Unbelievable week as Warren gets by Morgan 28-21
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VINCENT -- As unkind as week one was to the Warren Warriors, the days leading up to week two weren't much better.
After a 34-0 loss to Union Local in last week's season opener, Warren had to battle through just about every type of adversity you could think of going into a week two matchup with Morgan.
"This week was unbelievable," said Warren head coach Jason Gandee. "We've had some health issues, some stomach, strep, and then we had a skin, like an impetigo type thing go through our team, and that's a 72-hour wait. We didn't practice as a team until (Thursday) and didn't get everybody back until (Friday) and we have kids in the concussion protocol. So, it was a rough week."
Through it all, the Warriors stayed focused, took it on the chin and came out Friday and delivered a 28-21 victory in front of their home crowd -- a satisfying puncuation on a week to forget.
"I am so proud of these kids for how resilient they were," Gandee said. "We talked all week about standing up when you get knocked down -- and we got knocked down all week. It was rough. I told them, 'I couldn't be prouder.'"
John Marshall 37, Marietta 28
MARIETTA -- Marietta led 21-10 at halftime and 28-16 midway through the third, but John Marshall put together a second-half rally to leave town with a 37-28 victory.
The Tigers, who fell to 0-2 and head to Athens next week, were powered by Braydon Frye's three touchdowns. Frye scored from 6, 43 and 71 yards out. The 71-yarder put Marietta up 12 with 7:51 left in the third, but the Monarchs (1-0) closed the game on a 21-0 run.
Tiler Clemons caught a 9-yard touchdown pass from Jacob Cisar to cut it to 28-23. Cisar, who also threw a TD pass to Landen Snyder earlier in the quarter, then connected with Dalton Cooper on a screen pass, which Cooper took 81 yards to the house. Cisar ran in the two-point conversion to put JMHS up 31-28. Cooper applied the finishing touches with a 5-yard scoring scamper with just 1:27 remaining. The Monarchs running back also had a 79-yard kick return for a touchdown in the game.
The Tigers only touchdown that wasn't produced by Frye came with nine seconds left in the first half when Ryker Gibeaut fell on a fumble in the end zone.
Fort Frye 42, West Muskingum 20
BEVERLY -- Grady Hesson threw for 137 yards and two touchdowns, rushed for a team-high 74 yards and kicked a pair of field goals in Fort Frye's 42-20 win over West Muskingum on Friday.
The Cadets signal-caller completed 7 of 10 pass attempts, including a pair of scoring strikes to Gavin Rauch. Rauch had 88 yards on two catches and added 60 yards on 13 carries.
Tytan Waller, who had 15 carries for 52 yards, Sam Bricker and Ethan Buckey found paydirt once apiece to round out the scoring for Fort Frye. Hesson booted field goals of 23 and 21 yards.
The Cadets (2-0) outgained the Tornadoes (1-1) 356-226 and did not commit a penalty in the contest. Waller had an interception on defense.
Fort Frye heads to Wheeling Central next week looking to stay unbeaten.
Frontier 45, Magnolia 14
NEW MARTINSVILLE -- Luke Mendenhall rushed for 106 yards and two touchdowns and threw for another in Frontier's 45-14 win over Magnolia on Friday.
Mendenhall, who carried 17 times and was 4 for 8 passing for 97 yards, threw his only TD pass to Austyn Kephart, who had three catches for 61 yards plus 87 yards and a TD on six rushes.
Caden Barrows had an efficient night, taking his only two carries for 16 yards and two touchdowns, while Davyn Ferrell also found the end zone on a 5-yard run to round out the scoring for the Cougars.
Kephart had an interception on defense while Mendenhall recovered a fumble. The Cougars, who are now 2-0 and play host to Belpre in next week's home opener, out-gained the Blue Eagles 330-177.
Magnolia (0-1) scored on Ethanal Harlan's 1-yard touchdown run and Bryson Postalwait's 46-yard TD strike to Jackson Goddard. The Blue Eagles entertain Wirt County next week.
Belpre 49, Sciotoville East 0
BELPRE -- Alex Parker rushed for 116 yards and two touchdowns on just five carries as Belpre routed Sciotoville East 49-0 Friday at Ralph Holder Stadium.
Belpre (1-1) put up 29 points in the first quarter to set the tone in its first win of the season. Slade Atkinson got things started with a punt return for a touchdown. Parker found the end zone twice in the opening period on carries of 51 and 52 yards. Jayden Gibbs caught a 3-yard TD pass from Malik Currie as it was 29-0 at halftime.
