Bryant junior quarterback Ren Hefley passed for three touchdowns, senior receiver Brandon Murray caught two of those and sophomore running back Latavion Scott rushed for over 100 yards and scored a touchdown on the way to a Hornets' 31-12 victory over the Fort Smith Northside Grizzlies on the road Friday night.
The victory avenges last year's 29-0 loss to the Grizzlies at home and improves the Hornets to 4-0 and gets them off to a 1-0 start in the 7A Central Conference opener.
Bryant jumped on Northside early as Hefley hit junior receiver Randy Thomas for a 22-yard strike to get the Hornets on top 7-0 with 9:04 left in the first quarter. Bryant struck again early in the second quarter as Hefley found Murray for a 45-yard TD for the 14-0 advantage with 10:23 left in the half.
Scott would make it a 21-0 ballgame when he went untouched for a 12-yard TD run with 7:25 left in the half. Bryant led 21-3 at halftime as the Hornets outgained the Grizzlies 212-74 in the first half alone. Scott had 100 yards on 18 carries in the opening half.