HAMMERING THE HERMITS - Woodlawn’s Matthew Green (foreground, 40) and Ethan Saeler bring down a Hermit during the Bears’ 70-20 rout Friday night at Hermitage. Green finished the game with 10 tackles (five solo), three tackles for losses, a sack, a force fumble and two third-down stops. He also recovered two onside kicks. Woodlawn held Hermitage to 21 yards rushingforthe game. Also pictured forthe Bears are Brayden Jones (behind Saeler), Dakota Campbell (66) and Ace Culliford (72).

CORRALLING A BIG BOBCAT - Rison’s Bryce Phillips (43) and Camden Johnson move in to tackle Dumas’ 6-1, 220-pound sophomore quarterback Kyle Young during first half action Friday night. While the Wildcats contained the Dumas run game for the most part, Young managed to hit some touchdown passes, including the game winner as time expired. (Photo by Chris Phillips)

BREAKING FREE - Woodlawn sophomore running back Griffin Manes (1) breaks free for a 32-yard touchdown run late in the third quarter as the Bears pulled away in the second half for a 58-34 win over the Strong Bulldogs Friday night. Manes and quarterback Ethan Saeler combined for 366 yards rushing with Manes going for 184 and Saeler for 182. Also pictured for Woodlawn are Dakota Campbell (66) and Beau Watson (45).

DOMINATING RUN GAME - Rison quarterback Kyson Walker (left, 3) hands off to running back Jaquis Rauls (second from left, 6) as he follows the blocks of Javis McGhee (69) and Jeremiah Marshall (5) for a gain Friday night against Palestine-Wheatlery. Walker finished with 230 yards rushing and four touchdowns as the Wildcats amassed 421 yards rushing. Marshall had 128 yards on the ground while Rauls scored what turned out to be the winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter.