High school football capsules: Week 10

Class 5 District 1

(6) Jackson (5-4) at (3) Vianney (6-3)

Last week: Jackson 42, Miller Career Academy 32; Vianney 63, Ft. Zumwalt South 27

Last meeting: Vianney 52, Jackson 28 (Week 2)

Outlook: Last year's contest produced the "Miracle at the Pit," an epic comeback staged by Jackson that cruelly ended Vianney's season.

The Indians trailed 35-3 at halftime in that meeting and outscored the Golden Griffins 36-0 in the second half -- two TDS in the final 83 seconds -- for a 39-35 win.

The Griffins gained some measure of revenge with a 52-28 victory over the Indians in Week 2 this season, but it surely did not make amends for the horrific ending to their 2014 season.

These two teams have met seven times over the last four seasons, with Jackson holding a 5-2 edge. The Indians hold the distinction of ending the Griffins' season in each of the past three years.

In their earlier meeting this season, part of an 0-3 start for Jackson, the teams went into halftime tied at 28-28, but Vianney outscored a turnover-prone Indians team 24-0 in the second half.

"We have to not turn the ball over six times," Jackson coach Brent Eckley said about tonight's game. "The last game [against Vianney] we had four turnovers, a safety we gave up on a bad snap, and we had a punt we decided to run with instead of punting that had us backed up. It was the equivalent of six turnovers. If we do that, we're going to get beat. We'll have to do a better job of tackling than we did in the first game. We'll have to do a better job from scrimmage on both sides of the ball. I don't know if we're going to have to play perfect, but we're going to have to play well."

Sophomore quarterback Tionne Harris passed for 267 yards in the game, including three second-half TD passes. He also ran for a TD in the first half.

Vianney senior running back Devin Marty had 165 yards against the Indians on 26 carries, while Harris rushed for 112 yards.

"We didn't get off the blocks very well the last time," Eckley said. "That's from the defensive line perspective as well as the linebackers and secondary, and I hope that we're better than that at this point."

The Indians have since lost three starters on defense for the season in linemen Bryce Dickerson, Tyler Brinkopf and cornerback Leshone Dean.

"I think we're playing better defense now than we were earlier in the year, not that we necessarily have better bodies," Eckley said.

On the season, Harris has completed 56.7 percent of his passes for 1,726 yards and 16 TDs, according to stltoday.com. His top targets are Kyren Williams who has a team-high 46 catches for 470 yards. Cam Coleman has 43 receptions with team-high totals of 722 yards and seven TDs.

Marty has team-high totals of 1,172 yards rushing and 17 TDs. Eckley said Marty sat out last week's win over Ft. Zumwalt South, but he expects Marty to play tonight. Harris is the team's second-leading rusher with 674 yards.

Jackson mounted 400 yards offense against the Griffins in the Week 2 encounter with a different looking attack. Senior Triston Thele, who was playing quarterback at the time, threw for 140 yards and rushed for 107 yards while sophomore Ethan Laster had 116 yards rushing. Senior receiver Jeremy Elliott had season-low totals of two catches for 32 yards.

Sophomore Cooper Callis will get his second consecutive start at quarterback for the Indians after completing 20 of 29 passes for 250 yards and three TDs in his first varsity start. Callis, who threw one interception, replaced senior Landry Moore, who had completed about 69 percent of his passes and thrown for 14 TDs since taking over for Thele, who was injured in Game 3. All three of Callis' TD passes went to Elliott, who had a career-high 187 yards receiving on 14 receptions, which matched a career high. Elliott, who has 1,085 yards on the season, went over the 1,000-yard mark in the game and is averaging 120-yards a contest. He has six consecutive games with multiple TD catches -- 15 in the span and 17 on the season.

Both teams are riding three-game winning streaks, with each having scored at least 41 points in each of the games.

Vianney's losses have come to Class 5 state-ranked Chaminade, Class 6 No. 1-ranked CBC and Class 6 No. 6-ranked St. Louis University High.

Jackson and Vianney beat their one common opponent, Farmington.

'They've improved, and they've been able to run the ball against just about everybody," Eckley said. "It looks like they've continued to improve their passing game, and defensively, they're still a physical, fast defense. It will be a challenge for us in all phases."

The Indians again will be without junior center Jesse Darrow, out with a concussion. Sophomore Owen Leible has slid over to center from his left guard spot, with junior LaDante White moving into left guard.

The winner of tonight's game will face the Parkway South/Rockwood Summit winner.

