WALL, TX — The No. 4-ranked Wall High School football team scored just seconds into its first-round playoff game against Anthony on Friday and never looked back in a 74-6 win.
Briggs Jones intercepted a pass and returned it for a score 24 seconds into the contest, setting off a flurry of Hawks' touchdowns.
Landon York threw three TD passes in the first quarter alone — to Kyler O'Neal, Levi King and Jones — for a 26-0 lead.
York threw another TD to Zach Rohmfeld, then scored on a 45-yard scramble as Wall built a 60-0 lead by halftime.
King also had an interception return for a TD.
Wall improved to 10-1 with its ninth straight victory and advances to play Childress or Slaton next week in the area round.
Anthony's season ended at 1-10.
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7:57 p.m. Wall 74, Anthony 6 - FINAL
7:51 p.m. Anthony gets on the board with a 24-yard TD pass from Lorenzo Orozco to Nathan Rodriguez. 74-6 with 9:00 remaining.
7:46 p.m. Wall 74, Anthony 0 - End of 3rd Quarter
7:42 p.m. Hayden Garcia with a 13-yard TD run. Wall pushes its lead to 74-0 with 3:14 left in the third quarter.
7:39 p.m. Anthony muffs the ensuing kickoff and Wall recovers.
7:36 p.m. Wall scored on a short TD run and now leads 67-0 with 6:08 left in the third quarter.
7:05 p.m. Wall 60, Anthony 0 - Halftime
7:02 p.m. Jager Thompson with a 95-yard TD run, and Wall now has a 60-0 lead with 1:29 left in the second quarter.
6:56 p.m. Levi King with an interception return for a TD. Wall leads 53-0 with 4:05 left in the second quarter.
6:51 p.m. Evan Boehle with a TD run on a jet sweep, and Wall extends its lead to 47-0 with 5:27 left in the second quarter.
6:48 p.m. Wall linebacker Ethan Michalewicz with an interception.
6:44 p.m. Landon York with a 45-yard TD scramble, putting Wall on top 40-0 with 8:43 left in the second quarter.
6:37 p.m. Landon York with a 5-yard TD pass Zach Rohmfeld. Wall leads Anthony 33-0 with 9:51 left in the second quarter.
6:32 p.m. Wall 26, Anthony 0 - End of 1st Quarter
6:26 p.m. Landon York with a TD pass to Briggs Jones, and Wall extends its lead to 26-0 with 19 seconds left in the first quarter. PAT misses.
6:22 p.m. Landon York with a 52-yard TD pass to Levi King. Wall leads 20-0.
6:12 p.m. Landon York with an 86-yard TD pass to Kyler O'Neal. The extra point is good, and Wall leads 13-0 with 6:48 left in the first quarter.
6:09 p.m. Lane Stansberry and Brylan White combine for a sack on third down, and Anthony is punting the ball back to Wall with 7:20 left in the first quarter.
6:03 p.m. Briggs Jones intercepts a pass and returns it for a touchdown to give Wall a 6-0 lead just 24 seconds into the game. PAT fails.
6:01 p.m. Wall receives the opening kickoff, and Thomas Leanos loses a fumble on the first play from scrimmage.
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