Jackson Academy continues mastery of Hillcrest

By Bryan Eubank

For the second straight week the Raiders dominated a conference foe as they defeated the Hillcrest Christian Cougars 49-8 in South Jackson. They improved to 5-2 on the season and more importantly 4-0 in conference play. All seven touchdowns were scored by different players as JA led 42-0 at halftime. The lone Cougar score came with 0:16 left in the game which ended a conference scoreless streak of 15 quarters for the Raider defense. In 23 meetings between the two schools JA has never lost to Hillcrest.

Offensively JA piled up 224 yards on the ground and 117 yards in the air. Daniel Kennedy, Hayden Tierney, Davis Simmons and Marsei Hogan scored on the ground. David Ford, Connor Carmody and Jace Stanley scored in the air. Junior Quarterback Nick Conley was one of the brightest spots on offense as he went 5-for-8 and 2 TDs to carry his season total to 9 TD passes.

Until the final drive by Hillcrest the JA Defense had limited Hillcrest to 51 yards of total offense. JA was led by Hayes Walker with 7 tackles. Sam Berry recorded 6 tackles, while Hunter Berry picked up 5 and Kent McNamara along with 4 others collected 4 tackles. The defense tallied 11 tackles for loss (including 2 1/2 sacks), 7 pass break ups and 1 interception.Next week the Raiders return to the Brickyard to take on Jackson Prep (6-1) for the 42nd time in school history on Friday, October 11th. Kickoff is at 7:00pm in Jackson, MS. The Countdown to Kickoff Pregame Show will start at 6:00pm on SuperSport 930.