Football
Oxford 20, Candor 12
CANDOR - Oxford turned up the intensity in the second half scoring two touchdowns to win its third road outing in four games this season.
The Blackhawks struggled in the first half failing to score on a first-and-goal, and trailing 12-7 after Candor's Josh Wilcox ran for a 70-yard touchdown.
Some simple input from the players at halftime allowed the Oxford coaching staff to make the proper adjustments.
"(The team) gave us some good feedback, and everything they were telling us really helped us out," said Oxford coach Jeff Newton. "It was a totally different (Oxford) team in the second half."
Oxford's defense allowed less than 60 total yards in the second half, and swept by the Indians with two scores in the third quarter.
Angelo Gonzalez, who stepped into the game late in the first half, threw an 8-yard TD pass to Trenton Lyons, then hooked up with sophomore Harry Oliver on a 16-yard TD strike.
Bryan Simpson led the Oxford offense with 152 yards rushing and a four-yard TD run in the opening half.
Oxford hosts defending Class D champion Tioga on Friday.
Score by quarters
Oxf. 0 7 13 0—20
Can 0 12 0 0—12
Scoring Summary
Second quarter
C: Josh Wilcox 6 run (run failed)
O: Bryan Simpson 4 run (Nick Neer kick)
C: Wilcox 70 run (pass failed
Third quarter
O: Angelo Gonzalez 8 pass to Trenton Lyons (Neer kick)
O: Gonzalez 16 pass to Harry Oliver (kick failed)
Individual Statistics
Rushing: Candor (31-179 yds total) O: Bryan Simpson, 20-152; Nick Neer, 5-24; Lyons, 1-(-2); Gonzalez, 2-0. (28-174)
Passing: ( C) 3-8-0, 3 yds; (O) Gonzalez, 8-16-1, 168 yds, 2 TDs; Barry, 3-11-1, 33 yds; Neer, 1-1-0, 11 yds.
Receiving: (O) Neer, 5-93; Kevin Davis, 3-74; Lyons, 3-29; Harry Oliver, 1-16.
Utica Notre Dame 28, Sherburne-Earlville 12
UTICA – Too much Kevin Warmack sent Sherburne-Earlville to its first defeat of the season Saturday afternoon.
Warmack, a senior quarterback for Utica Notre Dame, scored every point for the Jugglers rushing for 276 yards and four touchdowns.
“We had some opportunities (to stop him), but he’d squirm out of tackles and make plays,” said S-E coach Mike Jasper.
Utica Notre Dame put the game away after scoring in the third to make it 22-12. On the ensuing kickoff, the short boot hit an S-E defender, and the Jugglers recovered. Warmack capped a time-consuming drive with a four-yard TD.
The Marauders traded first-quarter touchdowns. Matt Hull hauled in Cody Marango’s 40-yard TD pass in the first quarter that made it 8-6, and in the third, Marango found Ben Khoury on a 30-yard TD strike closing the UND lead to 16-12.
With the loss, S-E (3-1) has Mt. Markham at home on Friday, then difficult division tests against Frankfort-Schuyler and Herkimer.
“We knew this game was important, but we also knew it wasn’t the whole season,” Jasper said. “There still is a lot of football to play, and our focus is taking care of our business.”
Score by quarters
S-E 6 0 6 0–12
UND 8 0 8 12–28
Scoring Summary
First quarter
U: Kevin Warmack 12 run (Warmack run)
SE: Cody Marango 40 pass to Matt Hull, (run failed)
Third quarter
U: Warmack 4 run (Warmack run)
SE: Marango 30 pass to Ben Khoury (run failed)
Fourth quarter
U: Warmack 38 run (run failed)
U: Warmack 4 run (run failed)
Individual Statistics
