Two late touchdowns lift Alabama All-Stars over Mississippi All-Stars in Mobile

MOBILE — The Alabama All-Stars scored a pair of late touchdowns to beat their Mississippi counterparts 14-10 Saturday afternoon at Hancock Whitney Stadium on the campus of South Alabama.

Offense was laborious to come back by early within the ball recreation, as each groups adjusted to going in opposition to the stiff defenses on each side of the sphere. Workforce Mississippi led 3-0 at halftime due to a 35-yard area purpose from Ocean Springs’ Bart Edmiston Jr.

The Mississippi All-Stars lastly acquired issues going within the second half when South Panola tailback D’Mariun Perteet broke free for a 52-yard landing run that put Mississippi forward 10-0.

However the fourth quarter wasn’t as sort to the boys from the Magnolia State.

The Alabama All-Stars put collectively a four-play, 40-yard landing drive following a fumble restoration, scoring on Hueytown quarterback Earl Woods’ four-yard run to trim the Mississippi result in 10-7 with 8:42 to go.

Following a missed area purpose from Edmiston on the following drive, Briarwood Christian quarterback Chris Vizzina marched the Workforce Alabama offense 79 yards in eight performs to take the lead. Vizzina discovered Moody receiver Davion Dozier within the nook of the tip zone for a 16-yard landing to place Alabama forward 14-10 with 2:35 left.

Mississippi had one ultimate drive to attempt to win it, however Oxford quarterback Mack Howard was picked off by Pinson Valley defensive again T.J. Metcalf, and the Alabama All-Stars ran out the clock.

Neither staff had loopy offensive stats, however there have been some standout performances:

• Alabama’s Vizzina accomplished eight of 13 passes for 80 yards with a landing (the sport winner) and an interception. 
• Vizzina’s colleague Woods did most of his harm on the bottom, with 63 dashing yards on 12 makes an attempt with the landing. 
• Prattville’s Kameran Shanks had three catches for 88 yards for Alabama. 
• Ridgeland receiver Ayden Williams made the play of the sport offensively for Mississippi, with a 43-yard catch on a bounce ball down the visiting sideline within the second quarter.

Protection was one other story — each staff MVPs got here on the defensive facet of the ball:

• Mississippi linebacker Suntarine Perkins completed with a team-high 10 tackles, together with three for a loss. 
• Alabama defensive lineman Peter Woods completed with eight tackles, together with seven for a loss, with two sacks.