Sandy Creek 60, Oriskany 0
God, this was bad. I told myself to not even do an article, not even total stats, not even do a thing with this one. However, I will. Sandy Creek is a tough, pretty classy bunch, and I liked their coaches, so I'll do a little bit.
The line crew and I had a friendly bet going: over/under how many plays it would take Sandy Creek to score on their first drive. Line was set at 3, I picked that exact number. It was over - 7 plays, to be exact. A 37 yard hookup from Tyler Swarthout to Zach Halsey set up a 3 yard TD run from Cameron Hall, which gave the Comets a 6-0 lead with 6:30 left in the 1st. After forcing a 3 & out (one of 4 they forced in the 1st half), they moved 70 yards in 2 plays in a quick scoring drive. Kyle Fayette started it with a 26 yard run, and John Shirley put them up 12-0 on the next play, a 44 yard dash into the end zone with 4:30 left in the 1st. Sandy Creek scored on the next drive as well, which was triggered by a pair of 13 yard runs & a 20 yard reception by Cameron Hall, and finished by the person everyone's talking about.
Grace Wallace. The story's up everywhere now. 1st girl to score in Section III in 3 years, and just a great story. She plunged in from 1 yard out to give the Comets a 20-0 lead on the 2nd play of the 2nd quarter.
It got no better for the Redskins. Another 3 & out gave Sandy Creek nice field position for the 2nd straight time, this one at midfield. 5 plays later, Hall ran one in from 23 yards out to give Sandy Creek a 27-0 lead, this time with just under 8 to go in the half. An offsides penalty on 3rd & 3 gave Oriskany its first 1st down, and their only one of the half, but on the next play, an Ethan Juarez pass was deflected and picked off by 6'1", 380 pound Shane Rowell at the Oriskany 25. Sophomore Jared Baird proceeded to run it in from 25 yards out, pushing the score up to 33-0 at the 5:36 mark. That marked 5 straight drives that Sandy Creek finished in the end zone. They had another chance - punting the ball away from the Redskin 44 in the last 7 seconds of the half, the Redskin returner had it bounce off his chest to the ground, where a Comet recovered it at the 12. There was 0.1 second left on the clock. Instead of giving 40-0 a shot, Sandy Creek took a knee, although they were only 12 yards out. That was an almost-odd bit of class that didn't go unnoticed. Not like they needed the extra points.
Sandy Creek got the ball to start the 2nd half and kept it up. Hall actually returned the kickoff for a TD, but a holding penalty brought it back to Oriskany's 31. A 24 yard run by Shirley set up a 1 yard plunge by Bobby Cornell to give the Comets a 39-0 lead 2 minutes into the 2nd half. A couple drives later, Oriskany was pinned back at their own 6. A false start brought it back to the 3, and Shamis Lasher was tackled 3 yards into the end zone on the next play to make the score 41-0 off a safety. Another big return, to the 21 this time, set up a 4 yard Zach Brown TD run. The quarter ended with that same 47-0 score. Another big punt return set up another scoring drive. The ball was returned to Oriskany's 33, and a 28 yard run on the 1st play of the drive from Brad Clark set up a 2 yard score from Luke Elliot. That 54-0 score wasn't the end - after Oriskany's longest drive, an 11 play, 31 yard drive that saw them get to Sandy Creek's 25, which was the closest they got - Kyle Fayette hit Tyler Swarthout with a pass that turned into a 67 yard TD. From then on, it was all over but the cryin'. Oriskany picked it up in the 2nd half, albeit against some 2nd string players for the most part, but there was no saving this one.
#NumbersDontLie - 60-0. Need any other numbers?...
I'll give you a few. The Comets reallllly spread the love. Kyle Fayette only threw 1 pass, the 67 yard TD. He had 3 carries for 37 yards. Cameron Hall ran for 75 yards and 2 TDs in 8 carries; he also caught 1 pass from Tyler Swarthout for 20 yards. John Shirley only carried the ball 3 times, but picked up 70 yards and a TD. Sandy Creek outgained Oriskany 455-68 in all... and it could've been much worse.
Neat-o Stat of the Night - Cameron Hall was the only Sandy Creek Comet to be a part of more than 1 TD - he ran for 2. Besides that, a total of 8 players were in the end zone for their 9 TDs. Told you they spread the love.
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