El Dawg too good

Either Camden Fairview isn't quite as good as people thought they'd be this season, or El Dorado is even better than it was last year. The Wildcats made quick work of last year's Class 5A state runner-ups, handing the Cardinals a 43-13 beatdown at Memorial Stadium.
It was the first game ever on El Dorado's artificial turf. However, the brand new scoreboard has not yet arrived so a make-shift scoreboard was used.
It didn't matter as the Wildcats rang up 427 yards in total offense while holding Fairview to just 256. Taylor Reed completed 12 of 20 passes for 207 yards and three touchdowns. Wendall Thompson caught five passes for 146 yards and two scores. Three El Dorado backs ran for more than 65 yards in the game, including sophomore Marque Burris, who had a 59-yard touchdown in the fourth quarter.
In other Union County action on Friday, Strong rallied past England 36-29. The Bulldogs trailed 29-20 in the fourth before Kenneth Dixon scored on a 1-yard run. Justin Ford ran for the 2-point conversion to cut the deficit to 29-28.
Dixon would later score on a 12-yard run with 4:12 remaining to put the Bulldogs ahead for the first time.
Dixon had 12 carries for 152 yards and three touchdowns. Ford had 19 totes for 148 yards and a score. Mario Benson returned a kickoff 78 yards for a TD.
Defensively, Lamar Williams had 14 tackles and Dixon had 12 plus recovered two fumbles.
Parkers Chapel came from behind to beat DesArc 20-14. Trailing 14-12, PC's Zach Abbott connected with Ryan Fitzpatrick on an 8-yard scoring pass with 25 seconds left in the game.
Abbott also scored on a QB sneak and Randy Taylor had a 3-yard run for the Trojans.
Norphlet surprised Smackover 31-13 in the inaugural Roughneck Classic.
Korey Purifoy picked up a fumble forced by Daniel Ellen and returned it 60 yards for a touchdown for the Leopards.
Smackover's Deonta Baker had a 61-yard touchdown reception and intercepted two passes.

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In NFL news, Junction City's Kevin Payne is reportedly on the bubble to make the opening day roster for the St. Louis Rams. Hopefully that bubble got a little bigger Friday as the Rams released three players, including safety Brett Johnson.
Payne plays safety so Johnson's release eliminates at least some of the competition for the roster spot.