St. Maries tripped up by New Plymouth in 2A playoffs

ST. MARIES — Kobe Roberts ran for two touchdowns and threw for two more as the New Plymouth Pilgrims beat the St. Maries Lumberjacks 33-15 in the opening round of the state 2A playoffs at St. Maries High on Friday.

Luie Rice ran for 96 yards for St. Maries, which finishes 5-4.

Coleman Ross scored on a 6-yard touchdown run to tie the game at 7 in the first quarter for St. Maries.

Roberts ran for 141 yards and threw for 192 for New Plymouth (5-4), which faces North Fremont in the quarterfinals next weekend.

New Plymouth 7 0 13 13 — 33

St. Maries 7 0 8 0 — 15

First quarter

NP — Kobe Roberts 4 run (Derek Hampton kick)

SM — Coleman Ross 6 run (kick good)

Third quarter

NP — Roberts 2 run (Hampton kick)

SM — Eli Gibson 1 run (Tristan Nelson run)

NP — Derek Hampton 6 pass from Roberts (conversion failed)

Fourth quarter

NP — Coby Williams 12 pass from Roberts (Hampton kick)

NP — Hampton 48 pass from Roberts (kick failed)

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING — NP, Roberts 27-141, Gordon 5-14, Lyman 1-2. SM, Rice 8-96, Truscott 6-33, Gibson 10-31, Ross 8-22, Martin 2-(-3).

PASSING — NP, Roberts, 16-28-1-192. SM, Gibson, 3-19-0-27.

RECEIVING — NP, Hampton 9-148, Williams 4-20, Boring 2-14. SM, Martin 2-16, Truscott 1-11.