<body><div><p>NAVASOTA — The Navasota Rattlers took an early lead, but it was all Stafford thereafter as the Spartans rolled to a 28-7 victory in 12-4A DI play on Friday night.</p><p>Stafford (4-3, 2-0) came up with an interception on the first play from scrimmage and scored a touchdown, but Navasota (2-5, 0-2) answered to take a 7-6 lead. The Rattlers converted a fourth-and-1 at the Stafford 49 as Navasota quarterback Jace Jablonski used a hard count to get the Spartans to jump offside. Jablonski then threw to Cam Ross who was behind the defense.</p><p>That was the last hurrah for the Rattlers who lost their third straight.</p><p>Stafford scored on three straight possessions in the second quarter. Quarterback Zach Brown scored on a 51-yard run to give the Spartans a 13-7 lead. Stafford needed to cover only 50 yards for its next score. Freshman Aiden Seales went 35 yards on the first play and Ja’Yir Nelson caught a 14-yard touchdown throw from Brown on the fourth play. Stafford added the two-point conversion on the swinging gate to make it 21-7.</p><h2>People are also reading…</h2><p>It didn’t take long for Stafford to score again after coming up with a second interception and return to the Rattler 35. Nelson caught a 31-yard touchdown from Brown to make it 28-7.</p><p>Stafford senior Dillan Tatum scored on a 14-yard run after the first interception to make it 6-0.</p><p>Defense dominated the second half. Ayden Dorman took over at quarterback for the Rattlers and rushed for 50 yards and completed two of three passes for 23 yards.</p><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=2cUXoH_0wDCOMKa00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=2cUXoH_0wDCOMKa00" width="1280" height="720" ></div></body>

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Stafford scores three unanswered touchdowns to hand Navasota its third straight loss

NAVASOTA — The Navasota Rattlers took an early lead, but it was all Stafford thereafter as the Spartans rolled to a 28-7 victory in 12-4A DI play on Friday night. Stafford (4-3, 2-0) came up with an interception on the first play from scrimmage and scored a touchdown, but Navasota (2-5, 0-2) answered to take a 7-6 lead. The Rattlers converted a fourth-and-1 at the Stafford 49 as Navasota quarterback Jace Jablonski used a hard count to get the Spartans to jump offside. Jablonski then threw to Cam Ross who was behind the defense.