Pioneers earn key win over Mikes but Brady injures ankle
Johnny Lampe only carried the ball eight times but four of those went for touchdowns to lead West Greene to a 47-14 Tri-County South Conference home victory over Carmichaels last Friday night.
West Greene (1-0, 3-1) churned out 302 yards on the ground with a pair of runners going over 100 yards. Colin Brady ran for 149 yards on 10 attempts but left the game with a high ankle sprain injury early in the third quarter and Billy Whitlatch had 108 yards on 11 carries. Lampe had 43 rushing yards.
Whitlatch gave West Greene the early lead midway through the first quarter on a 36-yard touchdown. Patrick Durbin converted the first of five extra points.
Carmichaels (0-1, 1-3) drew closer on AJ Donaldson’s 8-yard touchdown run on the first play of the second quarter, although the kick failed.
Lampe then took over with three short scoring runs over a six-minute span in the second quarter and added a 9-yard run in the fourth quarter.
The Pioneers also did damage through the air as Lane Allison threw touchdown passes of 38 and 25 yards to Cooper Chambers in the second half. Allison completed 3 of 6 throws for 66 yards.
William Murray scored on a 1-yard run for the Mikes. Donaldson completed 12 of 15 passes for 120 yards.
California 48, Jefferson-Morgan 21 — The Trojans scored 20 points in the second quarter to pull away for a Tri-County South Conference road victory.
Jake Layhue had four rushing touchdowns for California (1-0, 3-1). Spencer Petrucci had scoring runs of 37 and 7 yards.
Jaymison Robertson returned a kickoff for a 78-yard touchdown in the second quarter for the Rockets (0-1, 1-3). Houston Guseman had a 35-yard touchdown pass to Deakyn Dehoet and scored on a 24-yard run.
Beth-Center 20, Mapletown 6 — Beth-Center ran off 20 unanswered points for a road victory in the Tri-County South Conference opener for both teams.
Ethan Varesko scored on two short touchdown runs to give the Bulldogs (1-0, 1-3) a 12-6 lead in the third quarter. Jonah Sussan added a 2-yard scoring run late in the fourth quarter and Varesko added the two-point conversion.
Varesko finished with 127 yards rushing on 21 carries.
Evan Griffin spotted the Maples (0-1, 2-2) a 6-0 lead in the first quarter. Griffin gained 129 yards on the ground on 13 carries.