The Chiefs hosted theSardis Lions Thursday Nightand defeated the visitors 48-28 in a Region 7 game. TreyHarris and Omar Brown pro-vided most of the offense inthe game as they combinedfor 393 rushing yards betweenthem. Harris had 14 carries

for 228 yards and 3 touch-downs while Brown carried21 times for 165 yards and 3touchdowns. Travis Payneled the Chiefs' defense with14 total tackles followed byGant Goins with 10 tacklesand a quarterback sack.North Jackson scored on its

first three possessions and led20-0 after one quarter and

held a 27-7 lead at the half,then stretched that to 48-14after 3 quarters. Sardis scored14 points in the fourth quarterwith the NJ reserves in thegame.The game was played on

Thursday night due to the An-nual Trail of Tears Motorcy-cle ride celebration takingplace in Bridgeport.

North Jackson received theopening kickoff and drove tothe first points of the game in7 plays. Omar Brown cappedoff the drive with a 7 yardscoring run and Isaiah Mateokicked the PAT for a 7-0 leadwith 8:31 to go in the firstquarter.Sardis went on offense and

moved deep into North Jack-son territory but fumbled atthe Chiefs' 11 yard line. TreyHarris recovered the fumbleand North Jackson went onoffense at the 11. From there,the Chiefs drove 89 yards in 8plays to score again. KadeAbbott covered the final 30yards on a run around the leftend on a misdirection play forthe touchdown. The PAT kickwas missed, giving NorthJackson a 13-0 lead with 2:52to go in the first quarter.Sardis punted on its next

possession and North Jacksontook over on its own 39 yardline. Two plays later, TreyHarris scored on a 16 yardkeeper around end to cap offthe 61 yard drive. Mateo'sPAT made the score 20-0 with29 seconds remaining in thefirst quarter.Both teams then exchanged

punts and North Jackson lostthe ball on a fumble at its own36 yard line to give Sardis agreat scoring opportunity with5:17 left in the second quarter.The Lions took advantage ofthe short field and scored their

first points on a 26 yard passfrom Logan Gaskins to JacobHopper. Javen Smith kickedthe PAT to cut the Chiefs' leadto 20-7 with 4:43 to go in thesecond quarter.Following the kickoff, the

Chiefs went on offense attheir own 22 yard line anddrove 78 yards in 7 plays toscore again. Again it wasTrey Harris on a 16 yard runaround right end who scoredthe touchdown. Isaiah Mateoadded the point-after for a 27-7 North Jackson lead with1:18 remaining in the secondquarter. Sardis lost the ball on a

fumble with 10 seconds leftbefore intermission and theChiefs ran out the clock to endthe half.In the third quarter, Sardis

punted on its first possessionand North Jackson went onoffense at its own 12 yardline. The Chiefs then covered88 yards in just 4 plays toscore again. Trey Harris ran akeeper around right end andbroke free 75 yards for theTD. Mateo kicked the PAT toincrease the Chiefs' lead to34-7 with 8:35 to go in thethird quarter.Following the ensuing

kickoff, Sardis started anotherdrive but had it cut short whenKade Abbott intercepted apass at the Chiefs' 46 yard lineand returned it to the Sardis 8yard line. Omar Brown

scored on a run from the 6yard line two plays later foranother Chiefs' touchdown.Isaiah Mateo kicked the PATto extend the lead to 40-7 with7:27 remaining in the thirdquarter.Again Sardis was driving

but lost the ball on a back-wards lateral pass at the NorthJackson 30 yard line andNorth Jackson's JonathanJohnson picked up the balland returned it 46 yard to theLions 34 yard line. Fromthere, the Chiefs scored in 3plays as Omar Brown ran it infrom 16 yards out for thetouchdown. Mateo's PATmade the score 48-7 with 4:31to go in the third quarter.With the Chiefs' reserves in

the game, Sardis then beganto move the ball and scoredthe final three touchdowns ofthe game. Logan Gaskin hitJacob Ross with a 35 yardscoring pass, then he threw a5 yard TD pass to TylerStonicher, and ran a 1 yardsneak for the final TD. JavenSmith kicked PATs after eachof the TDs for the final 48-28margin.With the win, North Jack-

son improves to 3-1 overalland 3-0 in Region 7. Sardisfell to 1-4, 0-2 in the region.Next week North Jackson

will be at home against archri-val Scottsboro in a non-regiongame. Kickoff will be at 7p.m. at R.D. Hicks Stadium.

10 SOUTH PITTSBURG HUSTLER —THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

North Jackson eases past Sardis 48-28DALE MCCLOUDCourtesy of NJHSChiefs.com

In last Friday’s match-up against the CopperBasin Cougars, the SouthPittsburg Pirates were onfire. The Pirates by thesecond quarter knew whatthey needed to do to takedown the Cougars. By the time we reached

halftime, the score was Pi-rates 34- Cougars- 0.Their defensive line had

the number of theCougars. Unfortunatelyfor Cougars player #44Peyton Sosebee, he was atthe other end constantlybeing taken down. Toward the second half

the cougars did try tocome back, and even madea touchdown, but it wasnot enough to beat thisgroundbreaking varsityteam. the final score afterthe slaughter was Pirates

55- Cougars 6 Vic Grider is the Ath-

letic Director over atSouth Pittsburg, and he issharing his opinion withus. He stated “I thought

after the emotional win theweek before that weplayed pretty well. We ex-ecuted extremely well inthe kicking game. Wewere concerned all weekafter the big win that we

would somewhat have anemotional letdown, but Ithought we were ready toplay from the start Ithought we did a lot ofgood things early. Withthis being our first districtwin, we knew it was a bigdeal. it is a district win,and something we canbuild on for next week”. One of the breakout

players of the night was#10 Cade Kennemore

making two of the mostmemorable touchdowns ofthe night. One of whichwas in the second halfwhere after an interceptionhe rushed over 50 yards toget the TD. He is defi-nitely one of the shiningstars that makes up thisteam. Grider expressed, “Cade

had another really goodgame. He’s the kind of guythat can change the game.

He has the ability to takethe game over. He’s agood player for us, and thegood thing about him isthat he’s a junior, so hestill has another year withus. He’s had a really goodseason so far. He reallyworks at it, and puts in thetime.” This week the Pirates

take on the GrundyCounty Yellowjackets inCoalmont, Tennessee.

Pirates conquer the CougarsVANESSA TORRESStaff Writer/South Pittsburg Hustler

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