VIDALIA — Senior running back Tra Hardy ran for 160 yards and three touchdowns and added a two-point conversion to lead defending Region 2-AA champion Vidalia past visiting West Laurens 27-3 in the season opener for both squads.
Hardy scored on runs of 10, 19 and 35 yards in the second, third and fourth quarters.
Carlos Giron booted field goals of 34 and 39 yards in the first quarter for the Indians.
Bill Leroy’s 30-yard field goal in the second quarter was West Laurens’ lone score.
W.Laurens 0 3 0 0 —3
Vidalia 6 6 8 7 —27
V—Carlos Giron 34 FG
V—Giron 39 FG
V—Tra Hardy 10 run (kick failed)
WL—Bill Leroy 30 FG
V—Hardy 19 run (Hardy run)
V—Hardy 35 run (Giron kick)
SOFTBALL
SOUTH EFFINGHAM 3, TREUTLEN 2
SEHS 003 000 3 — 3 7 2
Treutlen 000 002 0 — 2 3 2
W—Brooke Brabham. L—Morgan Page. Leading hitters—SE, Naomi Sapp 2 H; Sarah Capps 2 H; Taylor Ross 1 H, 2 RBIs; T, Haley Richards 1 H, 2 RBIs. Record—South Effingham 2-0
ISLANDS 28, SAVANNAH HIGH 1
IHS (17) 3 8 — 28 12 1
SHS 0 1 0 — 1 2 9
W—Kara Heater (2-1). L—Beth Royal (0-1). Leading hitters—IHS, Tristen Winters 2-3, 2B, 2 RBIs; Heater 2-4, 5 RBIs; Taylor Prince 2-3, 3B, 4 RBIs. Records—Islands 5-3, 3-0 Region 1-AAA; Savannah High 0-1, 0-1 region.
FOOTBALL SCORES
Friday’s Prep Football Scores
Aquinas 52, East Laurens 14
Arabia Mountain 40, Clarkston 7
Athens Academy 41, Glascock County 8
Bainbridge 3, East Gadsden, Fla. 0
Beaufort Academy, S.C. 18, Twiggs County 0
Blessed Trinity 18, Westminster 0
Brooks County 26, Clinch County 14
Burke County 21, Thomson 0
Callaway 34, Heard County 0
Campbell 36, Morrow 6
Coffee 20, Whitewater 6
Cross Creek 25, Greenbrier 14
Darlington 50, Murphy, N.C. 6
Dawson County 29, East Hall 27
Dodge County 38, Southwest Macon 0
Eagle’s Landing Christian 45, Washington County 14
Estill, S.C. 34, Windsor Forest 13
Gatewood 43, Flint River 13
Glynn Academy 14, McIntosh County Academy 3
Greater Atlanta Christian 48, Stone Mountain 26
Hillgrove 26, Westlake 6
Holy Innocents’ 28, Lakeside-DeKalb 14
Jefferson County 28, Fitzgerald 14
Landmark Christian 30, Calvary Day 22
Lanier County 13, Atkinson County 6
Lincoln County 41, McCormick, S.C. 0
Lithonia 36, South Atlanta 0
Lovett 21, Woodward Academy 14
Marietta 52, Newnan 21
Monsignor Donovan 37, Nathanael Greene 26
New Manchester 21, Paulding County 13
Osborne 25, Chapel Hill 14
Piedmont 20, Westwood 20, tie
Prince Avenue Christian 54, St. Francis 7
Ridgeland-Hardeeville, S.C. 20, Savannah Country Day 14
Ringgold 33, Dalton 27
Robbinsville, N.C. 60, Rabun Gap-Nachoochee 26
Thomas County Central 38, Thomasville 0
Towers 13, Maynard Jackson 0
Tucker 51, Cedar Grove 12
Vidalia 27, West Laurens 3
Villa Rica 27, Woodland Cartersville 3
Walker 21, Temple 0
Wayne County 35, Brunswick 20
West Hall 35, Johnson-Gainsville 0
Wheeler 44, Sprayberry 14
Woodstock 34, Johns Creek 6
Worth County 26, Swainsboro 7