Central football team comes from behind to beat Sikeston

The Central football team used a big third quarter to knock off host Sikeston 29-17 Friday night.

Sikeston dominated the first half and carried a 17-6 lead into the break. Central then controlled the second half, scoring 23 third-quarter points to win going away.

Quarterback Dennis Vinson threw touchdown passes of 56 yards to Al Young and 35 yards to Bailey Keller. Vinson also scored on a 2-yard run.

Young added Central's other touchdown on a 10-yard run.

Chris Word and Reese Porter scored Sikeston's touchdowns, on runs of 15 and 11 yards, respectively.

Word rushed for 158 yards on 25 carries while Central had three running backs gain more than 70 yards.

The Tigers improved to 3-4 overall and 3-1 in SEMO North Conference play with their second straight win.

The Bulldogs fell to 5-2 overall and 2-2 in the SEMO North Conference with their second straight loss.

Central 0 6 23 0 -- 29

Sikeston 7 10 0 0 -- 17

First Quarter

S -- Chris Word 15 run (Nathan Hampton kick), 3:46

Second Quarter

S -- Reese Porter 11 run (Hampton kick), 10:05

C -- Al Young 10 run (kick blocked), 6:08

S -- Hampton 35 FG, 0:00

Third Quarter

C -- Dennis Vinson 2 run (Mikey Jones run), 8:54

C -- Young 56 pass from Vinson (Matt Chism kick), 5:27

C -- Bailey Keller 35 pass from Vinson (Josh Morse run), 3:28

C S

First downs 16 15

Rushes-yards 39-249 49-201

Passing yards 94 107

Passes 3-5-0 14-17-0

Punts 1-41 2-33

Fumbles-Lost 1-1 3-1

Penalties-Yards 3-35 3-15

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- Central, Jones 20-104, Braion Owens 11-71, Young 7-73, Vinson 4-minus 5, team 2-minus 2. Sikeston, Word 25-158, Ernest Fobbs 6-32, Porter 13-27, Chase Davis 2-4, Hampton 2-minus 20, team 1-0.

PASSING -- Central, Vinson 3-4-0-94, Kway'chon Chisom 0-1-0-0. Sikeston, Porter 7-8-0-34, Hampton 7-9-0-73.

RECEIVING -- Central, Young 1-56, Keller 1-35, Jones 1-3. Sikeston, Garrick Madison 4-67, Austin Lott 3-12, Davis 3-9, Ray Council 2-17, Word 2-2.