Staff Reports

SPRING GARDEN – Brady Ruark ran for 143 yards on 13 carries and scored a touchdown. He also completed 4-of-8 pass attempts for 68 yards in helping the Spring Garden Panthers earn a 34-8 Class 1A, Region 8 football victory over visiting Gaylesville on Friday.

Ben Baker gained 108 yards on nine totes with two scores for the Panthers (5-3, 3-2). Clayton Sadler ran for 80 yards a touchdown on 12 carries.

Zane Edwards scored Spring Garden’s first touchdown on a 19-yard run with 10:26 to go in the first quarter. He finished with 39 yards on four carries.

Baker put the Panthers up two scores at 14-0 with his 36-yard touchdown run with less than a minute remaining in the first quarter. Sadler’s 1-yard score run with 6:53 in the second gave Spring Garden a 20-0 edge at halftime.

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