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Fair Park scored on the opening drive of the game on the legs of their speedy quarterback
Morris Claiborne. Playing out of the shotgun, Claiborne was quick to run against a Tide defense that failed to contain him.
The 73-yard drive was capped by a
Claiborne scramble from the Minden 34 for a touchdown and the Indians led 7-0.
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Once Minden's defense figured out that
Claiborne was pretty much all of Fair Park's offense and contained him, the Indians could do little to move the ball for the rest of the first half, either punting or turning the ball over on downs.
"
Claiborne is unbelievable," said Minden coach Eric Middleton. "We contained him after the first drive, but he wore us out."
Claiborne ran for 126 yards in the first half, but only 10 in the second [According to the Minden Press-Herald, he finished with 133 rushing yards on 23 carries and 229 passing yards on 38 attempts --
LINK ].
...Minden took the lead a 9-7. Fair Park came right back and drove to the Tide 33 on
Claiborne's arm and legs. But on second down there was a miscommunication on the pass route and
Claiborne threw it directly to Minden's Dantavion Harris [who intercepted it] at the 28 and he returned it to the Fair Park 24.
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Claiborne found tough going trying to run the ball in the second half as Minden committed several players to shadowing him on every down. With
Claiborne unable to do anything with the ball, Fair Park was forced to punt from their 15. ...
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