For Southern Sports & Travel, By Brad Greer
The North Delta Green Wave put their brand new No.5 Academy AA ranking on the line Friday night as they took a trip across the mighty Mississippi River into Arkansas to square off against the Marvell Eagles.
Led by Bryan Nickle and Tres Brasell's two touchdowns each, the Green Wave raced out to a commanding 20-0 halftime lead then cruised home the rest of the way to take a 33-14 victory to improve to 5-1 on the season. Marvell saw their record fall to 4-3 on the year.
The first quarter saw four turnovers as both teams turned the ball over twice each in the first twelve minutes. North Delta coughed up the pigskin on their first possession as Brasell fumbled on the Marvell 37 after a 13-yard gain. After holding the Eagles to three-and-out on their opening drive, Brasell redeemed himself by scoring from 14 yards out to cap off a six-play, 56-yard drive to give the Green Wave a 7-0 lead after Kyle Devazier added the extra point attempt. Following the kickoff, North Delta got the ball back on the very next play from scrimmage as John Cody Dalrymple picked off a Dakota Geisler pass at the Eagle 30-yard line. After a personal foul penalty moved the ball to the Marvell 15, North Delta turned the ball over yet again when Michael Magee was striped of the ball on the Eagle nine-yard line.
The Wave got the ball back on the later in the drive as Will Dunlap pounced on a fumble by Clay Harper at the Marvell 45 with 1:15 left in the quarter.
Six plays later, North Delta capitalized on the turnover as Brasell (photo right) took a toss sweep and raced untouched 32 yards for the score with 11:07 remaining in the half to give North Delta a 13-0 lead after Devazier point after sailed wide right.Brasell finished the night with 12 carries for 93 yards to give the senior tailback 369 yards rushing and nine touchdowns on the season.
North Delta extended their lead to 20-0 with 4:11 left as Nickle finished off a 11-play, 75-yard drive by calling his own number on a 25-yard scoring run with Devazier adding the PAT.
The Green Wave made the most of running only four plays from scrimmage in the third quarter by finding the endzone on two of the plays to extend their lead to 33-0. Following a Eagle punt, Nickle hit Dalrymple on a perfectly-placed 37-yard touchdown pass with 9:12 showing on the clock. North Delta finished out their scoring later in the quarter as Nickle scored again from 25 yards out at the 4:52 mark of the third quarter with Devazier booting the PAT. The drive started on the Eagle 25 after Carson Bailey recovered a Geisler fumble.
Marvell, (4-3), avoided the shutout by scoring on a 34-yard touchdown reception from Geisler to Matthew Box with 37 seconds left in the third period and a one-yard run by Hunter Wilson with 29 seconds remaining in the game.
Taylor Morris followed Nickle and Brasell in the rushing column with seven carries for 23 yards while making six tackles from his linebacker position. Magee added five carries for 42 yards while Catlin McArthur had one carry for one yard. Nickle meanwhile was two-of-seven passing for 45 yards with both of his completions going to Dalrymple. Nickle leads the team with 582 yards rushing and six touchdowns.
Derrick Shawn led the defensive charge with 11 tackles while Sy Pritchard followed with eight stops. Will Reynolds added five tackles while Tyler Toole chipped in with three tackles-for-loss.
North Delta returns home Friday to celebrate homecoming 2010 by hosting West Memphis, (Ark.) in a District 1-AA matchup starting at 7:30
Led by Bryan Nickle and Tres Brasell's two touchdowns each, the Green Wave raced out to a commanding 20-0 halftime lead then cruised home the rest of the way to take a 33-14 victory to improve to 5-1 on the season. Marvell saw their record fall to 4-3 on the year.
The first quarter saw four turnovers as both teams turned the ball over twice each in the first twelve minutes. North Delta coughed up the pigskin on their first possession as Brasell fumbled on the Marvell 37 after a 13-yard gain. After holding the Eagles to three-and-out on their opening drive, Brasell redeemed himself by scoring from 14 yards out to cap off a six-play, 56-yard drive to give the Green Wave a 7-0 lead after Kyle Devazier added the extra point attempt. Following the kickoff, North Delta got the ball back on the very next play from scrimmage as John Cody Dalrymple picked off a Dakota Geisler pass at the Eagle 30-yard line. After a personal foul penalty moved the ball to the Marvell 15, North Delta turned the ball over yet again when Michael Magee was striped of the ball on the Eagle nine-yard line.
The Wave got the ball back on the later in the drive as Will Dunlap pounced on a fumble by Clay Harper at the Marvell 45 with 1:15 left in the quarter.
Six plays later, North Delta capitalized on the turnover as Brasell (photo right) took a toss sweep and raced untouched 32 yards for the score with 11:07 remaining in the half to give North Delta a 13-0 lead after Devazier point after sailed wide right.Brasell finished the night with 12 carries for 93 yards to give the senior tailback 369 yards rushing and nine touchdowns on the season.
North Delta extended their lead to 20-0 with 4:11 left as Nickle finished off a 11-play, 75-yard drive by calling his own number on a 25-yard scoring run with Devazier adding the PAT.
The Green Wave made the most of running only four plays from scrimmage in the third quarter by finding the endzone on two of the plays to extend their lead to 33-0. Following a Eagle punt, Nickle hit Dalrymple on a perfectly-placed 37-yard touchdown pass with 9:12 showing on the clock. North Delta finished out their scoring later in the quarter as Nickle scored again from 25 yards out at the 4:52 mark of the third quarter with Devazier booting the PAT. The drive started on the Eagle 25 after Carson Bailey recovered a Geisler fumble.
Marvell, (4-3), avoided the shutout by scoring on a 34-yard touchdown reception from Geisler to Matthew Box with 37 seconds left in the third period and a one-yard run by Hunter Wilson with 29 seconds remaining in the game.
Taylor Morris followed Nickle and Brasell in the rushing column with seven carries for 23 yards while making six tackles from his linebacker position. Magee added five carries for 42 yards while Catlin McArthur had one carry for one yard. Nickle meanwhile was two-of-seven passing for 45 yards with both of his completions going to Dalrymple. Nickle leads the team with 582 yards rushing and six touchdowns.
Derrick Shawn led the defensive charge with 11 tackles while Sy Pritchard followed with eight stops. Will Reynolds added five tackles while Tyler Toole chipped in with three tackles-for-loss.
North Delta returns home Friday to celebrate homecoming 2010 by hosting West Memphis, (Ark.) in a District 1-AA matchup starting at 7:30
