High school football capsules for Week 2

Parkway South (1-0) at Jackson (1-0)

Last week: Parkway South 40, Fox 30; Jackson 50, O'Fallon Christian 36

Last year: Parkway South 27, Jackson 3

Outlook: Jackson accomplished in Week 1 what it could not accomplish until the final week of the 2009 season -- record a win. The Indians accomplished the feat against a Class 2 school playing its first varsity football game.

The task will be a little taller this week as Class 5 Jackson faces the only Class 6 school on its schedule.

Parkway South also tasted victory in its first game out of the gate against a more formidable opponent. It won by 10 points against Fox, a team that reached the Class 6 playoffs last season. Senior running back Gerard Graves scored three touchdowns in Parkway's opener, including a TD reception from returning junior quarterback Eric Laurent, who also scored on a 10-yard run.

The Patriots also return running back Lawrence Scott, who had two touchdown runs against Jackson last year. Fleet-footed running back Marty Robinson also is expected to make his season debut tonight.

"Of the teams we're going to face this year, that's the best backfield we're going to see," Jackson coach Van Hitt said.

The Indians managed to post 50 points against O'Fallon Christian after scoring 85 points all of last season. Jackson had more than 200 yards in both rushing and passing, mounting 467 yards overall.

Senior running back Ethan Ruch built on a strong finish to his junior season with 172 yards on 24 carries.

Another positive was the passing of senior quarterback Bobby Clark, who completed 12 of 15 passes for 204 yards. Jackson sophomore Logan Wren had three catches for 90 yards in his first varsity game. He also scored his first touchdown on a 67-yard catch as several sophomores made contributions on offense and defense.

A down side to Jackson's win was a porous outing by the defense, which gave up 367 yards passing and 469 yards overall.

Hitt said while Christian was playing its first varsity game, 10 of his players on defense were making their first varsity start.

"It was a big learning experience and hopefully they can take something from it," Hitt said of his defense.

Portageville (0-1) at Chaffee (0-1)

Last week: Caruthersville 36, Portageville 0; Grandview 14, Chaffee 0

Last year: Portageville 54, Chaffee 20

Outlook: Both teams are coming off shutout losses. Portageville lost in its debut under Ronnie Jones, mounting just 101 yards of offense. Fred Treadwell led a ground game that accumulated 84 yards, running for 49 yards on 13 carries. Portageville quarterback Cade Robbins attempted just five passes and had two intercepted. Dominique Walker was Portageville's most effective rusher, carrying five times for 39 yards.

Portageville's defense yielded nearly seven yards per rushing attempt as Caruthersville had 221 yards on 31 attempts.

Chaffee junior quarterback Jordan Yahn will not play due to a sprained ankle suffered near the end of the first half last week. Freshman Cody Payne played the fourth quarter last week and will get the start tonight.

"I've got a lot of confidence in him," Chaffee coach Charlie Vickery said. "I really think he's going to be a good quarterback. He sees things well, has a strong arm and makes good decisions."

Vickery said he was being cautious with Yahn, who led the team in rushing as a sophomore. Vickery said Yahn had shown improvement during the week but was less than 100 percent.

"I don't want to put him out there and then he gets hurt and misses two or three weeks," Vickery said.

Vickery said keys for the Red Devils will be dealing with Malden's speed and getting the ball to his playmakers. The Red Devils' top returning receiver, Mike Rutherford, had just one catch for 11 yards in the opener.

"We have some good people out there," Vickery said. "We have to get ball out to them."

The last four years the meeting between Chaffee and Portageville came in Class 1 District 1 play. Chaffee has been relocated to Class 1 District 2, which includes St. Vincent, Valle Catholic and Cleveland NJROTC. Chaffee has not won since last season's season opener, a string of nine straight losses.

De Soto (1-0) at Perryville (0-1)

Last week: De Soto 26, Pacific 6; Herculaneum 49, Perryville 14

Last year: De Soto 47, Perryville 7

Outlook: De Soto displayed a balanced offense as it rolled up a 26-0 lead by halftime in its season-opening victory.

Senior quarterback Donald Hoss completed 12 of 17 passes for 131 yards, and the Dragons rushed 45 times for 339 yards. Jared White averaged 11.7 yards a carry and finished with 187 yards rushing. Hoss carried 15 times for 61 yards, while Mike Lee added 71 yards on 13 carries.

Harry Evola led the receivers with six catches for 100 yards and two touchdowns.

The Dragons' defense got three of its four turnovers on interceptions and sacked the Pacific quarterback three times. The only points allowed came in the fourth quarter.

Perryville yielded 323 yards rushing on 31 carries (8.5 yards per carry) and 407 yards overall.

