Spartans undone at Troy, 52-6

For high school football in the state of Idaho there is a rule that if a team is ahead by 45 points or more at halftime, the game is called.

Thus, leading up to a home matchup against independent Rosalia Friday night, the Troy Trojans had completed three previous games at halftime. Only one team had scored against them.

This is what Rosalia (3-2) was up against last Friday 11 miles outside of Moscow.

But on a night which the scoreboard didn’t work and fans and players questioned a lack of holding calls, the Spartans kept the game going into the third quarter, losing 52-6.

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