Jenks beats arch-rival Tulsa Union to pick up first win on the season
Tulsa Union went into Friday's renewal of the "Backyard Bowl" rivalry with Jenks riding high at 2-0.
The Trojans, on the other hand, were an uncharacteristic 0-2.
But, Jenks proved the classic adage that record books can be thrown away in a rivalry game with a huge performance Friday night. The Trojans jumped out to a 28-0 first-half lead and held off a late Redhawk comeback to prevail, 31-24, at Allan Trimble Stadium.
Friday's win not only gave Jenks (1-2) its first win of the season, it also avenged a 38-3 loss to the Redhawks (2-1) in last year's "Backyard Bowl."
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Jenks couldn't have asked for a better start to Friday.
In the first quarter, they jumped out to a 21-0 lead while forcing three turnovers.
One of those, a pick-six from Shawn Phillips, gave the Trojans their 21-point advantage. Jenks also got TDs in the first quarter on Hudson Ball's short run and a halfback pass from Kaydin Jones to Ayden Christiansen.
Then, the Trojans extended it to 28-0 in the second quarter on a TD pass from Owen Jones to Corey Foreman.
Union finally got on the board late in the first half as tailback Jordan Schelling - a transfer from Jenks - rambled in from 64 yards out.
Then in the third quarter, the Redhawks crept closer. Another ex-Trojan, quarterback Shaker Reisig, connected with Brendon McQueen; then Davion Pickens returned an interception to cut Jenks' lead to seven, 28-21.
But the Trojans got a 47-yard field goal from Jack Franklin late in the third to push the lead back to double digits. Union got a 31-yard field goal from Jake Scarbrough with 7:19 left to make it a one-score game once more, but the Trojans were able to hang on, especially after Kaydin Jones converted a key third-down run with more than three minutes to play.
Photo of Jenks' Kaydin Jones by David Stone, On3.com
