High School Sports

By HAROLD WILSON
Staff Writer

Robert E. Lee closed out strong on two fronts.

Lee bounced back from an early hole to roll past John Tyler 40-25 and lock up the title in a Trinity Mother Frances SportsCARE 7-on-7 league on the last day of play Thursday at Lindsey Park.

After losing their first three games, Lee ended with nine consecutive wins to finish first with a 9-3 record.

JT started strong with five wins in their first six games, but lost five of its final six to finish 6-6.

The Lions led the Red Raiders 12-0 after Jeremy Johnson hooked up with Ky’Ordrick Black and Charlie Jackson for touchdowns.

The Red Raiders turned up the intensity from there, intercepting Johnson on three straight possessions. Meanwhile, Lee’s offense, after being stopped on its first two drives, went into halftime with four straight scores to take a 14-point lead into the break.

Luke Wagner finished with six touchdowns for Lee. Derell Tate led the way with two TD receptions and one conversion, including a 45-yard bomb that gave the Red Raiders the lead for good.

In four meetings between the schools, Lee won three.

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Robert E. Lee 26, Lindale 7

Lindale scored first on Matt Broussard’s pass to Logan Lawrence, but Robert E. Lee held the Eagles scoreless afterward.

Wagner took over from there, finding K.J. Jones for two TDs, and Tate and Joey Turner for one apiece.

With the first half coming to an end, Wagner unloaded down the field to a diving Turner to set up a Jones touchdown that put the Red Raiders in front, 13-7.

The Eagles did have moments of hope defensively, with Will Kyle recording three interceptions and Lawrence one. Lawrence’s pick came after a Wagner pass was deflected and went through one defender’s hands and into his.

But Lee held strong as well, recording multiple turnovers on downs, and a Junior Cain interception to help keep Lindale scoreless for the rest of the game.

— Matt Loving

John Tyler 20, Jacksonville 19

The John Tyler defense stiffened down the stretch, and Johnson found Black for the final score late to help the Lions squeak out a win.

Jacksonville failed to score on its final two drives after Kyle Stacy’s TD pass, and subsequent one-point conversion toss, put the Indians in front, 19-14.

Black delivered the goods for JT in the end, catching a short pass from Johnson, then applying a shake-and-bake move to reach paydirt.

The JT stop unit forced five straight incompletions and a four-second violation to cinch the win.

— Harold Wilson

Lindale 41, Jacksonville 32

A good old-fashion physical game was played out between the Jacksonville Indians and Lindale Eagles.

Lindale’s Nathan Simmons threw for six touchdown passes, the last a 45-yarder to an uncovered James Crews for a TD to put the Eagles up by two scores.

Crews and Vinson Brown finished with two TDs each to lead Lindale. Broussard and Lawrence also scored for Lindale.

Stacy threw 4 touchdown passes of his own, two to Chris Hall twice, and one apiece to Antawn Johnson and Terrence Canady.

Lindale’s Lawrence picked off a pass while Jacksonville’s Jimmy Gray returned pick to the house.

Michael George

Trinity Mother Frances SportsCARE 7-on-7 League

At Lindsey Park

Thursday’s Scores

First Session —

Robert E. Lee A 26, Lindale A 7; John Tyler A 20, Jacksonville A 19; Bullard 54, T.K. Gorman 14.

Second Session —

Whitehouse JV 34, John Tyler B 32; Jacksonville B 23, Lindale B 19; Troup 33, Grace Community 21.

Third Session —

Lindale A 41, Jacksonville A 32; Robert E. Lee A 40, John Tyler A 25; Bullard 35, Wills Point 21.

Fourth Session —

Robert E. Lee B 41, Whitehouse JV 21; John Tyler B 33, Lindale B 21; T.K. Gorman 33, Troup 7.

Tuesday’s Scores

First Session



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Troup 27, Wills Point 21; Robert E. Lee A 39, John Tyler A 13; T.K. Gorman 26, Grace Community 26; Jacksonville 31 A, Lindale 28.

Second Session



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John Tyler B 28, Jacksonville B 24; Robert E. Lee B 27, Lindale B 6.

Third Session



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Robert E. Lee A 39, Jacksonville A 13; Lindale A 40, John Tyler A 26; Gorman 45, Wills Point 29.

Fourth Session



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Robert E. Lee B 28, John Tyler B 20; Jacksonville B 41, Whitehouse JV 24; Bullard 45, Grace 39

Final Standings

Division I



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Robert E. Lee A 9-3; John Tyler A 6-6; Lindale A 5-7;

Jacksonville A 4-8.

Division II —

Robert E. Lee B 7-1; John Tyler B 5-3 Jacksonville B 4-4; Whitehouse JV 3-5; Lindale B 1-7.

Division III —

Bullard 10-0; Grace Community 6-3;