Pillow moves closer to North AAA title
Courtesy of The Greenwood Commonwealth
Pillow Academy dominated Heritage Academy from the opening kickoff and moved one step closer to a North AAA Division II championship.
The Mustangs led 28-7 at the half and cruised to a 42-14 victory here Friday night against an outmanned Heritage team.
The Mustangs move to 7-1 overall, 4-1 in the North AAA.
Pillow needs to win just one of its final two games to wrap up its second conference title in Michael Fair's three years as head coach.
"This was a big win for us as we pursue our goal of a conference championship," said Fair, whose team plays at Jackson Academy this week before closing out the regular season at home against Starkville Academy. "We came out ready to play and took it to them early. I am real proud of the way our guys played."
PA quickly went up 7-0 on Heritage on a 2-yard touchdown run by Ja' Quez Taylor. It was the first of four rushing touchdowns on the night for the senior tailback, who finished with a team-high 78 yards on 12 carries.
In the second quarter, junior quarterback Landon Taylor put his team up 14-0 with a 7-yard scoring run.
After Heritage made it 14-7, J. Taylor had a 2-yard touchdown run to put PA back up by 14.
Then right before the half, L. Taylor hit Zack Davis with a 6-yard touchdown pass to make it 28-7 at the break.
J. Taylor closed out the scoring for Pillow in the third quarter with touchdown runs of 4 and 15 yards.
Junior tailback Myers Falls finished with 60 yards on 11 carries as the Mustangs finished with 210 yards on the ground.
L. Taylor completed 9 of 15 passes for 116 yards and a touchdown.
Senior fullback Luke Kimmel had three catches for 40 yards, while Charles Nause had two grabs for 48 yards and Anthony Ola had two for 30 yards.
"Offensively we ran the ball well early. Our running backs ran hard, and the line played well in front of them," Fair said. "I thought we threw the ball pretty well, and the receivers ran good routes."
Linebackers Luke Kimmel and Conner Sewell led the defense with five solo tackles each. Lineman Richard Shaw had a sack and an interception.
Defensive end Alec Dunn had three tackles, a sack and caused a fumble.
Courtesy of The Greenwood Commonwealth
Pillow Academy dominated Heritage Academy from the opening kickoff and moved one step closer to a North AAA Division II championship.
The Mustangs led 28-7 at the half and cruised to a 42-14 victory here Friday night against an outmanned Heritage team.
The Mustangs move to 7-1 overall, 4-1 in the North AAA.
Pillow needs to win just one of its final two games to wrap up its second conference title in Michael Fair's three years as head coach.
"This was a big win for us as we pursue our goal of a conference championship," said Fair, whose team plays at Jackson Academy this week before closing out the regular season at home against Starkville Academy. "We came out ready to play and took it to them early. I am real proud of the way our guys played."
PA quickly went up 7-0 on Heritage on a 2-yard touchdown run by Ja' Quez Taylor. It was the first of four rushing touchdowns on the night for the senior tailback, who finished with a team-high 78 yards on 12 carries.
In the second quarter, junior quarterback Landon Taylor put his team up 14-0 with a 7-yard scoring run.
After Heritage made it 14-7, J. Taylor had a 2-yard touchdown run to put PA back up by 14.
Then right before the half, L. Taylor hit Zack Davis with a 6-yard touchdown pass to make it 28-7 at the break.
J. Taylor closed out the scoring for Pillow in the third quarter with touchdown runs of 4 and 15 yards.
Junior tailback Myers Falls finished with 60 yards on 11 carries as the Mustangs finished with 210 yards on the ground.
L. Taylor completed 9 of 15 passes for 116 yards and a touchdown.
Senior fullback Luke Kimmel had three catches for 40 yards, while Charles Nause had two grabs for 48 yards and Anthony Ola had two for 30 yards.
"Offensively we ran the ball well early. Our running backs ran hard, and the line played well in front of them," Fair said. "I thought we threw the ball pretty well, and the receivers ran good routes."
Linebackers Luke Kimmel and Conner Sewell led the defense with five solo tackles each. Lineman Richard Shaw had a sack and an interception.
Defensive end Alec Dunn had three tackles, a sack and caused a fumble.
