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Briarwood's Luke Miskelley (11) in a game between Briarwood and St. Clair County on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Mickey Venable Stadium in Odenville, Alabama.
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Briarwood's William Gray (10) in a game between Briarwood and St. Clair County on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Mickey Venable Stadium in Odenville, Alabama.
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Briarwood's Noah Nall in a game between Briarwood and St. Clair County on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Mickey Venable Stadium in Odenville, Alabama.
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Briarwood's Carson Eddy (44) in a game between Briarwood and St. Clair County on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Mickey Venable Stadium in Odenville, Alabama.
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Briarwood's Luke Miskelley (11) in a game between Briarwood and St. Clair County on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Mickey Venable Stadium in Odenville, Alabama.
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Briarwood's William Gray (10) in a game between Briarwood and St. Clair County on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Mickey Venable Stadium in Odenville, Alabama.
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Briarwood's William Gray (10) in a game between Briarwood and St. Clair County on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Mickey Venable Stadium in Odenville, Alabama.
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Briarwood's William Gray (10) in a game between Briarwood and St. Clair County on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Mickey Venable Stadium in Odenville, Alabama.
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Briarwood's Carson Eddy (44) in a game between Briarwood and St. Clair County on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Mickey Venable Stadium in Odenville, Alabama.
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Briarwood's Ethan Housel (2) in a game between Briarwood and St. Clair County on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Mickey Venable Stadium in Odenville, Alabama.
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Briarwood's Luke Hess (17) in a game between Briarwood and St. Clair County on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Mickey Venable Stadium in Odenville, Alabama.
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Briarwood's Luke Miskelley (11) in a game between Briarwood and St. Clair County on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Mickey Venable Stadium in Odenville, Alabama.
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Briarwood's Luke Miskelley (11) in a game between Briarwood and St. Clair County on Friday, September 30, 2016, at Mickey Venable Stadium in Odenville, Alabama.
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ODENVILLE -- The Briarwood Christian School football team had no problem running past St. Clair County on Friday night at Mickey Venable Field.
The Lions (5-1) rushed for 436 yards and pounded the Saints, 44-6. Briarwood is now 4-0 in Class 5A, Region 5, while the Saints fall to 0-4 in the region.
Briarwood struggled early. Senior quarterback William Gray had his third pass of the game intercepted, and the game was scoreless after the first quarter.
“St. Clair County came out and they matched us early on,” said Briarwood head coach Fred Yancey. “I’m really not terribly surprised. They’re just young. They were playing football the right way. We were making too many mistakes early on.”
Freshman kicker Noah Nall booted a 31-yard field goal to give the Lions a 3-0 lead early in the second quarter. The offense took care of the game from there. Gray scored on a run from 15 yards out four minutes later, giving Briarwood a 9-0 lead. Gray found Carson Eddy for a 25-yard score with 43 seconds until halftime.
Noah Nall kicks 31-yard field goal
Gray rushed for a 6-yard score three minutes into the third quarter to put Briarwood up 23-0. J.R. Tran-Reno scored from five yards out two minutes later to put the Lions ahead 30-0. Eddy rushed for an 11-yard score late in the third quarter to make it a 37-0 lead. Jay Kynerd darted for a 28-yard score in the fourth quarter to give Briarwood a 44-0 advantage.
St. Clair County got its only touchdown with 3:38 left in the game when Jadian Alexander scored from eight yards out.
“Give St. Clair County credit,” Yancey said. “They’re a young team and they did a good job of battling us early on. We wore them down.”
The story of the game was Briarwood’s rushing attack. Nine different players toted the ball for the Lions.
“It was a lot of guys,” Yancey said. “Our line did block pretty well most of the night, and that allowed these backs to find a little room and they give their best shot to them. I was pleased that so many kids got to handle the ball and did a nice job with it.”
Leading the way was Tran-Reno, who rushed for 164 yards on 12 carries. Gray added 90 rushing yards on 12 carries, and Caleb Daniels chipped in with 77 yards on just three carries. Eddy finished with 37 yards on six carries, and Kynerd added 33 yards on three carries.
William Gray scores
Mark Hand had an interception and Jonathan Hill recovered a fumble for Briarwood.
The Lions host Woodlawn next week.
“They’ve got 22 seniors and 20 juniors,” Yancey said. “They have experience. Woodlawn’s a pretty good team. We can’t get off to a slow start against them like we did tonight.”
The win over St. Clair County makes five in a row for Briarwood Christian.
“That’s a good feeling,” Yancey said. “These boys are enjoying that.”