How They Did

Published 7:55 am Monday, November 13, 2017

A weekly recap of how players from Vicksburg-area high schools did in college football games played over the weekend:

• Alcorn State wide receiver Tavares Johnson, Jr. (Vicksburg High) caught three passes for 20 yards in a 59-0 rout of Mississippi Valley State.

• Grambling linebacker De’Arius Christmas (Warren Central) had eight total tackles and one pass breakup in a 24-7 win over Alabama State.

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• Southern Miss offensive lineman Drake Dorbeck (St. Aloysius) started at left tackle in a 43-34 win over Rice.

• Delta State cornerback Devontae Wilson (Warren Central) intercepted a pass and returned it 71 yards to set up a short touchdown drive in the Statesmen’s 42-20 win over Florida Tech.

• Cornell College (Iowa) wide receiver Patrick Brown (Vicksburg High) caught one pass for three yards and had one rushing attempt for minus-8 yards in a 42-11 loss to Ripon College. Brown also returned four kickoffs for 56 yards.

• Belhaven offensive lineman Steve Cooper (Vicksburg High) started his final college game at left guard and helped the Blazers pile up 426 yards of total offense in a 34-27 loss to Sul Ross State. Belhaven linebacker Denarrius Noel (Hinds AHS) had six total tackles, one sack and one blocked kick.

• Central Arkansas safety Michael Ware (Warren Central) had three total tackles in a 56-10 win against Incarnate Word that clinched a share of the Southland Conference championship for the Bears.

About Ernest Bowker

Ernest Bowker is The Vicksburg Post's sports editor. He has been a member of The Vicksburg Post's sports staff since 1998, making him one of the longest-tenured reporters in the paper's 140-year history. The New Jersey native is a graduate of LSU. In his career, he has won more than 50 awards from the Mississippi Press Association and Associated Press for his coverage of local sports in Vicksburg.

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