Batesville Tigers Super Bowl
Published 12:00 am Tuesday, November 6, 2012
The Batesville Tiger 9-and-10-year-old team are the Super Bowl Champs with a 31-6 win over Greenwood Saturday in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on the Ole Miss campus. Team members in random order include Brandon Adair, Dorian Baker, Ilijah Battle, Benjamin Bing, Ataraie Bobo, Chritoin Bobo, Ethan Brock, Eldridge Brooks, Zachaeu Brown, Kameron Burns, Daunte Carr, Lamarcus Carr, Deven Clay, Anterio Draper, Keontrae Ellis, Jordin Evans, Rickey Farmer, Bareon Gates, Caleb Grayer, Raymond Harris, Na’Darri
The Batesville Tiger 11-and-12-year-old team are the Super Bowl Champs after a 37-7 win over Marks Saturday in Vaught-Hemingway Stadium on the Ole Miss campus. Team members in random order include Wyatt Appleton, Tyler Baker, Justin Bell, Quin Benson, Terry Bishop, Luis Botello Jr., Tyrus Bradford, Christopher Burrows, Joshua Butler, Kendricus Carlton, William “Drew” Childress, Desmond Connor, Markee Cooks, Derrick Cunningham Jr., Janari Dean, Michael Dean, Telly Doyle, Ke’darious Fairbee, Jayl
By Myra Bean
The Batesville Tigers youth football team brought home two Super Bowl trophies Saturday.
The 9-and-10-year-old team defeated Greenwood 30-6 and the 11-and-12-year-old team defeated Marks 37-7.
The 11-and-12-year-olds won last year and in 2009.
9-and-10-year-olds
The game was scoreless going into the second quarter as Greenwood had the ball and was driving down the field. They got to Batesville’s 28-yard line and after a penalty and a series of tackles for loss, Greenwood was forced to turn the ball over on downs from the 32-yard line.
On the Tigers’ first play of the second quarter, quarterback Caleb Grayer found Cardarius Pride, game’s Most Valuable Player, for the 64-yard touchdown with 5:47 left in the first half. The kick failed.
Pride intercepted Greenwood’s pass on it’s next possession and returned it 43-yards for a touchdown with 4:17 left in the half. The score stood 12-0 after the extra point kick failed.
The Tigers went up 18-0 at the half on an eight-yard run by Grayer with 1:14 left in the half. The touchdown capped a four-play 54-yard drive, highlighted by a 34-yard run by Grayer.
The Tigers scored two more runs in the fourth quarter. With 3:45 left in the game Anterio Draper broke for a 66-yard run on the first play of that possession for a 24-0 lead.
The final touchdown was a 48-yard interception return by Christoin Bobo with 1:40 left in the game for the 30-0 lead.
Greenwood avoided the shut out with a kickoff returned for a touchdown as time expired for the final 30-6 score.
11-and-12-year-olds
The Tigers took a 25-0 lead into halftime on four touchdowns.
Stedarrius Sanford scored the first touchdown on an eight-yard run with 5:06 left in the first quarter. Jabari Dean scored the extra point run for the 7-0 lead.
On Marks’ next possession, a Tiger recovered a fumble with 3:31 left in the quarter. Batesville turned it into a touchdown with 1:56 left in the quarter. Dean scored on a 16-yard run but the extra point run failed. Batesville led 13-0 as Marks’ next possession also ended in a fumble which was recovered by Derrick Cunningham Jr.
With no time left on the clock, Dean scored on a 14-yard run for the 19-0 lead as the run failed.
Joshua Butler intercepted a Marks pass with 4:11 left in the half. That led to a 70-yard run by Dean with 3:31 left in the half for the 25-0 lead at halftime.
Dean scored the only Tiger touchdown run in the third quarter with 5:05 left. He scored on a 39-yard run which capped a three-play, 59-yard drive.
Marks avoided the shutout as it put together a nine-play, 71-yard drive to score on a two-yard run with 6:55 left in the game.
Batesville scored one more time on the ensuing kickoff as number 40 returned the kickoff 60 yards to score with 5:03 left in the game for the 31-7 lead which stood as the final score.
Dean was selected as the game’s MVP.
