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The Newton County (Decatur, MS) varsity football team won Friday's home conference game against Leake Central (Carthage, MS) by a score of 56-27.

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Leake Central	12	0	7	8	27
Newton County	35	21	0	0	56

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Matchup Info

Game Stats

Leake Central (23-24)

Leake Central

Passing

#	Athlete Name	C	Att	Yds	C%	Avg	TD	Int	Lng	QB Rate
	Team Totals	7	13	128	.538	18.3	2	2	47	88.0
13	Braveon Harvey (Sr)	7	13	128	.538	18.3	2	2	47	88.0

Leake Central

Rushing

#	Athlete Name	Car	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	15	43	2.9	22	1
6	Demar Gardner (Sr)	2	4	2.0	3
7	Xavier Jackson (Jr)	4	1	0.3	4
13	Braveon Harvey (Sr)	2	3	1.5	5
24	Shy Williams (Jr)	7	35	5.0	22	1

Leake Central

Receiving

#	Athlete Name	Rec	Yds	Avg	Lng	TD
	Team Totals	7	128	18.3	47	2
6	Demar Gardner (Sr)	4	73	18.3	47	1
9	Ty'lan Fortune (So)	3	55	18.3	41	1

Leake Central

Offensive Fumbles and Pancake Blocks

#	Athlete Name	Fum	Lost
	Team Totals	4	4
6	D. Mcclenton (So)	2	2
18	Rakeem Burks (So)	1	1
20	Dantavius Smith (Sr)	1	1

Leake Central

All Purpose Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Rec	IR	Total
	Team Totals	43	128	0	171
6	Demar Gardner (Sr)	4	73	0	77
7	Xavier Jackson (Jr)	1			1
9	Ty'lan Fortune (So)		55		55
13	Braveon Harvey (Sr)	3			3
24	Shy Williams (Jr)	35			35

Leake Central

Total Yards

#	Athlete Name	Rush	Pass	Rec	Total
	Team Totals	43	128	128	171
6	Demar Gardner (Sr)	4		73	77
7	Xavier Jackson (Jr)	1			1
9	Ty'lan Fortune (So)			55	55
13	Braveon Harvey (Sr)	3	128		131
24	Shy Williams (Jr)	35			35

Leake Central

Tackles

#	Athlete Name	Solo	Asst	Tot Tckls	TFL
	Team Totals	19	24	43	6.0
3	Rashard Bell (Jr)	6	4	10	3.0
5	Cameron Travis (Sr)	4	7	11	1.0
6	Demar Gardner (Sr)	2	2	4
7	Xavier Jackson (Jr)	1	2	3
9	Ty'lan Fortune (So)	2	2	4
10	Armaren Loper (Sr)	3	4	7	2.0
17	Justin Triplett (Jr)	1	3	4

Leake Central

Sacks

#	Athlete Name	Sacks	Ydl
	Team Totals	4.0	45
3	Rashard Bell (Jr)	3.0	45
10	Armaren Loper (Sr)	1.0

Leake Central

Defensive Statistics

#	Athlete Name	Int	Int Yds	Avg	Fmb Rec	FR Yds	Caus
	Team Totals	1	0	0.0	2	40	2
3	Rashard Bell (Jr)				1	40	2
6	Demar Gardner (Sr)	1	0	0.0
18	Rakeem Burks (So)				1

Leake Central

Punts

#	Athlete Name	P	Yds	Avg	Lng	In 20
	Team Totals	4	134	33.5	44
6	Demar Gardner (Sr)	4	134	33.5	44

Leake Central

Points

#	Athlete Name	TDs	TD Pts	Conv	Tot Pts
	Team Totals	3	18	2	20
6	Demar Gardner (Sr)	1	6	2	8
9	Ty'lan Fortune (So)	1	6		6
24	Shy Williams (Jr)	1	6		6

Leake Central

Touchdowns

#	Athlete Name	TD Rush	TD Rec	TD FR	Total
	Team Totals	1	2	1	3
6	Demar Gardner (Sr)		1		1
9	Ty'lan Fortune (So)		1		1
18	Rakeem Burks (So)			1
24	Shy Williams (Jr)	1			1

Leake Central

Conversions

#	Athlete Name	C Rush	C Rec	Total
	Team Totals		1	1
6	Demar Gardner (Sr)		1	1

Newton County (23-24)

Newton County has not entered stats for this game.

