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39-yard pass play and then a 19-yard touchdown to extend the lead out to 33-0. By the end of the quarter, there was a running clock and the advantage had ballooned to 40-0 and the clock rolled the rest of the game.

Kobe Smith got one more score for good measure as the linebacker got in the game and had a hard-nosed 35-yard run to cap the scoring. Smith also was a man possessed on the defensive side yet again as he racked up three sacks in the game and recovered a fumble.

The defensive unit had eight tackles for loss in the game with the blocked kick on special teams, a fumble recovery and an interception. Cunningham had the interception on defense to go along with two catches for 58 yards and a touchdown. Britain Burleson had 1.5 tackles for loss in the first half before sitting out the second after having a minor injury.

The win moved the Wolverines to 8-3 this season and gave them three-straight wins by a combined score of 122-20. It was the fourthstraight season that they’ve advanced to at least the second round of the playoffs, but they’ll be tasked with a big challenge to get to round three.

The defending runners up of the North in East Union

is waiting and the Urchins have won six-straight games since East Webster last saw them on the road back in September. The Wolverines won 23-21 as Smith blocked a field goal that would have won the game and East Union turned around and closed the season strong.

It’s tough to beat a team twice and Ford knows that all too well.

“I don’t want that feeling,” Ford said. “Back at Starkville, we beat Oxford in the regular season and then lost to them in the playoffs and I still have that feeling in my stomach. I just want us to focus this week. I’m going to do everything I can to keep the guys focused and I think we can get the (win).”