STERLING Kai Tomaszewski got Saturday nights football game off with a bang, racing 95 yards on the games opening kickoff for a quick six against host Sterling Newman.

The Tigers spent the rest of the half, however, chasing the Comets. The Class 2A defending Comets scored six unanswered touchdowns in the first half to go up 36-6 and added one more score early in the third quarter en route to a 44-21 victory at Roscoe Eades Stadium in a Three Rivers Conference crossover.

Tomaszewski, who came over from soccer this year, hit the line at the 20-yard line, bounced off down the left sidelines and was off to the races. It was a stunning blow to the Newman faithful in attendance.

While veteran Newman coach Mike Papoccia called it a kick right between the eyes, it proved to be just the kick-start the Comets needed.

The Comets answered decisively, racking up 44 straight points on seven touchdowns on the strength of a running game that racked up 316 yards on 54 carries.

Brady Rude, a four-time medal winner in track this spring, led the Comets attack with 147 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown.

He also recovered a Princeton fumble in the endzone for a touchdown that gave Newman a 28-6 lead late in the second quarter.

Nolan McGinn got the Comets on the board first with a 13-yard TD to tie the game with 8:30 left in the first quarter. He closed the first quarter with a 3-yard run and took in the conversion to make it 20-6.

The Comets played beat the clock, scoring on an eight-yard TD pass from Logan Whitman to Shayne Allen with six seconds left in the half. Dillan Heffelfinger added the conversion run to make it 36-6 at the half.

PHS (1-1) surrendered a 25-yard touchdown run by Rude early in the third quarter but did not allow another point the rest of the way.

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