Game Story

Mississippi High School Football - Newton County knocks off Leake Central

October 20, 2023: Decatur, MS 39327

The crowd at Friday's league contest between the Newton County Cougars (Decatur, MS) and the visiting Leake Central Gators (Carthage, MS), observed Newton County's football squad thwart Leake Central by a tally of 56-27.

The Cougars now possess a 4-4 record. They play next when they travel to West Lauderdale for a 4A Region 4 contest on Thursday, October 26. Newton County will play a Knights squad coming off a 37-13 league win over Choctaw Central (Philadelphia, MS). The Knights record now stands at 8-1.

Coming up next, the Gators play the North Forrest Eagles (Hattiesburg, MS) in a non-league contest, on Friday, October 27. Leake Central will attempt to advance on its 3-6 season record. The Eagles go into the contest with a 3-6 record after their 43-13 league loss to Mize (Mize, MS).

Check In
1st Quarter
12 - 21 The scorer has checked in. LCHS 12, NCHS 21

Posted @ 7:25p
Game Attendance
1st Quarter
Attendance Hundreds

Posted @ 7:26p
Field Conditions
1st Quarter
Field Conditions Dry

Posted @ 7:26p
Weather Conditions
1st Quarter
Weather Conditions Fair

Posted @ 7:26p
12 - 27

Passing Touchdown
Newton County1st Quarter ~1 minute to go
Newton County - Pass completed for a TD. LCHS 12, NCHS 27

Posted @ 7:30p
12 - 28

Made Point After
Newton County1st Quarter ~1 minute to go
Newton County - PAT Good. LCHS 12, NCHS 28

Posted @ 7:30p
12 - 34

Rushing Touchdown
Newton County1st Quarter Under a minute
Newton County - Rushing TD. LCHS 12, NCHS 34

Posted @ 7:34p
12 - 35

Made Point After
Newton County1st Quarter Under a minute
Newton County - PAT Good. LCHS 12, NCHS 35

Posted @ 7:34p
12 - 35

End of 1st Quarter
2nd Quarter
LCHS 12, NCHS 35

Posted @ 7:37p
12 - 41

Passing Touchdown
Newton County2nd Quarter ~4 minutes to go
Newton County - Pass completed for a TD. LCHS 12, NCHS 41

Posted @ 7:59p
12 - 42

Made Point After
Newton County2nd Quarter ~4 minutes to go
Newton County - PAT Good. LCHS 12, NCHS 42

Posted @ 7:59p
12 - 45

Field Goal
Newton County2nd Quarter ~4 minutes to go
Newton County - Field Goal. LCHS 12, NCHS 45

Posted @ 8p
12 - 49

Score Correction
Newton County2nd Quarter
Score correction for Newton County in 2nd Quarter. LCHS 12, NCHS 49

Posted @ 8:04p
Commentary
2nd Quarter
Fumble by the Cougars and recovered by Leake Central

Posted @ 8:06p
12 - 55

Rushing Touchdown
Newton County2nd Quarter ~2 minutes to go
Newton County - Rushing TD. LCHS 12, NCHS 55

Posted @ 8:08p
12 - 56

Made Point After
Newton County2nd Quarter ~2 minutes to go
Newton County - PAT Good. LCHS 12, NCHS 56

Posted @ 8:09p
12 - 56

Halftime
Halftime
LCHS 12, NCHS 56

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Posted @ 8:14p
12 - 56

Start of 3rd Quarter
Leake Central3rd Quarter
Leake Central to kick off to Newton County.

