Grace Community football coach Norm Thompson was pleased with the Cougars’ scrimmage against Frankston on Friday night.

The Cougars had nine touchdowns, while the Indians had two scores in the contest at Jeff and Opal Austin Stadium in Frankston.

“It went well,” Thompson said. “We had a good game on the ground. The young offensive line did a great job of opening holes.”

Ashton Camp hauled in three touchdown receptions — a 15-yarder from Braydon Stone and 60-and 42-yarders from Price Williams. Stone also scored on a 12-yard run.

Uchenna Uduma had two TD runs of 70 yards, while Alvin Skipworth had touchdown dashes of 25 and 10 yards.

Thompson added, “Brooks Bays also had a long, tough run running over several defenders. The starters had 460 yards on 28 plays.”

The second-year Grace coach said the Cougar starting defensive unit held the Indians scoreless.

“It was a great start for the offensive line of juniors and sophomores,” Thompson said. “Frankston scored two times on good runs in the last set of 10 plays. It was a good start to the season but we still have a lot of work to do with the schedule that is before us.”

The Cougars will play host to Sabine on Thursday at Clyde-Perkins Stadium. The JV

game is scheduled to begin at 5 p.m., followed by the varsity at 7 p.m.

Grace hosts the 13th Annual Tyler Classic on Aug. 30-31 and Sept. 1. All Saints opens the Classic on Thursday, Aug. 30 against Carrollton Prince of Peace at 7:30 p.m., while Grace meets Canton on Friday, Aug. 31 at 7 p.m. Bishop Gorman concludes the three-game event on Saturday, Sept. 1 with a 7:30 p.m. game against Garrison.

Frankston is scheduled to scrimmage at Hawkins on Thursday. The Indians open their season Aug. 31 by playing host to Pineland West Sabine. Kickoff is scheduled for 7:30 p.m.