Highland cruises to 62-0 victory

By ROB HAMILTON

For the sec­ond time this sea­son, the High­land foot­ball team had a game cut short by incli­mate weather.

Also for the sec­ond time, the Scots didn’t need those miss­ing min­utes of action.

High­land raced out to a 56–0 lead in the first half against the host Ridgedale Rock­ets and added one more score in the third quar­ter before the game was called after eight min­utes due to rain and light­ning mov­ing into the area.

It didn’t take any time at all for the Scots, who scored on all eight of their first half pos­ses­sions, to light up the scoreboard.

After Kyle Minyo took the open­ing kick­off to the 46, the Scots brought out a dom­i­nat­ing ground game that included a 29-yard run by Shawn Beltz that put them in scor­ing posi­tion. Beltz also scored, as he ran the ball in from 12 yards out. Quen­ton Miller, who hit eight extra point kicks on the night, fol­lowed to make the score 7–0.

High­land then forced a three-and-out from the Rock­ets — which also became a trend dur­ing the game. In the first half, Ridgedale only obtained one first down, which came due to a defen­sive hold­ing penalty against the Scots.

Beltz had a good return on the Rocket punt, tak­ing the ball to the Ridgedale two-yard line. One play later, he took the ball in and High­land led 14–0.

Highland’s next pos­ses­sion also was a short one, as Minyo scored on a 46-yard run to make the score 21–0 on the sec­ond play of the drive.

The Rock­ets then imme­di­ately fum­bled the ball, giv­ing the Scots pos­ses­sion on the Rocket 26. Four plays later, Minyo got his sec­ond score of the game on a 14-yard run and the locals led 28–0.

After Ridgedale’s next punt, the Scots had the ball on their own 38. An 11-yard run by James Cochran got the ball to mid­field and, after a cou­ple short rush­ing plays, Beltz went for 28 yards to move the ball to the Rocket 18 to end the first quarter.

Four plays into the sec­ond period, quar­ter­back Josh Gahm dove in from the one to make the score 35–0.

David Fisher got into the act on Highland’s next pos­ses­sion, as he fin­ished off a 54-yard drive with a scor­ing run that ate the last 28 yards of that total and made the score 42–0.

Gahm would score on another short carry on Highland’s next pos­ses­sion and fresh­man Andrew Davis got into the act with a 64-yard scor­ing run late in the sec­ond quar­ter to stake his team to a 56–0 lead at the intermission.

The Scots added one more touch­down in the sec­ond half before the game was called and they moved to 4–3, 4–2 in league play.

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