El Dorado Wildcats Claim Another State Title

The El Dorado Wildcats won the team’s fourth state championship in five years Saturday, defeating the Pine Bluff Zebras 31-24 at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock.

It was a game in which Pine Bluff had an early 10-0 lead early in the first quarter, but saw itself trailing 24-17 by halftime. The El Dorado Wildcats wouldn’t trail again in the game.

Below is the box score for the game.

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score

Pine Bluff……….            10  7  0  7  – 24       Record: (9-4-1)

El Dorado………..           7 17  7  0  – 31       Record: (9-5)

Scoring Summary:

1st 09:48 PBHS – Romar Reades 46 yd run (Austin McGehee kick), 3-55 1:18, PBHS 7 – EDHS 0

04:00 PBHS – Austin McGehee 40 yd field goal, 10-55 4:26, PBHS 10 – EDHS 0

02:21 EDHS – Ty Owens 12 yd pass from Clayton Waldrum (Trent Harter kick), 7-75 1:39, PBHS 10 – EDHS 7

2nd 09:35 EDHS – Clayton Waldrum 1 yd run (Trent Harter kick), 10-89 2:30, PBHS 10 – EDHS 14

07:46 EDHS – Ty Owens 18 yd pass from Clayton Waldrum (Trent Harter kick), 3-5 0:21, PBHS 10 – EDHS 21

03:00 EDHS – Trent Harter 33 yd field goal, 7-29 1:47, PBHS 10 – EDHS 24

00:00 PBHS – Greg Harvey 52 yd blocked FG return (Austin McGehee kick), , PBHS 17 – EDHS 24

3rd 02:52 EDHS – Da. Harris 24 yd pass from Clayton Waldrum (Trent Harter kick), 8-61 3:55, PBHS 17 – EDHS 31

4th 10:37 PBHS – Romar Reades 0 yd fumble recovery (Austin McGehee kick), , PBHS 24 – EDHS 31

 PBHS     EDHS

FIRST DOWNS……………….       11       20

RUSHES-YARDS (NET)…………   42-206   34-114

PASSING YDS (NET)………….       59      229

Passes Att-Comp-Int………..   15-6-2  33-15-0

TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS…..   57-265   67-343

Fumble Returns-Yards……….      0-0      0-0

Punt Returns-Yards…………      0-0      0-0

Kickoff Returns-Yards………     4-98     2-18

Interception Returns-Yards….      0-0     2-10

Punts (Number-Avg)…………   3-38.0   6-35.3

Fumbles-Lost………………      1-1      4-1

Penalties-Yards……………     8-62     9-53

Possession Time……………    25:11    22:49

Third-Down Conversions……..  4 of 13  5 of 13

Fourth-Down Conversions…….   0 of 4   0 of 0

Red-Zone Scores-Chances…….      0-1      4-4

Sacks By: Number-Yards……..     2-18      1-9

RUSHING: Pine Bluff-La. Skelton 16-112; Romar Reades 7-63; Kentorius White 5-30; Trevor Hunt 7-11; Daniel Ryles 1-4; David Beasley 2-1; Casey Higgins 3-0; Austin McGehee 1-minus 15. El Dorado-Ja. Willis 17-77; Clayton Waldrum 14-35; Ty Owens 1-13; TEAM 2-minus 11.

PASSING: Pine Bluff-La. Skelton 6-15-2-59. El Dorado-Clayton Waldrum 15-33-0-229.

RECEIVING: Pine Bluff-Tyran Simmons 2-18; William Gragg 2-9; Casey Higgins 1-23; Trevor Hunt 1-9. El Dorado-Ty Owens 7-106; Da. Harris 4-69; Kawon Love 3-45; Chr. Mclaughlin 1-9.

INTERCEPTIONS: Pine Bluff-None. El Dorado-Ja. Williams 1-11; Darriake Rogers 1-minus 1.

FUMBLES: Pine Bluff-Austin McGehee 1-1. El Dorado-Clayton Waldrum 2-1; Ty Owens 1-0; Kawon Love 1-0.

Stadium: War Memorial Stadium  Attendance: 7916

Kickoff time: 6:30 pm   End of Game: 9:20 p.m  Total elapsed time: 2:50

Officials: Referee: M. Rottinghaus; Umpire: Jay Hefner; Linesman: Stuart Norton;

Line judge: Ed Dow; Back judge: Richard Martin;

Temperature: 40        Wind: NW at 12  Weather: Partly Cloudy

MVP: Clayton Waldrum

BURLSWORTH WINNERS

PBHS: #78 Dasmine Johnson

EDHS: #73 Randall Farlin

SACKS (UA-A): Pine Bluff-Romar Reades 1-0; Kendrick Lasley 1-0. El

Dorado-Braxton Manning 1-0.

TACKLES (UA-A): Pine Bluff-Kendrick Lasley 6-1; Jay. Williams 5-1;

Braylon Jones 3-3; Romar Reades 3-2; Brandon Lee 3-2; Greg Harvey 3-1; Trevor

Hunt 2-2; David Beasley 1-3; John Tate 1-3; Earnett Adams 1-2; Dasmine Johnson

0-3; Joshua Willis 1-1; William Gragg 1-0; Joseph Scott 1-0; Tyran Simmons 1-0.

El Dorado-Braxton Manning 6-4; Brandon Trostle 5-5; L. Levingston 4-4; Chr.

Jefferson 3-5; Tevin Merritt 3-5; Jacob Daniels 1-4; Bijhon Jackson 3-1; Rhett

Conner 2-2; Ja. Williams 0-3; Earnest Reed 1-1; Ja. Willis 1-0; Martez Modica

0-1; Kaleb Dull 0-1; Noah Pierce 0-1; Darriake Rogers 0-1.

Player participation: 

Pine Bluff: 1-La. Skelton, 2-Braylon Jones, 4-David Beasley, 5-Joseph Scott, 7-William Gragg, 9-John Tate, 11-Kendrick Lasley, 12-Jay. Williams, 15-Austin McGehee, 16-Casey Higgins, 21-Greg Harvey, 25-Brandon Lee, 28-Trevor Hunt, 30-Kentorius White, 33-Daniel Ryles, 44-Romar Reades, 45-Justin Williams, 59-Earnett Adams, 78-Dasmine Johnson, 79-Joshua Willis, 80-Tyran Simmons.

El Dorado: 3-Ty Owens, 6-Chr. Mclaughlin, 7-Kawon Love, 9-Darriake Rogers, 10-Clayton Waldrum, 11-Trent Harter, 15-Rhett Conner, 16-Kaleb Dull, 17-Ja. Williams, 19-Brandon Trostle, 23-Chr. Jefferson, 29-Martez Modica, 31-Da. Harris, 32-Ja. Willis, 39-Braxton Manning, 44-Jacob Daniels, 47-Noah Pierce, 50-Dalton Gosvenor, 60-L. Levingston, 72-Earnest Reed, 78-Bijhon Jackson, 79-Tevin Merritt.