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Warren, Marietta, Waterford games postponed to Saturday
Local teams had their games rescheduled from Friday night to Saturday afternoon due to inclement weather.
Warren will visit Logan at noon Saturday; Marietta at Athens will kick off an hour later at 1; Waterford at Shenandoah also is set to begin at 1.
Parkersburg 37, South Charleston 0
SOUTH CHARLESTON -- Parkersburg evened its record at 1-1 with Friday's 37-0 win over South Charleston.
Jakel Shelton and Ethan Jones scored two touchdowns apiece, Aeneas Lauderman added one and Cole Sisk had a 32-yard field goal for the Big Reds, who take on Hurricane at home next week.
Jones led PHS with 83 yards on seven carries while Shelton 45 yards on 13 rushes. Cooper Cancade threw two interceptions but was otherwise solid, completing 13 of 17 passes for 200 yards. Nine different Big Reds caught a pass.
Defensively, Parkersburg limited the Black Eagles 73 total yards of offense, including 19 on the ground. Cyrus Backus had a pick
Williamstown 49, Tyler Consolidated 0
KIDWELL -- Williamstown scored a pair of touchdowns in a 14-second span at the end of the second quarter to give the Yellowjackets a 36-0 halftime lead en route to a 49-0 victory.
The Yellowjackets (2-0) saw Cooper Billingsley rush 13 times for 190 yards and two touchdowns. Lynken Joy added 14 carries for 101 yards and two TDs, plus a 25-yard touchdown through the air to Jackson Fulton, who caught three balls for 54 yards. Rex Anderson had a 2-yard touchdown run while Jackson Kerr had a 9-yarder to account for Williamstown's scoring.
The 'Jackets, who visit Wheeling Central next Friday, carried 39 times for 376 yards as a team while limiting the Silver Knights (1-1) to 97 total yards of offense.
Tyler, which is off next week before paying a visit to Petersburg, saw Branson Winfrey carry 13 times for 44 yards.
Ritchie County 49, Gilmer County 32
ELLENBORO -- Jonah Hamilton and Turner Shriver were unstoppable on the ground in Ritchie County's 49-32 win over Gilmer County Friday.
Hamilton rushed 25 times for 212 yards and four touchdowns while Shriver carried 18 times for 211 yards and three touchdowns, accounting for all the Rebels' scoring in the contest.
After Hamilton's 76-yard scoring jaunt opened things, Gilmer knotted it up when Remington Huffman connected with Rico Schoolcraft for a 53-yard TD pass to make it 8-8 after one.
Ritchie (1-1) went up 22-8 before Tyler Bush's 70-yard interception return for a TD cut it 22-14, but Hamilton found the end zone again to make it 28-14 at halftime.
Rodney McCord, who finished with 67 yards on 14 carries, scored a pair of touchdowns in the third quarter, but Hamilton and Shriver kept pace by scoring a TD each in the period to make it 43-26 after three.
Huffman threw a 19-yard touchdown pass to Bush late in the fourth, but Ritchie held on for the victory. Huffman finished 8 for 11 passing for 134 yards. Schoolcraft caught four passes for 78 yards.
Shriver threw three interceptions in the game but made up for it on the ground.
The Rebels play host to South Harrison next week while the Titans (1-1) welcome Doddridge County.