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Tenaha Bombards Meridian ‘Jackets in Lopsided Scorefest

 

The Tenaha Tigers’ varsity football team used seven first-half scores and 466 yards of offense, during the first half, to shock the Meridian Yellowjackets into submission in the Area round of the state football playoffs. Ultimately the Tigers pulled away to a 76-0 win by adding three additional scores during the second half.
 
Two early scores by Trai Gardner, and first quarter scores by Onterio Thompson, Jay Lloyd and Christian Ashton, helped Tenaha send the message that this would be their night. Tenaha had a 28-0 lead at the end of the first quarter of play. To make things worse for the ‘Jackets, Ashton added an 8-yard score to begin the second period and balloon the Tigers’ lead to 35-0.
 
 
 
A Cody Foshee interception set up an Onterio Thompson touchdown run with 6:13 still left in the first half and THS led 42-0. Gardner added his third score of the night moments later to give Teneha a 49-0 lead with still over five minutes left in the opening half of play.
 
 
 
LaDarrius Garrett scored on a 2-yard run and gave the Tigers a 56-0 lead with 3:49 left in the second period. Thompson added a 60-yard run for the final score of the second period and gave THS a 63-0 lead with just one minute left in the second period.
 
 
 
The second half saw a running clock and the Tigers outscored Meridian by a 13-0 margin while boosting the game’s final score to the 76-0 margin.
 
Tenaha is now 12-0 on the season and will play Iola for the Regional crown at Merrill Green Stadium in Bryan College Station next Friday, November 25 at 1 p.m.
 
 
 
 

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