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| Lonoke's Anthony Parks carries the ball against Bald Knob on Friday night. (Photos by Mark Buffalo) |
By Mark Buffalo
Staff Writer
@markbuffalo
LONOKE — The Lonoke Jackrabbits had to play all 48 minutes to come away with a 38-36 win over the Bald Knob Bulldogs on Friday night at James B. Abraham Stadium.
Bald Knob quarterback Johnson Capps’ pass into the end zone was batted away on the final play as Lonoke won it’s third consecutive game after starting the season 0-2. The Jackrabbits are 3-2 overall and 2-0 in 4A-2 conference play.
“Any win is a good win … I’ll take every one of them,” first-year Lonoke coach Harry Wright said. “They [Bulldogs] are a good football team. They saw something on film and took advantage of it in the first half for sure. We came out and made adjustments.”
Lonoke led 24-20 at halftime following a 31-yard field by Diego Contreras on the final play of the second quarter.
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| Brayden Coble blocks for Spencer Pepper. |
Bald Knob took a 28-24 lead early in the second half. Lonoke responded with another touchdown. Anthony Parkers scored on a 2-yard run with 6:56 left in the third quarter. Contreras’ extra point gave the Jackrabbits a 31-28 lead.
Bald Knob fumbled the ball back to Lonoke with Da’Lynn Waits recovering the ball at the Lonoke 31. Six plays later, Lonoke quarterback Spencer Pepper threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Shawn Lake with 7 seconds left in the third quarter to make the score 38-28.
Bald Knob cut the deficit to 38-36 on a 51-yard touchdown pass from Capps to Tyrese Dinwiddie with 6:54 left in the game.
Lonoke had a chance to put the game away but pass into the end zone was incomplete on fourth down at the Bald Knob 19 with 36.7 seconds left in the game.
Bald Knob’s Leason Pierce lined up at quarterback and pitched to Capps, who threw a 53-yard pass to Josh Clark down to the Lonoke 28 with 27.4 seconds left.
After an incomplete pass, Capps was tackled after a 6-yard gain. The Bulldogs tried to kill the clock but Capps spiked the ball after taking a snap from the shotgun. Bald Knob was called for intentional grounding. That set up one last play from the Lonoke 28.
Capps final pass into the end zone was incomplete, giving Lonoke the victory.
Pepper finished with 146 yards rushing on 17 carries. He completed 12 of 20 passes for 115 yards.
Anthony Parks rushed for 84 yards on 19 carries. Lake had 22 yards on two carries.
Chris Lucas caught four passes for 82 yards, 45 of which came off a lateral from Parks on the first play of the game. Parks caught five passes for 10 yards. Lake caught three passes for 22 yards.
Capps completed 7 of 20 passes for 193 yards.
Lonoke took a 7-0 lead with 11:12 left in the first quarter. Pepper scored on a 2-yard run. The play was set up by a hook and lateral play. Pepper threw to Parks who laterally the ball to Lucas, who took it 50 yards.
Bald Knob cut the deficit to 7-6 on a 30-yard run by Capps with 6:02 left in the first quarter.
The Bulldogs took a 14-7 lead on a 9-yard run by Pierce. They scored the two-point conversion.
Parks returned the ensuing kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown to tie the game at 14-14.
Bald Knob reclaimed the lead at 20-14 on a 6-yard run by Pierce with 12.5 seconds left in the first quarter.
Lonoke took a 21-20 lead on a 41-yard run by Pepper with 1:44 left in the first half.
Lonoke will travel to Southside Batesville this Friday. The Southerners are 3-2 overall and 1-1 in 4A-2 play following a 35-7 loss to Riverview on Friday night.
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