Sandalwood runs off 40 unanswered points in rout of rival Mandarin

District 1-8A: Sandalwood 40, Mandarin 10

Star of the game: Sandalwood quarterback Parker Boehme passed for 196 yards and four touchdowns and ran for 71 in the first half as the Saints built a 40-3 lead and cruised past host Mandarin (0-6, 0-2) in a District 1-8A game.

Turning point: Trailing 3-0 and facing a fourth down late in the first quarter, Boehme threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to Eric McFarlin. The Saints (5-1, 1-1) scored 40 points in a row, which included Boehme's touchdown passes to Tre Alipio (29 yards), Javon Griffin (20 yards) and Glenn McNeil (34 yards).

On defense: Saints defensive tackle Donald Heffner intercepted a screen pass by Brandon Luke and returned it 30 yards for a touchdown only 56 seconds after the Saints had taken the lead.

Fast facts: Saints running back Tyrell Washington carried 10 times for 70 yards, including 14 for a touchdown on the last play of the first half. ... McFarlin caught six of Boehme's passes for 95 yards. ... Sandalwood was penalized 16 times for 132 yards.

They said it: "We did what we had to do. We looked sharp, we put up 40 points in the first half. We saw what we needed to see. We got a little wild in the second half, but we played a lot of kids." - Sandalwood coach Adam Geis.