Dominating performance
Stroud dominated every aspect of the game and built a 42-0 in just three quarters against Morrison Friday night en route to a 56-12 victory in the first round of the Class A playoffs.
It was the ninth win in a row for the Tigers, ranked No. 6 in the state, and sets up their second-round match against Gore this week.
Kickoff is 7 p.m. Friday at Stroud. The Tigers led 6-0 after the first period, thanks to a 5-yard scoring run by Kason Presley, but poured it on in the second and third periods as Jacob Beck and Presley alternated touchdowns.
Beck hit the end zone on a 2-yard run with less than a minuted gone in the second quarter, Presley scored on a 9-yard run and Beck scored again on 28yard pass reception with 24 seconds left in the half,making it 28-0.
Presley scored on a 24-yard run and Beck on 51-yarder with 1:11 left in the third to boost the score to 42-0.
Morrison scored twice in the fourth quarter, but Bryce Collins matched with a 58-yard touchdown run and a 98-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.
Collins finished with 111 yards only six carries, while Presley hit the century mark and his three touchdowns on 19 carries. Beck packed it eight times for 79 yards and his three touchdowns.
Gore comes into Friday’s game with a 9-2 record and ranked No. 13 in the state by MaxPreps.
With a win over the Pirates, Stroud would advance to the quarterfinals against the winner of top-ranked Fairview, 11-0, and No. 10 Crescent, 9-1.
Morrison 0 0 0 12 - 12 Stroud 6 22 14 14 - 56
Stroud Morrison First Downs 20 8 Rushing (Att-Yds) 46-366 31-114 Passing (Comp-Att-Yds) 4-6-91 5-11-37 Total Offense (Plays-Yds) 52-457 42-151 Interceptions by 0 0 Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1 Penalties-Yards 8-100 2-20 Punts-Average 1-32.0 6-31.7
Scoring Qtr Time Team Play
1st 6:08 Stroud Presley 5 yd run (run failed) 2nd 11:08 Stroud Beck 2 yd run (T.Baker run) 2nd 3:26 Stroud Presley 9 yd run (Presley run) 2nd :24 Stroud Beck 28 yd pass from Cropp (run failed) 3rd 5:41 Stroud Presley 24 yd run (Wright kick) 3rd 1:11 Stroud Beck 28 yd run (Wright kick) 4th 9:48 Stroud B.Collins 51 yd run (Wright kick) 4th 3:10 Morr. Watters 2 yd run (run failed) 4th 2:54 Stroud B.Collins 98 yd kickoff return (Wright kick) 4th 1:18 Morr. Shubert 34 yd run (run failed)
Rushing (Att-Yds-TD) Stroud Presley 19-100-3, Beck 8-79-2, B.Collins 6-111-1, D.Baker 6-36, Nichols 1-5, T.Baker 4-37, team 2-(2)
Passing (Comp-Att-Yds-TD-Int) Stroud D.Baker 3-5-63-0-0, Cropp 1-1-28-1-0 Receiving (Rec-Yds-TD) Stroud A.Collins 1-4, Nichols 1-51, Beck 1-28-1, Cropp 1-8