SCOTT CITY – The TMP-Marian Monarchs traveled to Scott City Friday night to renew an old rivalry but in the end the Beavers took advantage of a pair of TMP special teams miscues and their defense held the Monarchs offense in check as they pulled away for the 30-0 victory.
The defenses proved to be up for the task in the opening quarter as the two teams played to a scoreless draw.
Both teams were forced to punt on their opening drives and the Scott City (3-1) drove to the TMP six-yard line on their second possession of the game but Kendall Walker came up with a tackle in the backfield on fourth down giving TMP the ball back on their own nine-yard line.
But TMP (3-1) was unable to move the ball out of the shadow of their own goalpost only to turn the ball over on a bad snap on fourth down setting Scott City up at the TMP nine-yard line.
It took Scott City two plays to punch it end in to the endzone with 11:56 to play in the second quarter.
The Monarchs drove inside the Scott City 25-yard line on their next possession but an interception by quarterback Peyton Schwartz ended the Monarchs threat with eight minutes left in the first half.
Neither team was able to threaten on their next possessions and then with just over three minutes left in the first half Scott City blocked a TMP punt setting the Beavers up with a short field, a they once again capitalized on the TMP miscue scoring two plays later for a 14-0 lead.
They held that lead at the halftime break.
Neither team was able to find the endzone in the third quarter before Scott City broke the game open with a pair of fourth quarter touchdowns and a field goal on their way to the 30-0 victory.
It is the 10th straight win for Scott City over TMP.
Unofficially the Monarchs were held to just 89 yards of offense while Scott City racked up over 270 yards.
TMP opens district play next Friday night at Russell.