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Tigers take Blue Demons to the woodshed
The Thomasville Tigers got back on track this past Friday with a convincing 37-0 victory over the Escambia County High School Blue Devils. The Blue Devil quarterback, under pressure from the Tiger rush, threw an ill advised pass that Jake Overstreet picked off at the Thomasville 20 yard line with 10:44 remaining in the first quarter. From there the Tigers were in the end zone in little over a minute when Delvonte Harris scored on a 29-yard scamper Henrique Aguiar added the extra-point and Thomasville was on top 7-0 with 9:00 remaining in the first quarter. The Tiger offense was on the prowl again following the defense's stuffing of the Blue Devils on their second series. This time Overstreet hooked up with Kenny Sanders on a 40-yard pass for the score at the 5:03 mark of the first quarter. Aguiar was on target and the Tigers led 14-0. At that point a determined Escambia County team, possibly sensing the game getting away from them, seemed to regroup on their next offensive series taking the ball down the field and into scoring position with a first down inside the Thomasville 10 yard line. Just as determined on the other side however the Tiger defense rose up and stopped the visitors from Atmore on three downs forcing them to try a 22 yard field goal that came up short. The Tiger offense wasted little time getting back on the scoreboard again, scoring this time on a 70 yard pass from Overstreet to Shed Simmons with 3:02 left in the second quarter. Aguiar split the up-rights and the Thomasville lead stood at 21-0. Although the first half was quickly coming to a close, the Tiger offense was not finished. Thomasville got the ball back at their 46 and was in the end zone in short order. The touchdown itself came with :54 remaining before intermission when Overstreet completed a sideline pass to Tysean Thompson who then lateralled the ball to Alex Buford racing down the sideline for a 35 yard touchdown. The play, which is commonly known as a "Georgia pass", was executed perfectly and following Aguiar's fourth extra-point gave the Tigers a 28-0 halftime lead. Picking up where they left off, the Tigers got things rolling early in the second half when an alert Joey Kidd pounced on the Blue Devils squib kick giving the Tiger offense the ball near midfield for their opening series. With the excellent field position the Tigers used nothing but the ground game to pound it in from there scoring on a 9-yard run by Buford with 9:07 remaining in the third period. Aguiar's kick was true and the Tigers led 35-0. Thomasville would get their final points of the game on Escambia County's next offensive series when a bad snap on the punt attempt resulted in Tiger Delvonte Harris being able to tackle the punter in the end zone for a safety. The additional two points raised the score to 37-0. Leading the team on the ground was Harris with 96 yards and one touchdown on 14 carries. He was followed by Buford with 68 yards and one touchdown on seven carries and James White with 73 yards on seven carries. In the air, quarterback Overstreet was 4 for 5 for 156 yards and three touchdowns. With the win Thomasville improves to 6-1 overall, 4-1 in the region. Escambia County on the other hand falls to 4-3 overall, 3-2 in the region. On the schedule next for the Tigers is a road game against regional opponent Southside of Selma. The Panthers are coming off a loss to Monroe County this past week. Kick off for the game is set for 7 p.m. in Selma.
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