Quarterback David Baldwin accounts for three touchdowns as Ascenders win their 40th straight game in opener of the Polynesian Football Classic presented by MaxPreps.
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Noah Cain and
Trey Sanders scored touchdowns, quarterback
David Baldwin threw for one score, passed for two more and
Briton Allen added a scoop and score as IMG was never really threatened behind a great defensive effort.
Two bad punt snaps led to touchdown drives of less than 20 yards. IMG also had a punt return for touchdown nullified by a penalty.
Overall play was sloppy.
IMG Academy defense allowed less than 150 yards.
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But Allen put a bow on a big defensive game with a 20-yard fumble return for touchdown late in the third quarter. Then Baldwin fired a 23-yard touchdown pass to
Michael Redding, making it 35-0 just before the end of the third.
Baldwin opened the scoring with a 5-yard scoring toss to Sanders, one play after he took a short pass and sprinted 40 yards.
IMG, which features 25 Division I senior recruits, will need to improve quite a bit the next two weeks, when it plays at fourth-ranked St. John's (Washington, D.C.) and No. 2 Mater Dei (Santa Ana, Calif.).
There are three more Polynesian Classic games on Saturday. All the games will be broadcast via CBS Sportslive.
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Bingham (South Jordan, Utah) (3-0), 8 p.m. —
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Trey Sanders scored the game's first touchdown on a 5-yard reception one play after a 40-yard reception.
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IMG Academy coach Kevin Wright addresses his team following their shut out victory.
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