Grid roundup: Hornets hang on to defeat Oxford

Football

Harpursville 24, Oxford 21
HARPURSVILLE – Harpursville/Afton walked a tightrope in the second half, and made it to the other side.
The Hornets stopped two Oxford drives inside the 20, including a goal-line stand, and intercepted two passes in the fourth quarter in a 24-21 victory Saturday.
The win kept Harpursville-Afton’s Class D playoff hopes alive, although a determination of its playoff fate was not known at press time.
Devon Dean, who ran for one score and threw for another, intercepted Oxford quarterback Angelo Gonzalez with 5:40 remaining in the game, and again with 1:09 left in the fourth to effectively end the game.
“I think that our team is young, but it is learning to play as a team,” said Oxford coach Jeff Newton. “We’re still making some mental mistakes, and those are costing us.”
Harpursville/Afton scored with relative ease on its first two possessions. Dean scrambled to the right for 70-yard score, then Dean hit a wide-open Caleb Stulir on a 47-yard TD connection to make it 16-7 after one stanza.
From there, the Hornets were kept off the board until early in the fourth when Dillon Lindsay scored the go-ahead touchdown with 10:10 left on a six-yard run.
Down 24-19, Oxford went to work on its next possession buoyed by Nick Neer’s 27-yard kickoff return to the 45. A terrific over –the-shoulder 34-yard pass reception by Neer from Gonzalez moved Oxford significantly closer to the go-ahead score. A pair of first-down runs by Bryan Simpson and two solid runs by Garett Sylstra took Oxford to the H/A three with three plays to score a touchdown.
Simpson was stopped at the one on second down, a pass attempt was knocked down in the endzone, and Simpson was thwarted for no gain on fourth down.
“It really came down to that goal-line stand,” Newton said. “We had our chances from the one-yard line, and we couldn’t punch it in.”
Although the Blackhawks were riddled with mistakes (three turnovers, 14 penalties), it put itself in position to win the game after falling behind by nine points.
Simpson’s six-yard TD run on the opening drive of the game was countered by a pair of Hornets quick-strikes.
Oxford drove 80 yards for its second score cutting the margin to 16-13. The big play in that scoring drive wa s a 58-yard Gonzalez to Kevin Davis pass completion. Simpson’s 11-yard TD run came with 3:05 left before halftime.
Oxford drove to the Harpursville/Afton 16 on its first possession of the third only to fumble the ball away. The defense quickly held, and Oxford capitalized on that possession. Neer beat double coverage hauling in a 42-yard TD pass from Gonzalez.
Gonzalez finished the game with 237 yards passing on 10 of 23 attempts.
The Hornets’ dormant offense came to life early in the fourth, and aside from a safety after its big goal line stand, made all of the big defensive plays in the fourth.
“I’m disappointed that we lost the game, but I was happy that we gave a full effort the entire game,” Newton said. “The team is starting to understand what it takes to win games. We just came up short.”
Score by quarters
Oxf. 7 6 6 2—21
Har 16 0 0 8—24
Scoring Summary
First quarter
O: Bryan Simpson 6 run (Neer kick)
H: Devon Dean 70 run (Dillon Lindsay run)
H: Dean 47 pass to Caleb Stalir (Dean run)
Second quarter
O: Simpson 11 run (kick failed)
Third quarter
O: Angelo Gonzalez 42 pass to Nick Neer (pass failed)
Fourth quarter
H: Lindsay 6 run (Lindsay run)
O: Safety, H/A tackled in endzone
Team Summary
O H/A
First downs 17 15
Rushes-yds 34-124 47-250
Passing yds 237 42
Comp-att-int 10-23-2 2-11-0
Punts-avg 3-36.0 4-37
Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-0
Penalties-yds 14-88 5-40
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (O) Bryan Simpson, 25-90; Nick Neer, 2-25; Garrett Sylstra, 2-12;Angelo Gonzalez, 2-4; Trent Lyons, 3-(-17). (HA) Devon Dean, 19-133; Dillon Lindsay, 15-84; Jacob Andrews, 4-19; Mitch Weist, 6-19; Deion Oakley, 3-(-5).
Passing: (O) Angelo Gonzalez, 10-23-2, 237 yds, TD; (HA) Dean, 2-11-0, 42 yds, TD.
Receiving: (O) Neer, 6-148; K. Davis, 2-68, B Simpson, 1-16, T Lyons, 1-5; (HA) Caleb Stulir, 1-47, M. Weist, 1-(-5).

