FRANKLIN FURNACE — What started as a normal evening was suddenly interrupted by a cloud burst.
At the end of the first quarter, the Southern Tornadoes led the Green Bobcats just 6-0.
But in the second quarter the Tornadoes erupted for 27 points and blanked the Bobcats 33-0 in a non-league game on Friday.
Southern (2-2) did most of its damage through the air as quarterback Nathan Shuster was 11-of-17 passing for 232 yards and 3 touchdowns.
Most of the completions were fast screens or short dump offs including all 3 touchdown passes.
Brandon Laudermilt had 3 receptions for 109 yards and 2 scores and Zach Thomas 3 catches for 64 yards and a touchdown.
Green (1-3) finished with 82 total yards of offense including 57 rushing after bad snaps led to a minus 35 yards. Blake Smith ran 13 times for 76 yards while Landon Kimbler was 4-of-9 passing for 25 yards.
The Tornadoes opened the game with a 54-yard, 7-play drive keyed by a 34-yard catch-and-run from Shuster to Thomas. A dump off pass to Carson Reuter covered 13 yards to the 4 where Gryphon Thomas ran for 3 and then 1-yard to cap the drive and make it 6-0 at the 9:52 mark.
A bad snap on a fourth down play at the Southern 34 resulted in the Tornadoes getting the ball at the 47.
Jake Wickline had a 16-yard run to the Green37 and a quick 4-yard pass to Landon Evanson got the ball to the 33 as the quarter ended.
The drive ended on a 9-yard pass to Laudermilt with 10:35 on the clock. Copper Diddle kicked the conversion for a 13-0 lead.
After a Green punt, Southern used a 40-yard pass play to Laudermilt to reach the Bobcats 43. The drive ended on a 13-yard pass to Thomas with 4:42 left in the half. Diddle’s kick made it 20-0.
Green was forced to punt again and on first down Laudermilt took a fast screen and went down the sidelines for a 60-yard pass play and a 26-0 lead with 1:52 left.
The Bobcats were faced with a fourth down at their own 36 with time running out and Thomas returned the punt 69 yards as time expired. Diddle added the conversion and it was 33-0 at the half.
A running clock was used in the second half and Green had the only scoring threats as 2 drives stalled at the Tornadoes 26- and 27-yard lines
The Bobcats visit Fairview, Ky., this week at 7:30 p.m. The Eagles (2-1) outscored Morgan County 60-50 last week.
Southern 6 27 0 0 = 33
Green 0 0 0 0 = 0
First Quarter
RS — Gryphon Thomas 1 run (run failed) 9:52
Second Quarter
RS — Brandon Laudermilt 9 pass from Nathan Shuster (Copper Diddle kick) 10:35
RS — Zach Thomas 21 pass from Nathan Shuster (Copper Diddle kick) 4:42
RS — Brandon Laudermilt 60 pass from Nathan Shuster (kick failed) 1:52
RS— Zach Thomas 69 punt return (Copper Diddle kick) 0:00
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RS Grn
First downs 11 6
Rushes-yards 18-35 34-57
Passing yards 232 25
Total yards 267 82
Cmp-Att-Int 11-17-0 4-9-0
Fumbles-lost 2-1 1-0
Penalties-yards 3-25 3-15
Punts-average 1-43.0 4-36.0
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Individual Leaders
RUSHING–Southern: Jake Wickline 5-38, Carson Reuter 5-22, Gryphon Thomas 2-4 TD, Nathan Shuster 4-minus 17, Zach Thomas 1-minus 2, Colton Jones 1-minus 10; Green: Blake Smith 13-76, Riley Cunningham 16-16, Landon Kimbler 4-minus 22, Team 1-minus 13.
PASSING–Southern: Nathan Shuster 11-17-0 232; Green: Landon Kimbler 4-9-0 25.
RECEIVING–Southern: Brandon Laudermilt 3-109 2-TDs, Zach Thomas 3-64 TD, Landon Everson 2-22, Carson Reuter 1-19, Wyatt Smith 2-18; Green: Blake Smith 1-7, Riley Cunningham 1-3, Mason Neal 1-8, Brody Stapleton 1-3.
MISSED FIELD GOALS–None.
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