The Paris High School junior varsity and the ninth grade A and B teams came out victorious in football games Thursday at Wildcat Stadium against Sulphur Springs.
The junior varsity won 14-7, the freshman A team came from two touchdowns down in the fourth quarter to win 35-34, and the freshman B team breezed to a 40-6 victory.
Here are the highlights:
PARIS JV 14, SULPHUR SPRINGS 7 – Shundarius Woodson rushed for 124 yards, including a one-yard touchdown run, and Kevin Jackson added a touchdown on a 67-yard run. Paris coaches praised the play of offensive linemen Geoffrey Smith, Jax Dangerfield, Ethan England, Airion Milton, and Riley Coker. Jordan Samuels had an interception, nine tackles and three pass break-ups. Devin Smith had 10 tackles, including five for loss. Trey Clark had eight tackles.
PARIS NINTH GRADE “A” 36, SULPHUR SPRINGS 35 – Paris rallied from a 35-22 deficit in the fourth quarter. Demarquez Allen’s 8-yard run brought Paris within seven points at 35-28. Ty Gray recovered a Sulphur Springs fumble, setting up Allen’s touchdown pass to Diarva Brown on a 20-yard fade. Disdaining a tie, Allen ran for a 2-point conversion that gave Paris a 36-35 lead that stood up for the victory. Sulphur Springs had two more possessions, but both ended on turnovers — one on Quen Bills’ interception and the other on Treavon Sims’ fumble recovery. Sulphur Springs scored first in the game on a long opening drive, but Allen and Brown combined for a 15-yard touchdown pass that brought Paris to within 7-6. Paris’ Graham Weatherford blocked a punt, and Dren Rollerson scored two plays later from 10 yards out, and Allen’s 2-point conversion gave Paris a 14-7 lead. Another Sulphur Springs touchdown made it 14-13 Paris at the half. Rollerson returned the second-half kickoff 65 yards for a touchdown, and Allen’s 2-point conversion run raised Paris’ lead to 22-13. Sulphur Springs scored 22 straight points on three touchdowns for a 35-22 lead that wouldn’t stand up. Other offensive standouts for Paris were Clint Franklin, Alan Woodby and Cody Conway.
PARIS 9th Grade “B” 40, SULPHUR SPRINGS 6 — Dylan Combs ran for touchdowns of 65, 65 and 35 yards and Jamar Sanders added TD runs of 60 and 25 yards for Paris. Lamarcus Pratt scored the other touchdown for Paris on a 35-yard interception return. Chris Harrell also had an interception for the Wildcat JV. Other defensive standouts were Jadrian Sanders, Dalton Whitmore, Antonio Ellis James McFadden, Dearqwez Coleman and Zack Jones.
Charles Richards Charles Richards moved to Paris in 2004 after retiring from a 40-year career in journalism – the last 26 years as a news writer and sports writer with The Associated Press in Dallas and Washington, D.C. In mid-2004, The Paris News coaxed him out of retirement, and he began covering the police, court and regional beat for The Paris News. Then in early 2005, he was switched to coverage of a sharply divided Paris City Council. He was appointed by the City Council in 2006 to the 12-member City Charter Review Commission, which extensively rewrote the outmoded document. His writing awards include two first-place awards in statewide competition for feature writing. The most recent was his 2005 story on a Paris doctor’s startling use of leeches in a successful attempt to re-attach a man’s severed ear. Over his career, Richards’ interview subjects include Alabama Gov. George Wallace, President Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush, David Koresh, Arnold Palmer, Muhammad Ali and numerous other political and sports figures. He is an alumnus of Texas Tech, where he was editor of the school newspaper. He lives in Paris with his wife, Barbara, who is retired after 30 years as a teacher and high school counselor.
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