High school football preview capsules for Week 3

Chaffee (2-0) at Hayti (2-0)

Last week: Chaffee 47, Portageville 30; Hayti 42, Malden 16

Last season: Hayti 42, Chaffee 0

Outlook: Chaffee is off to its first 2-0 start since 1990 but will find its first 3-0 start since 1969 (6-0) a difficult chore. Hayti has won 12 straight games against Chaffee.

The Red Devils have topped 40 points in both their wins. After sophomore Charlie Montgomery rushed for 130 yards in a season-opening win against Grandview, senior Tyson Estes rumbled for 215 yards against Portageville. Chaffee is averaging 5.9 yards per rush and has run the ball 80 percent of the time. Senior quarterback Jordan Yahn is 10 of 23 passing for 134 yards this season.

Chaffee's Tyson Estes tries to run through Grandview defenders Kyle Harris and Danny Nixon during the first quarter of their Week 1 game in Chaffee, Mo. (Fred Lynch)

"I thought the first two [games] were very important," Chaffee coach Charlie Vickery said. "But now we're going to face a different animal."

Hayti quarterback Karnard Humes already has proved to be a handful his junior season. The former receiver has rushed for six touchdowns and thrown for three more. Humes rushed for 99 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 148 yards in last week's win against Malden. He had 166 yards rushing in a season-opening win against East Prairie. Humes has averaged 10.6 yards per carry and has completed 59 percent of his passes.

"They're one of the better teams in the area," Vickery said. "They're even better than what I thought they'd be."

Humes had a big first half against Malden, rushing for two touchdowns and completing touchdown passes to Dylan Riddick and Jerome Thomas. Riddick, a sophomore, also rushed for 92 yards on 13 carries against Malden.

"They've got four skilled people that can score at any time," Vickery said. "You've just got to make them work for everything they get. Hopefully they make some mistakes, but they are extremely fast everywhere."

The Indians have posted 40 and 42 points in their two wins and averaged more than nine yards per rush attempt.

The Red Devils will attempt to keep the Hayti offense on the sideline as much as possible.

"We've got to keep it away from them and try to drive the ball -- shorten the game a little bit that way," Vickery said.

Hayti has a first-year coach in Justin Peden, who replaced longtime coach David Gilmore.

Jackson (0-2) at North County (1-1)

Last week: Parkway South 42, Jackson 0; St. Clair 24, North County 0

Last season: Jackson 17, North County 0

Outlook: Both teams will be looking to spark offenses that were shut down last week.

Jackson's power running attack floundered against Class 6 Parkway South. The Indians finished with negative yardage on offense, including 24 carries for minus-4 yards. Sophomore running back Colten Proffer, who had rushed for 146 yards in his varsity debut in Week 1, was held to 16 yards by the Patriots. His yardage was canceled out by plays that lost yardage.

"We looked at what we're doing and how we're trying to do it," Jackson coach Van Hitt said. "We've changed a few things offensively -- not personnel -- but what we're trying to do. I think [our coaches] have come up with a better plan on blocking and play calling."

The Indians also won't be dealing with the defensive size and quickness of Parkway South, which not only stuffed the middle but also closed off the outside.

"[North County] has got some big kids, but they don't move as well as the big kids we saw this past weekend," Hitt said.

North County's spread offense was held to 76 yards in last week's shutout loss to St. Clair. Matt Rion was the Raiders' top rusher with 48 yards on 22 carries. Raiders quarterback Wyatt Compton completed just 1 of 9 passes for 8 yards.

Rion racked up 252 yards rushing on 42 carries in a Week 1 victory against Fredericktown. Compton added 124 yards rushing as the Raiders rallied with 27 unanswered points in the second half.

Jackson and North County renewed their rivalry last season, having not met since the 1995 season when the teams were district opponents in Class 4.

Jackson will face rival Central next week when it begins SEMO North conference play.

"We're definitely looking forward to having a great night [tonight] and getting ready for our conference," Hitt said.

Perryville (0-2) at Park Hills (1-1)

Last week: De Soto 52, Perryville 7; Dexter 37, Park Hills 27

Last season: Park Hills 35, Perryville 14

Outlook: Perryville is in the throes of a 14-game losing streak. The Pirates look for their first win under first-year coach Mike Wojtczuk.

Perryville has lost the last four meetings against Park Hills and six of the last seven.

Park Hills' year is trending much like last season, with an opening victory against St. Vincent followed by a loss to Dexter. The Rebels struck for the first points in last week's loss to Dexter, but the Bearcats roared back with 37 unanswered points. Dexter led 28-7 at halftime. Park Hills sophomore Hunter Courtois replaced junior Jon Comfort at quarterback and led the Rebels to three second-half touchdowns to make the game interesting. Courtois could get the start tonight against the Pirates.

