Southeastern District football: Oscar Smith blisters Lakeland to finish 10-0

#1 Oscar Smith 44, Lakeland 0

After a sluggish start, Oscar Smith found its groove behind the legs of Perry Jones and routed Lakeland to finish the regular season unbeaten.

Jones rushed 11 times for 64 yards and a score in the first half and took a screen pass 40 yards down the right sideline for a TD.

Tim Smith’s 87 yards receiving enabled him to break 1,000 for the season. He caught a 76-yard TD reception from Philip Sims, who was 17-29 for 241 yards and 3 TDs passing.

The Tigers defense was beyond stingy as tit held the Cavaliers to -83 yards rushing on 16 carries. Lakeland failed to cross mid-field and was held to only one first down the entire game.

Key stats: OS—Jones, 13-69 yards rushing, 1TD, 2-48 yards receiving, 1 TD, 1 sack and 1 interception; Smith, 3-87 yards and 1 TD.

He said it: “Lakeland mixed up their defense at the beginning of the game and we made adjustments by running them out of that defense,”  -- Oscar Smith coach Richard Morgan.

— Reported by Scott Baxter

#9 Grassfield 14, King’s Fork 0

The Grizzles shut out the host Bulldogs in this Southeastern District matchup as they prepped for their first appearance in the Division 5 playoffs.

. Curtis Campbell scored on a 19-yard run in the first quarter for a 7-0 lead. Bruce Smith’s touchdown on a 1-yard run in the fourth quarter completed the scoring.

Smith led Grassfield with 112 yards on 15 carries. Campbell finished the night with 64 yards on 3 carries.

Key stats: KF—Derek Bennett 9-43 rushing; Laray Kindred 12-23-1-92 passing; Derek Wright 2-37 receiving.

He said it: “Going to the playoffs for the first time is very exciting. This is a long way from 0-10” — Grassfield coach Marty Asprey

— Reported by Dan Moore

Great Bridge 49, Nansemond River 7

Brad Hudson hit three different receivers for touchdowns and ran one in himself to lead the Wildcats in a season finale victory at Nansemond River.

Despite the victory, the Wildcats (6-4, 5-4 Southeastern District) failed to make the Division 5 playoffs.

Hudson's finished with 272 yards passing, completing 22 of 38 with no interceptions.

Logan Heastie caught two of Hudson’s TD passes and was the leading target – catching 10 passes for 147 yards and a pair of scores.

Great Bridge  had 435 to 90 total yards advantage over the Warriors (1-9, 0-9).

Key stats: GB–Carvin Powell 6-63 2 TDs receiving.

He said it: "We have a lot of underclassmen and we showed a lot of teams what we have coming up," -- Great Bridge's Hudson.

. — Reported by Charlie Baumgardner

Hickory 21, Deep Creek 12

After the Hornets cut the lead to 14-12 with 10:38 left in the game, the Hawks put together an 11 play, 57-yard drive capped by Daniel Wright’s 6-yard touchdown run to seal a Southeastern District finale victory at Hickory.

Hickory (3-7, 3-6 Southeastern District) held Deep Creek (2-8, 2-7) on downs on a pair of key possessions in the second half.

Key stats: DC–Kameron Stewart 8-17-0 113 passing and 8-39 2TDs rushing; Charles Thigpen 7-68 rushing; Charles Arnold 17-60 rushing; Willie Smith 6-96 receiving. H–C.J. McGriff 14-70 TD rushing; Nico Villegas 2-100 TD receiving; Danny Grauer 2-4-0 100 TD passing.

He said it: “The job was to contain them and not let them make the big play. They had a hard time doing that, but they were good enough for us to win the game.” – Hickory defensive coordinator Steve O’Neal.

— Reported by Dan Cooley