North Hagerstown’s football team completed just two passes in its season opener at Tuscarora on Friday night. Of course, when you can run like the Hubs can, why throw?
Led by the efforts of running backs Michael Stewart and Ty Fauntleroy, North used a dominating rushing attack to overhwhelm the Titans, 29-14.
Stewart exploded for 185 rushing yards and two TDs on 16 carries, while Fauntleroy rushed 16 times for 140 yards and a score. Tai Gilliam added a rushing TD to go along with 36 yards on nine carries.
The Hubs (1-0) built a 22-6 halftime lead and expanded that advantage to 29-6 after three quarters. Tuscarora (0-1) put up a TD in the fourth quarter, but it was not enough to complete the comeback.
North returns to the field on Friday for a home game against Manchester Valley, a team coming off a 22-14 loss to Hereford.
Bishop McDevitt 41, Chambersburg 7
Bishop McDevitt returned the opening kickoff for a score and never looked back in Friday’s Commonwealth Division contest.
The Crusaders (1-2, 1-1 Commonwealth), who totaled 249 yards, kept piling on the points. McDevitt led 14-0 after the first quarter and 28-0 at halftime, before expanding its advantage to 41-0 after three quarters.
The Trojans (2-1, 1-1) got on the board with six seconds remaining in regulation, when backup QB Cam Green found Arran Ward for a three-yard TD strike. Green came in to replace injured starter Ceagan Truett and completed 5 of 15 passes for 110 yards. Green’s top target was Davonte Scott, who hauled in six receptions for 103 yards.
Chambersburg’s defense got an interception from Tavian Ferguson.
The Trojans will try to bounce back on Friday, when they host Harrisburg (3-0, 2-0), a team coming off a 48-45 victory over State College.
Greencastle-Antrim 19, Middletown 16
Blake Reuter rushed for two TDs, including the go-ahead score in the fourth quarter, to lead Greencastle-Antrim to its first win of the season in Friday night’s Colonial Division game.
Reuter, who rushed 10 times for 64 yards, put the Blue Devils ahead 6-0 in the first quarter with a four-yard scoring scamper. Middletown (2-1, 1-1 Colonial) knotted the game up at halftime, 6-6, thanks to a 26-yard TD run from Luis Roman.
The Blue Devils (1-2, 1-1) got a 26-yard scoring run from Asher Whitson in the third quarter, but the Blue Raiders held a 16-12 advantage after another TD plunge from Roman, as well as a 24-yard field goal.
Down but not out, Greencastle struck for the game’s final score in the fourth quarter with a 21-yard run to paydirt from Reuter.
With Reuter leading the way, the Blue Devils churned out 175 rushing yards, with Lars Galinanes (10 carries, 46 yards), Whitson (3-30), and Noah Shifflett (5-27) also contributing. Greencastle QB Lane Barry had a clean night in the pocket, completing 8 of 14 passes for 80 yards. Wyatt Hull (3 catches, 51 yards), Shifflett (1-11), and Colby Armstrong (1-11) accounted for the bulk of the Blue Devils’ receiving yards.
Greencastle returns to the gridiron on Friday, when it hits the road to take on East Pennsboro (2-1, 2-0), a squad coming off a 42-28 victory over Milton Hershey.
Century 28, South Hagerstown 8
South Hagerstown QBs Braydon Ocasio and Layden Greever combined for more than 200 passing yards, but the Rebels could only find the end zone once in Friday’s home opener against Century.
The Knights (1-0) were leading 21-0 in the third quarter before the Rebels (0-1) got on the board with a 60-yard TD reception from Jameir Simms. Century, which outgained South in yardage, 299-274, responded with another TD of its own to put the game away.
The Rebels’ Josiah Davis recorded eight carries for 51 yards, while Logan Hammond reeled in a 46-yard catch.
South Hagerstown travels on Friday to take on Francis Scott Key (0-1), a squad coming off a 21-14 loss to Smithsburg.
Smithsburg 21, Francis Scott Key 14
Smithsburg capitalized on three turnovers — one fumble and two interceptions — to secure a victory over Francis Scott Key in Friday’s home opener.
The Leopards (1-0) recovered an Eagles fumble in the first quarter, and continued to disrupt FSK’s offensive flow with an interception in the second quarter. The Eagles (0-1) tried to mount a combeback in the fourth quarter, but they were once again intercepted.
