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By:BHS EAST students Fall 2024
There’s a new team of Benton High School EAST Lab students report on local high school sports. This week, they run down they catch us up on Panthers Football, Athletes of the Week, Cross Country and Volleyball.
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The Panthers took on 7A opponent North Little Rock Friday, September 13th, looking for a bounce-back win after losing to Bryant.
All eyes were on Junior quarterback Drew Davis after a 4-turnover performance in the Salt Bowl 2 weeks ago. In Response, Davis hurled for over 240 yards and 3 touchdowns in a much-improved rebound win against the Wildcats.
Junior receiver Karson Collatt racked up 118 yards and two touchdowns. Senior receivers: Maddox Davis and Elias Payne each hauled in a touchdown and caught for 60 and 53 yards respectively.
Not only was Benton’s passing game on point, but the Panthers also excelled on the ground. Sophomore running back T.J. Williams ran for over 95 yards and 2 touchdowns on just 8 attempts. Williams was also a factor in the air attack as he logged 2 receptions for 60 yards.
The Benton offense looked good but the defense looked great.
Senior J. Thomas Pepper led the team in tackles, picking off the North Little Rock quarterback once, and Sophomore linebacker Weston Monson tallied a sack. Senior defensive back Omarcus King also blocked a Charging Wildcat extra point to help prevent a late North Little Rock rally.
The Wildcats were held to only 2 touchdowns and were dominated by the Panthers’ rush defense as North Little Rock was limited to 33 rushing yards on 22 attempts.
The Benton Panthers overpowered the North Little Rock Charging Wildcats 42-13 in the first home game of the season.
Offensive Standouts:
QB | Drew Davis (JR.) | 243 YDS, 3 TD, 1 INT
RB | T.J. Williams (SO.) | 99 YDS, 2 TD, 2 REC, 60 YDS
WR | Karson Collatt (JR.) | 5 REC, 118 YDS, 1 TD
WR | Maddox Davis (SR.) | 5 REC, 60 YDS, 1 TD, 1/1 PASS, 32 YDS, 1 TD
WR | Elias Payne (SR.) | 4 REC, 53 YDS, 1 TD
Defensive Standouts:
S | J. Thomas Pepper (SR.) | 7 TKL, 1 INT
LB | Weston Monson(SO.) | 3 TKL, 1 SACK
Fantasy Football Point Leaders:
RB – T.J. Williams – 29.9 FPTS
WR – Karson Collatt – 22.8 FPTS
WR – Maddox Davis – 26.20 FPTS
QB – Drew Davis – 19.72 FPTS
WR – Elias Payne – 15.3 FPTS
Holland Chapel EAST Athletes of the Week:
J.Thomas Pepper, Parker Stearns
Other news from The Palace:
Cross Country:
Senior Randall Bright placed 10th out of 235 runners at the Josh Park Memorial Invitational on September 10th.
Junior Madi Moran placed 10th out of 166 runners in that race.
Volleyball:
The Benton Lady Panthers topped the visiting Northside Grizzlies volleyball team by a final score of 2-1 in Saturday’s non-conference game.
Next up, Benton Volleyball will face the Lakeside Rams, in a 5A South game, on Tuesday, Sept. 17th, as the Panthers will attempt to maintain their perfect record (7-0). Tennis will have matches on Tuesday, Sept. 17th, and Thursday, Sept. 19th. The football team will go on the road against Harding Academy in Searcy on Friday, Sept. 20th. Cross Country will run on Saturday, Sept. 21st, in Russellville.
See more by EAST Students at www.mysaline.com/benton-east. Content above was created by Benton EAST Students Bronson Coolis, Owen Seals, Tucker Roseberry, Easton Contorno & Brayden Young. Email comments to [email protected].
The mission of the EAST Initiative is to provide an environment that fosters relevant, individualized life-changing experiences through service and technology. EAST is built on four principles. It’s technology driven, student led, service based, and collaborative. EAST is Environmental and Spatial Technology.