Troup blows out North Clayton behind four touchdowns from Ashton Williams
Published 11:27 pm Friday, September 29, 2023
Troup put on a show on the road to cruise past North Clayton for a 62-28 region win. The score was not indicative of just how dominant the Tigers were as they led 49-0 at halftime before putting in their freshmen team in the second half.
“We came out really well, started fast like we planned,” Troup coach Tanner Glisson said. “The game was pretty much over by halftime.
“I felt like our guys responded with some great energy to start the game.”
The powerful Troup offensive line was opening up running lanes left and right for the Tigers, who ran for eight touchdowns combined in the game.
“We have to rely on the offensive line this year, and they responded with a big game tonight,” Glisson said.
Ashton Williams showed off his blazing speed and scored four of those rushing touchdowns, including the first three touchdowns of the game for Troup to put the Tigers up 21-0 with 5:44 left in the first quarter.
“Ashton really ran the ball hard tonight with no Javari Fannin,” Glisson said. “That was good to see, and I’m really really happy for Ashton because he works super hard for moments like this.”
Williams scored his fourth of the game in the early second quarter to put the Tigers up 42-0.
The Tigers were in complete control from the opening whistle and had a 35-0 lead by the end of the first quarter.
“We wanted to come out and try to control the temp early,” Glisson said. “Last week, we ended up playing Starr’s Mill type football as they controlled the tempo, but that is not the kind of game we want to play, and we were able to get back to that…
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