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Blog LIVE Game Blog - Thomas Jefferson-Richmond (3-0) at Norcom (2-1)

A turnover on downs by Norcom with 55 seconds to go in the first half as QB Joedee Shelton's pass on 4th & 4 was well out of his intended receiver's reach. On the previous three plays, they completed just 1 of those pass attempts for 6 yards to Cortez Phillips.

Now they leave the Vikings with a chance to maybe get in field goal range or hit a big play, plus TJ kept one time-out in the pocket.

Blog LIVE Game Blog - Thomas Jefferson-Richmond (3-0) at Norcom (2-1)

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Amare Gough showed off some serious speed on that race to the end zone. Another terrific play call by the Vikings, getting their fastest guy on the team the ball in space on a tunnel screen.

That stems some of the momentum the host Greyhounds had gained from that previous series.

Junior Marquell Johnson returns the ensuing kickoff 17 yards, slipping out of tackles, to give the Greyhounds fairly decent field position at their own 48 with 1:30 to go in the first half.

Blog LIVE Game Blog - Thomas Jefferson-Richmond (3-0) at Norcom (2-1)

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I am absolutely STUNNED at how wide open Carlik Franklin was on that play. Literally, TJ, inexplicably, did not have a corner lined up to cover him on the near side of the field and it was the easiest pitch and catch the combo of QB Joedeen Shelton and Franklin will have, maybe all year.

I will also add that Norcom is getting more of the 'hidden yardage' in this one in the return game, which can turn out to be a bigger factor as we move it along.

The Vikings have it at their own 35 with 1:56 till intermission.

Blog LIVE Game Blog - Thomas Jefferson-Richmond (3-0) at Norcom (2-1)

Norcom is on the move and once again a nice kickoff return with Cortez Phillips returning it 43 yards to midfield. Raeshon Williams hauls in a 9-yard pass and then it's Matthew Outten, the electric Penn State commit, making some nifty moves on his 19-yard reception from QB Joedee Shelton. That puts the Greyhounds at the TJ 25.

A holding penalty - the fifth flag of the night on Norcom - keeps from them advancing to the red zone. A couple of near misses on passes, including one in the end zone that went off the fingertips and might've been deflected by a TJ player, brings up 3rd & 18 from the 33 with 2:08 until the half.
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