First half ground game carries Rebels

Updated: March 22, 2011 5:26PM

Once-beaten T.F. South didn't want to take winless Hillcrest lightly.

All week the Rebels (6-1, 3-1) prepared for the Hawks (0-7, 0-4) like they were unbeaten and it showed as T.F. South, rushing for 348 yards on 18 carries in the first half and scoring on its first six possessions rolled 42-12 in South Suburban Blue play in Lansing Friday night.

"We wanted to play them like they were a 6-0 team," said junior Giovanni Canty, who carried five times for 117 yards and a touchdown in the first half. "Like we've done all season, we took what they gave us."

Canty opened the scoring by running 65 yards on the Rebels' second play. Quarterback Kevin Hallberg found Cody Krilich on touchdown passes of 43 and 28 yards in the first quarter and Kenneth Jackson ran for one touchdown and Marlon Harris ran for two as T.F. South held a 43-0 halftime lead. Hillcrest quarterback Breyonte Brewer threw for one touchdown and ran for another in the second half with a running clock.

"We thought we'd be able to move the ball on them," T.F. South coach Tom Padjen said. "The things we worked on all week we were able to execute.

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