From The Decatur Daily
ATHENS — Troy Bruce and the Center Point Eagles ran wild on Friday, piling up 430 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns in a 66-36 opening-round victory over East Limestone in the Class 5A playoffs.
Center Point opened the scoring with a 36-yard touchdown pass from Jabari Collier to Harold Holloman with 9:42 to play in the first quarter.
East Limestone tied the game at 7-7 on a 40-yard pass from Gage Hill to Barrett Brown with 6:09 remaining in the first and then Bruce took over.
Bruce scored five of Center Point’s six rushing touchdowns in the first half, scoring from 60, 18, 24, 1 and 66 yards. Collier added a 24-yard touchdown run in the second quarter as Center Point built a 45-7 halftime lead.
Bruce’s sixth rushing touchdown, a 42-yarder, came with 8:27 left to play in the third.
All told, Bruce ran 19 times for 368 yards and six scores. Collier was 5-of-8 passing for 137 yards and a score, while Holloman led the Center Point receivers with three catches for 92 yards and a touchdown. Therman Moore and Ke’marius Horne each caught one pass.
Jordan Gardner then scored four straight rushing touchdowns for East Limestone, finding the end zone from 1, 2, 8 and 16 yards.
Center Point closed out the game, and East Limestone’s season, with touchdown runs from Collier (23 yards) and Malik Brown (5 yards).
Center Point finished with 580 yards of total offense to East Limestone’s 350. Fortune Wheeler led the Indians with 95 yards on 20 carries. Gardner finished with 70 yards on 17 rushes.
East Limestone’s season ends at 5-6. Center Point (8-3) will face Ramsay in next week’s second round.