Jackson rolls past Central 56-27 in rivalry game

Jackson junior quarterback Dante Vandeven passed for four touchdowns and ran for another as the Indians won the annual rivalry game against visiting Central with a 56-27 thumping Friday night.

The Indians (4-1) overcame two early fumbles, one returned 88 yards for a touchdown by the Tigers' Ansley Patrick, and an early 14-13 deficit with 36 unanswered points.

Vandeven opened the scoring with a 6-yard run before Central's Mikey Jones tied the score at 7-7 with a 67-yard TD run. Patrick's fumble return with 14 seconds left in the first quarter gave Central (1-4) its only lead at 13-7.

Vandeven responded with a 50-yard TD pass to Taylor Henson, and Ty Crowden's PAT gave Jackson the lead for good, 14-13, with 11:28 left in the second quarter.

Vandeven added a 56-yard TD pass to BJ Heuer and a 40-yard TD strike to Colten Proffer later in the quarter for a 29-13 lead at halftime.

Proffer tacked on TD runs of 11 and 20 yards in the third quarter, and Henson pulled in a 59-yard TD pass from Vandeven in the opening minute of the fourth quarter for a 49-13 lead and enact a running clock.

Jackson finished with 699 yards of total offense.

Central 13 0 0 14 -- 27

Jackson 7 22 14 13 -- 56

First Quarter

J -- Dante Vandeven 6 run (Ty Crowden kick), 2:55

C -- Mikey Jones 67 run (Matt Chism kick), 2:41

C -- Ansley Patrick 88 fumble return (kick failed), :14

Second Quarter

J -- Taylor Henson 50 pass from Vandeven (Crowden kick), 11:28

J -- B.J. Heuer 56 pass from Vandeven (Henson pass to Heuer), 5:47

J -- Colten Proffer 40 pass from Vandeven (Crowden kick), 2:45

Third Quarter

J -- Proffer 11 run (Vandeven run), 7:55

J -- Proffer 20 run (Crowden kick), 2:09

Fourth Quarter

J -- Henson 59 pass from Vandeven (kick failed), 11:37

C -- Jones 13 pass from Dennis Vinson (Chism kick), 9:00

C -- Braion Owens 10 pass from Vinson (Chism kick), 3:29

J -- Tristan Thele 7 run (Ty Selsor kick), 2:33

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First downs 14 28

Rushes-yards 36-211 52-344

Passing yards 112 355

Passes 6-16-1 14-28-0

Punts 7-33.8 2-42

Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2

Penalties-Yards 10-85 8-90

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING -- Central, Jones 26-220, Owens 2-(-3), Vinson 7-(-1), Kway'chon Chisom 1-(-5); Jackson, Proffer 19-175, Vandeven 18-77, Garrett Miller 2-13, Xominique Davis 8-59, Henson 3-19, Thele 1-4, Team-(-3).

PASSING -- Central, Vinson 6-16-1-112; Jackson, Vandeven 14-27-0-355, Thele 0-1-0-0.

RECEIVING -- Central, Owens 2-15, Jalen Redden 1-27, Al Young 3-70; Jackson, Jacob Starzinger 1-5, Proffer 2-69, Heuer 4-82, Henson 3-116, Davis 3-47, Selsor 1-36.