Class 5 District 1 standings -- 1. Fox (7-2, 44.48), 2. Rockwood Summit (7-2, 43.31), 3. Vianney (6-3, 41.56), 4. Poplar Bluff 7-2 (41.27), 5. Oakville (4-5, 36.67), 6. Jackson (5-4, 33.07), 7. Parkway South (1-8, 23.21)

Class 1 District 1

(7) Chaffee (3-6) at (2) Mark Twain (9-0)

Last week: Chaffee 57, Kelly 51; Mark Twain 72, Montgomery County 12

Last meeting: Have not met.

Outlook: Chaffee's defense will have to make a stand if the Red Devils hope to pull a huge road upset over Mark Twain, ranked No. 6 in the latest Class 1 Missouri Media poll.

Chaffee's last three opponents -- Malden, Jefferson and Kelly -- have averaged 63 points against its defense, and unbeaten Mark Twain brings in an attack that hung 72 points on Montgomery County last week. The Tigers have only scored less than 41 points in one game this season, which came in an 18-7 win over South Callaway in Week 8, and have scored 50 points or more on three occasions.

The Tigers, from Center, Missouri, just outside of Hannibal, have posted double-digit wins all season with the exception of a 44-42 overtime victory against Wright City in Week 6.

Chaffee coach Charlie Vickery said the Tigers run the ball about 95 percent of the time.

"It's a power offense," Vickery said. "It seems a lot of those schools up there run a lot of power running games."

"They got some good size up front, and they're senior laden," Vickery said. "I think two years ago they were 0-9, and last year they were about .500, and this year they're 9-0."

Senior Tyler Elledge leads the Tigers' ground attack with 2,106 yards rushing, while junior Terry Monroe (747 yards) )and Brandon Hamilton (555) are other options.

"A team like that, you've got to try to load the box and try to get as many people in there as you can to stop the run, and say, 'If you want to throw it, go ahead and throw it,' and we're going to do our best to slow them down on the run," Vickery said.

Vickery said the Tigers remind him more of the running attack featured by Jefferson, one that gashed the Red Devils for 535 yards rushing and 72 points in Week 8.

"We're having trouble tackling," Vickery said. "We get people to the ball, we just don't get them down."

Chaffee broke a four-game losing streak last week with a season-high 57 points against Kelly. The Red Devils have scored 105 points in its last two games after 123 the previous seven games. Freshman quarterback Landon Tenkhoff has been at the core of the surge. He rushed for seven touchdowns and 328 yards last week and has 542 yards rushing over his last two games. Tenkhoff has 1,355 yards on the season.

"Our offense has come around a little bit, and Landon is really running the ball well," Vickery said. "We probably kept him under wraps a little bit, being a freshman, and we've more or less turned him loose. We've still got to throw the ball a little better, too, and he's capable of doing that as well."

The winner will play the winner of Barat Academy and Monroe City in the semifinals next week.

(5) Crystal City (2-7) at (4) St. Vincent (4-5)

Last week: Grandview 8, Crystal City 6; Jefferson 68, St. Vincent 28

Last meeting: St. Vincent 23, Crystal City (Week 6)

Outlook: The Indians are looking to rebound from a 40-point loss at home to Jefferson in its final preparation for district play.

Crystal City also struggled last week, mounting just six points in yielding the first win of the season to Grandview, a team St. Vincent beat 30-20 a week earlier. It was the sixth consecutive loss for Crystal City after back-to-back wins over Kelly and Principia in Weeks 2 and 3.

The Indians scored a fourth-quarter touchdown to rally past the Hornets in a Week 6 meeting this season in a I-55 Conference meeting. The Indians have gone 1-2 since that time.

The winner almost certainly will travel to Ste. Genevieve, Missouri, where it will face defending Class 1 state champion Valle Catholic in the district semifinals next week.

Class 1 District 1 standings -- 1. Valle Catholic (9-0, 58.14), 2. Mark Twain (9-0, 55.73), 3. Barat Academy (4-4, 38.0), 4. St. Vincent (4-5, 35.34), 5. Crystal City (2-7, 31.44), 6. Monroe City (2-7, 31.14), 7. Chaffee (3-6, 30.36), 8. Louisiana (0-9, 22.14)

Class 2 District 1

(6) Scott City (3-6) at Hayti (6-3)

Last week: Perryville 56, Scott City 20; Hayti 48, Ridgeview (Ill.) 28

Last meeting: Hayti 45, Scott City 0 (Week 7)

Outlook: The Rams are in need of avenging a lopsided Week 7 loss to Hayti if they hope to continue their season.

Scott City has lost its last four games, which included a 45-point loss to the Indians. The Rams also lost starting junior quarterback Ty Wilthong to a broken left leg in that game. It was the ninth consecutive loss for the Rams to Hayti, which has a 16-1 record against Scott City since 2000.

