Oxford puts the sting on Hornets

Football

Oxford 37, Harpursville 6

OXFORD – Oxford proved the point that “anything can happen on a football field.”

Winless through the first month of the season, the Blackhawks made a 180-degree turn with an implausible but completely satisfying blowout victory over Harpursville Friday night.

While everything the Blackhawks touched turned to gold, the Hornets bore little resemblance to a team that had over 400 yards of offense the past two weeks. A glimmering 3-1 mark entering Friday’s fray will need some new spit and polish. “Harpursville is a good football team,” said Oxford coach Mike Chrystie. “We’ve been able to create turnovers in every game, and finally we were able to capitalize on the other team’s mistakes.”

Travis Frank, the designated workhorse for Oxford, had three TD runs and one TD pass finishing with 211 yards on the ground. His six-yard halfback option pass to Jeremy Nelson in the corner of the endzone upped the margin to 12-0 in the first quarter.

Harpursville lone glimmer of well-executed offense came on a 49-yard TD pass from Ryan Dalpiaz to Todd Terpstra cutting the lead to 12-6 in the second quarter.

Oxford and Frank answered that score later in the quarter on a one-yard plunge.

The Blackhawks poured in the fourth quarter tacking on three more touchdowns. Frank and Brandon Shaw picked up rushing TDs, and Alex Marin capped a big day for the Oxford defense returning a 37-yard interception for the final score. Marin and John Wonka each had two interceptions, and Frank had the fifth pick-off. Frank, coming off a 17-tackle game the previous contest, recorded 20 tackles to spearhead the defense.

Aside from the quintet of interceptions, Harpursville had eight fumbles – mostly on center snaps to the quarterback – to continually stunt offensive possessions. “Going into the game, we felt that if we played well, we had a good chance to win,” Chrystie said. “We never thought we would have an offensive explosion and double our points. We took away the way they like to attack defenses, and forced them to pass more than they wanted.”

Score by quarters

Harp. 0 6 0 0—6

Oxf. 12 6 0 19—37

Scoring Summary

O: Travis Frank 24 run (Run failed)

O: Frank 6 pass to Jeremy Nelson (run failed)

H: Todd Terpstra 49 pass from Ryan Dalpiaz (kick failed)

O: Frank 1 run (pass failed)

O: Frank 45 run (Run failed)

O: Brandon Shaw 5 run (Kick failed)

O: Alex Marin 37 interception return (Marin kick)

Football Summary

H O

First downs 10 7

Rushes-yds 28-64 46-266

Passing yds 103 6

Comp-att-int 6-19-5 1-6-1

Punts-avg 3-22 4-29.8

Fumbles-lost 8-1 3-1

Penalties-yds 7-41 4-20

Individual Statistics

Rushing: (O) Travis Frank, 30-211; Dylan Cole, 6-51; Brandon Shaw, 2-8; John Wonka, 8- (-4). (H) Tyler Boudreau, 14-55; Todd Terpstra, 5-36; Vic Coronado, 5-6; Russell Anderson, 1- (-6); Dalpiaz, 3- (-27).

Passing: (H) Dalpiaz, 6-17-4, 103 yds, TD; Coronado, 0-1-0 yds; Russell Anderson, 0-1-1, 0 Yds. (O) Wonka, 0-4-1, 0 yds; Frank, 1-2-0, 6 yds, TD.

Receiving: (O) Jeremy Nelson, 1-6; (H) Terpstra, 1-49; Alex Tanner, 1-7; Coronado, 2-24; Viinnie Gatto, 2-23.

S-E 16, Clinton 6

SHERBURNE – Sherburne-Earlville celebrated homecoming weekend with a nice rebound victory after losing its playoff aspirations a week ago at Westmoreland.

“There was a lot of emotion, and we came out and played with much more intensity,” said S-E coach Mick James.

The Marauders (3-2) kept their goal of a winning season alive with a balanced offensive attack and a defensive performance that limited Clinton to 179 yards of total offense.

S-E scored on its third drive of the game when Logan Klockowski hit Phil Price on a five-yard fade pass. Price caught four balls for 103 yards from Klockowski including a 40-yarder that set up the initial score.

Clinging to a 7-6 lead entering the fourth, Nick Beadle capped a drive with a two-yard TD run, and Logan Aikins converted a 24-yard field to up the margin to 10 points.

S-E finished with 178 yards rushing an 125 passing, its most balanced offensive output of the season. “We made some personnel changes on offense and defense, and it paid off for us,” James said.

S-E plays at winless Canastota Saturday night at 7 p.m.

Score by quarters

Clint. 0 0 6 0–6

S-E 0 7 0 9–16

Scoring Summary

S-E: Phil Price 5 pass from Logan Klockowski (Logan Aikins kick)

C: Jarrett 30 pass for touchdown (pass failed)

S-E: Nick Beadle 2 run (kick failed)

S-E: Logan Aikins 24 field goal.

Team Summary

C S-E

First downs 11 14

Rushes-yds 23-82 37-178

Passing yds 87 125