Pleasantville wins high-scoring affair against L-S football

SULLY — Jace Johnson returned the opening kickoff 86 yards for a touchdown and added two more scores the rest of the way in his first career varsity start for the Lynnville-Sully football team, but the Hawks couldn’t quite keep up with state-ranked Pleasantville during a 47-36 non-district home loss on Friday night.

The Hawks outscored the Class 1A Trojans in the second half but fell behind 13-8 after one quarter and were outscored 21-14 in the second.

Braylon Bingham threw for 257 yards and three scores and rushed for 114 and another touchdown as the Trojans piled up nearly 500 yards of total offense in the road win.

Johnson’s career night included four catches for 70 yards and two scores and a special teams touchdown in his expanded role.

Logan Roff answered Johnson’s opening kickoff with a 3-yard TD run and then Bingham hit Ethan King for a 43-yard score.

That put the Trojans (1-0) in front for good. Roff caught a 56-yard pass from Bingham early in the second and then returned a kickoff 85 yards for the score 36 seconds later.

Dawson James caught two passes for 16 yards and his 6-yard rushing TD came early in the second. His 65-yard kickoff return set up the touchdown.

Connor Deal connected with Johnson on a 32-yard TD pass play in the second, but another Bingham touchdown pass to King with 20 seconds to go in the half extend the Trojans’ lead.

Deal finished 15-of-21 through the air for 157 yards and two scores. He also gained 21 yards on three carries.

Jack Bowlin was Deal’s favorite target. He finished with eight catches for 72 yards and Gavin Fisk added 22 yards on nine carries.

Fisk’s 2-yard TD run was the Hawks’ lone score in the third and Johnson caught a 5-yard TD pass from Deal late in the fourth.

James led the Hawks’ defense with 10.5 tackles. Fisk added eight tackles, JD Richards contributed 6.5 tackles and Wyatt Mathis totaled four tackles.

Ben Squires, Deal and Bowlin each made 3.5 tackles, Michael Spooner collected three tackles, Cameyon James had one sack and Burt Johnson snagged an interception.

Landyn Fisk also averaged 47 yards on his two punts.

Pleasantville (1-0) had a 24-11 advantage in first downs but also committed five penalties for 45 yards.

Owen Rule rushed for 116 yards, Roff had three catches for 91 yards and three total touchdowns and Bingham led the defense with 9.5 tackles.

The Hawks and Trojans are 5-5 against each other since 2012, but Pleasantville has won two straight in the series.