If Jackson Academy wanted to avenge their loss from the last time they played Hartfield Academy, they should've done a better job of containing Kenzy West. The Hartfield Academy Hawks walked away with a 28-17 victory over the Jackson Academy Raiders on Friday thanks in part to West, who rushed for 70 yards and two touchdowns on only seven carries, and also picked up 57 receiving yards. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards.
Hartfield Academy didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Teryn Green and Coleman Yoder.
Jackson Academy's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kingston Mays, who rushed for 104 yards and a touchdown on only ten carries, and John Thomas, who picked up 127 receiving yards and a touchdown. Mays got the majority of those rushing yards when he took off on a run that went for an incredible 70 yards. Backing up that air attack was Omarean Ellis, who rushed for 105 yards.
The win made it two in a row for Hartfield Academy and bumps their season record up to 9-2. As for Jackson Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-3.
Hartfield Academy and Jackson Academy should be looking forward to their upcoming games as both have a sizable advantage in the MaxPreps Mississippi Rankings. Hartfield Academy (ranked 19th) will meet St. Joseph Catholic (ranked 190th) on Friday. Hartfield Academy is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 54 points per game this season. Similarly, Jackson Academy will square off against Presbyterian Christian at 7:00 p.m. on Friday up 67 places (32 vs. 99). Both have allowed few points on average, (Hartfield Academy: 14.5, Jackson Academy: 13) so any points scored will be well earned.
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