Maverick McCartney (33 yards) and Mason Baxter (4 yards) had rushing touchdowns in the third quarter while Chance Bailey (16 yards) found paydirt in the fourth.
Belpre, which visits Frontier next week in a Washington County showdown, out-gained SEHS 275-100.
Greenbrier West 45, Wirt County 19
ELKVIEW -- Wirt County struck first here Saturday night inside Husky Stadium in a Class A neutral field affair with Greenbrier West, but the Cavaliers scored the next six touchdowns and with the help of five orange and black turnovers rolled to a 45-19 win.
Dylan Hutchinson returned the opening kickoff 37 yards and the Tigers were aided by a personal foul that helped lead to an 11-play, 52-yard scoring march which was capped by Adryon Hartford’s 1-yard touchdown run.
Although GWHS trailed 7-0 with 7:03 left in the first following Asher Kerns’ extra point, the Cavaliers immediately responded with a five-play, 55-yard drive that started with Ben Butler bolting 30 yards on the first snap, and fullback Isaiah Coleman scoring from 6 yards out to cut the deficit to 7-6.
Luke Hickman, who completed 14 of 16 for 130 yards, had an aerial picked off by Shane Plogger that he returned 56 yards for a pick-6 to put the Cavaliers ahead for good at 8:28 of the second.
The Tigers, who watched Hartford go for 97 yards rushing on 24 attempts, fell behind 20-7 at intermission after Coleman scored from the 2 and Butler added the conversion at the 3:28 mark.
Greenbrier West, which has its home opener on Friday night when Summers County comes to town, needed nine plays to cover 65 yards after receiving the ball to start the third.
Butler, who finished with 12 carries for a game-high 190 yards, raced 19 stripes untouched into the end zone on a toss play. Hartford blocked the extra point, but the Tigers still trailed 26-7.
Following a three-and-out, the Wirt County defense forced a punt thanks to a Dylan Workman sack, but the Tigers had to punt it back after making just one first down.
The line drive punt was hauled in by Butler and he darted 42 yards to the end zone as the Tigers fell behind 33-7 at 10:25 of the fourth following Vaxton Vaughan’s PAT.
Wirt County fumbled on its next possession and that led to a Scott McClung touchdown from a yard out, but the extra point was blocked by Josiah Campbell.
The Tigers responded when Hickman hooked up with Andrew Lemley on a 51-yard completion as Hartford scored again from the 1, but the two-point pass failed with 7:59 remaining and the Cavaliers leading 39-13.
Lemley had game-highs of seven receptions for 103 yards and scored the Tigers’ final six-pointer on a 43-yard grab from Hickman.
Butler capped the scoring with a 58-yard run as the Cavaliers finished with 273 ground yards on 45 attempts while not completing any of their three passes.
Wirt County, which saw Plogger end the game with his second pick, will look to even its record next Friday when the Tigers travel to Magnolia.
South Harrison 14, Braxton County 0
SUTTON -- In a Little Kanawha Conference Class AA opener here Friday night host Braxton County was unable to find paydirt as South Harrison left town with a 14-0 victory..
The Hawks, who head next Friday to Lincoln, scored the only touchdown of the first half at 7:48 of the second when Shepard Paugh bulled in from the 3.
SHHS set the final score with 3:13 still remaining in the third when Lucas Nutt had a 1-yard touchdown run and Landon Ross followed with the two-point conversion.
In typical South Harrison fashion, the Hawks ran 52 times for 280 yards and attempted just one pass, which wasn’t completed.
Paugh went for game-highs of 17 carries for 74 stripes while Zane Harlow (12-71), Xavier Tustin (10-61) and Landon Ross (8-48) also churned out positive yardage.
Braxton County, which travels next Friday to Gilmer County, watched quarterback Brady Toler hit 3 of 6 passes for 69 yards while rushing nine times for 61 yards
Mason Smarr had two receptions for 66 yards while Logan Payne chipped in 38 ground yards on nine totes.
OTHER AREA SCORES:
Calhoun County 42, Gilmer County 18
Roane County 26, Doddridge County 7
Sissonville 32, Ripley 27
Wahama 57, Ritchie County 16
Williamstown 42, Ravenswood 7
Shenandoah 49, Bridgeport (Ohio) 18
Monroe Central 29, Bellaire 14
Eastern 34, Miller 8
Alexander 49, Federal Hocking 18