By CHRIS HOBBS
HobbsDailyReport.com
MAIDEN 47, WATAUGA 0
Watauga o o o o–0
Maiden 21 7 12 7 –47
Scoring summary
First quarter
M–Chris Culliver 88 kickoff return (kick blocked), 11:47
M–Culliver 49 pass from Ethan Rhodes (Ben Gibbs run), 4:58
M–Gibbs 10 run (Bryson Foard kick), 2:39
Second quarter
M–Rhodes 4 run (Foard kick), 1:08
Third quarter
M–Alec Hall 6 pass from Rhodes (kick blocked), 3:16
M–Culliver 1 pass from Rhodes (pass failed), 25.7
Fourth quarter
M–Jalen Robinson 24 run (Foard kick), 5:35
YARDSTICK
W M
First downs 8 17
Rush-yards 35-116 35-249
Passing 1-8-1 10-13-0
Passing yards 14 145
Total offense 130 394
Fumbles-Lost 2-0 0-0
Penalties-yards 3-11 3-30
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING
Watauga: Will Curtis 16-87, Trey Thompson 7-43, Colin Phelps 3-minus 8, Levi Temple 3-minus 6, Jackson Martin 1-minus 16, Orlando Leon 1-minus 3, Wyatt Keller 3-10, Lucas McIver 1-9.
Maiden: Gibbs 15-150, Rhodes 6-16, Cameron Gore 4-33, Culliver 2-7, Korbyn Lawing 3-20, Robinson 2-33, Team 2-minus 10.
PASSING
Watauga: Temple 0-1-0 0, Keller 1-7-1 14.
Maiden: Rhodes 10-13-0 145.
RECEIVING
Watauga: McIver 1-14.
Maiden: Culliver 5-87, Jacob Sigmon 2-31, Hall 2-11, Lawing 1-16.
Records: Watauga 1-1; Maiden 2-0.
Notes: Maiden gains career win No. 44 for head coach Will Byrne … Watauga had scored in 99 straight games and Pioneers head coach Ryan Habich, in his 166th game, had a team shut out for the first time in his career… The Blue Devils and Pioneers played for the first time … Rhodes has eight TD passes in two games … Maiden is at St. Stephens next Friday at 7 p.m. while Watauga (1-1) is at home against Mitchell County.