SENATOBIA — The Charleston Tigers swallowed the Senatobia Warriors 40-21 here Friday night.
Charleston improved to 3-1 while Senatobia fell to 1-3.
“We came out a little flat, but then we got on a run and started playing well against a good 4A team,” said CHS head coach Scott Martin.
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The two teams combined for 28 first-quarter points.
Senatobia scored on a 14-yard pass at 7:35 in the period to go up 7-0.
Charleston answered with a 26-yard TD pass from Dontarius Cosby to Dequan Street. DeAntre Prince ran in the conversion, and the visitors led 8-7 at the 5:36 mark.
Cosby hit Prince for a 28-yard score at the 1:31 mark, putting CHS up 14-7 after a failed conversion attempt.
The Warriors tied affairs by completing a 48-yard touchdown pass on a third-and-10 play. After the PAT, it was 14 all with 24 seconds in the act.
Fred Hervey ran for a 2-yard TD at 7:32 in the second period to put the visitors up 20-14 at the intermission.
Senatobia blocked a Hervey punt and recovered it for a touchdown at 10:11 in the third period, giving the home team a glimmer of hope and a 21-20 lead.
However, the Tate County euphoria was short-lived as the Tigers hunkered down and took care of business by scoring the last three TDs.
Hervey scored on a 12-yard run at 8:11 in the third (Cosby passed to Laderius Curtis for the conversion), Prince broke away for a 56-yard TD at 11:02 in the fourth and Anthony Truly ran for 5 yards with 5:16 in the final stanza.
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Statistically, Cosby hit on 6-of-10 passes for 120 yards.
Both Prince and Street had two catches apiece for 42 yards each. Hervey had one grab for 24 yards and Kolby Armstead one for 12 yards.
Hervey led the Tigers with 14 carries for 97 yards. Prince had five totes for 94 yards, Quynn Crawford had 13 rushes for 61 yards, Cosby toted nine times for 22 yards and Truly ran three times for 10.
Defensively, Hervey had six solo tackles and two assists. Bo Curtis had three solos and three assists.
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This week, Charleston will travel to Webb to play cross-county rival West Tallahatchie, 2-2 on the season.
“You throw the records out,” said Martin. “It’s an in-county rivalry game and there’s bragging rights on the line. We always have to come out and play hard.”
The Tigers have won the last 30 head-to-head matches with the Choctaws in the series.
IN THE PHOTO: Charleston’s DeAntre Prince carries the football against Senatobia Friday night. Prince ran for 94 yards and one touchdown and also had a receiving TD. (Photo by Kelly Paris)
