UV-Edmeston picks up first win

Evening Sun Report

Football

UV-Edmeston 7, Spencer-Van Etten 6

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NEW BERLIN – UV-Edmeston didn have a lot to cheer about on offense, but a stingy defense that gave up ground grudgingly, and an opportunistic touchdown in the first half was enough to carry to Storm to their first win this season.

Jake Curtis recovered a fumble for UV-E in the first half at the Panthers’ 18. Three plays later, Eric Bennett ran for a 10-yard score, and Jordan Williams’ point-after kick proved the final margin of victory. “We are looking at the win and not at the final statistics,” said UV-Edmeston coach Jack Loeffler. “It doesn’t matter how many yards are gained, you can still win the game.”

It wasn’t as if the Panthers were racking up large chunks of real estate. In spite of dominant field position and a big advantage in total yards (219-90), the visiting club threatened to score just one other time in the game other than its fourth-quarter TD run by Anthony Kline. And after the extra-point to tie the game was missed, S-VE never came close to the go-ahead points. “We were ready to play after last week’s game against Newfield,” Loeffler said. “There are times we could have gotten down, especially after their touchdown, but we shut down the extra point and that was it.”

Second quarter

UV-E: Eric Bennett 10 run (Jordan Williams kick)

Fourth quarter

S-VE: Anthony Kline 10 run (kick failed)

Score by quarters

SVE 0 0 0 6–6

UVE 0 7 0 0–7

Football Summary

SVE UVE

First downs 14 4

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Rushes-yds 48-177 25-84

Passing yds 42 6

Comp-att-int 4-11-2 1-7-1

Punts-avg 1-20 0-0

Penalty yds 15 40

Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-1

Individual statistics

Rushing: (S) Anthony Kline, 12-57, Kyle Conrad, 19-52, Kurtis Ahart, 7-36, Charlie Wright, 7-23, Patrick Kline, 3-9. (U) Tom Giordano, 9-39, Jay Lloyd, 10-33, Eric Bennett, 6-12.

Passing: (S) Wright, 4-11-2, 42 yds; (U) Wright, 1-7-1, 6 yds.

Receiving: (S) Chris Swinch, 2-24, David Cobb, 1-12, Conrad, 1-6. (UV) Darin Garcia, 1-6.

Walton 56, Oxford 0

OXFORD – There was no silver lining in Oxford’s most lopsided home loss in recent memory, but the consolation that the Blackhawks will unlikely face a test as stern as the Warriors at any future point this season.

“There are no ifs, ands or buts about how good they are,” said Oxford coach Mike Chrystie in sizing up Walton. “They are the real deal, and I would be surprised if anyone in our division beats them. At this point, they are definitely the front-runner.”

Walton’s dominance extended to every phase of the game, Chrystie said. Oxford not only was shutout, but did not register a first down, and Chrystie could only recall a couple of plays where his team gained positive yards on a running play. Oxford finished with negative-47 yards rushing and zero passing yards.

On offense, Richard Fletcher rushed for 126 bruising yards and four touchdowns. As a team, the Warriors amassed 375 yards on the ground on 51 carries. “Fletcher is a good, strong, powerful back,” Chrystie said. “We tried to tackle high, and he ran through guys. You have to be fundamentally sound bringing a guy like that down.”

Oxford (1-2) plays Hancock this Friday.

Scoring Summary:

First quarter

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W: Richard Fletcher 6 run. (Bryant Mead run.)

W: Fletcher 1 run. (Logan Wood run.)

Second quarter

W: Cody Endress 18 pass from Patrick O'Brien. (Fletcher run.)

W: Fletcher 4 run. (Phil Hanley run.)

Third quarter

W: Richard Fletcher 1 run. (Wood run.)

W: Anthony Mead 46 run. (Wood run.)