‘Players’ roll in flag football league

McMinnville Parks and Recreation’s men’s flag football league kicked off its season recently, with four games of action.

In the first game, The Players defeated Gary Steele’s Kickers by a 39-0 margin.

The Players got things done through the air, with Jeromey Steakley catching three TD passes, and Devin Mason, Dennie Vaughn and Thomas Woods adding a touchdown catch apiece from Derrick Elrod.

Mason and Clayton Martin helped keep the shutout intact with an interception each, and Bo Ramsey turned in a pair of QB sacks in the winning effort.

The Copperheads turned in a big win, downing The Replacements 41-6.

Randy Mullican threw a pair of touchdowns, and Clint Moore had a TD pass and scored another touchdown on a run.

Chase Moore and Chris Sullens had TD catches for The Copperheads, and Shawn Evans recorded a pair of scoring grabs.

Defensively, Sullens and Lang Dixon had an interception each, with Tim Bryant and Stan Adcock each coming away with a quarterback sack.

Three Star Mall shut out Little Creek Nursery in the third game of the afternoon, winning 26-0, and TWD edged TN Tide 18-14 in a nail-biter to close out the day’s play.

Bill Rutledge threw a pair of touchdowns for TWD, and Gary Driver had a TD pass as Jason Norris, Rob Officer and Jerry Martin came up with the scoring catches.

Martin had two interceptions, with Rutledge adding one, and Chris Smith had a pair of sacks in the win.

The flag football league plays each Sunday at the Edley Newman baseball field, beginning at 1 p.m.