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Trenton’s Golden Tide clearly was on a mission against the McKenzie Rebels Friday night swamping the Rebels 55-7 in a Region 7AA contest. It’s a good bet they remembered getting upset by the Rebels 22-20 last year combined with just getting beat at home two weeks earlier by Gibson County and they had two weeks to prepare for the Rebels. On the other hand, McKenzie was coming off a road win at Halls and a solid home win against Adamsville last week and starting to get some of the injured Rebels back into action.
Trenton won the toss electing to receive wasting no time in exerting their will on the Rebel defense with a 7-play drive all on the ground capped by a 6-yard scoring run by quarterback Cooper Baugus with 8:35 left in the opening quarter. The extra point was good for a 7-0 Tide lead.
McKenzie got their first shot on offense and quickly went three and out which would often be the case in the first half. Larson King punted away with Trenton getting a 10-yard return setting up shop near midfield in their own territory. Two plays later Jaquez Wilkens got loose for a 39 yard touchdown run with 5:31 left in the first quarter. The extra point was again good for a 14-0 lead.
The Rebels fared no better in their next possession going three and out again but got a nice 41-yard punt from King. Trenton started at their own 25 and struck again with the big play when Jerel Dickson dashed 62 yards for a score. The extra point was good for a 21-0 lead with 2:54 remaining in the opening quarter.
Just barely a minute later, after the Rebels went three and out again, Trenton was on the board again with a 51-yard TD pass from Baugus to Noah Halbrook with 1:34 left in the first quarter. The extra point was no good but the Tide extended their lead to 27-0.