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The Mancos Blue Jays\u2019 season came to an end on Friday in a 53-6 loss to the Norwood Mavericks.<\/p>\n
In the first quarter, the Mavericks had two rushing touchdowns, an 81-yard kick return for a score, a stripped ball recorded as a fumble recovery returned for a touchdown and a punt returned for a touchdown after a Mancos punt bounced off one of its own players into the hands of Norwoods\u2019 Mason Riddle, who took it to the house.<\/p>\n
Mancos\u2019 only score came on its first offensive possession. Facing a third-and-long, quarterback Drew Morgan rolled out to his right side.<\/p>\n
Keeping his eyes downfield, Morgan found senior Andrew Plunkett crossing the field behind the Mavericks\u2019 secondary and dropped a ball right into his hands. Plunkett raced the rest of the way into the end zone for an 84-yard touchdown, bringing the score to 6-8.<\/p>\n
Then the Mavericks rattled off 26 unanswered points to end the first quarter with a 34-6 lead.<\/p>\n
Norwood struck again on the first play of the second quarter with a 79-yard touchdown pass to Devyn Rummel, and extended the lead to 47-6 by half.<\/p>\n
With a running clock starting in the second quarter, the rest of the game went by quickly.<\/p>\n
Norwood found the end zone once more in the third quarter, and held Mancos scoreless in the second half to win the game, 53-6.<\/p>\n
The Blue Jays found some success on outside runs by Morgan, when he would fake a toss to one side and reverse field and run the opposite way, but they were unable to sustain drives or find the end zone other than on Plunkett\u2019s 84-yard reception.<\/p>\n
\u201cTheir defensive line was big, and we couldn\u2019t move them, so it was like a stalemate,\u201d co-head coach Josh Gardner said after the game. \u201cNot only that, but their linebackers were coming downhill like 100 miles per hour, and that disrupted us.\u201d<\/p>\n
The loss bounced the Blue Jays from the playoffs and ended their season, but Gardner said that he viewed the season as a success.<\/p>\n
And for just the second time in the past 12 years, the Blue Jays won six games on the season, finishing with a 6-4 record.<\/p>\n
\u201cThe senior leadership was unbelievable on this team this year,\u201d Gardner said. \u201cAnd our success is due, mostly, because of their leadership.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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