Great Falls

WARE SHOALS — It was a game of big plays Saturday night at Tommy Davis Field in Ware Shoals, and Ladarius Hawthorne proved to be the biggest playmaker of them all. He had 259 of 413 total yards for the Hornets as they eliminated the Great Falls Red Devils from the Class A Division II playoffs in the second round, 31-21.

GREAT FALLS — Great Falls began its run towards a second straight trip to the Class A Division II title game by winning a tougher than perhaps expected first-round game 33-18 against Hunter-Kinard-Tyler on Friday night at Pride Valley.

GREAT FALLS — The Great Falls Red Devils broke out some sharp new uniforms for Homecoming that were donated by a couple close friends of the program.

McBEE — Great Falls turned in a superlative defensive effort, and matched it with a dominant ground game to subdue McBee 35-6.

GREAT FALLS — The real season started Friday night for the Red Devils, who overwhelmed North Central, 59-0, in the Region 3-A opener for both schools. The bumps and bruises of a rugged non-region schedule evidently paid dividends for the Red Devils, who racked up 372 total yards while limiting the Knights to only 104 and six first downs.

CHESTER — A pass attempt from Cyclones quarterback Tony McNeal to receiver Jeremy Hughes was intercepted by Great Falls defensive back Terrance Jeter on the first play from scrimmage.

GREAT FALLS -- Pride was the theme of the night on Friday at Pride Valley as the Great Falls Red Devils pounced all over the Lions of Carolina Pride 46-2 to give coach Ken Schofield his 100th win at the school.

FORT MILL — The Great Falls Red Devils bounced back from a tough opening-week loss with a hard-fought 22-15 win against a much-improved Falcons team from Nation Ford on Friday night in Fort Mill.

GILBERT — After the third play of the second quarter, Gilbert looked to be in complete control and the coronation of its brand-new Tomahawk Stadium would be about all of the drama that would remain.

It was more than fitting that the decisive play in a scoreless battle was made by the defense during the second period.