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Junior high Pats pound Kirk
The Marshall Academy junior high football team cruised to its first district win of the season Thursday night. The Patriots built a 28-0 lead before Kirk put points on the board and went on to slam the Raiders 44-14. MA improved to 2-0 overall and 1-0 in District 1-AA. The Pats’ first touchdown came with 4:42 to go in the first quarter. Dakota Dailey threw to Tucker Fant for the 46-yard score. Devin McGreger ran for the two-point conversion. Stephen Elgin recovered a fumble on the first play of Kirk’s next series. Dailey dashed 25 yards for six more MA points. A try-for-two failed. The Patriots were up 14-0 after one period. Dailey later picked off a Kirk pass and returned it 30 yards. A few plays later he raced 51 yards around right end for a touchdown. The two-point attempt was again unsuccessful. Marshall was up 20-0 at the half. The Patriot defense held the Raiders on a fourth-down try early in the third quarter. With 3:47 left in the quarter, McGreger scored on a 6-yard run. Dailey threw to Thomas Faulkenbery for two more points. Kirk got on the board with 1:41 left in the third. Its try-for-two failed. McGreger electrified the home crowd on the ensuing kickoff. He returned the ball 82 yards for a score. Hunter Barringer carried for the two-point conversion. MA led 36-6 after three. Kirk scored twice in the fourth – once with 7:45 remaining and again on the last play of the game. Sandwiched in between was another Marshall touchdown. Barringer scored on a 1-yard plunge that was set up by Faulkenbery’s catch and long run. Dailey tossed to Fant for the two-pointer. Leading tacklers for the Pats were Barringer with nine and Colt Lindsey with seven. The junior high team’s next game is Tuesday, Sept. 15, at Carroll Academy. |
     
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