5A NORTH: No. 6 North Stafford (9-3) at No. 2 Tuscarora (12-0), Friday, 2 p.m. GAME UPDATES

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Halftime North Stafford 28 Tuscarora 28.

QB Smith has 149 yards rushing, 3TDs, 1 pass TD for Huskies

Tuscarora fumbles kickoff. Edwards to D'Curtis Davis 30 yard TD .NS 28-21

North Stafford responds 80 -yard pass Edwards to Guy Keith. 21 all 1:35 2nd quarter

Tuscarora retakes lead 21-14 on Smith. QB sneak 1:48 to halftime

Jimmy Edwards 56 yard pass to Devyn Ford. NS Tuscarora tied at 14 3:34 2nd quarter

Tuscarora takes 14-7 lead on North Stafford. Worse for Wolverines; Naukym Morton helped off field.

Tuscarora ties it 7-7 on James Douglas 1-yard run after a 77-yard dash by QB Daniel Smith


North Stafford 7 Tuscarora 0 after one quarter

Naukym Morton's 45-yard TD run gives North Stafford a 7-0 lead over Tuscarora 9:56 1st

 

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Guy Keith 13 yard pass from Edwards. Tuscarora leads 49-42 10:51 left


Tuscarora 49 North Stafford 35 after three quarters

James Douglas' 40-yard TD run gives Tuscarora a 49-35 lead over North Stafford after 3 quarters

Claim Kauthan's 4 yard run cuts Tuscarora's lead to 42-35
1:21 3rd

 

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Tuscarora 56 North Stafford 42 7:17 left.

Smith's Fourth TD run 16 yards

 

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Douglas 56 yard TD run.

Tuscarora 63 NS 42

2:50 left.

 

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Edwards to Guy Keith a third time from 11 yards.

Tuscarora 63-49

1:27 left.

 

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Final Tuscarora 63 North Stafford 49

 

[falcettik]

I attended this game and it was worth it if you like a game full of big plays with neither team showing the ability to stop the other. Both teams appeared to play fairly well defensively at the outset, until about the 5 minute mark in the 2nd quarter. Then the roof caved in and it was just big play after big play after big play for both teams. If the TD was not scored on a play of 20-plus yards (and about half of the scores were on plays of 40+ yards) then the TD was set up by a big play. Tusky never punted and North Stafford punted twice, on their second possession of the game and again in the middle of the 3rd quarter which resulted in Tusky scoring quickly and going up by two scores. In a game where the two teams were trading haymaker plays, that was significant. Many scoring drives lasted less than a minute, especially the 6 combined scores in the last 5:37 of the first half.

For Tusky, Douglass was a hard nosed runner. Smith probably had 220 yards (or more) total (190 on just 6 runs) and he ran in 4 TDs and passed for several more.

For NS, the freshman Ford shows great potential but Tusky's ability to string the play out when he tried to get around the end usually resulted in Ford getting few yards. The big weapon for NS was their receiver Guy Keith, who had a huge game with maybe 150-200 receiving yards (my estimate) and 3 TDs. He was superb, making some tough catches against tight coverage. Great hands.