HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Trojans make Bob Jones pay for early lead
MADISON – Third-ranked 6A team Muscle Shoals made the 7A Bob Jones Patriots pay for jumping out to an early 9-0 lead in the game’s first four minutes. The Trojans posted 31 consecutive points in a 46-19 win at Madison City Schools Stadium.
The Trojan’s Logan Smothers showed why is a Nebraska commit running for three scores and tossed a 32-yard touchdown pass to Ty Smith as Muscle Shoals improved to 2-0.
For the touchdown, Caden Rose hit Slate Alford on a 5-yard play with 8:07 left in the first quarter.
Bob Jones wouldn’t touch the scoreboard again until the third quarter while the Trojans answered with 31 points. They would extend that lead with two more touchdowns and a 2-point conversion before the middle of the fourth quarter.
The Patriots will host cross-city rival and region foe James Clemens (0-2) at Madison City Stadium on Friday.
Other area high school football scores:
James Clemens, 37, Clay-Chalkville 38
Madison Academy 17, Lawrence County 7
Sparkman 48, Hazel Green 14
Albertville 61, Columbia 0
Austin 56, Decatur 14
Huntsville 30, Mae Jemison 15
Madison County 46, Westminster Christian Academy 23
New Hope 27, Section 0
St. John Paul II Catholic 37, East Lawrence 13
