TALLULAH — Many questions for St. Aloysius were answered in Friday’s rousing 30-0 romp over Tallulah Academy.

But many remain unanswered for Tallulah (0-2), which will be looking long and hard for any positives from Friday’s debacle.

St. Al (1-1) was strong in nearly every phase of the contest, except for the excessive number of penalties.

The Flashes were able to grind out big carries behind an offensive line that took charge early and didn’t let up.

Three different St. Al backs (quarterback Ford Biedenharn, fullback Mac Jones and tailback Carlton Campbell) combined for 206 rushing yards in the first half.

Four different backs, Biedenharn, Jones, Campbell and blocking back Josh Eargle, all scored touchdowns in the first half.

“We’re going to run the ball and be physical,” St. Al coach B.J. Smithhart said of the Flashes’ gameplan. “That’s what we want to do. The first group of backs and the line did a good job of playing hard and getting after it.”

But the ground game wasn’t the only bright spot offensively.

Biedenharn, while not putting up gaudy passing numbers, completed all five of his attempts and looked comfortable rolling out and finding receivers on the run.

Biedenharn credited the boys up front for the fine performance, but echoed Smithhart, who was unhappy that his team “took the foot off the gas” late.

“The line did a really good job blocking,” Biedenharn said. “They were opening big holes for us up front. With our line opening up holes and good backs, we’re going to be a really good running team. But when we get a big lead, we’ve got to keep the intensity up.”

Defensively, St. Al put up its best effort in several years. The pass rush forced Tallulah quarterback Hunter Windham into a miserable 2-for-16 nightmare and took away two fumbles while holding running back Cody Landrem in check.

Two of the Trojans’ biggest plays of the night came on trick plays when the outcome was no longer in doubt.

The other came when the snap sailed over Rafael Soldana’s head and he was forced to freelance for a 60-yard scamper.

“The spread offense gods are not smiling on us,” Tallulah coach Nick Evans said. “Zero points in two games, that’s not good. We are not a good football team right now.”