DIBOLL -- Shaq Johnson rushed for three touchdowns and caught another to help Tatum explode in the middle quarters to take down Diboll, 38-6, on Friday night.

Johnson, who finished the game with 16 carries for 131 yards, scored on runs of 1, 1 and 31 yards to help Tatum (4-1) from its first loss of the season last week to Center.

Diboll dropped to 1-5 on the season.

Johnson also took a Darian Brooks pass 42 yards for a touchdown, which gave the Eagles a 12-0 lead at halftime.

Tatum rattled off 20 points in the third quarter, highlighted by two Johnson touchdown runs and a 17-yard touchdown run by C.J. Whitaker.

Andrew Stoker added a 4-yard touchdown run for Tatum in the fourth.

Diboll's only score came on a 1-yard touchdown run by Raive Sheppard with 3:51 left in the game. The Lumberjacks did not record a second-half first down until 7:41 was left in the game.

Diboll opens district play at home next Friday night against unbeaten Center, while Tatum starts district at White Oak.

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