NATCHEZ &045; Cathedral controlled the clock Friday night at D’Evereaux Field, but Mount Olive controlled everything else in ruining the Green Wave’s homecoming with a 46-7 win.

The Pirates (5-0, 3-0 Region 4-A) ran just 20 offensive plays in the first half, but scored six touch downs to race out to a 40-0 lead.

Jason McNair scored three touchdowns on just five carries, and he amassed 189 first-half yards with touchdown runs of 41, 62 and 72 yards.

His quarterback Pieri Fuazell did the rest of the damage, scoring thrice himself on runs of 52 and 15 yards and a 63-yard punt return.

&8221;Speed is an important thing in football, it’ll take you a long way,&8220; Pirate coach Jackie Simpson said.

Speed took Fuazell into the end zone on the Pirates’ first play from scrimmage. He ran around, through and past many would-be tacklers on his 52-yard scamper.

While Cathedral didn’t have the speed to match Mount Olive &045; to say nothing of their injuries &045; coach Ken Beesley Sr. said his team could have done more.

&8221;We were in the right place to make the tackle most of the time, but we just didn’t make the tackle,&8220; he said.

On the other side of the ball, the Green Wave had no luck moving the ball.

Quarterback Preston Edwards finished with 9-for-28 passing for 95 yards rushing. Spotty pass protection, bad passes and dropped balls all coordinated to make his a miserable night.

Matthew Hall caught six of those passes for 69 yards.

Daniel Hollowell led Cathedral (2-3, 1-3) with 60 yards rushing on 20 carries. He scored the lone touchdown on a 6-yard run in the third quarter.

Last week’s fullback was this week’s tailback for the injury-plagued Green Wave, but Hollowell said his team wasn’t down about it’s situation.

&8221;We feel like we got something out of the second half, we came out and gave it all we had. Things are definitely going to be better next week,&8220; he said.

This week was pretty good for the McNair family.

Jason McNair, the nephew of Mount Olive native son Steve McNair, finished the game with 195 yards on six rushes. He caught three passes for 57 yards and taking the Most Valuable McNair trophy for the game.

His cousin Julius McNair, a sophomore defensive back, receiver and backup quarterback was 1-of-3 passing in relief, but that one was a beauty: he hit Alfred McLaurin in stride for a 90-yard catch and run in the third quarter.

His cousin Steve McNair Jr. carried seven times for minus five yards as a backup running back. He’s an eighth grader.