Bainbridge-Guilford holds off Whitney Point 20-14
BAINBRIDGE – For the first time in some half a decade the Bainbridge-Guilford Bobcats varsity football team has secured an opening night win – a 20-14 game against visiting Whitney Point.
“It went real good. We should have won by more but it was the first game and we have some guys in some different spots,” said Bainbridge-Guilford head coach Israel Lorimer, before adding a comment on continuing their winning streak from the 2016 season. “We won five in a row now, it has been a long time since we have done that.”
The Bobcats took advantage of their senior halfback, Ben Bivar, who managed to set them up nicely in the first half with a first quarter 25 yard scurry to the end zone. Kick failed.
In the second quarter, Whitney Point snagged the lead in the Friday night contest with a 34 yard run coming from Andy Davis – 25 carries for 152 rushing yards – this coupled with a Travis Milner run for the two-point conversion put Whitney Point up 8-6 in the later moments of the second period.
Then there was Ben Bivar – punching his way into the end zone to take the first half lead with a two-yard run, kick failed.
“We fumbled in the third quarter and they scored. Then we were inside the 20 yard line two other rimes and didn't get points,” said coach Lorimer.
The third quarter fumble from the Bobcats resulted in a Tanner Kallfelz two-yard run for another lead change, as WP took back over with a 14-12 score.
While Bivar provided a lot of the horsepower in the win, it was Alan Terzo and converted soccer athlete Trevor Halaquist who truly came through for the Bobcats.
Terzo finished with just 28 yards on the ground, but snagged two passes for 43 yards and a fourth quarter strike – putting B-G up in the game, late in the fourth quarter. Ben Bivar added a two-point conversion run for the final 20-14 score.
“Trevor Halaquist, basketball and soccer player in the past, he's playing quarterback this year and he did a really nice job, but this was his first varsity game of his life. He is such an athlete, such a gamer,” said coach Lorimer. “He has been a very positive influence, we have to make up for a little inexperience, but he has sports experience the kid is a natural.”
Due to Seton Catholic Central dropping out of the football season for 2017 – joining the 8-man league – this has added a bye week to many teams schedules. For Bainbridge-Guilford, this bye week comes early, as they will now have no game scheduled for week two of the regular season.
“It gives us an extra week to get ready for our first division opponent in Delhi. We went and watched them play Harpursville-Afton,” said coach Lorimer. “They (Delhi) lost to Harpursville and then Tioga is pretty tough, so they could be 0-2 potentially and be pretty banged up. I am hoping we are going to be as healthy as we can be for that game.”
Next up for Bainbridge-Guilford football (1-0 overall), they will play at Delhi on September 16, at 1:30 p.m.
BG: 6 6 0 8– 20
WP: 0 8 6 0– 14
Rushing:
Whitney Point: Tanner Kallfelz 6-12, Brandan Smith 1-1, Andy Davis 25-152, Noah Hurst 5-1. B-G: Ben Bivar 18-95, Alan Terzo 6-28, Trevor Halaquist 8-26, Nick Petrutoni 13-91.
Passing:
Whitney Point: Andy Davis 12-16, 110 yards; Tanner Kallfelz 0-2. B-G: Trevor Halaquist 6-9, 74 yards.
Receiving:
Whitney Point: Tanner Kallfelz 3-38, Travis Milner 2-(minus-3), Andy Davis 1-8, Hunter Reynolds 4-45, Keith Maxwell 1-2, Hunter James 1-30. B-G: Mason Brown 1-13, Alan Terzo 2-43, Trevor Halaquist 1-4, Nick Petrutoni 1-(-1), Garrett Ives 1-15.
Watkins Glen opens with dominating show, defeats Greene 32-22
ODESSA – Consistent pressure. Opportunistic scoring. And the ability to wear down an opponent, that is what happened on opening night for Watkins Glen/Odessa Montour – they slowly eroded the ranks of the Trojans.
This resulted in a 32-22 loss for Greene – a 2016 state ranked playoff team – who failed to find the end zone more than once in a quarter, and not at all in the fourth quarter.
A 7-6 game in favor of Greene, after the first quarter – followed by a 15-12 game in favor of the visiting Trojans. A hard-fought close game had all the fans on the edge of their seat.
Watkins Glen relied heavily on Zach Elliot, who cracked the goal-line first with his four-yard run in the first quarter. Elliot finished the game with an astounding 28 carries for 197 yards. Despite allowing the Watkins Glen to strike first, it was Greene who would take and maintain the lead for a majority of the game.
Coy Austin ran in a 15 yard run coupled with a Mitchell Walters kick to claim the early lead.
At the half, Elliot and and Austin exchanged rushing touchdowns at 25 and 28 yards, respectively – making the halftime score 15-12 in favor of Greene.
The game looked to be in the bag for the Trojans, after Nate Erickson punched in a one-yard run, extending the Greene lead to 22-12. That is when the Trojans hit a wall and Watkins Glen hit the jets.
Watkins Glen flipped the game on its end, scoring 20 points in the last one and half quarters for the come from behind win.
Following Greene's last touchdown, Elliot smashed in a one-yard run to cap off a third quarter with a 22-16 score. Couple that with a four-yard run in the fourth quarter – and Elliot amassed nearly 200 yards and four rushing touchdowns on the usually tough Greene defense.
Elliott put Watkins Glen up, 26-22, with 8:44 left in the game. Greene was flailing, and with no chance to readjust, a costly fumble from the Trojans allowed Watkins Glen's Joe Chedzoy to snatch up the fumble – returning it for a touchdown – all of which came on the very next play after Elliot's run.
Greene (0-1 overall), will now take to the road once again for a game against Groton on September 8, at 7 p.m.
W: 6 6 8 12– 32
G: 7 8 7 0– 22
Rushing:
Greene: Nate Erickson 8-39, Coy Austin 15-96, Justin Carman 5-15, Logan Kennedy 1-4. Watkins Glen: Zach Elliott 28-197, Joey Chedzoy 19-93, Casen Weeden 8-33, Derrick Lewis 6-3, Noah Angle 1-5.
Passing:
Greene: Austin 5-9, 69 yards, int. Watkins Glen: Lewis 1-2 (-1) yard.
Receiving:
