
Photo by Jeff Ireland Julian Burton scored three times Friday night at the Memphis Faigrounds to lead White Station past Cordova 42-7 in the first round of the Class 6A state playoffs. The Spartans (8-3) play Kirby in round two. Cordova’s season ends at 6-5. Burton scored on touchdown runs of 13 and 15 yards in the first half as White Station jumped out to a 28-0 lead. He added a 55-yard touchdown reception from Anthony Hayes in the third quarter to finish with 202 all-purpose yards. Antonio Chetham had a pair of touchdown runs for White Station and Hayes ran for one. Travis Thornhill scored Cordova’s lone touchdown with a 78-yard run.
Photo, story by Thomas Sellers Jr. The magic equation of Friday night for the Millington Trojans was “turnover = touchdown.” Using that formula, Millington left Cordova with a 35-7 win and improved to 4-3 for the season. Led by junior backup quarterback Mario Harwell, the Trojans took a 7-0 lead in the second quarter when Harwell located receiver Chris Miller for a 12-yard touchdown. The Trojans’ next score came when linebacker Alan Cross recovered a fumble. Stanton Brown transformed that into an eight-yard rushing TD. Millington’s 14-0 halftime lead grew in the third quarter when Trojan Carl Payne made an interception. Moments later Millington running back Roland Genesey crossed the goal line from one yard out. The lead grew to 28-0 after Aaron Vaughn forced…
Story/Photo by Fred Brooks Cordova defeated Brighton 34-32 in a wild game Friday night in Brighton. Does lighting strike twice in the same place? It almost happened twice for Brighton, which won a late fumble return last week. Brighton got on the scoreboard with 7:15 left in the first quarter when Treyshun Gardner scored on a 10-yard touchdown run. With the extra point it made the score 7-0 Brighton. On the kickoff after the TD, Brighton was able to recover the loose ball at the 30 yard line. With 5:54 left in the first quarter Brighton was able to score on 10-yard pass from Danny Potter to James Murray. With the extra point the score was 14-0. Cordova marched the ball down the field and…