PREP ROUNDUP: Kelly wins big over Chaffee, Cape and Jackson ease by

CHAFFEE (SMNS) -- Kelly scored on its first three offensive possessions and its defense scored on Chaffee's first offensive possession as the Hawks posted a 48-18 road victory Friday night.

Kelly (4-5), which is a first-year varsity program, took the game's opening kickoff and drove 72 yards for a 7-0 lead. Senior Dalton Huffman pulled in an 8-yard pass from sophomore quarterback Kyle Fitzgerald to cap the drive.

The Hawks' defense quickly made it 14-0 when Chaffee quarterback Jordan Wilburn was hit while throwing in Kelly territory. His pass toward the right sideline went backward and was ruled a fumble, which was scooped up by Kelly's Bryan Rogers and returned 54 yards for a touchdown.

Ethan Faries added a 66-yard touchdown run with 41 seconds left in the first quarter for a 21-0 lead.

A 25-yard TD run by junior Maurice Davis midway through the second quarter gave the Hawks a 28-0 lead at halftime.

Chaffee (0-8) scored the first points of the second half, but the Red Devils, who scored a season-high 18 points, never cut the deficit to less than 22 points. Each team scored three touchdowns in the second half.

Faries led the Hawks with 211 yards rushing on 22 carries.

First Quarter

K -- Dalton Huffman 8 pass from Kyle Fitzgerald (Aaron Graham kick), 6:28

K -- Bryan Rogers 54-yard fumble return (Graham kick), 3:27

K -- Ethan Faries 66 run (Graham kick), 0:41

Second Quarter

K -- Maurice Davis 25 run (Graham kick), 5:50

Third Quarter

C -- Devon Nanney 4 run (pass failed), 10:55

K -- Huffman 11 pass from Fitzgerald (kick failed), 7:24

C -- Jordan Wilburn 3 run (pass failed), 3:04

K -- Fitzgerald 1 run (Fitzgerald pass to Huffman), 0:34

Fourth Quarter

K -- Graham 24 pass from Fitzgerald (kick failed), 7:45

C -- Jake Perkins 4 run (pass failed), 0:52

TEAM STATISTICS

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing -- Kelly, Faries 22-211, Fitzgerald 5-19, Brenton James 6-8, Maurice Davis 5-63, Huffman 1-11; Chaffee, Perkins 21-77, Nanney 3-12, Logan Chapman 11-94, Wilburn 4-6, Brennan Miller 1-2, Austin Copeland 2-6.

Passing -- Kelly, Fitzgerald 9-12-0-103; Chaffee, Wilburn 9-15-1-79.

Receiving -- Kelly, Huffman 6-58, Faries 1-15, Davis 1-8, Graham 1-24; Chaffee, Chapman 3-21, Perkins 3-23, Miller 1-5, Kodi Ballard 2-30.

Cape Central 48, Riverview Gardens 8

CAPE GIRARDEAU (SMNS) -- One week removed from suffering a road shutout, the Central Tigers were eager to return home and prove that last week's blunder was just that -- a blunder.

The Tigers scored five first-half touchdowns and forced a running clock in the second half on their way to dismantling the Riverview Gardens Rams 48-8 in the regular-season finale Friday night at Tiger Stadium.

Central (7-2) experienced a rude awakening last week on the road. The Tigers struggled to match up on both sides of the ball against the size of Class 5 Chaminade, which routed Central 40-0 on a cold and rainy night in St. Louis.

"We were so mad about that loss," said junior Al Young, who bounced back Friday with 10 touches for 235 yards and four touchdowns. "At practice, we worked hard to shake that loss off. We came out tonight and just played power football."

The Tigers were thrilled to forget about the muddy field at Chaminade and return to the artificial turf of Tiger Stadium, where they'll face De Soto to begin the Class 4 District 1 tournament.

With 44.88 points, Central barely held off Hillsboro (44.53) to lock up the No. 1 seed for the district tournament and gain home-field advantage. Festus overtook Hillsboro as the No. 2 seed by virtue of the head-to-head tiebreaker.

"It's very important simply because we play at home. We play on turf, and that's a key to our success," Central coach Nathan Norman said. "It's no secret. We're a better football team on turf. We're athletic, we're fast and we make good cuts. I'm not shying away from that one bit."

Jackson 28, Miller Career 14

JACKSON (SMNS) -- The frustration of the Class 4 Miller Career Academy football team was evident throughout much of the second half in the No. 4 Phoenix's game against Jackson on Friday night.

They were undefeated on the season and atop their district standings when they entered The Pit on Friday night, but the Indians were able to spoil that with a 28-14 victory to close out the regular season.

The Phoenix scored with four and a half minutes remaining in the game to pull within two touchdowns of the Indians, but Jackson recovered the ensuing onside kick to halt MCA's chance of a comeback and hand them their first loss of the season.

"They had some frustration, but they kept plugging away and they're so talented that they were able to stay close," Jackson coach Brent Eckley said. "They've got a lot of pride as a program because they had two or three shots where they could've just laid it down and they didn't. We recover that onside kick there up two scores. If they get that one, they can really make it interesting."

Jackson, No. 7 in Class 5, never let MCA make it too interesting, but Eckley said he thought it was "the best team that we have played against this year," and was a gauge for the now 8-1 Indians of how they'll stack up against other talented teams as they head into district action.

"We're going to face teams like this in the playoffs, you know, 8-0 teams, teams that are going to be fast, going to be athletic," Jackson senior quarterback Dante Vandeven said. "This really gave us a good look of where we're at, where we need to progress."