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Garner scored early and often on Friday night as they routed Smithfield-Selma 73-0 to win their sixth straight win and with the win, the Trojans have now won their 26th consecutive homecoming game.
After SSS took the opening kick-off into Trojan territory,
the Garner defense came up big picking off the Adam Driver pass to give Garner the ball. After a couple of big plays moved the Trojans into the red zone, the drive stalled and Garner had to settle for a Connor Torruella Field Goal and a early 3-0 lead.
That lead grew to 10 on the next Trojan drive as Lemond Johnson found Bryan Watkins for a 26 yard touchdown pass and a quick 10-0 Trojan lead.
On the very next drive for Garner, they took over deep in the SSS end and it didn't take long as Johnson found Damian Ellis for the 10-yard touchdown and the first touchdown catch of the year for Ellis and it was very quickly 17-0 Garner.
Once again Garner found pay dirt on their next drive as AJ Clanton found the end zone for the first time in the game as he scored from two yards out and it was 24-0 in favor of the home team.
The ensuing SSS drive end poorly for the Spartans as Adam Driver's pass was picked off by Justin Chavis who ran it back 20 yards to make it 31-0 Garner. The final score of the first half came on the final drive of the half as Marques Townsend found the end zone from two yards out and give Garner a 38-0 halftime lead.
At halftime the results of the floats were announced: The Juniors took first, Freshman were second, Seniors finished third and the Sophomores were fourth.
Also, Lesley Caldera was crowned as the homecoming queen, Sammie Shelton was the king, Ty Maultsby was the princess and Trever Lee was named the Prince.
On Garner's second drive of the second half, they got an eight yard run from Tyler Hinton after that, Juwan Moye scored from 16 yards out and the Trojans recovered a fumble in the end zone to make it 59-0.
The third quarter continued with Garner scoring on a Shaquille Nuriddin punt return for a TD which made it 66-0 after the third stanza.
After the Garner defense held SSS on three plays inside the five, the Trojans took over on their own five yard line and on the first play, Demetrius Fairley rambled 95 yards for the Touchdown and the final score in Garner's 73-0 homecoming win.
Garner (6-2, 4-0) will be back in action TWO weeks from Friday night as they will travel to Southeast Raleigh for a 7:30 kick-off.
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