Unatego/Franklin 51, Unadilla Valley 14
OTEGO – Josh Feyerabend had over 320 yards rushing and passing for Unatego/Franklin rushing for three scores and passing for three more in Friday night’s victory over visiting Unadilla Valley.
Feyerabend ran for his team’s first three touchdowns on runs of 35, 42, and seven yards to create an 18-0 lead early in the second quarter.
“We kept it somewhat close in the first quarter, but for whatever reason, we didn’t defend their read-option well,” said Unadilla Valley coach Mark Segina.
Feyerabend connected with Tanner Winchester on two TD tosses, and a 66-yard scoring pass to Ryan Marszal. Before taking a seat in the fourth quarter, Feyerabend racked up 191 yards passing and 134 yards rushing.
UV scored twice in the fourth on Hank deGlee’s 55-yard fumble return and Mason Fernette’s three-yard TD run. “This was a big game for us, and we didn’t rise to the level we should have,” Segina said. “We didn’t execute the offense well, and we shot ourselves in the foot a couple of times.”
Unadilla Valley hosts Oxford on Friday.
Score by quarters
UVall 0 0 0 14—14
Unat 12 12 27—51
Scoring Summary
First quarter
U: Josh Feyerabend 35 run (kick failed)
U: Feyerabend 42 run (pass failed)
Second quarter
U: Feyerabend 7 run (pass failed)
U: Feyerabend 37 pass to Tanner Winchester (Archibald kick)
Third quarter
U: Nick Wilsey 56 run (Archibald kick)
U: Feyerabend 32 pass to Winchester (Archibald kick)
U; Feyerabend 66 pass to Ryan Marszal (Archibald kick)
U: Dawson Wilsey 7 run (kick failed)
Fourth quarter
UV: Hank deGlee 55 fumble return (Jared White pass to Ryan Postma)
UV: Mason Fernette 3 run (pass failed)
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (U) Josh Feyerabend, 9-134; Nate Wilsey, 7-82; T. Winchester, 5-31; Jared Smith, 11-25; Dawson Wilsey, 2-18; Bryden Roefs, 3-9; Zach Youngs, 2-9; Mike Rose, 1-3; Jon Havens, 1-1. (UV) Mason Fernette, 21-85; Caleb Simons, 3-10; Nick Stirone, 4-1; Jared White, 2-(-8).
Passing: (U) Feyerabend, 10-19-0, 191 yds, 3 TDs; Jared Smith, 2-2-0, 8 yd; (UV) J. White, 3-10-2, 64 yds; Fernette, 5-16-1, 34 yds.
Receiving: (U) Tanner Winchester, 5-107; Ryan Marszal, 3-70; Derek Beames, 1-10; Mike Rose, 1-4; J. Jones, 1-4; K. Spaulding, 1-3. (UV) Ryan Postma, 2-40; Stirone, 2-16; H. deGlee, 2-14; B. Hanslmaier, 1-27; M. Patrick, 1-1.

Greene 16, Sidney 6
SIDNEY – Greene’s defense blanked Sidney in the second half of Friday night’s game, and the Trojans’ offense can take partial credit for that accomplishment.
Using a ball-control attack, Greene’s two scoring drives in the third quarter used up nearly the entire 12 minutes of clock, and another scoring drive in the fourth punctuated the Trojans’ second victory of the season.
“It was like two different games,” said Greene coach Dave Gorton of the first and second halves. “In the first half we didn’t have any emotion or physicality. I’m not sure why, but we didn’t get anything going.”
Perhaps it was an interception on the Trojans’ first offensive play of the game, or maybe it was a turnover on the second possession inside Sidney’s red zone. “We lost that emotional edge after the two turnovers, and it had us on our heels a little bit,” Gorton said.
What turned the game around for Greene was a defensive stop at its one yard line to keep Sidney from scoring a second touchdown to build on a six-point lead.
The Trojans drove for a touchdown to start the second half. Tyler Dickman’s 29-yard scoring run and Wyatt Johns’ extra point gave Greene the lead for good. Sidney turned it over on the next possession when Greene’s Luke Erickson picked off a Tom Hoskins pass. That led to Johns’ 31-yard field goal.
Sidney fumbled the ensuing kickoff late in the third quarter, and on the first play of the fourth, Erickson’s two-yard scoring run gave Greene a 16-6 lead. “We became much more aggressive in the second half, we forced some turnovers, and our running game was incredible,” Gorton said. “The guys up front were knocking people backward, and as a line coach, it was a beautiful thing.”
Greene plays Whitney Point this weekend for an opportunity to win for a third time in four games.
Score by quarters
Sid 0 6 0 0–6
Gr. 0 0 10 6–16
Scoring Summary
Second quarter
S: Tom Hoskins 22 pass to Pecor (pass failed)
Third quarter
G: Tyler Dickman 29 run (Wyatt Johns kick)
G: Wyatt Johns 31 field goal
Fourth quarter
G: Luke Erickson 2 run (pass failed)
Individual statistics
Rushing: (G) Luke Erickson, 6-0; Cole Nelson, 5-8; Zach Orzell, 10-46; Tristan Carter, 20-74; Shawn Brigham, 2-8; Tyler Dickman, 5-30. Total: 48-166. (S) #20, 14-26; Hoskins, 4-(-13) Totals: 18-13.
Passing: (G) Orzell, 5-14-2, 71; (S) Hoskins, 10-31-3, 198 yds.
Receiving: (G) Jordan Harrington, 1-10; Dylan Barton, 3-46; Shawn Brigham, 1-15. (S) Pecor, 4-55; #6, 2-28; #4 1-15; #19, 1-31; #3, 2-41; #20, 1-50.

