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.<\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
Brady Rude, a four-time medal winner in track this spring, led the Comets attack with 147 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown. <\/p>\n
He also recovered a Princeton fumble in the endzone for a touchdown that gave Newman a 28-6 lead late in the second quarter. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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. <\/p>\n
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