Lawrence Figures in 6 TDs; Morse Wins

Teddy Lawrence, a Times’ All-County selection last year, led Morse High to a 55-15 victory late Saturday night at Hawaii’s Aloha Stadium.

Lawrence, the Tiger’s senior quarterback, rushed for 214 yards and three touchdowns and passed for 109 yards and three touchdowns as Morse routed Hawaii’s Punahou High. He was named the game’s most valuable player.

“Teddy was able to get outside of them pretty well, and then just took off,” Morse Coach John Shacklett said.

Lawrence scored on runs of 65, 42 and 67 yards. The 65-yarder came on Morse’s first play from scrimmage, an option. His scoring passes were 65 and 36 yards to Tommy Bennett and 11 yards to running back Gary Taylor.

Taylor added 209 yards rushing and fullback Conan Smith 97 as Morse totaled 536 rushing yards. Morse led, 38-0, at halftime and, 45-0, before Punahou managed to score.

As part of a quadruple header, Lincoln High also experienced a rout Saturday night in Aloha Stadium, but the Hornets were the ones being routed, losing, 47-13, to Hawaii’s St. Louis High.

St. Louis, which has the nation’s second longest winning streak (55 games dating back to 1985), scored its first two touchdowns without having run a play from scrimmage. St. Louis returned a punt 95 yards for the game’s opening touchdown and returned a kickoff 75 yards for a touchdown after a Lincoln touchdown made it 7-6 in the first quarter. St. Louis later increased its lead to 40-6 just before halftime.

Lincoln managed just 83 yards rushing and 73 passing, and had only one first down in the first half.