Evening Sun Report
Football
B-G 22, UV-Edmeston 13
NEW BERLIN – Not until Billy Holden’s interception return with around a minute to play did Bainbridge-Guilford finally put away a much-improved Unadilla Valley-Edmeston team on Friday night.
The Bobcats, a 2009 Class D playoff team, secured the win when Holden picked off a fourth-down pass from Storm quarterback Brandon Miles, and ran unfettered 10 yards. Danny Gormley took in a Ryan Porter pass for the all-important two-point conversion.
“It was just a slugfest,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly summing up the game. “They (UV-E) were hyped up at the beginning. They had a big pep rally and a band…the whole deal. They marched out with 40 kids and they were stoked. We got down early, but to our credit, we were able to pull out the victory.”
B-G turned the ball over on its second offensive play of the game, and UV-E capitalized on Miles’ 10-yard TD scamper.
The Bobcats drove for the go-ahead score in the second when Dakota Vandermark rushed it in from four yards. Porter tacked on the two-point run for an 8-7 lead at the break.
Porter scored in the third on a one-yard sneak, yet UV-E answered on Brett Gage’s two-yard TD run. A missed extra point by the Storm left them one-point shy, 14-13, until Holden’s touchdown.
“This really was a slugfest,” said UV-E coach Stan Foulds, concurring with Mattingly’s statement. “I think we came out really prepared and maybe we shocked them. They told us (B-G’s coaches) how impressed they were with how we looked. That’s what we like to hear.”
Vandermark rushed for 81 yards to lead B-G, and Gage had 50 yards for UV-E. “UV-E is vastly improved, and Stan is doing a nice job with his kids,” Mattingly said. “This is a good step forward for a team that hasn’t won in two years. I don’t see them taking the same route (winless) as last year.”
Score by quarters
B-G 0 8 6 8–22
UV-E 7 0 6 0–13
Scoring summary
UV-E: Brandon Miles 10 run (Zak Ruffles kick)
BG: D. Vandermark 4 run (Porter run)
BG: Porter 1 run (run failed)
UVE: Brett Gage 2 run (kick failed)
BG: Billy Holden 10 yard interception return (Porter pass to Danny Gormley)
Football Summary
BG UV
First downs 6 5
Rushes-yds 37-143 42-136
Passing yds 0 0
Comp-att-int 0-3-0 0-8-2
Punts 3-26 4-33
Penalties 1-10 6-65
Fumbles-lost 4-2 4-1
Individual Statistics
Rushing: BG: Daren Terpstra, 5-23, Vandermark, 17-81; Holden, 9-29, Porter, 6-12. (UV) Westbrook, 6-14; Gage, 18-48, Ruffles, 10-44, Miles, 6-26, Badger, 1-2, Conklin, 1-2.
Passing: (BG) Porter, 0-3-0, 0 yds; (UV) Brandon Miles, 0-8-2, yds.
Receiving: none.
Oxford 41, Newfield 16
OXFORD – The last two season openers, Oxford didn’t even score a point. Friday night at home, the Blackhawks had 34 points on the board by halftime, and the starters were pulled after the first offensive series of the third quarter in a blowout victory over Newfield.
“We played well, were physical, and we really got after them on defense,” said Oxford coach Mike Chrystie. “Really, the only thing ugly was the penalties.”
The Blackhawks were flagged 16 times for 160 yards, yet still had 241 yards of offense and the aforementioned 40-plus points.
Paul Wonka delivered an option pass off a fake run attempt hitting a wide-open Adam Pierson for a 29-yard score to initiate the scoring. Chrystie said the play was set up perfectly after the team had executed a toss sweep running playing earlier in same the scoring drive.
John Wonka had a TD pass to Andrew Golden covering 15 yards, John Wonka scored on a one-yard rush, Alex Marin returned a fumble 50 yards to paydirt, and Paul Wonka’s five-yard run made it a 34-point lead at halftime.
Booker Davis, who led Oxford with 86 yards rushing, rambled 10 yards for six points early in the third quarter. “Newfield is definitely a young team, but I felt we gained a lot of confidence with this victory,” Chrystie said. “It’s a huge psychological advantage to win our opening game and to believe that we can win.”
Oxford is at Seton Catholic Central this week.
Score by quarters
Newf. 0 0 0 16–16
Oxf: 14 20 7 0–41
Scoring Summary
O: Paul Wonka 29 pass to Adam Pierson (Andrew Golden kick)
O: John Wonka 15 pass to Andrew Golden. (Golden kick)
O: John Wonka 1 run (Golden kick)
O: Alex Marin 50 fumble recovery (Golden kick)
O: Paul Wonka 5 run (kick failed)
O: Booker Davis 10 run (Golden kick)
N: Zach Mosher 55 run (Kyle Royce run)
N: Royce 1 run (Royce pass to Justin Hulbert)
Football Summary
O N
First Downs 9 6
Rushes-yds 40-146 29-54
Passing yds 95 55
Comp-att-int 4-9-0 7-17-2
Penalties-yds 16-160 1-5
Fumbles-lost 4-2 2-2
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (O) Davis, 17-86; P. Wonka, 3-10, J. Wonka, 5-9; Alex Marin, 6-30, A. Golden, 1-0; Caden Cruz, 4-14, Jody Smith, 2-2, Dylan Cole, 2 (-5). (N) Phillip Ryan, 4-16, Jared Shippos, 5 --8, Zach Mosher, 1-55, Kyle Royce, 17- (-10), Luke Stevenson, 1-(-1), Shane Gunn, 1-5, Wesley Sanders, 1-(-3)
Passing: (O) Paul Wonka, 1-1-0, 29 yds, TD; John Wonka, 3-8-0, 66 yds, TD. (N) K. Royce, 7-16-2, 55 yds, W. Sanders, 0-1-0.
