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closeYORK — York got on the board first, but South Pointe countered with a downpour of offense to take a 40-7 non-region win.
South Pointe improved to 5-0 with the win. York fell to 3-2 with its second straight loss.
South Pointe coach Bobby Carroll was glad to get the game in despite the rain, sloppy field conditions and the lack of stadium lights on the north end of Pratt Field. The Stallions were already looking at a short week to prepare for Northwestern on Thursday night at District Three Stadium.
That game will pit two of the top three teams in the state.
The Cougars stopped South Pointe’s first offensive possession after three plays, then marched 47 yards on four plays to score the game’s first touchdown. Quastin Walker hit paydirt after a 12-yard run. Logan Bass’ PAT gave York a short-lived 7-0 lead.
Walker finished with 82 yards on 18 carries.
South Pointe’s Stephon Gilmore wasted little time retaliating. He capped a five-play, 80-yard drive with a 49-yard scoring run to make it 7-6.
Gilmore threw to Ryan Heitkamp on the second play of the second quarter to put South Pointe on top 12-7. It was the first of four touchdowns in the quarter.
Quinten Darby, a 6-0, 220-pound junior running back, had back-to-back long scoring runs. He galloped 90 yards for his first touchdown on a first-down play. He scored again on his next touch. Darby took a handoff from Gilmore, darted left, and was off to the races again for a 63-yard score. Darby had 191 yards on just seven carries.
Gilmore had three carries for 54 yards rushing and was 2-for-4 for 42 yards through the air. Both were finished after the first half.
Alabama Crimson Tide running backs coach Burton Burns was at the game. Alabama is one of several schools courting Gilmore. One has to wonder if Burns took down some notes on Darby.
South Pointe added a fourth, second-quarter touchdown with less than two minutes to go before intermission.
Gilmore directed the spread offense as the rain let up for a two-minute drive. He connected on a 33-yard pass to Charles Holmes to the Cougars’ 6-yard line. Gilmore ran in two plays later for a 33-7 bulge.
South Pointe came out in a wishbone offense alternating handoffs to Darby and Devin Wherry. The conditions made the set a necessity.
“This was good grind-it-out football weather,” Carroll said. “We stalled on that first drive, but then we got it going and Darby had a great game. It is good to be 5-0. We are still just a three-year-old program.”
South Pointe’s Devonte Holloman returned a punt 56 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter. The Stallions’ special teams have scored in all five games this season.
SOUTH POINTE 40, YORK 7
South Pointe.....6.....27.....7.....0.....—.....40
York.....7.....0.....0.....0.....—.....7
SCORING SUMMARY
Y —Adrion Crawford 12 run (Logan Bass kick)
SP —Stephon Gilmore 49 run (kick failed)
SP —Ryan Heitkamp 9 pass from Gilmore (run failed)
SP — Quinten Darby 90 run (kick failed)
SP — Darby 67 run (Wherry run)
SP — Gilmore 6 run (Graham Tuttle kick)
SP — Devonte Holloman 56 punt return (Tuttle kick)
TEAM STATISTICS
.....SPHS.....YCHS
First downs.....11.....11
Rushes-yards.....30-342.....50-192
Comp-Att-Int .....2-5-0.....0-2-0
Passing yards.....42.....0
Fumbles-lost.....1-0.....6-0
Penalties-yards.....7-60.....4-30
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING — South Pointe: Devin Wherry 9-58, Quinten Darby 7-191, Stephon Gilmore 3-54, CC Jones 7-30, Corey Rawls 3-6, Raphael Ratliff 1-3. York: Quastin Walker 18-82, Adrion Crawford 8-25, Nick Feemster 7-24, Taylor McSwain 8-30, Datron Lowry 1-0, Travis McConnell 3-26, Cory Dover 3-0, Vernon Mills 2-5.
PASSING — South Pointe: Gilmore 2-4-42, Rawls 0-1-0. York: Crawford 0-2-0.
RECEIVING — Charles Holmes 1-33, Ryan Heitkamp 1-9. York: None
RECORDS — South Pointe 5-0; York 3-2
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