By Johnny Sanders, Sports Editor
ALICEVILLE – The Center Point Eagles improved to 2-0 Friday night as they traveled to Aliceville to take on the Yellow Jackes in a game that saw tough defense and a continuation of “ground and pound” offense the Eagles are hitting the field with this year. Center Point walked away from their second-straight road game with a 22-14 victory, despite being behind in the third quarter.
The Eagles got the scoring started in the first quarter as Jaquoryae Busby caught a 6 yard pass from Deon Moore, the first of a pair for this connection on the night. Center Point added a two-point conversion to make it 8-0 after one quarter of play.
In the second quarter, the Yellow Jackets would answer with a touchdown of their own on a three-yard touchdown run. Aliceville would be successful in their two-point attempt to tie the game going into the half.
Aliceville would come out of the locker room swinging, gaining their first lead of the game on a six-yard touchdown run. The two point try would fail, making it 14-8 Yellow Jackets and the early season unblemished record looked to be in jeopardy for the Eagles.
Deon Moore would not be denied on this night, however. Still in the third quarter, Moore would find Busby once again for a touchdown. This time, it would be from 22 yards out. The two point try would fail, making it a tied ball game at 14.
Before the third quarter was over, Moore would add a 19-yard run to put Center Point up 20-14 heading into the final frame.
Aliceville would find no success on offense as the Center Point defense held serve and closed out the game with a Jaquoryae Busby safety to make the final 22-14.
Moore did it all on offense, tallying 8 completions on 20 attempts with 56 yards and two touchdowns to go with 68 yards on the ground in 13 attempts and another touchdown. His most popular target on the night was Busby, who finished with three receptions for 25 yards and 2 touchdowns.
Coach George Bates said the following about the game. “It was good to play in bad weather conditions. We have to prepare for each opponent properly to have the desired play and outcome. We did not, so the football gods stepped in and forced us to refocus on our weekly preparation by making Friday night tougher than it should have been. We have another week to hone our skills so we will see Friday what we learned from this. We are looking forward to being at home after two long away games.”
The Center Point Eagles now find themselves at 2-0 on the season and will finally get a home game this week as they host the Huffman Vikings Friday night.