Bainbridge-Guilford 24, Oxford 6
OXFORD – Bainbridge-Guilford scored on its first play from scrimmage, and stunned Oxford Friday night to keep itself in the Class D division title picture.
Billy Holden popped through the middle of the line, and the big fullback showing surprising burst as he ran 67 yards for the opening touchdown. “Really, it was just a simple dive play,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly. “Booker (Davis, Oxford linebacker) was stunting, and we were able to pick him up. Our line created a tight mini-wall and Billy ran through the two hole. He has good speed, and I think he caught Oxford’s defense off guard. Once he broke into the second level, he was gone.”
Oxford drew to within one point early in the second quarter on John Wonka’s eight-yard run. The missed extra point left Oxford a point shy of the Bobcats.
Holden – along with senior halfback Dakota Vandermark – continued to pepper the Oxford defense with a solid rushing attack. Holden scored on a 35-yard run in the second quarter, and Vandermark added one of his typical long runs scoring from 75 yards in the fourth. German exchange student, Tim Herman, squeezed a 30-yard field goal between those two TD runs – the first field goal for a B-G kicker in Mattingly’s time on the B-G varsity staff.
Holden had a season-high 142 yards, Vandermark rushed for 136 yards – his fourth 100-yard game this season – and B-G outrushed Oxford 326-84.
Paul Wonka carried the ball for 61 yards to lead Oxford, and John Wonka threw for 101 yards, but was intercepted three times. “Our offensive and defensive lines really stepped up in this game, and I thought we were very physical with Oxford,” Mattingly said. “With the exception of our turnovers (four), we played one of our better games. This win still gives us a shot in the division, and it was like a playoff game for both teams. We needed this.”
Score by quarters
B-G 7 10 7 0–24
Oxf. 0 6 0 0–6
Scoring Summary
BG: Billy Holden 67 run (Tim Herman kick)
O: John Wonka 8 run (kick failed)
BG Holden 35 run (Herman kick)
BG: Herman 30 field goal
BG: Dustin Vandermark 75 run (Herman kick)
Team Summary
B-G O
First downs 9 9
Rushes-yds 51-326 29-84
Passing yds 34 101
Comp-att-int 2-5-1 7-24-3
Fumbles-lost 3-3 2-1
Penalties-yds 2-10 4-30
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (BG) Dakota Vandermark, 21-136; Billy Holden, 14-142; Brandon Lamont, 5-24; Daren Terpstra, 6-22; Danny Gormley, 2-2; Ryan Porter, 3-0. (O) Paul Wonka, 17-61; John Wonka, 10-21; Booker Davis, 2-2.
Passing: (BG) Ryan Porter, 2-5-1, 34 yards; (O) John Wonka, 7-24-3, 101 yards.
Receiving: (BG) Austin Bauerle, 1-24; Danny Gormley, 1-10; (O) Andrew Golden, 4-61; Paul Wonka, 1-25; Booker Davis, 1-15, Adam Pierson, 1-0.
Greene 35, Unatego 15
GREENE – Greene got back on track, but not until it found itself in a 7-0 hole.
The Trojans scored four times in the second quarter, and held Unatego’s offense in check until the final stanza to win their first division game.
“That first drive, they hit a couple of passes, after that, they completed only one pass,” said Greene coach Tim Paske. “I thought our defense adjusted pretty well.”
Keegan Cerwinski scored for Greene on an eight-yard run, and the Trojans moved ahead just 19 seconds later. Dan Treadwell recovered a Unatego fumble on the next play from scrimmage, and Cerwinski hit Josh Brigham on a nine-yard scoring toss. Isaiah Webb recovered a fumble in the endzone for the unlikely two-point conversion.
Cerwinski added a five-yard run later in the quarter, and with under two minutes in the half, Cerwinski went up top to Brigham hitting his receiver for a 40-yard score.
Kurt Shear scored on a one-yard run in the fourth, and led Greene with 171 yards rushing. Cerwinski added 101 yards, and he passed for 49 yards. “We did a heck of a job after the first quarter, and we’re back in the (division) hunt,” Paske said.
Score by quarters
Unat. 7 0 0 8–15
Gre. 0 28 0 7–35
Scoring Summary
U: Dustin VanWhy 8 run (Will May kick)
G: Keegan Cerwinski 8 run (kick failed)
G: Josh Brigham 9 pass from Cerwinski (Isaiah Webb fumble recovery)
