Football final scores – Friday, Sept. 25

FINAL SCORES

Athens …. Athens 24 – Waco Robinson 21 … Athens wins the game on a last second field goal. Improves to 3-2 on the year.

Brownsboro … Brownsboro 47 – Rusk 27 … Brownsboro improves to 2-3.

Cross Roads … Mt. Enterprise 38 – Cross Roads 32 in Overtime. … Cross Roads drops to 2-2 on the year.

Eustace … Eustace 42 – Mildred 32. … Eustace improves its record to 3-2.

Mabank … CANCELLED (No officials)

Malakoff … Malakoff 73 – Scurry-Rosser 27 … Malakoff improves to 5-0 on the year. The game was ended with more than 6 minutes left in the 4th quarter because a Scurry-Rosser coach was hit on the sidelines and injured. Careflight was called. …. Please join us in praying for the Scurry-Rosser coach tonight.

Trinidad … Abbott 54 – Trinidad 8 … FINAL – Game over at halftime via the 45-point rule. Trinidad falls to 2-3 on the season.

TVCC’s Evans named NJCAA Offensive Player of the Week

The record-setting night of Jerod Evans (No. 7) did not go unnoticed.

The Trinity Valley Community College quarterback has been named the NJCAA Offensive Player of the Week for his performance in a 61-32 win against Kilgore College Saturday night.

Evans threw a school record seven touchdown passes in the win. The 6-4 Mansfield sophomore completed 21-of-26 passes for 365 yards. He also rushed for 58 yards and a touchdown.

For the season, Evans has completed 118-of-194 passes for 1,918 yards and 22 touchdowns. He is the nation’s leader in virtually every passing category. He has also rushed for 332 yards and three touchdowns.

Evans and the 3-2 Cardinals are scheduled to be at home Saturday against Texas A&T (formerly SE Prep) at 5 p.m.

Evans sets TVCC school record with 7 TD passes

Jerod Evans (7) escapes pressure in this file photo from earlier this season. (TVCC file photo)
Jerod Evans (7) escapes pressure in this file photo from earlier this season. (TVCC file photo)

By Benny Rogers/TVCC Sports Information

Jerod Evans set a school record for touchdown passes in a single game Saturday night against Kilgore College. He threw seven in the Trinity Valley Community College’s 61-32 win at R.E. St. John Memorial Stadium.

He had previously shared the record at six with Eddie Valdez (1967) and Kyle Postma (2014). Evans tossed six touchdown passes against Kilgore in the opening round of the playoffs last year (a 55-35 win). Continue reading “Evans sets TVCC school record with 7 TD passes”