Football
Greene 27, Windsor 0
WINDSOR ≠– Greene ran for 312 yards, and forced five turnovers for its fifth shutout out win over the last three seasons.
After struggling to put points on the board in the first half and clinging to a six-point lead, the Trojans erupted for three scores in the third quarter. Using five plays on its first drive of the second half, Keegan Cerwinski scored on a 16-yard scramble, his second touchdown of the day. Windsor was forced to punt on its next drive, and Greene once again marched to paydirt. Kurt Shear scored from one yard out making it a 21-0 lead.
Shear forced a fumble of Windsor running back Garret Gaeta on the subsequent possession, and James Church recovered. On the next play, Jeff Carlin dashed 44 yards for the Trojans’ fourth score of the day.
Cerwinski had 110 yards rushing, and Shear finished with 71 on 17 carries. “We worked hard all week on tackling fundamentals and geting guys pursuing to the ball,” said Greene coach Tim Paske of his team’s defense, who praised the efforts of his defensive linemen, Kyle Stanton, Ricky Carbone, Justin Beers, Isaiah Webb, and Church. “We did a great job of executing.”
Friday night was also the third straight game in which Greene ran for big yardage. Through three games, the Trojans are averaging 306 yards rushing per game.
“We had trouble moving their defensive tackles in the first half,” Paske said. “We changed our scheme, and we started knocking them all over.”
Score by quarters
Gr. 0 6 21 0–27
Wind. 0 0 0 0–0
Scoring Summary
G: Keegan Cerwinski 1 run (kick failed)
G: Cerwinski 16 run (Kurt Shear run)
G: Shear 1 run (Justin Beers kick)
G: Jeff Carlin 44 run (kick failed)
Team summary
G W
First downs 19 7
Rushes-yds 54-312 26-52
Passing yds 0 59
Comp-att-int 0-3-0 4-15-3
Punts-avg 1-39 3-32
Fumbles-lost 2-1 2-2
Penalties-yds 5-25 3-35
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (G) Kurt Shear, 17-71, Keegan Cerwinski, 14-110, Jeff Carlin, 5-56, B. Ramsey, 4-43, Kyle Stanton, 4-7, Treadwell, 1-0, Kyle Gorton, 5-21, Akeem Daniels, 3-4 , Roselle, 1-0. (W) Garret Gaeta, 13-43, Elliott Campbell, 4-8, Marino Hogan, 2-(-3); dvid Whitman, 1-2.
Passing: (G) Cerwinski, 0-3-0, 0 yds, (W) Campbell, 4-15-3, 59 yards.
Receiving: (W) David Whitman, 2-41, Luke Zakajsek, 1-12, Gaeta, 1-6.
UV-Edmeston 13, S-VE 6
SPENCER – Unadilla Valley-Edmeston was held to just four first downs, but came away with its second straight victory – its first two-game winning streak in four seasons – thanks to stout defense and opportunistic special teams.
Late in the first half, UV-E head coach Stan Foulds called a timeout as SV-E was pinned near its goal line and forced to punt on fourth down. Cody Homann received the punt, and dashed 33 yards for the touchdown as the second-quarter clock expired.
“It’s a good thing we called that timeout because we wouldn’t have had time for a return,” Foulds said.
The Storm (2-1) scored on its only sustained drive early in the second quarter. Brandon Miles found Homann on a nine-yard scoring pass to make it 6-0.
Spencer-Van Etten, like UV-E’s first two opponents, had little success running against the Storm defense, and was forced to pass that ball. Foulds singled out the quarterback pressure of defensive ends Calvin Rifanburg and Zach Montgomery, and lauded his entire defense.
“On either side of the ball, you can have a good day or a bad day,” Foulds said. “Our defense stepped up and won this football game. We just stood their running game up, and our ends and up-front pressure made things happen. We covered their ends well in the passing game and played an all-around good defensive game.”
Score by quarters
UV-E 0 13 0 0–13
SV-E 0 0 6 0–6
Scoring Summary
Second quarter
UVE: Miles 9 pass to Cody Homann 9 run (kick failed), 11:08
UVE: Homann 33 punt return (Ruffles kick) :00
Third quarter
S: Evan Farnham 13 run (conversion failed)
UV-E Statistics
Rushing: Brett Gage 15-36, Will Westbrook, 6-12, Zak Ruffles, 6-8, Brandon Miles, 2-11; Derek Rollins, 1-2.
Passing: (UV) Brandon Miles, 3-7-1, 33 yards, TD
Receiving: (UV) Cody Homann, 3-33, TD.
