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Tigers fall to Shenandoah 48 – 7

By LARRY OLIVER
ALEXANDRIA – In a battle of unbeaten football teams, Shenandoah showed the Tigers that they still have a long way to go in their development following a 48-7 blowout.
The Raiders scored on their opening drive with a 65-yard carry to take a 7-0 lead just 1:37 into the game and Alex never recovered. After the Tigers went three-and-out on their opening drive that ended with a bad punt, Shenandoah increased their lead to 14-0 with a 19-yard run on their first play of their second drive.
Last week it was the Tigers defense forcing turnovers and creating opportunities for the offense. This week it was Shenandoah causing Alex to turn the ball over and play out of character. The Raiders intercepted three Nik Parkison passes and returned one for a score.
Brandon Bennett scored on a 3-yard run with 22 seconds remaining to end the possibility of the Raiders second consecutive shutout.
On defense Josh Blanton led all Alex tacklers with eight tackles. Aaron Kress added six and Jon Blanton had four tackles and a fumble recovery.
On offense, Parkison had 58 yards on the ground to lead all Alex rushers. Bennett added 33 yards and the team’s only touchdown. Parkison was 12-26 passing for 107 yards and three interceptions.
“Shenandoah is a very good football team,” Tiger Coach Pete Gast said after the game. “The one thing they were able to do all night and we couldn’t was execute. We have had the word execute on the board all week and we just could not get it done.”
“We were missing blocks, dropping balls, slipping on the ground, we just couldn’t get it done. Shenandoah is a very good football team and they are going to win a lot of games this year. I told our boys after the game that we are probably not as good as we showed against Winchester, and we are definitely not as bad as we showed tonight. We are probably somewhere in the middle. The next six days of practice and preparation will show if we can get good enough to beat Elwood.”
The Tigers (1-1) will travel to Elwood Friday to take on the Panthers.