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Tates Creek came to Belfry having to know how good everyone said the Pirates could be. Well if they had any doubt about this they found out in just a little over a minute just how good Belfry was. The Pirates forced a Commodores punt after three offensive plays, and on the return the Pirates got a 73-yard touchdown by, #1- Cameron Catron, with 10:32 left on the clock. The point after kick by #26 Austin Woolum made it a,7-0 game. For all intents and purposes this game was over. On the ensuing kickoff #12 Langston Love fielded the kick and was flipped upside down by #20 Chase Dove, on a fine tackle, with 10:20 left in the opening period. #34 Grayson Cook of the Pirates stopped #14 Dylan Adkins on a third down play to force another Tates Creek punt with,10:07 left in the third. The Pirates defense showed early and often that they were as potent as their offense was. With 8:25 left in the quarter #1 Andrew Fletcher busted off a nice 35-yard run. The 25 seconds later the Pirates scored again on a 27-yard run by #6 Noah Corbett. The point after kick was blocked by #34 Marcus Underwood keeping this a, 13-0 Belfry lead. With 6:28 left the Pirates punt return team put the ball on the ground and recovering it for Tates Creek was,#4 Ellijah Johnson.. This gave the Commodores a first and ten at the Pirates 27-yard line. The Pirates defense was able to get the ball right back to its offense when, #5 Derek Wellman picked off a #27 Luke Duby pass, with 6:09 left in the one-side quarter. The Pirates only needed, 5-plays to hit pay dirt again, from 68-yards out. The score came on a 47-yard run by Wellman. The point after kick by #34 Cook made this ,20-0 game with 3:43 left. The Belfry defense got a nice play from, #40 Austin Hill, who put Love on the ground for a seven yard loss, with 3:10 remaining in the quarter. The Belfry defense forced another punt a few seconds later. At the 2:19 mark the Pirates got a 52-yard touchdown run by #3 Devin Varney, the point after made it a,27-0 Pirate lead. In the last 11.6 seconds of the quarter each team would score once. For Belfry it was a 3-yard run up the gut by, Varney. The point after made it a,34-0 game. Tates Creek scored on a sweet 80-yard pass play, when Duby hooked up with #17 Jackson Beerman. The point after kick by #90(not in the program) was blocked, leaving this a,34-6 game after one quarter. Belfry would have more problems with their special teams on the ensuing kickoff. This time it was a fumble by a return man, that was recovered by #29 Jalen Barnett of the Commodores, with 11:51 left in the half. Duby would be picked off again at the 10:35 mark of the quarter when, #3Varney leaped high into the air making the pick. The Pirates defense made up for special teams blunders twice to soften the blow. #28 Taveon Hunter picked up 36-yards on a nice run for the Pirates, with 9:27 left. Hunter would tack on 23 more yards on another nice run, with 8:56 left in the quarter. The drive ended on a 12-yard run for a touchdown by, #6 Noah Corbett. Wellman converted the two point play by running the ball in to make this a,42-6 game. With 3.5 left in the half the Pirates got a 46-yard completion by Corbett to #10 Cameron Catron and then the drive ended on a 17-yard field goal by Cook to make this a,45-6 game to end the third. Neither team was able to do anything on offense in the third quarter. The Pirates had subbed subs for subs trying to keep it classy by not running up the score. I.M.O. this could have been a triple digit scoring night for Belfry, if the starters played the entire game. Tates Creek for the most part kept their starters in and they could not do a thing with the ball. Just 30 seconds into the final frame #17(Not in the program) from Belfry picked off Duby as the long night continued for the road team. The Pirates scored their final three points of the night on a 27-yard field goal by Cook, with 7:45 left in the game. The Commodores got a 43-yard run by Adkins with, 5:33 left. Then with 4:09 left Tates Creek scored again on a 8-yard tackle breaking run by Love. A two point conversion pass was incomplete. Final score48-12. UNOFFICIAL STATS

Tates Creek 42 plays, 185 yards Passing 11-28 1TD 3 INT'S

Belfry 40 plays, 419 yards Passing 1-3