WEEKEND DIGEST -- Friday's games

By Rudy Coggins
Published in Sports on October 10, 2015 11:23 PM

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Princeton 15, Hobbton 6

* PRINCETON -- Matt Stallworth's 13-yard, fourth-quarter touchdown run lifted Princeton past Hobbton, 15-6, in their Carolina 1-A Conference game contested at Harvey Brooks Field on Friday evening.

Stallworth ended the night with 72 yards on 17 carries.

Earl Gibson Jr., who led the Bulldogs with a 123-yard rushing effort, put Princeton on the board with a game-tying 46-yard TD gallop in the third quarter. Gibson ran in the two-point conversion to put PHS up 8-6.

Hobbton led 6-0 at halftime.

Jarrett Pearce and Nick Hare combined for 42 yards rushing on nine totes. Overall, Princeton rushed for a season-high 243 yards on 49 carries, including nearly 200 yards in the second half.

The Bulldogs (1-5 overall, 1-1 CC) travel to Spring Creek next Friday.

James Kenan 46,

North Duplin 8

* WARSAW -- James Kenan's defense pitched a shutout for 46 1/2 minutes during its 46-8 triumph over county and Carolina 1-A Conference rival North Duplin on Friday evening.

The Rebels avoided the shutout on Emiliano Mora's 9-yard touchdown run with 1:25 remaining in the game. JP Payton ran in the two-point conversion.

Mora ended the night with 86 yards rushing on 16 attempts.

Payton completed one pass -- a 36-yard strike to Will Archer.

The Tigers, who tumbled to No. 5 in the latest Associated Press 1-A prep poll, have won three straight over the Rebels and 13 of the last 15 meetings since 1983.

JK leads the all-time series 27-7 since 1963.

North Duplin (2-5 overall, 0-2 CC) returns home Friday to face Rosewood. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at H.E. Grubbs Field.

D.H. Conley 59,

C.B. Aycock 21

* HOLLYWOOD CROSSROADS -- D.H. Conley exploded for 31 second-half points and cruised past Charles B. Aycock, 59-21, on the Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference scene Friday evening.

Golden Falcons quarterback Jake Flowers threw for 141 yards and two touchdowns -- a pair of scoring receptions to Chandler Matthews. In his last two games, Matthews has hauled in five TD passes and amassed 283 yards.

Caleb Gough put CBA on the board with a 4-yard burst. He ended the night with 123 yards rushing on 31 carries.

Tyrique Ford led all Golden Falcons receivers with four catches for 69 yards. Luke Federick and Damien Darden combined for two receptions for 11 total yards.

Aycock had 310 yards of total offense.

Conley quarterback Holton Ahlers, a Division I recruit in baseball and football, accounted for five touchdowns. He completed six passes for 119 yards and three TDs. He added 117 yards rushing and two TDs on just seven carries.

The Golden Falcons (3-4 overall, 1-1 ECC) return home Friday to face South Central, which endured a 30-0 loss to defending 4-A state champion New Bern.

Kickoff is 7 p.m. at Hardy Talton Stadium.

J.H. Rose 57, Southern Wayne 6

* GREENVILLE -- Quarterback Quentin Carlton accounted for Southern Wayne's lone touchdown in a 57-6 loss to Eastern Carolina 3-A/4-A Conference foe J.H. Rose on Friday evening.

Carlton scored on a 2-yard scamper in the fourth quarter. He copleted three passes -- all to Manny Walker for 68 yards.

The Rampants' defense held the Saints to 110 yards of total offense.

"As a team we came out flat and Rose took advantage," Saints head coach David Lee said. "They had numerous big plays in the first quarter and we fell behind by a wide margin. After halftime, I thought our kids came out with a better approach and were a lot more aggressive. It showed on offense and defense.

"We know that we can play better than our showing tonight, so we will put this one behind us and get ready for a good D.H. Conley team next week."

Southern Wayne (0-7 overall, 0-3 ECC) entertains the ECC co-leading Vikings (5-2, 2-0) on Friday. Kickoff is 7 p.m. at the Doyle Whitfield Athletic Complex.