Park Hills primarily runs out of the power-I but occasionally will pass to a couple of big tight ends, including 6-foot-6 senior Kurt Richardson, who had a touchdown catch last week. The Rebels graduated three 1,000-yard rushers from last year's team and are using the trio of Derek Mitchell, Cody Harrison and Danny Waller.

Mitchell, a junior, led Park Hills with 75 yards rushing on 13 carries last week.

"I don't really think they have a featured back," Wojtczuk said. "They involve all three of them quite a bit along with the quarterback."

The running backs operate behind a line that has four starters back from 2010.

"They're big and strong up front," Wojtczuk said. "I guess that's where the bulk of their experience is at.

"We've managed to do a pretty good job since the jamboree on the inside run, and we know Park Hills is going to do some of that. I feel pretty good about our inside run, and we feel like we've done some things to shore up around the edge and the defensive backfield. Offensively, we're just going to continue to do what we do, and that's pound the football and throw a little play-action pass. Keep it simple and go back to the basics and try to get better at what we're doing."

Junior quarterback Chris Zahner directs Perryville's double-wing offense that has averaged 172.5 yards.

Opponents are averaging 339 yards against the Pirates' defense.

East Prairie (1-1) at Scott City (1-1)

Last week: East Prairie 29, Grandview 14; Scott City 27, St. Vincent 6

Last season: East Prairie 37, Scott City 23

Outlook: East Prairie has won the last three meetings by comfortable margins.

The offensive cast has changed for both teams since last year's game due to both schools graduating their starting quarterback and top rusher.

Scott City junior Travis Phillips has topped 100 yards rushing in both games this season. He rushed for 122 yards in Week 1 against Malden and added 101 yards against St. Vincent. Scott City quarterback Jonathan McFall has passed for more than 150 yards in both games, completing two touchdown passes in both. Senior receiver Zach Cotner has three touchdown receptions.

The Rams limited St. Vincent to 27 yards rushing last week after it yielded 332 yards on the ground to Malden in the season opener.

"Week 1 we didn't take care of the football and didn't tackle well," Scott City coach Jim May said. "We did better last week. I can't say we did a good job. We still made a lot of mistakes. We're working on getting better every day."

The Eagles, who use a wing-T offense, lost quarterback Connor Scott and running backs Aaron Miller and Zach Shipman to graduation. Senior Dalton Golightly has taken over behind center. Brad Beck, Adrian Soto and Frankie Nave have split the running duties.

"They're quite a bit different, but they're still a lot of the same," May said. "They play real, real hard. They have some decent speed and they have some good running backs, and they're well coached. It's going to be a heck of a challenge."

Scott City likely will be without junior middle linebacker/fullback Zach Haynes, who injured his back in practice earlier this week.

"It's going to be a battle," May said. "The only way it won't be a battle is if we don't show up and fight because they're going to come to fight."

St. Vincent (0-2) at Missouri Military (0-2)

Last week: Scott City 27, St. Vincent 6; Winfield 26, Missouri Military Academy 0

Last season: St. Vincent 47, Missouri Military Academy 0

Outlook: Both teams seek their first win of the season.

But Missouri Military Academy is looking for something in addition -- its first points. MMA is playing its third straight home game, but the home cooking has not sat well with the Colonels. Hallsville blanked Missouri Military Academy in Week 1, and the Colonels have been outscored 66-0 this season. MMA also is looking to end a 14-game losing streak that stretches back to the 2009 season.

While MMA coughed up St. Vincent's first win last season, it was a costly blowout for the Indians. Quarterback Tim Schumer's junior season was ended with a knee injury. Schumer is healthy once again, and the senior has averaged 153 yards passing in the first two games. His top receivers are juniors Trent Elder, 10 catches for 98 yards, and Jesse Francis, nine catches for 79 yards.

St. Vincent coach Paul Sauer is looking for more consistent play from his offensive line. The Indians are averaging less than 1 yard per rush attempt. They had just 12 yards rushing against Scott City last week and 52 yards in a Week 1 loss to Park Hills.

"Right now we're trying to focus on ourselves," Sauer said. "We have to limit our mistakes on both sides of the ball and not give up big plays. And the offense has to get on track and put some points on the board."

The Indians have struggled to find the end zone, only scoring one TD in last week's loss at Scott City.

"I think we played really well in the first game against Park Hills, and I think last week we kind of took a step back," Sauer said. "We weren't very enthusiastic and just didn't look very good."

Freshman Walter Pate directs MMA's spread offense. Senior running back Samuel Udeh is the Colonels' top rusher. MMA's offense had just 18 yards in last week's loss to Winfield and had 86 yards in its loss to Hallsville.

-- Jeff Breer