Middle Creek’s Sienna Huffman scored two touchdowns on Thursday night as the Mustangs defeated Athens Drive 18-6 in the first round of the flag football state playoffs.

Huffman scored one rushing touchdown and one receiving touchdown in the second half to help Middle Creek take an 18-0 lead before Athens Drive scored a late touchdown to prevent the shutout.

The first score of the game came late in the first half when Adriana Armstrong intercepted an Athens Dive pass and returned it for a touchdown. The Mustangs led 6-0 at halftime after the extra-point attempt was unsuccessful.

With just under 13 minutes left in the second half, Huffman caught a pass from Mia Anderson and scored a touchdown after a long run. The Mustangs again failed to convert on the extra-point attempt, but led 12-0.

The dagger came with 2:26 left in the game when Huffman scored her second touchdown on a six-yard run to put Middle Creek up 18-0.

Athens Drive managed to score just before the end of the game. Kianna Gulley caught a long pass from Meredith Myers for the only Jaguars touchdown of the game.

Middle Creek advanced to the second round to face undefeated Willow Spring.