Visiting Westside-Macon blanks Kendrick

Westside-Macon cruised to a 42-0 win over Kendrick Friday night at AJ McClung Memorial Stadiu.m..

The score and winner of the Region 2-AAA matchup were the same as last year.

The visiting Seminoles smothered Kendrick on defense and scored often on offense and raised their record to 5-0, 3-0 in region.

After going 2-1 on the road, Kendrick is now 0-2 in Columbus, 2-3 overall and 1-2 in region.

Westside's quarterback Savion Knowlton passed for three touchdowns to lead the Seminoles offensively. He completed 12-of-23 passes for 155 yards.

Knowlton's first touchdown pass came in the second quarter, a 23-yarder to Gerimie Mitchell. That put Westside up 21-0.

Later in the quarter, Knowlton passed to Steve Dolphus for a 1-yard touchdown that gave the Seminoles a 28-0 lead at halftime.

On Kendrick's first series of the second half, Westside's Tavores Pearson Jr. intercepted a pass and returned it for a touchdown, making the score 35-0.

Later in the third quarter, Knowlton completed his third touchdown pass of 25 yards to Ty'gee Cunningham, and the Seminoles led 42-0.

A running clock began in the fourth quarter.

Kendrick's leading rusher was Walter Boze with 2 carries for 21 yards.Friday at MemorialWestside 14 14 14 0--42

Kendrick 0 0 0 0--0First Quarter

W--LaKelvin Clark 3 run (Blaine Halvordon kick), 4:14

W--Nygel Woodard 8 run (Halvordon kick), 0:27Second QuarterW--Gerimie Mitchell 23 pass from Savion Knowlton (Halvordon kick), 8:17

W--Steve Dolphus 1 pass from Knowlton (Halvordon kick), 0:53Third QuarterW--Tavores Pearson Jr. 65 interception return (Halvordon kick), 10:01

W--Ty'gee Cunningham 25 pass from Knowlton (Halvordon kick), 3:46

Team records: Westside-Macon 5-0, 3-0 Region 2-AAA. Kendrick 2-3, 0-1-2. Next: Kendrick, at Peach County, Oct. 9, 8 p.m.

This story was originally published September 25, 2015 at 11:43 PM with the headline "Visiting Westside-Macon blanks Kendrick ."