Briefly: Jackson runs out of time in football loss

Four first-half turnovers and three O'Fallon Christian touchdowns in the final three minutes of the half led to a season-opening loss for Jackson.

O'Fallon Christian senior quarterback Brendan Norwine passed for three touchdowns and ran for a fourth to help the Class 2 Eagles to a 33-30 upset of Jackson, a Class 5 school.

Jackson sophomore running back Colten Proffer rushed for 163 yards in his first varsity start.

Jackson, which trailed 26-8 at halftime, closed the gap to 33-30 with 4 minutes, 33 seconds left in the third quarter but failed to score on its final two possessions.

The Indians moved the ball deep inside Eagles territory in the final minute of the game but ran out of time after they

were stopped on a second-and-10 play from the 10-yard line.

O'Fallon Christian 33, Jackson 30

Christian 6 20 7 0 -- 33

Jackson 8 0 22 0 -- 30

Team Statistics

First Quarter

J -- Garrett Miller 37 run (Nick Cooper run) 6:21

C -- Dentrell Prince 33 fumble (pass fails) 3:57

Second Quarter

C -- Brendan Norwine 7 run (pass fails), 2:44

C -- Lance Lehmann 26 pass from Norwine (Norwine kick), :20

C -- Prince 47 pass from Norwine (Norwine kick), :11

Third Quarter

J -- Colten Proffer 10 run (Ty Selsor to Skyler Steele), 9:58

J -- Brandon Wright 22 interception (Adam Brown kick), 9:46

C -- Prince 37 pass from Norwine (Norwine kick), 5:34

J -- Wright 62 pass from Wren (Brown kick), 4:33

First downs (Christian-Jackson) 13 15

Rushes-yards 25-78 46-204

Passing yards 190 95

Passes 11-24-1 5-9-0

Punts 5-35.0 3-35.6

Fumbles-Lost 3-2 7-4

Penalties-Yards 8-60 7-50

Individual Statistics

RUSHING -- Christian, Logan Logsdam 5-3, Norwine 18-57, Prince 1-22, team 1-(-4); Jackson, Proffer 25-163, Ken Maudie 3-10, Miller 11-38, Wren 7-(-7)

PASSING -- Christian, Norwine 11-24-190-1; Jackson, Wren 5-9-95-0

RECEIVING -- Christian, Lehmann 2-57, Corey Light 1-4, Prince 4-100, Logsdam 1-(-5), Jake Hare 2-31, A.J. Wynn 1-3; Jackson, Levi Rutherford 1-3, Taylor Henson 1-8, Steele 1-11, Wright 1-62, Maudie 1-11