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PLANT CITY 21, EAST BAY 6

 
Published Oct. 3, 2014

The Raiders scored 21 unanswered points, snapping a two-game losing streak and evening their district record at 1-1. Plant City quarterback Corey King accounted for two rushing touchdowns (5 and 16 yards) and Austin Carswell ran one in from 28 yards out. East Bay's Ian Kuykendall scored on a 9-yard run.

KEY DRIVE(S): Carswell relieved King midway through the second quarter and sparked a clunky offense. Carswell connected on two passes to Antoine Thompson and ran 28 yards on the next play to give Plant City a 7-6 lead.

PLAY OF THE GAME: Markese Hargrove took a handoff, waited for the hole to open and darted off left end. The junior running back broke a tackle and tiptoed along the sideline, taking it 78 yards to the 5 to set up King's TD.

STARS OF THE GAME: Hargrove ran for 268 yards on 17 carries. He had eight rushes of 15 yards or more.

STAT OF THE GAME: East Bay had just one offensive play that gained more than 10 yards, a 17-yard pass from Kuykendall to Diante Crutcher.

FINAL WORD: "I don't know, maybe Little League." - Hargrove when asked the last time he had rushed for that many yards.