WEST POINT — Aeris Williams is suited to play West Point High School football.
Backed up to its 1-yard line late in the third quarter of a tie game, West Point started out wanting to get some breathing room. What began as an effort to create some space turned into another prototypical march by the Green Wave.
Williams’ 14-yard run capped a 14-play, 99-yard drive that helped West Point beat Lake Cormorant 23-17 in a Mississippi High School Activities Association Class 5A, Region 1 game at McCallister Field.
West Point (3-2, 1-0) overcame an uncharacteristic evening in which it lost two of seven fumbles to open region play with a victory on Homecoming.
For more on this game and the rest of The Dispatch’s coverage of local prep football, see Sunday’s edition.
Here is a list of Friday’s local and state prep football scores, as provided by The Associated Press:
Local
Aberdeen 32, Louisville 21
Ackerman 44, Caledonia 24
Amory 43, Calhoun City 14
Canton Aca. 48, Oak Hill Aca. 15
Columbus 14, Tupelo 0
East Webster 28, St. Andrew’s 0
Evangel Christian 35, Victory Christian 6
Hebron Christian 30, Central Academy 0
Immanuel 42, Park Place Christian Academy 0
Jackson Aca. 41, Heritage Aca. 35
Jackson Prep 49, Starkville Aca. 21
Noxubee County 45, Kemper County 0
Saltillo 42, New Hope 22
Starkville 48, Lanier 0
Walnut 6, Hamilton 0
West Lowndes 14, East Oktibbeha 0
West Oktibbeha 54, Weir 6
West Point 23, Lake Cormorant 17
Winston Aca. 28, Wayne Aca. 19
State
Amanda Elzy 54, Marshall 8
Amite School 29, Tallulah, La. 24
Baldwyn 46, South Pontotoc 7
Bassfield 32, Tylertown 0
Benton Academy 40, Porter’s Chapel Aca. 0
Bogue Chitto 19, Hinds AHS 15
Brandon 35, Terry 21
Brookhaven 31, Wingfield 6
Calhoun Aca. 60, North Sunflower Aca. 0
Callaway 19, Provine 13
Centreville Aca. 41, Brookhaven Aca. 35
Charleston 62, West Tallahatchie 6
Choctaw Central 41, Enterprise Clarke 20
Choctawhatchee, Fla. 56, Tishomingo County 7
Cleveland 28, New Albany 21
Columbia Aca. 35, Sylva-Bay Aca. 7
Corinth 55, Alcorn Central 6
D’Iberville 23, Biloxi 22, OT
De Soto, Ark. 45, Bayou Aca. 6
Deer Creek School 41, Lee Academy, Ark. 6
Delta Aca. 40, Kemper Aca. 30
East Side 14, Greenwood 13
Eupora 28, Ripley 20
Forest 41, Scott Central 6
Franklin Co. 40, Lawrence County 0
French Camp 16, Shaw 14
Gautier 42, Long Beach 12
Germantown 19, Newton County 7
Grenada 30, DeSoto Central 0
Gulfport 42, St. Martin 14
Harrison Central 29, George County 8
Hazlehurst 26, East Marion 8
Hillcrest Christian 14, Prentiss Christian 12
Holly Springs 33, Independence 6
Houlka 28, TCPS 26
Houston 21, Bruce 6
Humphreys Aca. 48, Veritas School 14
Itawamba 55, Okolona 0
Jackson Jim Hill 42, Vicksburg 28
Jefferson County 12, South Pike 6
Kirk Aca. 52, Strider Aca. 16
Lafayette 41, Pontotoc 6
Lake 31, Heidelberg 0
Lamar School 48, Leake Aca. 14
Lewisburg 35, Byhalia 13
Lumberton 22, Poplarville 16
Madison Central 35, Clinton 17
Madison-Ridgeland Aca. 45, Pillow Aca. 10
Magee 62, Florence 34
Manchester Aca. 28, Carroll Aca. 21, OT
Mantachie 44, Hatley 7
Marshall Aca. 28, Indianola Aca. 6
McClain 56, Williams-Sullivan 0
McComb 22, Stone County 7
Mendenhall 36, Port Gibson 7
Middleton, Tenn. 32, New Site 16
Mooreville 35, Kossuth 28
Moss Point 52, East Central 21
Murrah 41, Greenville-Weston 27
Nanih Waiya 54, Clarkdale 21
Natchez 54, Meridian 51
Newton Co. Aca. 41, Heidelberg Academy 18
North Delta 34, Tunica Academy 6
North Forrest 21, Bay Springs 20
North Panola 42, Benton County 8
North Pontotoc 45, Nettleton 26
Northeast Jones 31, Raleigh 8
Noxapater 47, Ethel 6
Oak Grove 31, Forest Hill 0
Ocean Springs 41, Hancock 14
Olive Branch 31, Southaven 28
Oxford 40, Center Hill 27
Parklane Aca. 39, East Rankin Aca. 32
Pascagoula 27, West Harrison County 10
Perry Central 30, St. Patrick 15
Petal 28, Hattiesburg 14
Philadelphia 49, LeFlore County 12
Picayune 21, Pearl River Central 20
Pisgah 14, Puckett 10
Potts Camp 39, Rossville Christian, Tenn. 20
Presbyterian Christian 44, Copiah Aca. 12
Purvis 42, St. Stanislaus 14
Quitman 55, Southeast Lauderdale 30
Russell Christian Academy 55, Calvary Christian 8
Salem 14, Cathedral 12, OT
Sharkey-Issaquena Aca. 32, Tensas, La. 8
Simpson Aca. 32, Central Hinds Aca. 6
South Panola 55, Horn Lake 3
St. Aloysius 33, Hartfield Academy 7
St. Joseph-Greenville 56, Montgomery County 0
St. Joseph-Madison 35, Union 6
Strayhorn 59, Union County 22
Sumrall 36, Collins 35
Taylorsville 32, Seminary 6
Thrasher 35, Biggersville 0
Tri-County Aca. 62, Central Holmes 0
Trinity Episcopal 47, Adams Christian 27
Vardaman 50, H.W. Byers 48
Warren Central 28, Northwest Rankin 7
Water Valley 61, J.Z. George 6
Wayne County 41, Pearl 12
West Bolivar 41, Leland 0
West Marion 40, Pass Christian 6
Wilkinson County 29, Ferriday, La. 6
Wilkinson County Christian Academy 28, Claiborne, La. 8
Winona 27, Kosciusko 20
Yazoo County 39, Riverside 0
Adam Minichino is the former Sports Editor for The Commercial Dispatch.
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