Sports: Lumberjacks Win 103.7 The Buzz Kickoff Classic

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Playing the second game of the night at War Memorial Stadium in Little Rock, the Warren Lumberjacks won a shootout over LR Christian Tuesday night, August, 30th. The game got started just after 7:30 P.M. after CAC defeated Mayflower 48-27.

LR Christian won the toss and deferred resulting in the Lumberjacks receiving the opening kickoff. Starting from their own 35, Warren moved to the opponents 4 yard line where Dennis Daniels scored on a run. The extra point by Sergio Yepes was good and the Jacks led 7-0.

After Yepes kicked off into the end zone, the Lumberjack defense forced a punt and QB Hayden Lassiter quickly hit Treylon Burks for a big gain and at the 5:26 mark, Daniels again found paydirt from a yard out and after the PAT by Yepes, Warren led 14-0.

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LR Christian responded with a 26-yard TD pass to cut the score to 14-7. The Lumberjacks were moving in to score again but fumbled at the Warriors 16. With 9:42 left in the second quarter, LR Christian ran in for a three-yard TD and tied the game. with 8:10 on the clock Lassiter hit Treylon Burks for 42 yards and a score, and Yepes made the game 21-14. At the 6:58 mark, LR Christian scored on a 30-yard pass to again tie the game 21-21. The Lumberjacks responded and Lassiter threw a 15-yard pass to Braden Hargis for a touchdown, and Yepes made the PAT to put Warren back up 28-21. Warren then recovered a short kickoff and got the ball on the LR Christian 30-yard line. With 4:36 remaining in the 2nd, Lassiter struck again with a 30-yard pass to Keemontrae McKnight, and Yepes stayed perfect making the score 35-21, Warren. With 4:07 left in the first half, LR Christian struck with a 54-yard TD pass that the Warren defender just missed. That cut the score to 35-28.

With 1:31 remaining in the half, Hayden Lassiter rushed for a TD from six yards out and Yepes was good to up the lead to 42-28. Warren made a defensive stop with only seconds left in the half to make the score stand at 42-28 in Warren's favor.

Each team scored once in the third quarter. The Lumberjacks on a beautiful six yard run by Lassiter and the Warriors on a seven yard run. Both PAT's were good making the score 49-35 in favor of Warren. Prior to Lassiter's run the Warriors intercepted a pass at the goal line but fumbled the ball back to Warren, giving Warren a fresh first down, that resulted in the touchdown after a 17 play 94 yard drive.

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In the fourth quarter the Jacks added another TD on a nice fourteen yard run by Daniels, behind excellent blocking. The extra point missed. LR Christian then had an eight yard run for a score, but they too missed the point after. The final touchdow came on a 15 yard pass by the Warriors followed by the PAT. Warren covered the onside kick and held on to win 55-48.

The Lumberjacks rushed for 303 yards with Daniels gaining 194 and Lassiter 107. Lassiter completed 17 of 25 passes for 289 yards with one interception. He threw three touchdown passes. McKnight led with 7 catches and a TD, Burks caught 5 for 133 yards and one TD. Braden Hargis had three receptions and a touchdown. Cade Reep and Branden Curry had a catch each.

Warren's defense was lead by Byron Person with 12 tackles, folowed by Luke Gorman with 8, J'malachi Kinnard with 6 and Victor Xharicata with 5. Grayson Ashcraft had three solo tackes and one sack. Dshawn had a very important interception to stop a LR Christian scoring drive.

This game was obviously an offensive battle with the Warren defensive making enough plays to win. After defeating 5A LR Christian, the Jacks will travel to Stuttgart Friday September, 9th to face a very good 4A nonconference Ricebird team. Warren needs a big crowd to attend and support the Lumberjacks.

At the conclusion of the game, Hayden Lassiter was named the Most Valuable Player and presented an award.