HAYS – The Plainville Cardinals scored on a couple of long touchdowns and held the TMP-Marian offense in check Friday in a 16-0 win at Lewis Field in Hays.

Jay Harris postgame interview

Game highlights

The Cardinals struck first, putting together an eight-play 41-yard drive that was capped off by a Jordan Finnesy 23-yard touchdown run. The Cardinals were able to convert on fourth down twice on their way to the endzone.

In the second quarter the Monarchs put together an eight-play drive of their own but it stalled on downs. Plainville took over and drove down the field in eight plays and scored their second touchdown of the game, a 30-yard touchdown pass from Finnesy to Cody Crawford. The two-point conversion gave Plainville a lead with 5:19 left in the first-half.

Both defenses really played well in the second half, with the only points coming on a TMP safety after a bad snap that went out of the back of the endzone giving Plainville the 16-0 lead just twenty seconds into the fourth quarter.

In the second half each team threw an interception, turned it over on downs and were forced to punt in a second half that was dominated by the defenses.

Plainville outgained the Monarchs 211 to 64 total yards of offense.

TMP falls to 1-2 on the season. They begin district play next week at Hoisington.

Plainville improved to 3-0 and will take on Smith Center next week in a battle of the top two teams in 1A.