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GLENVILLE -- Seeing Amari Colon-Brown and Jeremiah King score touchdowns at Sue Morris Stadium is nothing new for Glenville State football fans.
Seeing them do it for West Virginia Wesleyan, though, is something different.
The two ex-Pioneers combined for four TDs as the Bobcats held on for a 34-31 victory over the G-Men on Saturday.
It was the return of Mike Kellar to Gilmer County. Kellar, who spent seven years as Glenville State's head coach, is now the boss at Wesleyan. Colon-Brown and King, who followed Kellar to Wesleyan in the offseason, left their old stomping grounds with a W.
It was Glenville State quarterback JD Sherrod who found the end zone first. Sherrod scored from 3 yards out to give the Pioneers a 7-0 lead after one.
On the first play of the second quarter, King caught a 21-yard touchdown pass from Liam McGuire to tie it up. The Bobcats, who finished the season 5-6 overall and 4-4 in the Mountain East Conference, took the lead with 2:55 to go in the half on McGuire's 3-yard touchdown run.
A minute-and-a-half later, Colon-Brown got in on the action with a 22-yard TD reception from McGuire to make it 20-7. The ensuing point-after kick was blocked and returned to the house by Omar Diallo to give Glenville two points back and make it 20-9 at halftime.
King scored again, this time on a 12-yard run, to begin the third and stretch the lead to 27-9, but a pair of Parkersburg South graduates helped the Pioneers get back within 10. Eli Bartley scored on a 4-yard touchdown run, and then Taj Joyce caught the two-point pass to cut it to 27-17.
However, Colon-Brown, who finished with 107 yards on seven catches, hauled in a 17-yard TD pass from McGuire to extend the lead back to 17, 34-17, with 14:12 left in the game.
Maddox Bowers took over at QB for the Pioneers and connected with Kyree Bunny on touchdown passes of 6 and 22 yards in the fourth, but Glenville couldn't recover an onside kick in the final seconds.
King carried 12 times for 75 yards for Wesleyan while McGuire finished 10 for 17 for 163 yards and three touchdowns through the air. Lucas Haney and Eudean Dobson both had interceptions for the Bobcat defense, which forced three total turnovers.
For the G-Men, Bowers finished 16 for 28 for 171 yards, two TDs and one interception, while Sherrod was 9 for 13 for 94 yards and a pick.
Bartley carried 13 times for 42 yards and Amir Simmons added 37 yards on 18 attempts for the Glenville ground attack. Caden Harris caught seven passes for 90 yards. Bunny had 83 yards on eight receptions.
In the first year under head coach Jake Casteel, the Pioneers finished 2-9 overall and 1-7 in the MEC.