The Skyhawk football team, under the direction of first-year head coach Jason Simpson, wrapped up spring practice with a controlled scrimmage Thursday night at Hardy M. Graham Stadium.

Simpson said he was pleased with the spring practices.

“I felt like we were able to get our offensive and defensive foundations put in place.”

With the close of spring practice Simpson must find a quarterback to replace four-year starter Brady Wahlberg.

Simpson used four quarterbacks, James Pritchard (6-3, 200, Jr.), Greg Preston (6-4, 220, Fr.), Dexter Anoka (5-9, 160, Fr.) and Drew Jackson (6-3, 190, So.), in Thursday night’s scrimmage.

Pritchard completed four of eight passes for 123 yards and a touchdown, while Preston completed six of 11 passes for 110 yards and a touchdown.

Anoka completed five of eight passes for 18 yards, while Jackson completed one of four for 15 yards.

The four quarterbacks hooked up with a receiving corps led by newcomer Jesse Burton (5-10, 185, Jr.) and rising senior Cole Duncan (6-4, 215) who had two catches for 64 yards. Duncan hauled in the longest pass of the scrimmage, a 61-yard bomb from Pritchard.

Two of the three touchdowns scored in the game were a result of the passing attack Burton caught one TD strike, while Jamaal Akbar (6-0, 195, So.) hauled in the other. Burton had four catches for 65 yards.

The Skyhawk running game was equally impressive. Josh Chapman (6-0, 215, RFr.) led the charge with 11 carries for 31 yards, while Jaymond Perry (5-10, 215, RSo.) finished up with four carries for 30 yards and a touchdown.

The Skyhawk defense recorded four sacks, a QB hurry and a pass breakup.

Josh Yarbrough (LB, 6-2, 235 So.) a junior college transfer from Reedley College in California, Andrian Pruitt (LB, 6-0, 195), Tirrdell Byrd (DE, 6-0, 255, Fr.) and Anthony Ivy (S, 6-0, 175, So.) all recorded sacks.

Running backs Donald Chapman and Justin Glover did not participate in the controlled scrimmage because of injuries. David Gilmore, a junior linebacker from Cordova also missed the scrimmage because of an injury. All three players will return to the team for fall workouts.