PONTOTOC – Pontotoc head coach Charlie Dampeer was not pleased Friday with the condition of his Warriors on the field.

With the condition of Pontotoc’s field being unfavorable to the offenses, the Warriors’ offense was rather sloppy and had too many missed scoring opportunities.

But the Warriors remained undefeated, flashing enough of its big-play offense to get by the Tishomingo County Braves 27-8 in a Region 1-4A contest.

“I’m glad this is over; this was just terrible conditions,” Dampeer said. “The offense wasn’t really in sync, never established anything.

“We had our chances to score early, but didn’t. But the conditions kind of limited the things you could do.”

It would also be easy for the Warriors (7-0, 2-0) to be guilty of looking ahead, with fellow unbeaten Shannon next, followed by undefeated Itawamba AHS in a pair of important back-to-back division contests.

“They know who’s next,” Dampeer said. “They didn’t need to hear it from me after the game.

“That’s the draw we’ve got, and we were going to have to play them anyway.”

The passing offense of Pontotoc, led by quarterback Canden Dallas, was the draw the Braves (2-5, 0-2) got this night.

Tishomingo surrendered all four Pontotoc touchdowns through the air, with Dallas passing for 221 yards.

The senior QB struck very early, hitting Ryan Thompson neatly between two defenders for a 54-yard score on the first play of the game. But then both teams got bogged down on the wet field.

Breaking through

The Warriors had the ball twice in the red zone, failing to score both times.

Finally, Pontotoc broke through late in the half as Dallas connected with Blake Littlejohn for a 6-yard TD with three seconds to play before intermission for a 14-0 lead.

In the second half, Dallas added a 34-yard scoring pass to Rashad Dixon in the third quarter. Then in the fourth period, Dallas hooked up with Randall Crayton for a 28-yard score.

Crayton had 117 yards receiving, and was the bulk of the Pontotoc ground offense with 64 yards rushing.

“Pontotoc is a fine football team who can run and throw it well,” said Tishomingo coach Steve Carter, whose Braves are in the middle of playing Shannon, Pontotoc, and Itawamba, all in a row. “We’re getting better, but our schedule is not getting any easier.”