Cole Woods threw two touchdown passes and ran for another as Muscle Shoals rallied to beat Fort Payne 41-10 on Friday in the second round of the Class 6A playoffs.

The Trojans (11-0) trailed 7-6 at halftime but dominated the second half at J.F. Moore Stadium in Muscle Shoals. Fourth-ranked Muscle Shoals (11-0) advances to host No. 2 Clay-Chalkville (11-0) in next week’s third round.

Woods connected with Jamir Goodloe for two scores, a 63-yarder on the Trojans’ first play and a 29-yarder in the third quarter. He added a 9-yard touchdown run in the third.

Tarre Hampton added touchdown runs of 3 and 34 yards in the fourth quarter. Jaquess Greene capped the scoring with a 13-yard run.

Kaden Dubose scored on a 1-yard run for Fort Payne (7-5) in the first quarter. Conner Hughes kicked a 29-yard field goal for the Wildcats in the third.

“I thought in the first half we kept shooting ourselves in the foot,” Muscle Shoals coach Scott Basden said. “And then we had a lineman downfield on a long pass to the tight end, (which) got called back. And then the last possession, we get it down on the 1 and don’t score. And then we fumbled one out of the end zone (for a touchback). And so you take all those into account, we just kept stopping ourselves.

“I thought the second half we eliminated all those mistakes. We were able to break open a good lead. Hats off to Fort Payne because they were causing us those problems. I think they’re well-coached, and their kids played extremely hard.”

When asked about his halftime message to his players, he said it was simple. “Didn’t make any adjustments. Just told them we get the ball first and it’s up to them if they want to continue to play next week. That’s it,” Basden said.

Key sequence: The Trojans started the second half on their 20 and marched 80 yards in four plays, capped by Woods’ 29-yard pass to Goodloe. Jorge Garcia’s extra point put Muscle Shoals up 13-7.

Stat sheet: Muscle Shoals – Woods completed 12-of-14 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns. He had 10 carries for 102 yards and a touchdown. Goodloe had 10 catches for 207 yards and two touchdowns. Hampton had 15 carries for 139 yards and two touchdowns. Greene had 16 carries for 108 yards and a touchdown. Reshaad Freeman made seven tackles and a sack, and Patrick Johnson had eight tackles. Fort Payne – Dubose had seven carries for 33 yards and a touchdown. Brannon Oliver had four catches for 40 yards. Dax Varnadore completed 15-of-34 passes for 131 yards. Mason Chandler made two sacks.

By the numbers: 623, Muscle Shoals’ total yards with 368 rushing and 255 passing. … 215, Fort Payne total yards with 84 rushing and 131 passing. … 1 lost fumble apiece for each team. … 2, Trojans wins in two games against the Wildcats all-time.

Coachspeak: “Great Muscle Shoals team, obviously. Coach Basden does a great job, whole staff. Great team. Proud of our kids. Proud of our kids for fighting. I thought we showed a lot of competitive fight tonight.” – Fort Payne coach Chris Elmore

They said it …: “Just followed coaches’ game plan. They trusted us, we trusted them. And we came out and got the win.” – Woods

“It all started from Monday. We came out here, put on the shoulder pads. I told myself I wasn’t dropping any more balls.” – Goodloe

“The line, they succeeded. They came out second half and blocked and I just got the ball and found the hole.” – Hampton

“We had to fix our mistakes (from the first half). We had to read our plays and stop rushing through stuff. And we had to play hard.” – Greene

“We just played our game and executed how we know we can execute.” – Freeman

“We came out. We made some adjustments at halftime. We came out and executed like we know we could.” – Johnson

What’s next?: Muscle Shoals will host Clay-Chalkville in a clash of unbeaten teams in the 6A third round.

“I know me and Drew (Gilmer, the Clay-Chalkville coach) are good friends. They’ll be well-coached, extremely athletic. And I think we got two good ball teams, and we got our work cut out for us,” Basden said.