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MTCS football stuns Donelson Christian in opener — plus everything else that happened in Week1

Thanks to a big night by Nate Sembiring, Middle Tennessee Christian School's football team started off the season by knocking off defending DII-A champion Donelson Christian 19-7 on Friday.

Sembiring had a receiving touchdown and an interception return for a TD.

The Cougars (1-0) scored 19 unanswered points over the final three periods after the Wildcats took a 7-0 lead.

Yates Geren hit Sembiring on a 16-yard TD strike in the second quarter to cut the deficit to 7-6 at halftime, and Eli Wilson's 3-yard touchdown run in the third quarter gave the Cougars the lead for good.

Sembiring then intercepted a DCA pass with less than seven minutes remaining, returning it for a TD to seal the win.

MTCS will play at home against Grace Christian Academy Friday.

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Smyrna 35, Stewarts Creek 14

Smyrna quarterback Landon Miller rushed for 114 yards and two touchdowns, and the Bulldog defense forced three turnovers and scored a TD to knock off its rivals.

Miller had TD runs of 31 and 3 yards, and senior Arion Carter added 96 yards rushing and a touchdown.

Kevin McCroskey's 31-yard TD run in the first quarter got things started for Smyrna (1-0). After Stewarts Creek's Gage Hoover scored on a 3-yard run to tie the game, Smyrna reeled off 28 straight points, including a recovery in the end zone by Tucker Moore on a fumbled punt attempt.

Javarian Otey rushed 19 times for 100 yards for Stewarts Creek (0-1). His 36-yard run set up the final Red Hawks score, a 1-yard run by Jaden Norwood.

Smyrna will be at Rockvale on Thursday, and Stewarts Creek will play at East Nashville on Friday.

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Oakland 42, Hendersonville 0 (Thursday)

The two-time defending 6A champs won their 31st straight game, thanks to big plays on offense and a defense that forced five turnovers.

Kade Hewitt was 5-for-10 for 177 yards and a 93-yard touchdown pass to Quincy Jackson on the third play of the game, and C.J. Puckett had six carries for 64 yards and two TDs to lead Oakland (1-0).

The Patriots built a 35-0 halftime lead, thanks to back-to-back defensive TDs to end the half. One was a 62-yard interception return by Bronson Crisp. The other was a 15-yard fumble return by Jerrell Franklin. Mason Bell added a TD run for Oakland.

The Patriots will be at home Friday against Mississippi's Madison Ridgeland Academy.

Riverdale 14, Franklin 10

D.J. Taylor's 18-yard TD run with 3:47 remaining gave the Warriors (1-0) the lead, and an Israel Celestine's interception with just over a minute left sealed Riverdale's road victory.

Riverdale broke a scoreless tie in the third quarter when Isaiah Verser had a long kickoff return to set up his own 1-yard TD run. Franklin reeled off 10 consecutive points after that before Taylor's game-winning TD.

Taylor finished with 42 yards on five carries, and quarterback Braden Graham was 8-of-16 for 94 yards.

The Warriors are back on the road Friday at Rossview.

Siegel 13, Green Hill 6

The Siegel defense did not allow a point to the Hawks, and shut Green Hill inside the 15 on three drives to earn the win.

Tarrion Grant and Chase Bandy had interceptions for Siegel (1-0).

The Stars got all the offense they needed from junior quarterback Thomas Santel, who threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Kevin Endsley and added a 10-yard rushing TD.

Green Hill's lone touchdown came on a kickoff return.

Siegel will be back at home Friday against La Vergne.

Rockvale 44, La Vergne 12

The Rockets (1-0) raced to a 27-0 halftime lead and never looked back.

Four Rockets players scored to build the halftime lead, including a 9-yard run by Robbie Daniel, a 21-yard pass from Brennan Mayhew to Jabari Frierson, a Nolan Dunkley 1-yard run and a QB sneak by Mayhew.

Rockvale will play host to Smyrna on Thursday, and La Vergne (0-1) will be at Siegel on Friday.

Brentwood 23, Blackman 14

The Blaze (0-1) struggled to score, despite 334 yards of offense.

After taking a 7-3 lead in the second quarter on Jack Risner's 23-yard TD pass to Ben Marshall, Blackman watched Brentwood reel off 13 straight points to take a 16-7 lead.

The Blaze cut it to two with over 10 minutes left when Marshall caught a 78-yard TD strike from Risner. However, the Bruins put it away on Adam Fontechia's second TD of the night with 1:47 left.

Risner finished 18-of-30 for 293 yards, with Marshall catching seven passes for 201 yards. The Blaze rushed for just 35 yards on 13 carries.

Blackman will play at home against Gallatin on Friday.

Forrest 55, Eagleville 24

The Eagles (0-1) struggled defensively but had a big night from Elijah Fearns, who had a 95-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and caught four passes for 127 yards and two more TDs.

Eagleville quarterback Jesse Brown was 11-of-19 for 155 yards and two TDs.

The Eagles will play at Houston County on Friday.

This article originally appeared on Murfreesboro Daily News Journal: Murfreesboro high school football Week 1: Everything that happened