Hayti brings in an experienced squad led by returning junior quarterback Maurice Farr and returning senior running back Jamal Brooks. Two of the Indians' three losses this season have come against the top two seeds in the district -- No. 1 Malden and No. 2 Caruthersville. Hayti also has lost to Class 1 state-ranked Thayer.

The Rams hung with Class 4 Perryville for one half last week before accumulating just 71 yards offense and committing four turnovers in the second half. Junior quarterback Braden Cox accounted for all the Rams' rushing yards, finishing with 83 on 22 carries, raising his team-leading rushing total to 633.

(7) Kelly (2-7) at Caruthersville (5-4)

Last week: Chaffee 57, Kelly 51; Ste. Genevieve 42, Caruthersville 35

Last meeting: Caruthersville 58, Kelly 0 (Week 7)

Outlook: Kelly's first season of varsity football was ended by Caruthersville last year, and the Tigers must snap a three-game losing streak if they want to avoid the Tigers ending the program's second season.

Caruthersville started the Hawks' current slide with a 58-0 beating in Week 7. The Tigers are 3-0 against Kelly over the past two seasons, winning by a combined score of 181-32.

Class 2 District 1 standings -- 1. Malden (9-0, 50.49), 2. Caruthersville (5-4, 39.13), 3. Hayti (6-3, 36.03), 4. Portageville (6-3, 38.25), 5. East Prairie (5-3, 31.91), 6. Scott City (3-6, 29.43); 7. Kelly (2-7, 19.98); 8. Charleston (0-9, 16.59)

Class 4 District 1

(6) North County (5-4) at Cape Central (5-4)

Last week: Fredericktown 24, North County 7; Cape Central 55, Riverview Gardens 6

Last meeting: Cape Central 44, North County 7 (2011, Week 5)

Outlook: The Tigers look to begin another deep drive into the playoffs after reaching the Class 4 semifinals in 2013 and the state title game in 2014.

The Tigers washed away the taste of a 49-14 loss to Class 5 power Chaminade by rolling up 463 yards of total offense in its regular-season finale in Week 9. Central averaged 8.9 yards per rush in going for 372 yards against the Rams. Sophomore running back Aaron Harris led the way with 120 yards rushing to extend his team-leading total to 935 yards. Junior quarterback Kway'Chon Chisom is second with 666 yards and a team-high 11 rushing TDs, while all-purpose standout senior Al Young has 609 yards and nine TDs on the ground. Young also has 645 yards receiving, with 11 of his 25 catches going for TDs. He averages a gaudy 25.8 yards per catch.

The Tigers average 379 yards offense, with 284 of those coming on the ground.

Fredericktown held North County to 128 yards total offense in ending the Raiders' two-game winning streak last season. Dylan Kater directs the Raiders' offense.

(5) Perryville (5-4) at (4) Farmington (4-5)

Last week: Perryville 56, Scott City 20; Farmington 25, Park Hills Central 21

Last meeting: Farmington 48, Perryville 0 (2011, Week 9)

Outlook: Perryville will play its district opener on the road after losing out on a virtual deadlock in points (Farmington 32.81, Perryville 32.69) with the Knights for the final hosting spot.

The Pirates, who were in the No. 8 seed spot before winning their last two games, are assured of at least a .500 season and own a better record than the Knights. The teams have played one common opponent with differing results. Park Hills Central dealt Perryville a 51-26 loss in Week 3, while Farmington held onto its No. 4 seed position with a 25-21 comeback win over the Rebels in Week 9.

Senior quarterback Brandt Busenbark completed 11 of 24 passes for 208 yards against Park Hills Central. Busenbark, the Knights' leading rusher on the season, scored the winning TD on a 3-yard keeper with less than 3 minutes left in regulation. It was just the second loss of the season for Class 3 Park Hills Central.

Perryville mounted 480 yards of offense against Scott City in avenging a 2014 loss. Pirates junior quarterback Brandon Renaud passed for 174 yards and three TDs against the Rams. He has passed for 1,358 yards on the season, with seniors Connor Starks and Blake Mattingly his top targets. Mattingly has 30 catches for 379 yards, while Starks has 29 receptions for 404 yards and a team-high six TDs.

Mattingly leads the ground attack with 543 yards (8.4 ypc), and Renaud is second with 478 (5.3 ypc).

The winner will play the Hillsboro-Festus winner in the district semifinals.

Class 4 District 1 standings -- 1. Hillsboro (7-2, 44.87), 2. Sikeston (6-3, 36.75), 3. Cape Central (5-4, 41.44), 4. Farmington (4-5, 32.81), 5. Perryville (5-4, 32.69), 6. North County (5-4, 29.59), 7. De Soto (5-4, 30.36), 8. Festus (4-5, 28.02)

-- Jeff Breer