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Homecoming night at Roadrunner Stadium didn’t go as hoped for the large contingency of Holbrook fans. Window Rock was the guest and the Scouts came in with an unimpressive 2-2 regular season mark. However, by the time the game was over they had left with a very impressive 42-0 win over the winless Roadrunners.
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Playing in front of the homecoming crowd, along with the nearly full Window Rock stands, the Scouts marched right down the field on their opening drive, capping off an 88-yard drive with the first of four Nataa Chief touchdown runs. Following a Holbrook interception, Chief had his second short scoring run with 3:57 left in the first period pushing the lead to 14-0. Chief finished the night with nearly 200 individual rushing yards and the four scores.
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Midway through the second period, Scout quarterback Joey Begay hooked up with Jason Yazzie on a 55-yard scoring pass making the lead 20-0. Late in the half Begay scored on a short quarterback sneak making the halftime lead 26-0 in favor of Window Rock.
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Holbrook was able to move the ball, and some big plays by Marcus Oberriter, John O’Brien, Tyson Begay and Myron Begay helped the Birds move inside Window Rock’s 15-yard line on five separate occasions. However, on each trip deep into the scoring zone the Roadrunners were kept out of the endzone and off the scoreboard.
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Window Rock scored just once in the third period on Chief’s third scoring run of the night. He also pushed in the two-point conversion making the lead 34-0. The final points of the night came with six minutes left in the fourth, with Chief adding one final score to his total.
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With the loss Holbrook fell to 0-5 on the season. They have now completed their non-East Region schedule and things figure to get much more difficult beginning with this week’s trip to Payson on Friday night. The Longhorns are 4-1 and are coming off back to back shut-out wins over Catalina 48-0 and Chinle 59-0. Holbrook will host Winslow in two weeks.
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