Herkimer 52, Sherburne-Earlville 6
HERKIMER – Instead of crashing into the Section III playoffs with a bang, the Marauders will enter with a whimper.
S-E suffered its most lopsided defeat in head coach Mike Jasper’s tenure losing to Section III power Herkimer Friday night.
The Magicians’ Mitch Scherer had a magical night leading his team with six total touchdowns. Scherer ran for three scores and passed for three more.
“Scherer made a ton of big plays, and we were just not that good on defense,” Jasper said. “We were in position to make plays, and didn’t make the tackles. They were able to move the ball and continued to make big plays throughout the game.”
Scherer had scoring runs of one, eight, and 78 yards, and threw TD passes of 52 and 78 yards to running back Dan Appley, and a 43-yard TD strike to Antonio Aceto.
Still, S-E was not completely out of the game in the first half. Cody Marango’s 35-yard TD pass to Ben Khoury in the second quarter made it a 16-6 game. “We were well within striking distance after we scored, they just hit a couple more big plays in the second quarter that put us down, but not out of the game,” Jasper said. “On defense, they blitzed the heck out of us all game, and we just didn’t pick things up. It didn’t give our quarterback time to get rid of the ball quickly enough.”
The Marauders will play their Section III playoff opener on the road Friday at General Brown.
*Game statistics were not available.

Walton 46, Bainbridge-Guilford 16
WALTON - Walton barrelled full steam into the Class D playoffs winning its seventh straight game of the season in a dominant performance against the Bobcats Saturday afternoon.
The Warriors rushed for 431 yards and had 509 yards of total offense. That rushing attack opened up the passing game as Trevor Zandt threw two first-half TD passes. Christian Rutherford and Quinn Harby added scoring runs to make it a 30-8 game at halftime.
Brian Mead and Harby had scoring runs in the second half as the lead grew to 46-8 at one point. “They’re just a disciplined team, and we knew they would be tough to stop,” said B-G coach Tim Mattingly of Walton. “They threw it more than we thought, but that was all set up through the run. They have great athletes, and they’re solid.”
Dylan Moffitt had both of B-G’s touchdowns. Moffitt scored on a five-yard run in the second quarter, and wrapped up the afternoon’s offense hauling in a 56-yard TD pass from Austin Carr.
Carr had his best passing day of the season throwing for 163 yards
B-G is tentatively scheduled to play at Candor on Friday.
Score by quarters
B-G 0 8 0 8––16
Wal 16 14 8 8–46
Scoring Summary
First quarter
W: Jacob Wright 9 pass from Trevor Zandt (Merrill run)
W: Christian Rutherford 48 run (Merrill pass from Zandt.
Second quarter
W: Ryan Fairchild 20 pass from Zandt. (run failed)
BG: Moffitt 5 run (Moffitt pass from Carr)
W: Quinn Harby 12 run (Wright pass from Zandt)
Third quarter
W: Harby 31 run (Wright pass from Zandt)
Fourth Quarter
W: Brian Mead 32 run (Stiez run)
BG: Moffitt 56 pass from Carr (Moffitt pass from Carr).
Individual Statistics
Rushing: (BG) Ben Bivar, 9-21; Austin Carr, 4-(-8); Dylan Moffitt, 13-21. (W) 50-431 yds.
Passing: (BG) Austin Carr, 8-20-0, 163 yds; (W) Trevor Zandt, 6-11-0, 78 yds.
Receiving: (BG) Bailey Green, 5-85; Dylan Moffitt, 1-56; Austin Capolupo, 2-22. (W) Jacob Wright, 1-9; Christian Rutherford, 2-47; Robert Merrill, 2-13; Ryan Fairchild, 1-20.

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