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The Drew Central Pirates travelled to Rison on Friday night for their scheduled 8-3A Conference contest on Rison’s Homecoming night still in search of their first win of the season.
Since starting play in conference, the Pirates have lost to McGehee 20-7, Fordyce 62-50, and Lake Village 46-32.
Rison would come into the contest after dropping their previous contest against 8-3A rival McGehee 32-26, it was the only loss for the Wildcats thus far in the season.
Rison would win the coin toss and elected to receive the football to begin the contest.
Cam Sanders would line up the ball for the opening kickoff and would attempt an onside kick that would be recovered by Drew Central’s Kris Jones giving the Pirates possession at the Rison 49 yardline.
Cy Spatafora would get the first carry of the contest for a three-yard gain to the Rison 46.
Cam Sanders would advance the ball to the 31 on the next two carries.
Drew Central would continue to move the ball on the ground and on the first pass of the contest, Chase Knowles would connect with Bernard Pitts for an 11-yard gain to the Rison 12.
Ashton Govan moved the ball to the five with Spatafora gaining to the two.
Cyrus Remley would cover the two yards for the Pirate touchdown.
The two-point try failed as the Pirates went up 6-0.
Rison would start their next drive at their own 46, but two offsides penalties against the Pirates would move the ball down to the Drew Central 44.
The Wildcats would move the ball to the Drew Central five in three plays and after a four-yard gain to the one by Christian Reeves, Kyson Walker would take the ball in for the Rison touchdown.
Reeves added the extra point to take the 7-6 lead.
Reeves would kick the ball into the endzone for a touchback with the Pirates taking possession at their own 20.
The Pirate offense couldn't get much going on the drive with the team being forced to punt the ball away from their own 29 with Rison taking over at their own 39 after the punt.
The Wildcats would continue to run the ball with quarterbackLogan McGarity extending the lead to 13-6.
Drew Central would once again be forced to punt on their drive after penalties hurt their progression.
Rison would get good field position after the punt, starting their drive at the Drew Central 42.
Extending their drive into the second quarter, Rison would extend the lead to 19-6 after the second touchdown of the night by Walker.
The Pirates would cut into the Wildcat lead on their next possession after beginning their drive at their own 35.
Sticking to the ground game, the Pirates would move into Wildcat territory on a 16-yard pass from Knowles to Govan.
After Moving to the Rison 26, Sanders would break free for the touchdown to cut the lead to 19-12.
Rison would turn the ball over on downs on the next possession and the Pirates would take advantage on the drive with Knowles scoring on a six yard run to cut the lead to 19-18.
The Wildcats would add two scores before halftime to hold a 35-18 lead at the break.
Rison would get a turnover after the half and added a score to go up 43-18,
Drew Central would cut into the lead after Knowles scored from six yards and added the conversion to cut the score to 43-26.
Rison added a score before the fourth quarter to extend the lead to 49-26.
The Pirates would score in the fourth quarter to cut the lead to 49-32, but the Wildcats would get a final touchdown, extending the lead to 55-32.
The Pirates scored the last touchdown of the contest with 24 seconds remaining in the game on a 36-yard run by Govan and an added conversion to set up the final score of 55-40 in favor of the Wildcats.
Drew Central will get a week of rest before traveling to West Helena on October 30 to face the Cougars.
Drew Central and West Helena are set to kickoff at 7 pm.
