Cole Woods accounted for four touchdowns as Class 6A, No. 5-ranked Muscle Shoals beat 7A James Clemens 42-28 at Madison City Schools Stadium on Friday.

The senior quarterback scored on a 2-yard run, had two TD passes to Hadden Vance of 2 and 32 yards and caught a 3-yarder from Vance. The Trojans (5-0) led 28-14 at halftime.

Jaquess Greene scored on a 26-yard run in the second quarter and an 80-yard kick return to open the second half.

The host Jets (4-2) had an 80-yard return for a touchdown by Devon Cooper on the game’s opening kickoff. Ty Marsh scored on a 2-yard run and had two touchdown passes to Logan Eggart of 3 and 27 yards.

“I thought the coaches had a great game plan,” Muscle Shoals coach Scott Basden said, “and I thought our kids played really hard. Obviously, there’s some things we’ve got to get better on, keep improving. Overall, I’m pleased with our effort.”

Play of the game: Greene’s second-half kick return and Jorge Garcia’s extra point put Muscle Shoals up 35-14. James Clemens then muffed the ensuing kickoff and the Trojans took possession on the Jets 34. Woods caught the 3-yarder from Vance 10 plays later.

Stat sheet: Muscle Shoals – Greene had 20 carries for 120 yards and a touchdown, one catch for 33 yards, plus his kick return. Woods completed 8-of-9 passes for 123 yards and two touchdowns, had eight carries for 35 yards and a touchdown and caught a TD pass. Vance had two catches for 34 yards and two touchdowns and passed for a touchdown. James Clemens – Marsh had a touchdown run and completed 11-of-20 passes for two touchdowns with two interceptions.

By the numbers: 294 – Muscle Shoals total yards with 168 on the ground and 126 passing … 221 – James Clemens total yards on 98 rushing and 123 passing … 3 – James Clemens turnovers on two interceptions and one fumble … 2 – Muscles Shoals wins in two games against James Clemens. The Trojans won 38-10 in last year’s first meeting.

Game ball: Woods is deserving with his steady productive performance after the Jets took an early 7-0 lead.

Coachspeak: “James Clemens is a really good team, and we need to play great teams because we’ve got three region games left. We have to play good competition to get us ready for our region.” – Basden

“They’re a good football team. They do a really good job offensively. Their quarterback (Woods) and No. 5 (Greene) are really good players, made a big difference for them tonight. At the end of the day, we gave up 21 points on special teams. We’re going to have to get better on special teams.” – James Clemens coach Chad McGehee

They said it: “The coaches, they prepared us well during practice. And we just followed through and trusted their game plan.” – Woods

“We had an off week. We had two weeks to work on what we need to work on. We just came out here and played hard and we did good.” – Greene

“We had a great week of practice, good preparation by the coaches. And then overall just great effort by our guys.” – Vance

Next week: Muscle Shoals travels to Hartselle in Class 6A, Region 7. James Clemens will host Sparkman in 7A, Region 4.