Football

Sherburne-Earlville 34, Clinton 8

CLINTON – Sherburne-Earlville went to the air to soften up Clinton's defense, and proceeded to finish off an unbeaten regular season Saturday afternoon.

S-E junior quarterback Cody Marango threw three second-quarter touchdown passes, and added a fourth TD toss in the third quarter to finish 10-for-16 for 211 yards.

The Marauders offense stalled in the first quarter as Clinton stacked the line of scrimmage to slow the ground game. "They were sending the house to slow down our running game, so we switched it up with some play-action passing," said S-E head coach Mike Jasper, whose club is off to its first 7-0 start since joining Section III 11 years ago.

Marango threw scoring tosses of 36 and three yards to Ben Khoury, and his third – a 23-yarder – went to sophomore tight end Gavin Giroux.

Khoury completed a three-TD day hauling in a 34-yard strike from Marango in the third, and backup running back Gavin Paul finished up S-E’s scoring on a three-yard scoring plunge. Clinton avoided the shutout with a late touchdown run.

"My biggest fear coming in was that we would be a little flat, and we did that," Jasper said. "It was one of the longest weeks of practice we've ever had, We just wanted to get through this game and stay healthy, and we were able to do that."

S-E, Watertown IHC, and Syracuse IT all sport 7-0 marks in Section III's Class C, and a coin flip determined the first, second, and third seeds, Jasper said. Regardless, Marauders will host Thousand Islands Friday at 7 p.m. "We're happy to have a home game, and we'll be playing on grass," Jasper said, who noted potential opponents General Brown and Skaneateles have field turf home surfaces. "We'll take any advantage we can get."

Score by quarters

S-E 0 21 7 6–34

Clin. 0 0 0 8–8

Scoring Summary

S-E: Cody Marango 36 pass to Ben Khoury (Garrett DuVall kick)

S-E: Marango 3 pass to Khoury (DuVall kick)

S-E: Marango 23 pass to Giroux (DuVall kick)

S-E: Marango 34 pass to Khoury (DuVall kick)

S-E: Gavin Paul 3 run (kick failed)

Clinton: #19 36 run (Pass good)

Individual Statistics

Rushing: (C) 25 carries, 122 yard. (SE) B. Sopchak, 12-72; G. Paul, 7-41; G. DuVall, 7-38; Marango, 2-12; Jasper, 2-8; B. Roebuck, 4-2; Ryan Burato, 1-3.

Passing: (C) 9-17-0, 74 yds. (SE) Marango, 10-16-0, 211 yds, 4 TDs.

Receiving: (SE) Austin Jasper, 4-88, Ben Khoury, 3-73, Gavin Giroux, 3-50.

Harpursvillle 47, Oxford 22

OXFORD – Harpursville, headed toward the playoffs a second straight season, capitalized on early Oxford turnovers to beat the Blackhawks on Friday evening.

Harpursville picked off three Oxford passes, all of which led to scores on the other end to open a 29-0 lead at the break. A fourth interception in the fourth quarter went 98 yards for a touchdown.

“We had a lot of turnovers in the game (six), and you’re not going to win too many games with that many,” said Oxford coach Ray Dayton.

Harpursville quarterback Devon Dean threw three TD passes and added two TD runs as the Hornets’ offense racked up 445 total yards.

Oxford countered with three fourth-quarter touchdowns. Senior Nik Hansen had scoring runs of six and 26 yards, and rushed for 152 yards on 26 carries. Lane Barry added a 40-yard TD strike to Cameron Heggie. Heggie, the area’s top receiver with 20 catches, raked in five balls from Barry for 78 yards.

“Harpursville is a good team, and good teams make you make the type of mistakes we had,” Dayton said. “But we played hard the entire game, and we just need to get better. We have two more games to do that and the offseason.”

Score by quarters

Harp. 13 16 12 6–47

Oxfd. 0 0 0 22––22

Scoring Summary

First quarter

H: Devon Dean 18 run (William Wilsey kick)

H: Dylan Smith 20 pass from Dean (kick failed)

Second quarter

H: Jon Andrews 14 pass from Dean (Cody Snow run)

H: Dean 12 run (Steven Lee run)

Third quarter

H: Snow 38 pass from Dean (run failed)

H: Snow 5 run (kick failed)

Fourth quarter

H: Dillon Lindsey 98 interception return (kick failed)

O: Nik Hansen 6 run (Hansen run)

O: Cameron Heggie 40 pass from Lane Barry (Nick Neer Run)

O: Hansen 26 run (run failed)

Individual statistics

Rushing: (H) Devon Dean 6-49, Steven Lee 12-138, Andrew Kimmel 8-45, Dante Carroll 5-23, Cody Snow 4-14, Mitchell Weist 4-15. Oxford, Bryan Simpson 7-15, Joe Jackson 1-5, Nick Neer 9-9, Nik Hansen 26-152.

Passing: (H) Devon Dean 6-13-0-110 yds, 3 TDs. (O) Lane Barry 6-15-3-84 yds, TD.

Receiving: (H) Steven Lee 1-11, Jon Andrews 2-25, Dylan Smith 1-20, Cody Snow 2-54. (O) Cameron Heggie 5-78, Nick Neer 1-6.

Walton 27, Bainbridge-Guilford 22

BAINBRIDGE – Once again, a B-G-Walton contest went to the wire.