John Tyler running back Cameron Grant (2) runs the sweep against Texas High on Friday at Tiger Stadium at Grim Park in Texarkana. Grant rushed for 122 yards and two touchdowns in the Lions' 51-13 victory. (Kevin Sutton, Texarkana Gazette)

TEXARKANA — After a slow start, John Tyler got rolling en route to an impressive 51-13 win over Texas High on Friday night in northeast Texas.

JT limited the Tigers to just 22 total yards and one first down in the second half in opening District 7-5A Division I football play at Tiger Stadium at Grim Park.

It was the fifth straight win for the Lions over the Tigers and they now lead the series 40-28-2.

JT improved to 2-2 on the season an 1-0 in league play, while the Tigers fell to 2-3 and 0-1.

The Lions combined for 509 total yards and limited the Tigers to 205.

Cameron Grant rushed for 122 yards on just eight attempts, including touchdown dashes of 13 and 16 yards. Roderick Hawkins rushed nine times for 89 yards and TD runs of 54 and 15 yards.

The JT offensive line of Chance Billington, Braylon Johnson, Angel Sarmiento, Christian Camacho, Victor Gomez and Ja’Bralen Yarber cleaned the way up front for 363 rushing yards.

Woods hit on 6 of 14 passing attempts for 146 yards and TD passes of 10 and 61 yards to K’Lon Warren and a 19-yarder to Ke’Andre Street.

Frankie Sanchez had a 32-yard field goal.

In the first half, Coltin Clack, the Tigers’ 6-3, 220-pounder, threw for 177 yards in the first half but only 17 in the second.

The Lions sacked Clack seven times and Jared Mosley picked off a pass.

Darien Warren had two sacks as did Christian Hartsfield and Kobe Beed. Others in on sacks were Street, Tyrell Jones and Jarrius Lane.

Texas High scored the first 10 points in the first quarter before JT rolled off 27 straight points.

JT finally plays a home game next Friday against Wylie East, It is homecoming. Texas High visits McKinney.

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John Tyler 13 21 17 0 — 51

Texas High 10 3 0 0 — 13

First Quarter

TH — Kobe Webster 12 pass from Coltin Clack (Diego Chavez kick), 5:46

TH — FG Chavez 31, 3:30

JT — Roderick Hawkins 54 run (kick failed), 2:30

JT — Cameron Grant 13 run (Frankie Sanchez kick), 1:16

Second Quarter

JT — K’Lon Warren 10 pass from Devlen Woods (Sanchez kick), 11:01

JT — Hawkins 15 run (Sanchez kick), 8:15

TH — FG Chavez 30, 5:13

JT — Grant 16 run (Sanchez kick), 4:36

Third Quarter

JT — Warren 61 pass from Woods (Sanchez kick), 10:30

JT — FG Sanchez 32, 5:37

JT — Ke’Andre Street 19 pass from Woods (Sanchez kick), 3:54

EST. ATT. — 4,000.

JT TH

First Downs 23 11

Rushes-Average 36-363 34-11

Passing Yards 146 194

Com-Att-Int 6-17-0 12=27-1

Punts Ave. 1-52.0 9-26.3

Fumbles-Lost 2-1 0-0

Penalties-Yards 6-55 12-92

Individual Statistics

Rushing — John Tyler, Cameron Grant 8-122, Roderick Hawkins 9-89, Tevarri Graves 4-71, Dayton Sheffield 4-37, Devlen Woods 3-29, Kitan Crawford 2-17, Ka’Darian Asbell 3-15, Anthony Miner 1-2, Team 2-(-19). Texas High, Chris Sutton 13-31, Collius Zachery 3-5, Kevlin Jackson 3-5, Tracy Cooper 1-3, Team 1-(-5), Coltin Clack 13-(-28),

Passing — John Tyler, Devlen Woods 6-14-0-146, Xavier Allen 0-3-0. Texas High, Coltin Clack 12-27-1-194.

Receiving — John Tyler, K’Lon Warren 3-83, Ke’Andre Street 2-58, Kitan Crawford 1-5.

Texas High, Kobe Webster 6-50, Rian Cellers 3-42, Myles Washington 2-84, Tracy Cooper 1-18.