Posted @ 8:43p
18 - 56

Rushing Touchdown
Leake Central3rd Quarter ~6 minutes to go
Leake Central - Rushing TD. LCHS 18, NCHS 56

Posted @ 8:44p
19 - 56

Made Point After
Leake Central3rd Quarter ~6 minutes to go
Leake Central - PAT Good. LCHS 19, NCHS 56

Posted @ 8:44p
19 - 56

End of 3rd Quarter
4th Quarter
LCHS 19, NCHS 56

Posted @ 8:52p
25 - 56

Rushing Touchdown
Leake Central4th Quarter ~4 minutes to go
Leake Central - Rushing TD. LCHS 25, NCHS 56

Posted @ 8:59p
27 - 56

Two Point Pass Completed
Leake Central4th Quarter ~4 minutes to go
Leake Central - Pass completed for a 2Pt Conversion. LCHS 27, NCHS 56

Posted @ 9p
27 - 56

End of Game
Final
LCHS 27, NCHS 56

Posted @ 9:06p

Leake Central @ Newton County Football Game Info

Fri., Oct. 20, 2023 @ 7p

The Newton County (Decatur, MS) varsity football team won Friday's home conference game against Leake Central (Carthage, MS) by a score of 56-27.

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Rankings & Records

Leake Central (23-24)

MS	Class
197	35

Overall	District	Home	Away	Win %	District %	PF	PA
3-8	1-3	3-2	0-6	.273	.250	250	456

Newton County (23-24)

MS	Class
106	19

Overall	District	Home	Away	Neutral	Win %	District %	PF	PA
5-6	3-1	3-2	2-3	0-1	.455	.750	277	285

Team Scoring Averages

	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Final
Leake Central	3.7	4.0	4.4	4.0	22.7
Newton County	12.7	8.7	3.8	6.2	25.2

Team Stat Comparison

Leake Central		Newton County
97.4	Rushing Yards Per Game	9.0
215.0	Passing Yards Per Game	-
216.0	Receiving Yards Per Game	-
312.4	Total Yards Per Game	9.0
55.6	Tackles Per Game	-
2.6	Sacks Per Game	-
19.3	Points Per Game	0.0

Team Leaders

Leake Central		Newton County	National Avg.
#24 Shy Williams41.0	Rushing Yards Per Game	#42 Jaquez Redwood54.0	20.6
#2 Todd Edmond212.4	Passing Yards Per Game	-	50.5
#6 Demar Gardner108.3	Receiving Yards Per Game	-	17.5
#2 Todd Edmond244.0	Total Yards Per Game	#42 Jaquez Redwood54.0	36.9
#3 Rashard Bell9.0	Tackles Per Game	-	2.7
#11 Curtis Jordan1.7	Sacks Per Game	-	0.2
#6 Demar Gardner7.5	Points Per Game	#1 Kimari Brown0	2.1

Common Opponents

School	Common Opp. Rec.		School	Common Opp. Rec.
Leake Central	1-3		Newton County	2-2

Date	Away	Home	Result	Date	Away	Home	Result
9/1/23	Leake Central	Kosciusko	(L) 55-14	9/22/23	Newton County	Kosciusko	(L) 47-7
9/29/23	West Lauderdale	Leake Central	(L) 47-31	10/26/23	Newton County	West Lauderdale	(L) 24-7
10/6/23	Leake Central	Northeast Lauderdale	(L) 43-14	9/29/23	Northeast Lauderdale	Newton County	(W) 35-0
10/13/23	Choctaw Central	Leake Central	(W) 32-28	10/6/23	Newton County	Choctaw Central	(W) 26-19

Record Breakdown

Leake Central (23-24)		Newton County (23-24)
3-8	Overall	5-6
1-3	League	3-1
2-4	Non-League	1-4
0-1	Head to Head	1-0
1-3	Common Opponent	2-2
3-2	Home	3-2
0-6	Away	2-3
0-0	Neutral	0-1
0-1	Playoff	1-1
3-8	In-State	5-6
0-0	Out-of-State	0-0