Football roundup: East Prairie football team pulls away from Chaffee late

The Chaffee football team knotted its game against East Prairie at 6-all with 4 minutes, 43 seconds remaining in the third quarter on a 15-yard pass from Jordan Wilburn to Devon Nanny.

The Eagles returned the Red Devils' ensuing squib kick to about the Chaffee 13-yard line and later scored to regain the lead before the final quarter.

"Then it was kind of like the flood gates (opened)," Chaffee coach Charlie Vickery said. "... We had mistakes right and left. The flood gates opened in the fourth quarter."

East Prairie scored 30 unanswered points in the fourth to keep Chaffee winless on the season with a 44-6 loss at home.

The Eagles (4-2) scored on 46 and 7-yard runs in the first two minutes of the final quarter, and had a 55-yard interception return for a touchdown with 9:59 left to play.

A 1-yard run with a minute remaining finished off the scoring.

"We're playing better, I think, every week," Vickery said. "The score was not indicative of the game by any stretch of the imagination. We've got a lot of inexperienced kids. Our kids are playing extremely hard, but we're still making mistakes. ... I definitely think we took a step forward this week and not a step backwards even though the score was 44-6."

East Prairie's Deverence Jones carries away from Chaffee's Brandon Ivester during the first quarter Friday, Sept. 26, 2014 in Chaffee, Missouri. (Fred Lynch)

Chaffee, which was playing in its first full game without star lineman Trevor Morehead, compiled 204 yards of total offense. Morehead tore his ACL in the Red Devils' loss at Scott City a week earlier.

Nanney led the team with 86 yards rushing on 14 attempts while Jake Perkins ran for 44 yards on 14 carries.

Nanney finished with a team-high seven tackles.

"We're playing more physical than what we had earlier in the season," Vickery said. "We still missed a lot of tackles, but again, I feel like we're getting better each time out. ... We still struggled getting points on the board, but I think we moved the ball better tonight than we have."

"I can't fault our effort," Vickery added. "Not one bit."

The Red Devils (0-5) face state-ranked Malden on Friday.

East Prairie 6 0 8 30 -- 44

Chaffee 0 0 6 0 -- 6

St. Vincent 34, Crystal City 14

The St. Vincent football team picked up its first win of the season by defeating Crystal City 34-14 at home Friday night.

The Indians jumped out to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter and never trailed.

St. Vincent's defense forced five turnovers, blocked a punt and recorded nine sacks in the victory.

"It feels great to get the monkey off our back," first-year St. Vincent coach Nathan Rowland said. "The whole team let out a big sigh of relief and a big yell at the end of the game. They're hungry to get more."

The Indians (1-5) travel to Festus to play St. Pius X on Friday.

Crystal City 0 7 0 7 -- 14

St. Vincent 14 6 14 0 -- 34

Potosi 27, Perryville 8

The Pirates dropped to 2-4 with the road loss. Perryville will host Ste. Genevieve on Friday.