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GREENSBORO — Page amassed over 400 yards of total offense in a 28-13 win over the visiting Davie County War Eagles Friday night.

Page, No. 3 in the News & Record Top 10, was coming off an impressive 41-0 win over Parkland last week. But the game was a toss-up at halftime, with the Pirates up 12-7.

Davie County took the ball to the Page 5 in the opening drive of the third quarter. But the Pirates came up with a defensive stand, four times keeping the War Eagles out of the end zone.

Page then took control of the game with an 11-play, 97-yard drive, capped by a 17-yard run by Orlando Hatfield on an end around on fourth-and-goal.

“There’s not a lot in the playbook, but we had run quarterback sweeps and sprint out passes,” Pirates coach Kevin Gillespie said. “We had it set up, and it was a great call at the right time. But you’ve got to have great players execute to make you look good and they did.”

It was the second touchdown of the game for Hatfield, who scored on a 2-yard pass to give Page the lead for good at 12-7.

James Summers and Drew Rogers also had big games for the Pirates.

Summers passed for 127 yards and a TD and added 119 yards rushing, including an 11-yard scoring run that got Page to within 7-6. Rogers had 16 carries for 151 yards, including a 39-yard touchdown to close the scoring in the fourth quarter.

Page (2-0) had great success with misdirection plays.

“That’s something in the plan all year because we’ve got some great skill guys,” Gillespie said. “We set it up and it was a great call. When you’ve got a QB who can run it and then can sprint out and pass, that makes it tough. We had a couple of misdirection things with the running backs and that was big for us tonight.”

The War Eagles (0-2) were able to move the ball on the ground after gaining 26 yards rushing last week.

“They are big up front and physical and we’re not,” Gillespie said. “We’re not big, but we’re physical and our kids play hard. I thought they would have a chance to move the ball. What we couldn’t do was to give up the big play.”

Stephon Smoot had 105 yards rushing and a touchdown for Davie County.

DC—Stephon Smoot 2-yard run (Woody Parrish kick)

P—James Summers 11-yard run (kick blocked)

P—Orlando Hatfield 2-yard pass from Summers (2-pt. pass failed)

P—Hatfield 17-yard run (Ryan Jackson kick)

DC—Smoot 7-yard pass from Carson Herndon (kick missed)

P—Jackson 25-yard FG

P – Drew Rogers 39-yard run (kick blocked)