FRIDAY RECAP EXTRA (Week 9): Catholic falls in another one-score game; Pike Road, Autauga Academy romp

COMBINED REPORTS

St. Michael 38, Catholic 31

Catholic dropped its third consecutive one-score game as the Cardinals defeated the Knights 38-31 on Friday night.

Will Blackwell completed 16 of 28 passes for 264 yards and three touchdowns in the loss. Eli Nunnelly caught six of those completions for 118 yards and three touchdowns.

KJ Johnson rushed for 114 yards and a touchdown on 21 carries.

Catholic (5-5) will take a week off before playing host to St. Paul’s Episcopal in the first round of the Class AA Private playoffs on Nov. 6.  

Autauga Academy 63, Lowndes Academy 20

PRATTVILLE -- Laythan Rybarczyk rushed for 240 yards and four touchdowns on 18 carries to lead the Generals past Lowndes Academy 63-20 on Friday night. Rybarczyk also had an 11-yard reception, kicked an extra point, made four tackles on defense and had two interceptions.   

Drez Lee rushed for 99 yards and a pair of touchdowns on five carries and passed 28 yards for a touchdown. He added 114 yards on three kickoff returns.

Ladarius Lockley added 11 yards on a pair of carries and Carson Trotter had a 17-yard touchdown on his only reception. Zy Harvery added 57 yards and a pair of touchdowns on seven carries.

Defensively, Lockley led the Generals with seven tackles, including three for loss and a sack, along with a fumble recovery. Ethan Wainwright had six tackles, including one for loss and a sack, and Robert Davis had six tackles, along with one for loss and a sack. Weston Ware had four tackles, along with one for loss and one sack, along with two forced fumbles, and Trotter and Charlie Esco added three tackles each.

Autauga Academy (7-2) improved to 7-2 in Region 1 play and will close out the regular season on Thursday against Valiant Cross at the Emory Folmar Soccer Complex in a game moved from Oct. 9. An Autauga win would give the Generals the second seed in the upcoming Class AAA playoffs and a first-round home game against Morgan, Banks or Southern.

Lowndes Academy (4-5) dropped to 4-5 in Region 1 play and will close out the regular season at home against Wilcox Academy on Friday. The Rebels will play host to Bessemer Academy in two weeks in the first round of the Class AA playoffs.

Pike Road 39, Rehobeth 0

REHOBETH -- Quinton Robinson rushed for 126 yards and a pair of touchdowns on nine carries as the Patriots cruised past Rehobeth 39-0 on Friday night.

The Patriots scored a pair of touchdowns in each of the first two quarters to take a comfortable lead into the second half.

Gunner Gibbs completed 8 of 15 passes for 247 yards and a touchdown. Briece Baker had four receptions for 102 yards, Marquette Allen had three catches for 92 yards and Caiden Thomas had two receptions for 25 yards.

Tavaris Capurs rushed for 50 yards and a touchdown on five carries, Kwat Richards rushed for 40 yards and a touchdown on five carries and William Ballard added 16 yards on seven carries.

Caleb Flowers led the Pike Road defense with seven tackles and an interception. Zevin Boyd had five tackles and Jhaylon Smith and Trevor Surfield had four tackles each.

Pike Road (7-2) returns home to play host to Hewitt-Trussville on Thursday.