NEW BERLIN – In front of their home crowd, the Unadilla Valley football team mustered up an amazing statistical day on the ground – while the team succumbed to Deposit-Hancock for a 64-28 loss this past Friday.

Senior running back, Payton Stirone, has now played in three of four of UV’s games – rushing for an astounding 703 yards and seven touchdowns on the season.

Despite being outscored 94 to 195 on the season, it was Stirone who again provided a bright spot for The Storm – rushing for 256 yards on 28 carries.

At the half, Deposit-Hancock held a solid 28-12 lead over the home UV Storm. Deposit-Hancock’s lead rusher, their quarterback would nearly match Stirone’s production – rushing for 243 yards on just eight carries. Besting Stirone, Shaver grabbed four rushing touchdowns – 52 yards, 42 yards, 70 yards and 12 yards – throwing for a 12-yard pass to Austin Lenio as well.

D/H’s Jackson Miller added an eight-yard run for a score – with Lenio tacking on a 70 run as well – as Deposit-Hancock truly gouged the UV defenders.

Leading the touchdowns for UV was of course Stirone with three. Quarterback Dante Dye rushed for one touchdown on 17 carries for 100 yards.

Combined, there were three passes completed by the quarterbacks.