HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL WEEK 8: Maypearl 21, Madison 8

MAYPEARL – Maypearl (4-2, 2-1 District 7-3A ) kept its playoff hopes alive by defeating Madison (2-6, 0-4).

Aaron Jett ran for 26 yards and caught a 4-yard pass from Cole Rager to get Maypearl going in a game in which all the scoring was in the first quarter.

Madison’s only touchdown came on a 66-yard interception return by safety Pierre Hunter.

ME – Aaron Jett 74 run (Nathan Garcia kick).

ME – Aaron Jett 4 pass from Cole Rager (Nathan Garcia kick).

MI – Pierre Hunter 66 interception return (Darrious Johnson pass from Joe Gatlin).

ME – Homer Arizpe 19 run (Nathan Garcia kick).

First Downs MI 4 ME 16

Rushing Yards MI 24-37 ME 40-177

Passing Yards MI 40 ME 118

Passing MI 4-19-0 ME 10-22-0

Punts-Avg MI 7-39.9 ME 4-34.5

Penalties MI 8-80 ME 4-55

Fumbles-Lost MI 1-1 ME 0-0

INDIVIDUAL LEADERS

Rushing: MI – Joe Gatlin 3-6, TaKedrick Williams1-2, Chris Tucker 7-13, Verrick Campbell 12-40, Treshun McMath 1-2. ME – Aaron Jett 4-23, Cole Rager 5-38, Homer Arizpe 13-66, Heath Graf 9-37, Timmy Gracey 3-2, Colby Whitacre 1-4, Isaiah Munguia 5-11

Passing: MI – Chris Tucker 4-19-1-40. ME – Cole Rager 1-2-0-4, Heath Graf 9-20-2-114.

Receiving: MI – Pierre Hunter 1-8, Joe Gatlin 1-2, Ta-Kedrick Williams 1-1, Verrick Campbell 1-30. ME – Aaron Jett 1-4, Cole Rager 1-23, Homer Arizpe 2-13, Charlie Houdmann 1-20, Tristan Rivera 1-10, Heath Roesler 1-8, Ethan Whitmire 1-12.