News 25’s Game of the Week is a classic 5A rivalry better known as the Singing River Classic.
- - - - you're getting your friday nigh- showcase a night early.
- alongside grace boyles... i'm - jeff haeger... in house for thi- week 6 edition on a - thursday... actually due to - hurricane delta...- and grace... we're all about- fair play here.
- - - - this time... i'm called dibs on- the game of the week.
- plenty of worthy games to choos- from tonight... - however, news 25's game of the- week is a class 5-a rivalry,- better known as the singing - river classic.- - - - we kick things off in - pascagoula... where the 2-0 - panthers roll out the red carpe- for 1-1 gautier... those- being the district records... - gators coming - off a hard-fought loss against- un-defeated - picayune.
- first quarter...- quarterback kaden irving leadin- the gators offense.
- irving rockets the ball on the- run to reciever aydan morgan- who comes down with the 36-yard- reception.
Just a few plays - later,- irving with a patrick - mahomes-esque throw into the- endzone.
Receiver zavionne payn- comes up with - the catch, putting the gators o- the board first, 7 -- nothing.- later in the first, irving look- to pass, instead trucks - downfield himself for 20 yards.- play gets called back - after a personal foul is called- - - - on irving.
Still the first..- irving quick gets the ball off- to receiver kolby - packnett... linebacker karon- leveretts looking like he's - trying to rip off packnett's- pads as he rips the receiver to- - - - the ground.
No gain for the - gators.
- later in the first...quarterba- ck keilon parnell with a pass..- to- the wrong jersey color... - defensive back zavier dean- steals the ball and runs it all- the way to the back, cashing in- another 7 points.
Gautier up 14- - nothing.- time ticking down in 1st... - - - - parnell takes matters into his- own hands and carries the ball- enough for a first down and - some.
- second quarter, same drive... - leveretts in on offense... he - disappears and reappears in the- endzonbe for the 6-yard - - - - touchdown, earning the panthers- first points of the - night.
Pascagoula goes on to- miss the extra point.
- gators still up 14 -6.- the panthers go on to find the- endzone a couple more times,- however, not as many times as - gautier.
Gators win the singing- river classic, 49 - 27.
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As if high school football cancellations due to COVID-19 weren’t already bad enough, Hurricane Zeta decided to pour some salt..
