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Nimitz Handles R.L. Turner 28-7

Jimmy Clark passed for 215 yards and two scores as Nimitz dominated Carrollton R.L. Turner in the district 9-6A opener for both at Irving Schools Stadium. Turner suffered its first defeat of the season.

Nimitz scored on three of its first four possessions and scored the game's final 21 points.

Nimitz (2-2, 1-0) marched 82 yards in 11 plays on its opening series and went ahead 7-0 with 5:08 remaining in the first quarter when D'angelo Allen scored on a one yard run.

Turner (3-1, 0-1) answered on the ensuing series and tied it at 7 with 2:24 remaining in the first quarter when sophomore quarterback Justin Eichorn passed 41 yards to Ken Francis.

Clark's first touchdown pass came just 78 seconds after the Turner score, as Clark passed 26 yards to Michael Scott. Clark hit Sam Berry with a 14-yarder just over a minute into the second half for the game’s final points.

  1 2 3 4 Total
Nimitz 14 8 6 0 28
R.L. Turner 7 0 0 0 7

TEAM STATS

  Irving Nimitz Carrollton R.L. Turner
Total yards 385 249
First downs 18 15
Rushes/Yds 32/170 42/159
Average rush 5.31 3.79
Comp-Att-Int 16-20-1 6-17-1
Pass yards 215 90
Comp pct 80 35.29
Punts 2 4
Punting Yards 59 170
Punting Average 29.5 42.5
Fumbles-Lost 1-0 2-0
Penalties-yards 3-25 2-22

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