Ground game powers Eagles past Roland
by Mike Erwin
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ROLAND - Michael Wangsgard and Dakota Green combined for more than 300 yards rushing on Friday night to power Claremore Sequoyah to a 52-14 win over Roland in the first round of the Class 3A playoffs.

Wangsgard ran the ball 11 times for a game-high 176 yards and three touchdowns, while Green chipped in 143 yards and two TDs on 14 attempts.

The Sequoyah ground game rolled up 494 yards as the Eagles—the defending state runners-up—advanced to a quarterfinal matchup at Tuttle.

Roland, which saw a four-game winning streak snapped, closed its season at 6-5 after falling behind early.

The visitors dominated the first half, taking a 35-0 lead on the touchdown runs by Wangsgard and Green.

Roland got on the scoreboard in the third period with a 10-play, 54-yard drive set up by a Jordan Castleberry fumble recovery. Jeremy Morris got the touchdown with a 4-yard run at the 5:22 mark.

After a Taylor Inman field goal for the Eagles, Shawn Giles fielded the kickoff and returned it 78 yards down to the Sequoyah 17. Teven Thompson carried the ball twice from there, scoring on a 10-yard run. Brooks Robertson passed to Caleb Daniel for the two-point conversion to pull the Rangers within 38-14 with 1:02 left in the third quarter.

Sequoyah sealed the win in the fourth period with a pair of Zac Devore touchdowns to improve to 9-2 on the season.

Thompson was Roland’s top rusher with 16 carries for 94 yards. Alex Cole ran seven times for 40 yards.Robertson completed 7 of 18 passes for 57 yards for the Rangers. Cole caught two for 16 yards. Morris had a 25-yard reception and Daniel, Kyle Ulmer, Thompson and Gunner Lynch all had one reception each.

Castleberry came up with a pair of turnovers for the Rangers. In addition to his fumble recovery, he also intercepted a pass in the first half.
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