Non-league football: Prairie 38, Battle Ground 6

Prairie scored three touchdowns on its opening 11 plays Friday en route to a 38-6 nonleague football victory over Battle Ground at District Stadium.

The Falcons, now 4-0 for the first time in two-plus decades, open 3A Greater St. Helens League play next week hosting undefeated Kelso (3-0).

Quarterback AJ Dixson accounted for all first-quarter three scores — including a 55-yard touchdown strike to brother Zeke Dixson on the game’s second play — as Prairie took a 20-0 lead and led by as many as 38-0. AJ Dixson also had rushing touchdowns of 7 and 1 yards.

Prairie rushed for 280 team yards, led by Dixson (86 yards), Devante Clayton (73) and Dustin Shelby (54). Shelby also had multiple rushing touchdowns.

Battle Ground’s Ryan Potes scored the Tigers’ touchdown on a 6-yard run with 1:41 remaining in the game. Steven Hancock had a game-high 104 rushing yards on 27 carries to lead the Tigers.

PRAIRIE 38, BATTLE GROUND 6

Prairie 20 6 12 0–38

Bat.Ground 0 0 0 6– 6

First quarter

P — Zeke Dixson 55 pass from AJ Dixson (Devante Clayton run)

P — AJ Dixson 7 run (run failed)

P — AJ Dixson 1 run (run failed)

Second quarter

P — Dustin Shelby 15 run (run failed)

Third quarter

P — Shelby 10 run (run failed)

P — Clayton 2 run (run failed)

Fourth quarter

BG — Ryan Potes 6 run (run failed)

Individual statistics

RUSHING — Prairie: Devante Clayton 12-73, Dustin Shelby 5-54, AJ Dixson 8-96, Zack Brown 1-(minus-4), Treyce Teague 1-26, Isaiah Braker 3-45; Battle Ground: Steven Hancock 27-104, Reid Schneider 3-(minus-6), Ryan Potes 6-49.

PASSING — Prairie: AJ Dixson 7-14-0-118; Battle Ground: Reid Schneider 6-16-0-40, Owen Mann 2-3-1-16.

RECEIVING — Prairie: Zeke Dixson 4-96, Ian Davis 1-14, Jimmie Barton 2-8; Battle Ground: Brody Smith 3-20, Bishop Straube 2-8, Lane Landas 2-18, Ty Linster 1-(minus-2).