Bainbridge-Guilford football has now won six in a row
BAINBRIDGE – A week off from competition and the Bainbridge-Guilford Bobcat varsity football team returned to live action without missing a beat.
The opening drive of the Bobcats 34-13 beat down of Delhi on the road this past Saturday, September 16, proved to result in six points.
And some drive it was. Nick Petrutoni took the opening game kickoff and ran it back 93 yards for the early score in the lopsided affair – B-G never looked back as they led the entire game.
We were focused on them, we watched them play at Harpursville and at Tioga. We thought they had a pretty good idea what we wanted to do and what we could do against them,” said Bainbridge-Guilford head coach Israel Lorimer. “It is fun, but it is always next hurdle. We are super quick and I just thought we could wear them out. The game plan was to jump on them early and sap it out of them. You can’t do much better than a kickoff return though. He (Petrutoni) had one in the first week too, but it got called back for a block in the back.”
Following a Trevor Halaquist extra-point and 36-yard field goal – followed by a second quarter Ben Bivar plunge from one yard out – the Bobcats took a solid 17-0 halftime score into the locker room.
Bivar finished as Lorimer’s lead back in the contest with 18 carries for 138 yards and two rushing touchdowns.
“It was hot today, 85-88, it was pretty warm. Second half, Petrutoni had another touchdown. Then they ended up scoring. It was a fake punt, he acted like he was running it, then throws to the Aloisio kid, a 43-yard touchdown,” said coach Lorimer. “They onside kick it, we get it back and go 60 yards and score right back on it. We took a lot off the clock, we really ground some clock off.”
Following Petrutoni’s 17-yard scurry for his second touchdown, it was Delhi’s Mike Griswold who hit a fake punt pass to Christian Aloisio for the 43-yard strike – coming at 7:21 left in the third quarter.
Exactly 7:21 later and Ben Bivar punched his way into the touchdown again, from one yard out, taking the game to 31-6.
“Individually, Ben (Bivar) had a great game. When a running back asks to lead block that is something, he came over and suggested running a play that isn’t his call. I said, ‘Okay Benny,’ you don’t get kids like that that are calling someone else’s number. I think we can pass a little more but we haven’t been forced into it,” said coach Lorimer. “If you’re able to run the ball, you can really do some nice things. I honestly thought we were going to have to mix it up a little more (for Delhi). But we have to have a passing game, that is one of those things I want to work on. Teams are going to scout us, they are going to key on Petrutoni and shut down some of the things Ben has been doing.”
Taking on the final points for the Bobcats was their converted soccer star, Trevor Halaquist. Halaquist kicked in his second field goal of the night at the 9:25 mark in the fourth quarter – this time from 40 yards out.
“We had two touchbacks and two field goals in a high school football game. He (Halaquist) kicked it onto the track, it was out of the field. Punts, kicks, it is a weapon. Against Whitney Point (week one) we missed an extra point and he (Halaquist) came up and said we hadn’t practiced a lot. So as a coach I agreed and told him you know what, you’re right, I can’t expect you to go out and do that if we don’t practice every day. So, every day, even if it was five minutes, for the last two weeks we have practiced it,” said coach Lorimer. “Four extra points and two field goals. I think that can be the difference in a game. We kicked it on fourth and 14 and fourth and 10, a lot of teams would have to go for it there, where we can take those six points. For me, getting that TD and not getting that extra point, that can change a game.”
B-G now has had back-to-back years of solid kicking – as Halaquist averages well over 40 yards a punt in 2017, and had an in-game average of 49 yards, coming off seven punts for 343 yards.
The late score by Delhi, closed out the already decided game, with the 34-13 win on the road for Bainbridge-Guilford.
Leading the B-G defense in tackles was Adam Ives with six, followed by Ben Bivar and Jon Castle, each with four. The Bobcat defense allowed 144 yards on the ground with Erik Gullow grabbing 15 carries for 86 yards. Through the air it was Mike Griswold who passed for 149 yards with a touchdown and an interception – B-G’s Cody Ferrara snagged the pick.
“It was a good statement win for us. A lot of people have said this to me, ‘it seems like you have a nice group of kids, but they’re business-like.’ They don’t get too high, they don’t get too low, we are really doing this as a team,” said coach Lorimer. “I saw Unatego play Unadilla Valley and they’re tough. They were there today filming us and they saw what we have laid out on the table. I tell the kids we can’t play scoreboard football, it is all about matchups. We did a nice job against them last year, we need to go back and look at that film and just try to get ready for it.”
Bainbridge-Guilford has now extended their winning streak to six games, as the Bobcats move to 2-0 on the season. Next up for Bainbridge-Guilford, they will be on the road against Unatego on Friday, September 22, at 7 p.m.
“It is fun too because we have now won six games in a row. We lost our first five (2016 season) and now won six (spanning 2016-2017). I told the coaching staff, we actually have a winning coaching staff now,” said coach Lorimer. “To be perfectly honest, we learned how to coach and they learned play for us. The good news is, after a game like we just had. I don’t know why we would change, I don’t know why we would go to something different than we have been doing.”
B-G: 10 7 7 10– 34
D: 0 0 6 7– 13
Passing: B-G – Trevor Halaquist 1-3 35 yards. Delhi – 10-15 149 yards 1 TD 1 INT.
Rushing: B-G – Ben Bivar 18-138, Alan Terzo 8-44, Trevor Halaquist 5- (-3), Nick Petrutoni 7-40, Garrett Ives 4-28. Delhi – Erik Gullow 15-86, Nate Craft 11-54, Devin Kilmer 1-4.
Receiving: B-G – Cody Ferrara 1-35. Delhi – Erik Gullow 3-12, Christian Aloisio 3-71, Nate Craft 1-16, Will Branigan 1-26, Noah Shambolo 2-24.
