South Jones played host to Pearl River Central and the Blue Devils are heading home with a 54-0 victory over the Braves.

The Blue Devils got their scoring started in the middle of the first quarter as senior quarterback Dylan Spiers connected with junior receiver Devin Gutierrez on a ten-yard passing touchdown capping a four play, 75-yard drive and the successful PAT made the score 7-0 with 6:27 left in the first.

The next touchdown came as senior running back Bryson Penton scampered in from eight yards out capping a three play, 38-yard drive setup by a Blue Devil interception. Another successful PAT extended the lead to 14-0 with 3:35 left in the first.

The third touchdown of the quarter came from the passing game as Spiers connected with senior receiver Daniel Rosine from 31 yards out. This scoring play was setup by a Blue Devil fumble recovery and another successful PAT pushed the lead to 21-0 with 54.4 seconds left in the first quarter.

The next touchdown for the Blue Devils came from the running game as Penton scored his second touchdown of the game, this time from 85 yards out capping a two play, 85-yard drive and another PAT extended the lead to 28-0 early in the second quarter.

The fifth touchdown of the first quarter for the Blue Devils came off a 26-yard rushing touchdown by sophomore running back Hunter Holifield capping a six play, 57-yard drive, but the PAT was missed making the lead 34-0 with 3:19 left in the first half.

The final touchdown of the first half was Spiers’ third passing touchdown of the game as he connected with junior quarterback Terek Whitehead from 42 yards out. Another unsuccessful PAT kept the score at 40-0 with 1:02 left on the clock in the first half.

The first touchdown of the second half came off a 76-yard punt return touchdown by senior defensive back Christian Smith. The successful PAT extended the lead to 47-0 with 10:13 left in the third quarter.

The final touchdown for the Blue Devils came as sophomore running back Christian Roberts rushed from four yards out capping a three play, 39-yard drive and the PAT gave the final score of 54-0 with 4:17 left in the third quarter.

“I am pleased with the way we played tonight,” said PRC head coach Eric Collins. “When you get beat like we have you start looking for reasons why, but we played four really good teams and I knew that we had a really good team as well.”

“We had zero fumbles tonight and no fumbled snaps which has been something we’ve suffered from all year,” added Collins “Our running game played really well and I am pleased with how our sophomores stepped up to the challenge tonight.”

“We did not gap block at all tonight which definitely hurt us and they had too much speed for when we tried to outflank them,” said South Jones head coach Chet Bergalowski. “I told the kids that if they gave their very best tonight, then they are not losers but only then can answer that question.”

“We have to prepare ourselves as best we can mentally and physically for our next opponent,” added Bergalowski. “We have got to continue to try and get better and overcome the difficulties we are facing right now. We are having a hard time blocking and the only way to get better is practice. The mistakes we are making are fixable.”

South Jones falls to 1-5 overall and 0-2 in district play on the season and travels to Natchez next week while PRC improves to 2-4 overall and 1-1 in district play and play host to Laurel next week.