The Arlington Red Devils amassed 381 rushing yards and ran past host Paulding 48-18 Friday evening in the high school football season opener for both teams.
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Red Devil quarterback Jared Griggs totaled 138 yards and added touchdown scampers of ten, nine, 55 and 25 yards to lead the way. He also tossed a 24-yard scoring strike to Grant Riegle.
Grady Romick added a 68-yard touchdown run and Keagan Hull scooted into the end zone from seven yards out for Arlington.
Arlington led 6-0 at the end of one period before Romick’s 68-yard run expanded the margin to 13-0. After Paulding’s Jacob Fife plunged in from one yard out to pull the Panthers within 13-6, Griggs’ ten-yard run put the Red Devils on top 20-6 at the intermission.
Hull’s seven-yard scamper along with two Griggs touchdown runs helped Arlington expand the margin to 42-12 at the end of three periods. Dawson Lamb had a five-yard run for a score in the period for Paulding.
Fife also tossed a five-yard touchdown pass to Larkin Yates to complete the game’s scoring.
Fife ended the evening 8 of 15 for 134 yards while Lamb ran for 71 yards on 19 carries. Brayden Sanders totaled 129 yards on eight receptions for the Panthers.