Walton 30, Greene 20
WALTON – Greene is now in the position where it cannot lose another division game.
The Warriors capitalized on field position in the second half, and scored on a pair of TD passes to hand the Trojans their first defeat of the season Saturday afternoon.
Walton quarterback Dan Gehl tossed a five-yard TD pass on fourth down to Steve Kaminsky, and then fired a 21-yard strike over a Greene pass rusher and just out of the reach of Greene defensive back to Justin Gardepe in the fourth.
“That second TD pass, it was just a tremendous throw and a tremendous catch,” said Trojans head coach Tim Paske.
Greene’s only turnover of the game, a lost fumble in the third period, gave Walton the ball at the 10-yard line with a golden opportunity to expand its 14-7 halftime lead. It did when Kaminsky was delivered a picture-perfect pass.
Phil Gladstone’s 41-yard pass reception set the stage for the Gardepe TD catch.
Greene had the lead just 13 seconds into the game. Walton fumbled away the opening kickoff, and Scott Gorton hit Brendan Kinne on a 17-yard scoring pass on the Trojans’ first offensive play.
Touchdown dashes by Evan Boyd and Phil Hanley moved Walton back on top. The Warriors had 145 rushing yards at halftime, but were held to just 40 rushing yards in the second half. As a result, Walton used the airways for its two second-half scores.
Greene answered Walton’s last touchdown with a Gorton six-yard do-it-yourselfer in the fourth stanza. “Overall, we did a good job, the big thing is that we didn’t finish drives,” Paske said.
Greene won the total yards battle 269-263. Tyler Beckwith scored on a 20-yard TD run in the third quarter and led Greene with 76 yards on 15 totes.
Score by quarters
Gr. 7 0 7 6–20
Wa. 6 8 8 8–30
Scoring summary
Gr. Brendan Kinne 17 pass from Scott Gorton (Nic Puglisi kick)
W: Evan Boyd 2 run (run failed)
W: Phil Hanley 25 run (Boyd run)
W: Steve Kaminsky 5 pass from Dan Gehl (Boyd run)
G: Tyler Beckwith 20 run (Puglisi kick
W: Justin Gardepe 21 pass from Gehl (Boyd run)
G: Gorton 6 run (pass failed)
Football Summary
G W
First downs 11 10
Rushes-yds 31-138 43-185
Comp-att-int 8-24-0 5-9-0
Passing yds 131 78
Punts-avg 4-26-0 4-43
Return yds 115 40
Fumbles-lost 2-2 5-2
Penalties-yds 7-60 4-45
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (G) T. Beckwith, 15-76; Jenks, 8-30; Gorton, 3-12; Shear, 3-5; Wilcox, 2-15. (W) Boyd, 15-59; Hanley, 13-76; McDonald, 8-29; Mead, 4-20; Gehl, 3-1
Passing: (G) Gorton, 7-23-0, 80 yds, TD; Beckwith, 1-1-0, 51 yds, (W) Gehl, 5-9-0, 78 TD.
Receiving: (G) Kinne, 3-88, Wilcox, 3-25, Gilroy, 2-18, (W) Gladstone, 1-41, Gardepe, 1-21; McDonald, 1-8, Kaminsky, 1-5, Hanley, 1-3.
B-G 28, Livingston Manor 0
BAINBRIDGE – Bainbridge-Guilford was dominant at the line of scrimmage, and fullback Daren Terpstra rushed for a career-high 184 yards as the Bobcats recorded their first shutout this season on Friday.
It was the fourth straight win for B-G, whose lone loss was a six-point defeat at Sidney in week one.
“The key has been the way our line has jelled,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly, who also noted that youngsters Austin Wheeler and Robert Ireland have made contributions. “A lot of times last night, our running backs were getting through the line, and weren’t touched until the second level.”
B-G quarterback Justin Pepper sandwiched TD runs of one and eight yards around Billy Holden’s four-yard run. Dakota Vandermark added a six-yard TD jaunt in the second quarter to raise the B-G lead to 28-0.
“We’ve been on a nice roll,” Mattingly said. “We got some kids back after the Sidney game, and we solidified our offensive line. There are still areas we need to work on, and we’ll have to play well for four quarters in our division games.”
B-G finished with 290 yards rushing, and held Livingston Manor-Roscoe to just 19 total yards rushing.
Score by quarters
LM-R0 0 0 0–0
