Academy 37, Cenla Christian Academy, La. 18
Winona 47, Palmer 14
Winona Christian 50, Chamberlain-Hunt Aca. 8
Yazoo County 20, Gentry 6
Thursday’s Mississippi Scores
Ackerman 42, Hamilton 7
Baldwyn 69, Hatley 0
Charleston 44, Independence 0
Houlka 22, Benton County 18
Lafayette 38, North Pontotoc 0
Northeast Lauderdale 21, West Lauderdale 17, OT
Adam Minichino is the former Sports Editor for The Commercial Dispatch.
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