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PREP FOOTBALL: Tigers end Fairview’s season with rout
By Will MotlowTUSCUMBIA — Deshler High scored early and often, amassing a 56-point lead at one point, en route to a 56-23 first-round Class 4A playoff win over Fairview on Friday.
Deshler (10-1) moves on to host Central-Florence in next week’s second round. The Wildcats defeated Plainview 31-28.
Chris May got things started when he recovered a fumble in the end zone to give Deshler a 7-0 lead a little more than one minute into the game.
Fairview (8-3) was forced to punt on its first offensive possession. Deion Belue fielded the kick at the Deshler 45, made a couple of Aggies miss, then cut across the field and made the rest of the Aggies miss on his way to the end zone for a 55-yard touchdown.
“Deion is an electrifying player,” Tigers coach John Mothershed said.
Deshler started its next possession on the Fairview 36-yard line after the Aggies kicked the ball out of bounds for a 16-yard punt in what was seemingly an attempt to keep the ball away from Belue. The Tigers scored five plays later on a 1-yard J. Gardiner run.
On its next possession, Deshler once again started in Fairview territory, this time after a Belue punt return put the Tigers on the Fairview 29. Deanthonie Summerhill scored on the first play of the drive with a 29-yard run to give the Tigers a 28-0 first quarter lead.
Summerhill added a 20-yard touchdown run in the second quarter, and Will Minor scored on an 18-yard run as Deshler took a 42-0 lead into halftime.
Belue scored on a 37-yard run and freshman running back Tucker Norwood scored on a 1-yard run late in the third quarter to give the Tigers a 56-0 lead.
“I’m proud of the way our guys played tonight,” Mothershed said. “Our defense played well. They did a
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