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BOONE – Quarterback Anderson Castle threw for three scores and ran for another on Friday night as Watauga High remained unbeaten by rolling past visiting South Caldwell 48-7.
WATAUGA 48
SOUTH CALDWELL 7
The win came in the first Northwestern 3A-4A game of the season for both teams, with the Pioneers improving to 5-0 overall and the Spartans falling to 0-5.
Castle threw TD passes of 61, 23 and 26 yards and rushed 41 yards for a TD for Watauga, which opened a 13-point lead by the end of the first quarter and led 34-0 at halftime.
Watauga scored 48 unanswered points before the Spartans got a late TD.
Ben Critcher, who ran for two TDs for the Pioneers, opened the scoring with a 13-yard TD run in the first quarter. Jackson Greene added a 14-yard scoring run to extend Watauga’s lead.
In the second quarter, Isaac Satterfield caught a 61-yard throw from Castle for a TD, Critcher scored on a 2-yard run and Joey Watson’s 23-yard TD reception from Castle made it 34-0 at the half.
Grant Oliver caught a 26-yard TD pass from Castle and Castle’s scoring run pushed the lead to 48-0.
Watauga has outscored its opponents 235-96 this season.
The Pioneers have a key league game next Friday night at 7:30 p.m. in Taylorsville, facing unbeaten Alexander Central.
South Caldwell, playing its first season under head coach Marc Kirkpatrick, is at home next Friday for a conference game against county rival West Caldwell (7:30 p.m.).