The opening drive of the Bobcats 34-13 beat down of Delhi on the road this past Saturday, September 16, proved to result in six points.
And some drive it was. Nick Petrutoni took the opening game kickoff and ran it back 93 yards for the early score in the lopsided affair – B-G never looked back as they led the entire game.
We were focused on them, we watched them play at Harpursville and at Tioga. We thought they had a pretty good idea what we wanted to do and what we could do against them,” said Bainbridge-Guilford head coach Israel Lorimer. “It is fun, but it is always next hurdle. We are super quick and I just thought we could wear them out. The game plan was to jump on them early and sap it out of them. You can’t do much better than a kickoff return though. He (Petrutoni) had one in the first week too, but it got called back for a block in the back.”
Following a Trevor Halaquist extra-point and 36-yard field goal – followed by a second quarter Ben Bivar plunge from one yard out – the Bobcats took a solid 17-0 halftime score into the locker room.
Bivar finished as Lorimer’s lead back in the contest with 18 carries for 138 yards and two rushing touchdowns.
“It was hot today, 85-88, it was pretty warm. Second half, Petrutoni had another touchdown. Then they ended up scoring. It was a fake punt, he acted like he was running it, then throws to the Aloisio kid, a 43-yard touchdown,” said coach Lorimer. “They onside kick it, we get it back and go 60 yards and score right back on it. We took a lot off the clock, we really ground some clock off.”
Following Petrutoni’s 17-yard scurry for his second touchdown, it was Delhi’s Mike Griswold who hit a fake punt pass to Christian Aloisio for the 43-yard strike – coming at 7:21 left in the third quarter.
Exactly 7:21 later and Ben Bivar punched his way into the touchdown again, from one yard out, taking the game to 31-6.
“Individually, Ben (Bivar) had a great game. When a running back asks to lead block that is something, he came over and suggested running a play that isn’t his call. I said, ‘Okay Benny,’ you don’t get kids like that that are calling someone else’s number. I think we can pass a little more but we haven’t been forced into it,” said coach Lorimer. “If you’re able to run the ball, you can really do some nice things. I honestly thought we were going to have to mix it up a little more (for Delhi). But we have to have a passing game, that is one of those things I want to work on. Teams are going to scout us, they are going to key on Petrutoni and shut down some of the things Ben has been doing.”
Taking on the final points for the Bobcats was their converted soccer star, Trevor Halaquist. Halaquist kicked in his second field goal of the night at the 9:25 mark in the fourth quarter – this time from 40 yards out.
“We had two touchbacks and two field goals in a high school football game. He (Halaquist) kicked it onto the track, it was out of the field. Punts, kicks, it is a weapon. Against Whitney Point (week one) we missed an extra point and he (Halaquist) came up and said we hadn’t practiced a lot. So as a coach I agreed and told him you know what, you’re right, I can’t expect you to go out and do that if we don’t practice every day. So, every day, even if it was five minutes, for the last two weeks we have practiced it,” said coach Lorimer. “Four extra points and two field goals. I think that can be the difference in a game. We kicked it on fourth and 14 and fourth and 10, a lot of teams would have to go for it there, where we can take those six points. For me, getting that TD and not getting that extra point, that can change a game.”
B-G now has had back-to-back years of solid kicking – as Halaquist averages well over 40 yards a punt in 2017, and had an in-game average of 49 yards, coming off seven punts for 343 yards.
The late score by Delhi, closed out the already decided game, with the 34-13 win on the road for Bainbridge-Guilford.
Leading the B-G defense in tackles was Adam Ives with six, followed by Ben Bivar and Jon Castle, each with four. The Bobcat defense allowed 144 yards on the ground with Erik Gullow grabbing 15 carries for 86 yards. Through the air it was Mike Griswold who passed for 149 yards with a touchdown and an interception – B-G’s Cody Ferrara snagged the pick.
“It was a good statement win for us. A lot of people have said this to me, ‘it seems like you have a nice group of kids, but they’re business-like.’ They don’t get too high, they don’t get too low, we are really doing this as a team,” said coach Lorimer. “I saw Unatego play Unadilla Valley and they’re tough. They were there today filming us and they saw what we have laid out on the table. I tell the kids we can’t play scoreboard football, it is all about matchups. We did a nice job against them last year, we need to go back and look at that film and just try to get ready for it.”
Bainbridge-Guilford has now extended their winning streak to six games, as the Bobcats move to 2-0 on the season. Next up for Bainbridge-Guilford, they will be on the road against Unatego on Friday, September 22, at 7 p.m.
“It is fun too because we have now won six games in a row. We lost our first five (2016 season) and now won six (spanning 2016-2017). I told the coaching staff, we actually have a winning coaching staff now,” said coach Lorimer. “To be perfectly honest, we learned how to coach and they learned play for us. The good news is, after a game like we just had. I don’t know why we would change, I don’t know why we would go to something different than we have been doing.”
B-G: 10 7 7 10– 34
D: 0 0 6 7– 13
Passing: B-G – Trevor Halaquist 1-3 35 yards. Delhi – 10-15 149 yards 1 TD 1 INT.
Rushing: B-G – Ben Bivar 18-138, Alan Terzo 8-44, Trevor Halaquist 5- (-3), Nick Petrutoni 7-40, Garrett Ives 4-28. Delhi – Erik Gullow 15-86, Nate Craft 11-54, Devin Kilmer 1-4.
Receiving: B-G – Cody Ferrara 1-35. Delhi – Erik Gullow 3-12, Christian Aloisio 3-71, Nate Craft 1-16, Will Branigan 1-26, Noah Shambolo 2-24.
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