"We missed tackles, took wrong angles and missed assignments. You name it, we did it," Perryville coach Keith Winkler said. "We saw some things we didn't see all summer and in the jamboree. I don't know if it was opening-game jitters, but we didn't play to our capabilities."

On offense, the Pirates had four turnovers with three coming on interceptions.

Winkler noted that quarterback Joey Bauwens maintained his poise throughout the game, tossing touchdown passes to Ryan Kassinger and Jared Hotop. Running back Garrett Flentge led the Pirates' rushing attack. Winkler said his offense was much better than the defense as it accumulated about 250 yards.

Perryville trailed 14-0 inside the first two minutes of the game as Herculaneum broke off a long touchdown run on its second play from scrimmage, then returned a Perryville fumble for a touchdown moments later.

"We gave up too many big plays," Winkler said.

Winkler said De Soto spreads the field and has a balanced attack.

"We need to correct some things or it's going be a really long night," Winkler said.

Central (1-0) at Festus (0-1)

Last week: Central 41, New Madrid County Central 6; Farmington 31, Festus 20

Last year: Did not play

Outlook: Central and Festus have not crossed paths on a football field in 39 years. The only two encounters between the schools came in the openers of the 1970 and 1971 seasons. Central won the two meetings by a combined 73-0 total, including a 33-0 in 1971.

Central snapped a 13-game losing streak last week with an impressive season-opening victory at home. The Tigers equaled their total of the previous two seasons with the win.

"It's been upbeat and we've had some good practices," Central coach Rich Payne said. "We've just been trying to keep our focus on playing Festus."

Festus, which won Class 4 District 2 last year and finished 6-5, led Farmington midway through the fourth quarter but yielded two touchdowns inside the final six minutes. Festus quarterback Jason Walker completed 8 of 17 throws for 109 yards with nearly half that total on a single pass to Blaine Eggemeyer. Jordan Ruffin led the receivers with three catches. Alex Graham scored on a 79-yard run in the loss, and Donta Taylor had numerous carries.

Payne said Festus averages 255 pounds on its offensive line.

"They have good size and they're all strong kids," Payne said. "I didn't see a weak link in the bunch. We'll be tested up front. We may be faster than them if we can get the running backs free."

Against New Madrid, 10 Central players combined for 32 carries for 278 yards, an average of 8.7 yards per carry. James Poindexter led the charge with six carries for 151 yards. Junior quarterback Christian Cavaness completed 4 of 7 passes for 118 yards.

Central's defense limited New Madrid's first-team all-state running back G'Darius Stevenson to 117 yards rushing.

Payne said defensive end Devin Rowett will miss tonight's game with a dislocated patella. Rowett had rotated at the position with Zach Horrell, who will assume the position full time.

Scott City (0-1) at St. Vincent (0-1)

Last week: Malden 47, Scott City 41, OT; Park Hills Central 41, St. Vincent 6

Last year: Did not play

Outlook: The two teams have not met since 1997 when Scott City won 12-3 on its home field. The schools were annual opponents until that time.

St. Vincent, a Class 1 school, yielded 41 first-half points in its season opener against Class 3 Park Hills.

A rebuilt Indians offense that returned only junior quarterback Tim Schumer to the same position as last season picked up at least one first down on all of its possessions but scored just six points.

"Being realistic, when it all shakes out, Park Hills is going to have more wins than losses," St. Vincent coach Paul Sauer said. "They're a good football team. We knew going in we lacked experience and they had the advantage there. We saw some good things on film and worked on fixing ourselves this week. There were a lot of things we did wrong we can fix."

Among the bright spots for the Indians was a 99-yard receiving night for senior Adam Winkler, who hauled in St. Vincent's lone touchdown among his three receptions.

Senior running back Mitch Presnell carried eight times for a team-high 36 yards.

While Scott City is coming off an opening loss, its six-point overtime setback was a dramatic improvement over last year's 36-point beat down against Malden.

That did little to ease the pain of some costly mistakes for Rams coach Jim May. Still fresh on his mind was a procedure penalty that negated a 2-point conversion run that would have put the Rams ahead in the final minute. Instead they kicked the PAT that forced overtime.

A couple of personal fouls also led to a Malden touchdown on the final play of the first half.

"Mental mistakes and penalties cost us dearly," May said.

Scott City had plenty of positives, including a 205-yard rushing performance by senior Garett Schaefer, who carried 29 times. Senior fullback Alex Eichhorn added 118 yards on 11 carries. The Rams had 349 yards rushing overall, averaging 7.4 yards a carry.

The Rams' defense yielded similar rushing totals to Malden.

"We've been concentrating on decreasing the mental errors," May said of this past week's practices.

-- Jeff Breer