Football
Greene 39, UV-Edmeston 0
NEW BERLIN – Greene clinched an unbeaten season in division play Friday night at UV-Edmeston building a 32-0 halftime lead on the strength of two defensive touchdowns.
Senior Nate Whittaker returned an interception 31 yards for a score, and Nick Wilcox’s five-yard fumble recovery in the second stanza – along with the fourth successful two-point conversion – upped the lead to 32 points.
Whittaker, who also threw TD passes of 18 yards to Brian Day and 20 yards to Brendan Kinne, opened the second half with an 82 kickoff return to paydirt. “Regardless of the score, I was proud of the way we played, especially in the second half,” said UV-E coach Jack Loeffler. “Forget the score, we came together again as a family.”
Greene’s offense was kept off the board in the second half, and finished with just 204 yards of total offense – its lowest this season. On the flip side, the 47 yards of offense yielded to the Storm was the Trojans’ best performance.
“Whittaker is as good a player as I’ve seen,” Loeffler added. “I can’t say enough about Tim (Paske, Greene coach), his staff, and players. They are gracious and a class act.”
Whittaker finished 4-for-5 for 68 yards, and Garrett Hickey’s 49 yards rushing paced the Trojans (7-0).
The Storm play at Sauquoit Valley this Thursday at 7 p.m.
Score by quarters
Gre. 16 16 7 0—39
UV-E 0 0 0 0—0
Scoring Summary
G: Brian Day 18 pass from Nate Whittaker (Whittaker run)
G: Whittaker 31 interception return (Dan Carlin run)
G: Brendan Kinne 20 pass from Whittaker (Carlin pass from Whittaker)
G: Nick Wilcox 5 fumble return (Day run)
G: Whittaker 82 kickoff return (Dan Jenks kick)
Team summary
G UVE
First downs 10 4
Rushes-yds 27-139 35-41
Passing yds 68 6
Comp-att-int 4-5-0 1-4-1
Punts-avg 1-38 4-33.5
Fumbles-lost 2-2 5-3
Penalties-yds 3-25 1-5
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (G) Garrett Hickey, 8-49; Dan Jenks, 6-39; N. Whittaker, 4-25; D. Carlin, 3-19; B. Day, 1-8; S. Gorton, 1-3; T. Beckwith, 1- (-1); Robbie Bates, 3- (-3). (UVE) Jay Lloyd, 16-38; Eric Bennett, 8-10; Anthony Monk, 3-6; Ian Davis, 2-5; Ryan Harrington, 6-(-18).
Passing: (G) Whittaker, 4-5-0, 68 yds, 2 TDs; (UVE) Harrington, 1-4-1, 6 yds.
Receiving: (G) Kinne, 2-35; Day, 1-18, Carlin, 1-15. (UVE) Lloyd, 1-6.
Unatego 17, Bainbridge-Guilford 0
OTEGO – Unatego looked in playoff form against B-G on Friday limiting the Bobcats to a season-low 76 yards of total offense.
Evan Kiss (121) and Tyler Newman (102) each rushed for over 100 yards on the Spartans’ side, and Erik Barber along with Newman had five-yard TD runs.
B-G’s top rusher, Dustin Ross, was keyed on throughout the game gaining just five yards on 14 totes.
Score by quarters
B-G 0 0 0 0—0
Unat. 10 0 7 0—17
Scoring Summary
U: Erik Barber 5 run ( Tyler Newman run)
