Football
B-G 27, Seton Catholic Central 0
BAINBRIDGE – The Bobcats are off to the same type of start as last season, and with the dominating shutout Friday night at home, remain as one of the last two unbeatens among Chenango County clubs.
Dustin Ross displayed his go-the-distance ability on any running attempt scoring TDs of 54 and 31 yards. He racked up 158 yards on the season and is well over 300 yards through two games this season.
Chris McGinnis scored on a four-yard keeper in the second quarter and Travis Dickey hauled in McGinnis’ 48-yard scoring toss in the third quarter, McGinnis’ third touchdown pass of the season. It’s another step forward for the Bobcats’ offense that appears as balanced as it’s been in at least a decade. “That’s what we’re trying to establish (balance),” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly. “We feel we have pretty good skill kids at receiver, and with the Ross kid and his speed, we want to spread the wealth on offense.”
B-G’s defense showed great improvement over the previous week’s win over UV-Edmeston allowing just 92 total yards, while forcing four turnovers. Seton back Chris Perry was held to 60 yards after rushing for over 200 the previous week. “We knew we had to contain the Perry kid and keep him inside,” Mattingly said. “The defense was just outstanding in shutting him down.”
Score by quarters
SCC 0 0 0 0–0
B-G 7 14 6 0–27
Scoring Summary
B-G: Dustin Ross 54 run (Brian Engel kick)
B-G: Chris McGinnis 4 run (run failed)
B-G: Ross 31 run (Dylan Whitaker pass from McGinnis)
B-G: Travis Dickey 48 pass from McGinnis (kick failed)
Team Summary
S BG
First downs 8 17
Rushes-yds 31-76 47-279
Passing yds 16 88
Comp-att-int 2-11-2 5-13-0
Fumbles-lost 5-2 3-1
Punts-avg 4-26 2-40.5
Penalties 3-15 9-55
Individual Statistics
Rushing: Kyle Davy: 1-4, Travis Dickey, 2-10, Brad Hurlburt, 13-75, Chris McGinnis, 5-30, Justin Pepper, 2-5, Dustin Ross, 21-158, Dustin Rutz, 2-(-3). (S) Garrett Lubniewski, 8-30, Joe Martin, 6-(-14), Chris Perry, 17-60.
Passing: (B) McGinnis, 5-13-0, 88 yds, TD; (S) Martin, 2-11-2, 16 yds.
Receiving: (B) Travis Dickey, 2-62, Dustin Rutz, 2-24, D. Whitaker, 1-2; (S) Dan Gosney, 2-16.
Norwich 18, Dryden 14
DRYDEN – Norwich is already a step ahead of its 2006 campaign. The Tornado, who did not win two straight games a season ago, improved to 2-0 on the season winning its Section IV division opener.
Nate Foote scored on a five-yard run late in the third quarter to put Norwich ahead for the first time, and a defensive stop of Dryden’s offense in the waning moments of the fourth quarter clinched the victory.
Unlike its opening win over Johnson City when Norwich raced to a 14-point lead in the first five minutes, The Tornado found themselves playing from behind for most of three quarters.
Dale Riley, who caught six passes for Dryden, hauled in a 36-yard TD pass from Doug Bushnell in the first stanza. A successful extra point kick had the Purple Lions ahead.
Chris Mattingly scored the first of his two TD runs in the second quarter, but Bushnell’s TD jaunt later in the stanza had his team in front by eight points (14-6) at the break.
Mattingly, who finished with 153 yards on the ground, pared the margin with a 25-yard scoring saunter; however, the second straight missed conversion left Norwich down by a deuce.
Norwich opens its newly surfaced home field Friday against Greene (1-1).
Score by quarters
NHS 0 6 12 0–18
Dryden 0 14 0 0–14
Scoring Summary
D: Dale Riley 36 pass from Doug Bushnell (Chris VanSlyke kick)
N: Chris Mattingly 1 run (PAT failed)
D: Doug Bushnell 13 run (Chris VanSlyke kick)
N: Chris Mattingly 25 run (PAT failed)
N: Nate Foote 5 run (PAT failed)
Team Summary
N D
First downs 12 12
Rushes-yds 44-293 38-241
Passing yds 12 84
Comp-att-int 1-1-0 9-17-0
Fumbles-lost 2-0 1-0
Punts-avg 2-34.5 1-39
Penalties-yds 7-55 6-41
Individual Statistics
Rushing: Nate Foote, 6-16, 1 TD, Chris Mattingly, 17-153, 2 TD, Mike Moon, 11-80, Jesse Prosser, 9-40, Alex Williams, 1-4. (D) Doug Bushnell, 3-17, 1 TD, Devin Cross, 5-25, Zach Smith, 19-142, Nick White: 11-57.
Passing: (N) Nate Foote, 1-1-0, 12 yds; (D) Doug Bushnell, 9-17-0, 84 yds, TD.
Receiving: (N) Mike Moon, 1-12, (D) Dale Riley, 6-61, Devin Cross, 1-8, Zach Smith, 1-6, Nick White, 1-9.
Newfield 20, UV-Edmeston 6
NEWFIELD – Newfield didn't score on its first offensive play, as B-G did against UV-Edmeston last week. It scored on the third.
Mike Armstrong dashed 59 yards down the left side for the opening tally, he added a 23-yard scoring run in the second period, and finished with 108 yards throwing to lead his team to its second win this season.
"It was a play we were looking for, he just got outside," said UV-E coach Jack Loeffler of the first score. (Armstrong) has to be one of the best ballhandling quarterbacks I've ever seen. But he had 80 yards rushing, and all of them came on those two big runs."
UV-E drove for the tying scoring in the second quarter when, Josh Wright hit Darin Garcia on a 24-yard scoring toss. Two other Storm drives, a 13-play excursion and an 11-play trek, both ended in lost fumbles.
Armstrong's second TD run broke a 6-6 tie in the second quarter, and Mike Kastenhuber tacked on a one-yard TD run after a 57-yard pass from Armstrong to Dillon Schuts.
The Storm (0-2) host Spencer-Van Etten Friday at 7 p.m.
Scoring Summary
N: Mike Armstrong 59 run. Kick failed.
N: Armstrong 23 run. Run failed.
U: Darin Garcia 24 pass from Josh Wright. (Kick failed)
N: Marcus Kastenhauber 1 run. (Josh Wagner run.
Score by quarters
UV-E 0 6 0 0–6
Newf. 6 6 8 0–20
