Red Oak beats Conrad 84-0, clinches playoff spot

RED OAK – Joshua Ervin threw four touchdown passes as Red Oak scored four touchdowns in each of the first two quarters on their way to a dominating 84-0 victory over Dallas Conrad (1-7) at Billy Goodloe Stadium.

Red Oak, now (7-1) and undefeated in District 6-5A Div II play, clinched a playoff spot with their seventh straight win.

LaKelsey Johnson, CJ Palmer and Keyshawn Merritt each scored twice for Red Oak as they piled-up 312 total yards on offense.

Red Oak's defense stifled Conrad, holding them to -80 total yards. The defense also added fumble recovery touchdowns from Carter Lincoln and John Mathis early in the third quarter as they notched their third shutout of the year.

The Hawks had most of their younger players in, including a few from JV, for the entire 2nd half.

The play clock was turned off, and the Hawks allowed Conrad as much time as needed to run plays in the 2nd half without delay of game penalties.

RO – LaKelsey Johnson 10 pass from Joshua Ervin (Dakota Santos kick).

RO – C.J. Palmer 12 run (Dakota Santos kick).

RO – Keyshawn Merritt 20 run (Dakota Santos kick).

RO – C.J. Palmer 15 run (Dakota Santos kick).

RO – Zach Sanders 38 run (Dakota Santos kick).

RO – LaKelsey Johnson 17 pass from Joshua Ervin (Dakota Santos kick).

RO – Keyshawn Merritt 30 run (Dakota Santos kick).

RO – Tristan Edwards 32 pass from Joshua Ervin (Dakota Santos kick).

RO – Carter Lincoln 22 fumble recovery in end zone (Dakota Santos kick).

RO – Tristan Edwards 7 pass from Joshua Ervin (Dakota Santos kick).

RO – John Mathis 1 fumble recovery in end zone (Dakota Santos kick).

RO – David Cano 20 pass from Kentrell Anderson (Dakota Santos kick).

RUSHING – CO: Trinity Millard 4--7, Curvondrick Scott 6-23, Isaiah Ferguson 16-49, RO: Zach Sanders 3-75, C.J. Palmer 4-54, Keyshawn Merritt 2-50, Joshua Ervin 1-26, Kentrell Anderson 1-6, Raymond Gay II 1-15

PASSING – CO: Isaiah Ferguson 3-10-1--1, RO: Joshua Ervin 7-12-1-96, Kentrell Anderson 1-2-0-20

RECEIVING – CO: Trinity Millard 1-2, Curvondrick Scott 2-3, RO: Tristan Edwards3-48,LaKelseyJohnson2-27, David Cano 1-20, Raymond Gay II 1-13, Marcus Badgett 1-8