5A North football: Daniel Smith, Noah Reimers power Tuscarora past Broad Run To most onlookers, Daniel Smith's main role as Tuscarora's quarterback may seem like a monotonous task. With the area's leading rusher sharing his backfield, Smith regularly hands the ball off to Noah Reimers more than 20 times a game. But Smith doesn't mind, for he knows that when the opponent is lulled by the Huskies" predictable yet productive offense, his window of opportunity opens. On Friday afternoon, with the No. 9 Huskies playing host to No. 20 Broad Run in the Virginia 5A North region semifinals, that moment came late in the third quarter. Facing third and long in their own territory, the Huskies faked a handoff to Reimers, and as the defense followed him, Smith rolled out to the left and lofted a 43-yard pass to Jordan Fisher across the middle. The completion set up a Reimers touchdown run six plays later that sealed Tuscarora's 35-14 win against the Spartans in Leesburg. The Huskies (13-0) advance to face the winner of Friday night's matchup between No. 19 Stone Bridge and Massaponax in next week's region final. "Everybody's so focused on Noah that it kind of takes a lot of the attention and pressure off me, and that lets me make plays when we need them" said Smith, who passed for 70 yards and ran for a touchdown. I love being in the same backfield as him. Huskies running back Noah Reimers rushed for four touchdowns in a 35-14 win over the Spartans. From Tuscarora's opening drive, Reimers - who totaled 219 rushing yards and four touchdowns - dazzled teammates and fans alike as the senior took his third carry 54 yards for a touchdown. The play was a stark contrast from the teams" Oct. 10 regular season meeting in which Broad Run jumped out to an early lead before the Huskies rallied. This time, Tuscarora worked to assert itself defensively with a focus on containing designed runs for Spartans quarterback Brady Reitzel. The plan yielded a sack by David Chalmers , a fourth-down stop and just 72 first-half yards for the Spartans (9-4). In turn, the Huskies offense capitalized, building a 21-7 halftime lead after Smith reached over the pile for a one-yard touchdown that capped a drive featuring two fourth-down conversions. "Teams key in on Noah so much that they don't know how much of a weapon Daniel is for us," Chalmers said. If our defense makes plays and Noah does what he does, it sets up Daniel to add a whole other dimension to our offense. After Anthony Zorb intercepted a pass and Reimers chewed up clock with power runs, the Huskies unleashed that weapon on the critical third-down play. Though Smith feared his throw to Fisher was too long, the senior snagged the precise pass with ease, allowing the Huskies" offense to continue churning and Reimers to score on the next two drives to secure the win and Tuscarora's first region final berth. "I was sure the pass was going to go over his head, but Jordan made a great play and it helped us keep the drive going," Smith said. Today was another big win for us, and this season and playoff run has been magical, almost.