B-G 6, Oxford 0

BAINBRIDGE – Bainbridge-Guilford was eliminated from a Class D playoff spot on Saturday, but did its part to keep slim playoff hopes alive shutting out Oxford Friday night.

Chris McGinnis threw a 34-yard TD pass to Dustin Rutz in the first quarter for the game’s only score. The contest was hampered by numerous mistakes on both sides of the ball. For Oxford it was five costly turnovers, while the Bobcats were maligned by 10 penalties for 80 yards. “What a slugfest...it was ugly,” said B-G head coach Tim Mattingly, whose team clinched a second straight winning season under his leadership. “This was a tough game to coach – and stressful. Either team could have pulled it out, and our defense was outstanding.”

It was the defense that capitalized on an early Oxford turnover that led to only score. B-G recovered a fumble and quickly went for the home run getting the TD hookup on the very next play. “We like to do that (go for the big play) after a turnover, but a lot depends on field position,” Mattingly said. “Being in their territory, we wanted to go for it right away. It was a perfect throw by Chris and an unbelievable catch by Dustin.”

Oxford had some success moving the ball finishing with 191 yards on the ground led by a 16-carry, 84-yard day by senior Scott Shackelton. It was, however, Oxford’s second shutout defeat this season. “We knew we had to contain the Shackelton kid and force them into some third-and-longs,” Mattingly said. “We were able to do that quite a bit, and their turnovers helped quite a bit. They had some success at times, but we really made some huge plays on defense.”

Dustin Ross rushed for 119 yards on 22 carries to lead B-G’s offense.

Score by quarters

Oxf. 0 0 0 0–0

B-G 6 0 0 0–6

Scoring Summary

B-G: Dustin Rutz 34 pass from Chris McGinnis (kick failed), 5:08.

Team Summary

O B-G

First downs 11 10

Rushes-yds 41-191 36-134

Passing yds 36 57

Comp-att-int 2-11-2 4-10-2

Punts-avg 3-33 4-25

Fumbles-lost 5-3 0-0

Penalties-yds 3-15 10-80

Individual statistics

Rushing: (O) Dustin Christopherson, 8-43, Scott Shackelton, 16-84, Travis Frank, 14-58, Jo. Witchella, 5-6. (BG) Dustin Ross, 22-119, Brad Hurlburt, 7-19, Chri. McGinnis, 5-15, Dustin Rutz, 2-1.

Passing: (O) Witchella (B) McGinnis

Receiving: (O) Kyle Smith, 1-19, S. Shackelton, 1-17, (B) T. Dickey, 1-11, Whitaker, 1-8, Ross, 1-5, Rutz, 1-34.

Lansing 22, Greene 14

GREENE – Greene dropped a second straight game for the first time since week three during the 2005 season Friday against Lansing.

It was the second win in as many years for the Bobcats, who defeated the Trojans in the first round of the Class C playoffs last November.

Using a balanced passing and rushing offense, Lansing answered a 17-yard Greene TD pass from Nate Whittaker to Justin VanWert with 22 straight points.

Lansing quarterback Vincent Redmond scored on a four-yard run to put his club up 7-6 at halftime. Leading rusher Colden Knapp added to the lead with a seven-yard rush in the second, and Redmond hooked up with leading receiver Teagan Barresi on a 20-yard scoring strike making it a 22-6 game early in the fourth. Redmond had 169 yards throwing the ball on 10-of-15 attempts to move within 14 yards of 1,000 yards passing this season.

Greene closed the gap to one touchdown on Nate Whittaker’s four-yard TD run. The Trojans (4-3) were held to a season-low 183 yards of total offense, and need to win against Tioga this weekend to clinch the last of four Class C playoff spots.

Score by quarters

Lans. 0 7 8 7–22

Gren. 0 6 0 8–14

Scoring Summary

G: Justin Van Wert 17 pass from Nate Whittaker (pass failed)

L: Vincent Redmond 4 run (Teagan Barresi kick)

L: Colden Knapp 7 run (Kyle Sweazey pass from Redmond)

L: Teagan Barresi 20 pass from Redmond (Barresi kick)

G: Nate Whittaker 4 run (Van Wert pass from Whittaker)

Team Summary

L G

First downs 18 7

Rushes-yds 35-128 29-89

Passing yds 169 94

Comp-att-int 10-15-0 8-13-0

Punts-avg 6-27 4-29

Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-2

Penalties-yds 6-47 3-35

Individual statistics

Rushing: (L) Colden Knapp, 19-81, Vince Redmond, 7-26, Kyle Sweazey, 3-10, B. Milliman, 3-7, Justin Payne, 1-5, Marcus Moss, 1- (-2), Chris Hudson, 1-1. (G) Jake Wentlent, 8-57, Whittaker, 10-18, Dan Carlin, 5-16, Hickey, 4-1, C. Engler, 2-(-3).

Passing: (L) Redmond, 10-15-0, 169 yds, TD; (G) Nate Whittaker, 8-13-0, 94 yds, TD.

Receiving: (L) Teagan Barresi, 5-71, Brian Milliman, 2-44, Sweazey, 1-23, Payne, 1-22, Bartlett, 1-20, Ford, 1-3. (G) Justin VanWert, 4-59, B. Adams, 1-20, C. Engler, 2-9, D. Carlin, 1-6.

Harpursville 20, UV-Edmeston 14 (3 OT)