Smithsburg finished with 204 total yards of offense, including 153 rushing yards.
The Leopards travel on Friday to take on Williamsport (1-0), a team coming off a 27-10 win over Brunswick.
Shippensburg 28, Waynesboro 21
Waynesboro built a 14-0 advantage, but could not hold on in Friday night’s Keystone Division contest at Shippensburg.
The Tribe (1-2, 0-2 Keystone) heated up in the second quarter after a scoreless first, getting on the board with a short TD run from Rayshawn Frazier-Hewitt. Waynesboro’s advantage increased to 14-0 when Christian Munday blazed to the end zone 88 yards on a pass from Frazier-Hewitt.
Shippensburg (2-1, 2-0) kept its cool, however, and used a stout running attack to get back into the game before halftime. With 1:35 left in the second quarter, the Hounds’ Damien Horan broke through for a 17-yard TD run to cut Waynesboro’s lead in half, 14-7.
Shippensburg’s defense ramped up the intensity in the third quarter, forcing two turnovers on downs on the Tribe’s first two possessions, and cashing in both times. The Greyhounds tied the game on a 64-yard pass from Braiden Carroll to Brady Maciejewski, before surging ahead 21-14 on a 10-yard scoring run from Mark Carrothers.
Shippensburg put the game further out of reach in the fourth quarter with a one-yard TD plunge from Maciejewski.
With less than a minute to play, Waynesboro scored the game’s final TD with a 28-yard scoring strike from Austin Willequer to Munday.
Waynesboro will be looking to snap a two-game losing streak on Friday, when it plays host to Red Land (3-0, 2-0), a team coming off a 48-34 victory over Gettysburg.
HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL STANDINGS
Mid-Penn Commonwealth: 1. Harrisburg (3-0, 2-0), 1. Cedar Cliff (2-1, 2-0), 3. Chambersburg (2-1 overall, 1-1 division), 3. State College (2-1, 1-1), 3. Cumberland Valley (1-2, 1-1), 3. Bishop McDevitt (1-2, 1-1), 3. Altoona (1-2, 1-1), 3. Central Dauphin (1-2, 1-1), 9. CD East (1-2, 0-2), 9. Carlisle (0-3, 0-2).
Mid-Penn Keystone: 1. Red Land (3-0 overall, 2-0 division), 1. Mechanicsburg (3-0, 2-0), 1. Shippensburg (2-1, 2-0), 4. Hershey (2-1, 1-1), 4. Lower Dauphin (1-2, 1-1), 4. Mifflin County (2-1, 1-1), 4. Gettysburg (1-2, 1-1), 8. Palmyra (1-2, 0-2), 8. Waynesboro (1-2, 0-2), 8. Northern York (0-3, 0-2).
Mid-Penn Capital: 1. Line Mountain (3-0 overall, 2-0 division), 1. Steel High (2-0, 2-0), 3. James Buchanan (2-1, 1-1), 3. Halifax (1-2, 1-1), 3. Newport (2-1, 1-1), 3. Susquenita (1-2, 1-1), 7. Camp Hill (0-3, 0-1), 7. Upper Dauphin (0-3, 0-1), 9. Juniata (1-2, 0-2).
Mid-Penn Colonial: 1. Susquehanna Township (3-0 overall, 2-0 division), 1. East Pennsboro (2-1, 2-0), 3. West Perry (3-0, 1-0), 4. Greencastle-Antrim (1-2, 1-1), 4. Trinity (1-2, 1-1), 4. Middletown (2-1, 1-1), 7. Big Spring (2-1 overall, 0-1 division), 8. Boiling Springs (1-2, 0-2), 8. Milton Hershey (0-3, 0-2), .
Washington County: 1. Clear Spring (1-0), 1. Williamsport (1-0), 1. North Hagerstown (1-0), 1. Smithsburg (1-0), 5. South Hagerstown (0-1), 5. Hancock (0-1), 5. Boonsboro (0-1), 8. Saint James (0-2).
Scores
Friday, Sept. 5
Bishop McDevitt 41, Chambersburg 7
Greencastle-Antrim 19, Middletown 16
Shippensburg 28, Waynesboro 21
North Hagerstown 29, Tuscarora 14
Century 28, South Hagerstown 8
Smithsburg 21, Francis Scott Key 14
