CAIRO — The Syrupmaker offense has been a little stuck lately, despite winning games.

So what better to unstick it then throw in some trickery.

With first-and-10 at Worth County’s 30 on the first drive of the game, quarterback Chad Marshall got it on a lateral to Austin Shattles on the left sideline, who in turn hit William Atkins in stride for a wide open opening touchdown en route to the 29-6 victory over visiting Worth County Friday night.

“Through some film study we noticed that on hitches they come up pretty quick,” Cairo coach Tom Fallaw said. “And so we thought we had an opportunity to do it, and thought it was a high percentage play, so we took it.”

“Plus, the way we’ve been struggling on offense, we needed something to kind of jump start us,” he said. “And there’s nothing better than a touchdown sometimes to jump start us. We practiced it all week, got to give our offensive coordinator and those guys some credit for noticing on film what they did to it and it worked.”

The leg of Aldair Cortes has been Cairo’s main offensive power this season, and though the Syrupmakers were able to find the endzone three times, he still got his points.

His 27-yard and 47-yard field goals put Cairo up, 13-0, going into halftime. His second 47-yarder, sandwiched by Jeremiah Hill touchdown runs, was a mere decoration on top.

After Worth fumbled the punt at its 18-yard line, Jeremiah Hill took it in for a four-yard touchdown. He fumbled it heading in, but a Cairo player fell on it in the endzone. At first, the ref signaled a turnover but then ruled a touchdown.

The Rams scored their touchdown directly afterward with a short 34-yard field after Cairo fumbled its punt return. Dontavious Buford, who came up second in production for the Rams with four carries and 15 yards, got the two-yard touchdown up the right side.

Zytavious Anderson had 13 carries for 52 yards, the highest contributor to Worth’s 97 total yards.

“They’re a good offensive football team,” Fallaw said. “You might not be able to tell tonight, but that’s a credit to our defense. They do a really good job.”

Hill, whose second touchdown was from three yards out late in the fourth, out-produced Worth on his own with 26 carries and 120 yards. Cairo had 219 rushing yards and 55 passing yards.

Cairo has an open week before starting sub-region play at Crisp County.