Cardington jumped out to a big early lead and didn’t look back on Friday when they hosted Loudonville in a KMAC football game and finished on top by a 42-13 score.
The Pirates scored four touchdowns in the opening period to hold a 28-6 lead over their opponents after 12 minutes of play. The score would be 36-6 at the half before the Redbirds took a 7-6 advantage in the second half.
Both Wyatt Denney and Kalin Briggs had big games for the Pirates with both scoring three touchdowns. Denney added a pair of two-point conversions, while quarterback Journey Williamson had one. Denney recorded 221 yards and all three of his scores on the ground, while also catching a 16-yard pass. Briggs had 53 rushing yards and a touchdown, while also scoring on an 89-yard reception and a 93-yard interception return.
Denton Garrison added 48 rushing yards along with a 48-yard reception and Josh Goers had 33 on the ground. Williamson finished with 153 yards on 3-of-4 passing.
Highland Scots
Highland played host River Valley evenly through the first half before the Vikings surged in the second half to pick up a 38-14 decision in the MOAC contest.
Zach Church opened the game’s scoring with a four-yard touchdown run. After RV moved in front 14-7, the Scots got a nine-yard touchdown pass from Kolton Stover to Branson Newsome to tie things up going into the half. Unfortunately for Highland, River Valley would get a field goal and touchdown in the third quarter to open up a 10-point lead and then added a pair of scores in the fourth period to pull away.
Stover hit on 15-of-25 passes for 126 yards and also ran for 64 in the contest. Church added 104 yards on the ground and caught four passes for 42 yards. Newsome had four catches for 30 yards, while Kadyn Reichenbach, Cooper Young and Kort Sears all recorded a pair of receptions.
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