East Kilbride Pirates tamed Glasgow Tigers to stay unbeaten in the NFC 1 North with a superb shutout display on Sunday evening.Despite an unusual kick off time of 6pm, East Kilbride ran out comfortable 38-0 winners to keep their title hopes well on track.Both sides struggled to get into any rhythm in the early stages and the first period passed without any scoring.Early in the second, a good punt return by Christian Rubuga took the ball back to midfield.
From there it needed just two carries by Stewartfield star Dougie Meechan to put the first points on the board. His 11-yard TD run was successfully converted by Scott McDonald for a 7-0 lead.A torrential downpour then made ball-handling more difficult but the Pirates managed to add a second touchdown before half time.A 7-play drive was rounded off by a one-yard plunge from running back Greg Black.
McDonald duly added the PAT for a 14-0 interval lead.By the time the second half kicked off, the rain had stopped. Early in the period, the home side increased their advantage.A disastrous sequence of play for the Tigers saw them penalised for a delay of game, lose yardage on a wayward snap then fail to get the punt off on 4th Down.
This left the Pirates at the Glasgow 17-yard line and they quickly capitalised.Sam Montgomerie completed a pass to Neil Baptie before Black ran the ball in from the remaining four yards.
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