The Jackrabbits got off to a slow start only rushing for 22 yards in the first quarter while the Greenville Lions jumped off to an early 8 point lead on a 3 yard run by Alton Dennis and a 2 point conversion.Early in the second quarter Peter Smith ran for 33 yards to get the Jackrabbits back in the game.On the Jackrabbits next possession they fumbled and Greenville’s Tristan Farley returned the fumble and ran 58 yards for a Lion score. Trailing 15 to 7 midway through the second quarter the Jackrabbits Peter Smith got untracked and rushed for another touchdown and finished the half with 156 yards.With just 2 seconds remaining in the half Tucker Burke nailed a 31 yard field goal to give the Jackrabbits a 18 – 15 halftime lead. Later in the third quarter Peter Smith scored his 3rd touchdown on a 17 yard run giving the Jackrabbits a 25 – 15 lead.Peter Smith had 239 yards rushing and scored three touchdowns leading the Jackrabbits to the season opening win.
The tenacious Jackrabbit defense held Greenville to only 79 yards of total offense while the offense rolled up 354 yards. Forney quarterback Blake Branton completed 7 of 12 passes for 47 yards and rushed for 57 yards. Rodney Henderson caught 3 passes for 5 yards and Juan Villareal caught 2 passes for 31 yards. kezie Camp and Joseph Zmolik each caught 1 pass. The Jackrabbits were penalized 8 times for 75 yards.
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2
3
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Final
Greenville
8
7
0
0
15
Forney
0
18
7
0
25
First Down
RushYds
PassYds
Pass
Punt-Avg
Pnlty
Fmb-Lost
Greenville
6
39-79
0
0-1-0
6-32.2
2-10
4-2
Forney
15
44-300
54
8-13-0
2-21.5
8-75
3-2
Player Stats
Rushing
Passing
Receiving
Blake, Branton
Forney
9-57
7-12-0-47
-
Brashier, Evan
Forney
3-9
-
-
Camp, Kezie
Forney
4-(-6)
1-1-0-7
1-11
Henderson, Rodney
Forney
-
-
3-5
Smith, Peter
Forney
27-239
-
1-0
Villareal, Juan
Forney
-
-
2-31
Warren, Seth
Forney
1-1
-
-
Zmolik, Joseph
Forney
-
-
1-7
Dennis, Alton
Greenville
19-36
0-1-0-0
-
Finney, Ty
Greenville
1-2
-
-
Prado,
Greenville
4-13
-
-
Williams, Dakieston
Greenville
15-28
-
-
Scoring
Greenville - Alton Dennis 3 run (Da'tyreun Finney run)
