It’s halftime at the Red-White football game at Byrd stadium, the culmination of both the spring practice season and Maryland Day.
The top three quarterbacks on the depth chart have all looked fairly average so far, with Chris Turner and Josh Portis alternating drives leading the red team, and Jordan Steffy taking all the snaps so far for the white.
Turner’s best play was a 30-yard catch and run by Danny Oquendo that set up a field goal to open the scoring, and Steffy threw a few nice balls on the white team’s second scoring drive that ended with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Steve Pfister.
The white team currently leads 13-3.
The star of the first half was running back Da’Rel Scott, playing for the white team, who rushed eight times for 75 yards and a touchdown. Another 75-yard touchdown run was called back for an illegal motion penalty.
The goat of the first half was kicker Obi Egekeze, who hooked an extra point attempt after Pfister’s touchdown in the second quarter, and doinked a short field goal attempt off the left upright a few minutes later.
The second half is about to begin.
The excitement is off the charts.
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