By JEREMY McGUIRE
HaysPost

TMP 38, Ellis 16

It has been nearly two years since the TMP Monarchs won a football game.  They had lost 12 games in a row going into Friday night’s match-up in Ellis with the Railroaders.  The battle was on early.

Ellis took the opening kickoff deep into TMP territory and 10 plays later quarterback Easton Smith connected with Clay Fiek on a 23 yard touchdown pass with just over 6 minutes to play in the first quarter.  TMP would roll in for their first score of the season on a 7 yard touchdown run from TJ Flax with 25 seconds left in the first quarter that tied the game at 7.

TMP scored midway through the second quarter on a 50 yard touchdown pass from Chase Romme to Jared Schumacher that put the Monarchs on top 14-7.  Schumacher would tally another score with 2:40 left in the second quarter when he scooped up a Railroader fumble and went 58 yards untouched for a 14 point lead.  Ellis would add a safety late in the first half to make it a 21-9 game at the break.

The second half belonged to TMP as the Monarchs outscored the Railroaders 17-7 down the stretch thanks to two long Romme touchdown runs.  Romme finished 90 yards rushing and 107 yards through the air.  Dalton Hensley led Ellis with 76 yards, which included a 42 yard touchdown run.

Ellis drops to 0-2 on the season and will play Maur Hill-Mounty Academy on Friday in Abilene.  With the win TMP snaps that 12 game losing streak and improves to 1-1 on the season.  The Monarchs will host Smith Center on Friday night at Lewis Field stadium to open up their home part of their schedule.

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