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By Brian Pitts

Enterprise Record

Six ball carriers combined to average 10.6 yards per carry when South Davie’s football team met North Davie at Davie High on Sept. 10. As if that wasn’t enough, South quarterback William Sandoval threw three touchdown passes to Dreighton Lunnerman.

The Tigers rolled North 44-6, handing the Wildcats their worst loss in seven years.

Khari McClelland, Connor Leonard, Colsen Dulin, Wyatt Tucker, Sandoval and Jared Vaughters together picked up 181 rushing yards on 17 attempts, and Sandoval hit 8 of 10 passes for 139 yards as South (3-1) extended its series winning streak to four.

The South defense was led by Leonard, who plays primarily linebacker and also some d-line; d-linemana Emanuel Cheek; and linebacker Bentley Caudle.

The cherry on top for South was its absolutely fantastic new kicker, Justin Jimenez, who converted five of six extra points. Since you can kick for two in middle school, that accounted for 10 points.

“He can kick it,” South coach Germain Mayfield said. “And he just started (kicking). Last week we were like: ‘Do you think you can kick a field goal?’ He said: ‘Sure.’ He’s getting better and better every week. He takes the holder stand home with him and work on it at home. He can probably kick it from 30 yards with his eyes closed.”

It was another bruising day for the Wildcats (1-3), who have dropped three in a row. This was their worst loss since 44-6 to Ellis in 2017. Their lone TD came on a run by quarterback Levi Morales.

Ellis 48, Selma 0

Cam James and the unbeaten Jaguars are looking unstoppable. They ran roughshod over Selma Burke on the road on Sept. 10. The running score in their four victories is 144-0, and they own four consecutive shutouts for the first time in their 18-year history.

James ran for four TDs as Ellis bolted to a 40-0 halftime lead.

“If you are 6-2 and go about 210 in seventh grade, at most places you’re a tackle. He’s a halfback,” assistant coach Mike Morgan said of James. “That’s been hard for the people we’ve played to stop so far.”

The other TDs came on runs by Mason Driver and Mason Barnes and on a pick-six by Bowman Blakley.

Creating gaping holes were Graham Weaver, Brody Newman, Joseph Burchette, Cody Zwanzig and Vincent Clements.

“The line was outstanding,” Morgan said. “The (o-linemen) had their best game of the year as a unit.”

Defensively, Morgan recognized Wyatt Giff, Colby Mason, Henry Migliarese (five sacks), Driver, Ben Bost and Graham Wood (interception).

“The defense played great,” he said. “They like to throw the ball and we did a good job defending it. Wyatt, Colby and Henry put a lot of pressure on their QB. We played well on the back end, too. Driver, Bost and Wood played well.”

The Jaguars took considerable delight in paying the Bears back for a 20-6 loss in 2023.

“Given the way that things ended here last year, it was good to go down there and win convincingly,” Morgan said. “I was particularly happy for coach (Roger) Blalock and coach (Joe) Burchette and our returning eighth graders. They’ve all put a lot of time, effort and energy into this thing the past two years.”