Tigers coming off impressive offensive showing at Yazoo City

By Brad Greer

After two straight weeks on the road, the South Panola Tigers will finally be home tonight and welcome the Cordova High School (Tenn.) Wolves to the friendly confines  of Dunlap Stadium for a first-ever meeting between the two schools.

Kickoff is set for 7 p.m.

Both teams enter tonight with 2-0 records in the young season. Cordova has made both victories exciting with 1-point wins over Memphis Central (13-12) and Germantown (21-20) last week.

South Panola meanwhile trounced an out-manned Yazoo City club 63-8 last Friday on the strength of 537 yards of total offense.

The 63 points scored were the most by a South Panola team since a 65-35 drubbing of Colquitt County (Ga.) in 2010. Over the past 10 seasons the Tigers have scored 62 points in several games.

Junior quarterback Anterrio Draper ran for three touchdowns and threw for another as South Panola, ranked No. 5 in the mississippigridion.com Super 10 prep poll, led 56-8 at halftime.

Janari Dean ran for 170 yards on six carries and returned a fumble 40 yards into the end zone as the Tigers generated 442 yards rushing.

Martez Clark added a 48 yard scoring run and Nate Harris and Katerrious Jones also added a rushing touchdown.

Lataurus Carruth supplied six carries for 29 yards. Cameron Wright reeled in a 45-yard strike from Draper in the first quarter.

Ricky Farmer, Atarie Bobo and Harris caught one pass each.

Nathan Walls connected on nine successful point after attempts – one off the school record 10 PAT’s set by Russ Belk against Greenville-Weston in 2003

Jertielyan Chapman led the South Panola defense with six tackles. Jaqualin Gillespie followed with five while adding a 42-yard interception return.

Cordova is led on offense by junior quarterback Zachary Jones, (5’10”,160) Falandis Norry, Jr. (6’,190) and running back Deqwan Bevill (5’9”, 163) .