Center Wins Homecoming Over Canton 52-0

Center Roughriders Stadium on Friday, September 23, 2022 –

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The Centers Roughriders varsity football team opened up District 8 4A-2 conference play with a 52-0 win over the Canton Eagles on Friday. The game was the ‘Rider’s 2022 Homecoming football game and it put the CHS season record at 4-1.

Junior quarterback Emonte Cross hit senior receiver Mar Mar Evans on the first play from scrimmage for a 58-yard touchdown and Carlos Hernandez added an extra point kick to give CHS a 7-0 lead with 11:38 remaining in the first quarter. Cross later hit Evans for a 24-yard score with 7:19 left in the first period and Center led 14-0. Cross finished the night with 12 completions on 21 attemps for 200 yards and three touchdowns passing and he had 11 rushes for 2 scores and 172 yards.

Cross broke free for a touchdown run in the first frame for a 44-yard score which helped give the ‘Riders a 21-0 advantage with 2:40 left in the opening frame. A Da’nijhalon  Bo Bo Gipson interception gave Center another possession which led to yet another score in the first period when Kaden Dixon scored on a 64-yard rushing touchdown which gave CHS a 28-0 advantage at the 1:40 mark.

The second quarter saw the Roughriders score on a Cross 75-yard touchdown run and Hernandez later kicked a 21-yard field goal. Center took a 38-0 lead into the lockerroom at the midway intermission. Hernandez was good on seven extra points for the night.

Senior receiver Jake Morris scored on a 16-yard touchdown with 7:38 left in the third stanza and another Hernandez extra point kick gave CHS a 45-0 advantage.

Gipson scored the final touchdown of the game when he intercepted an Eagles pass and returned it for a score with 5:17 remaining in the third quarter.

The Roughriders will travel to Rusk on Friday, September 30, 2022 for a 7:30 p.m. kickoff at Eagles Stadium. Rusk fell on the road to the Alvarado Indians in a non-district game on Friday. The Eagles are 3-1 for the season.