No. 5 Pattonville turns away Jackson early

MARYLAND HEIGHTS, Mo. -- Pattonville scored early and often and kept Jackson's football team winless with a 58-13 victory Friday night.

Pattonville (2-1), ranked fifth in Class 6, scored 50 seconds into the game on a 32-yard fumble recovery and never looked back.

Pattonville had six scoring plays of 40 or more yards and put up 293 yards of offense in the first half on only 15 plays.

Junior running back Brian Quinn scored three touchdowns for the Pirates and senior Corey Henley added two more on the ground.

For the Indians, Stuart McIntosh came back after sitting out a game with a shoulder injury and ran for 83 yards on 17 carries. Sophomore Jason Meystedt had his second 100-yard game, racking up 106 yards on 16 carries.

The Indians rested starting quarterback Tyler Profilet --along with many other starters -- in the second half after going into the break trailing 39-7.

The 0-3 start is Jackson's first since 1998.

Scott City 14, East Prairie 0

EAST PRAIRIE, Mo. -- Scott City was involved in its third straight shutout, but the Rams came out on the winning end for the first time and handed coach Jason Burkman his first victory.

Sophomore running back Matt Schaefer had a big game, rushing for 123 yards on 17 carries. He also returned a punt 54 yards, setting himself up for a 1-yard touchdown run with 8:13 left in the third quarter.

Quarterback Luke McClellan scored Scott City's first points of the season on a 1-yard run with 3:18 left in the first quarter. Seth Ward kicked both PATs.

The Rams (1-2) finished with 213 yards rushing on 46 attempts.

Scott City's defense limited East Prairie (0-3) to 121 yards of offense.

Crystal City 23, Chaffee 0

CHAFFEE, Mo. -- The Red Devils, who have relied heavily on the pass this season, were held to 63 passing yards and fell to 0-3 with a shutout loss.

"They bottled our passing attack up," said Chaffee coach Allan Horrell, who said the team was also hurt by too many dropped passes on a wet field.

Chaffee prepared all week for a potent Crystal City passing attack only to have Crystal City rush for 191 yards. Crystal City led 17-0 at halftime.

North County 13, Perryville 0

BONNE TERRE, Mo. -- Perryville suffered its third consecutive shutout and dropped its conference opener.

North County (3-0, 1-0 MAFC Red) broke a scoreless deadlock when quarterback Adam Howard connected with Aaron Byington for a 58-yard scoring pass in the third quarter for a 7-0 lead.

Howard added a 1-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.

Joel Kurre led Perryville (0-3, 0-1) with 81 yards rushing on 18 carries. The Pirates had 134 yards rushing and 161 yards overall.

Jesse Whistler had 13 carries for 53 yards for the Pirates.

Perryville lost three fumbles and was intercepted twice late in the game.

Volleyball

EAGLE RIDGE 15-15, CORNERSTONE CHRISTIAN 1-5

POTOSI, Mo.-- Eagle Ridge improved to 4-1 with a straight-set victory Friday night.

Chelsea Clark led the way with 12 points. Rachel Carbaugh chipped in nine points, seven aces and six kills. Cara Ervin had 10 kills.

-- From staff reports