Mount Gilead won in dominant fashion when they hosted Loudonville on Friday.
In claiming a 43-0 victory to improve to 3-6, 1-5 in KMAC competition, the Indians scored once in the first quarter on a three-yard run by quarterback Cole Fricke, but added three scores in the second period to turn a 6-0 lead into a 30-0 advantage.
Cam Vickers scored on a short run before Fricke hit Carson Trainer for a 46-yard touchdown and then connected with Wyatt Long for a 20-yard score. Vickers added two-point runs on each of those scores. MG then got a 31-yard touchdown run by Eliot Jones in the third quarter and a 15-yard scoring run by Long in the fourth.
Vickers ran for 170 yards in the game in passing the 1000-yard mark on the season, while Carson Barnum added 73 and Jones tallied 50. Fricke was 3-of-4 through the air for 96 yards with the touchdowns to Trainer and Long and a pass of 30 yards to Boe Sayers.
“I am proud of how our boys came out of the gate tonight and put four quarters of great football together,” said head coach Mike Reid. “We even cut our penalties down to three for 20 yards tonight. We have grown a lot over the season.”
Highland Scots
A rough second quarter proved fatal to Highland in suffering a 41-7 home loss to Clear Fork Friday night.
The score was only 7-0 in favor of the Colts after 12 minutes of play, but they would widen their lead to 27-0 in the second period before Kolton Stover connected with Kadyn Reichenbach for a touchdown to make it a 20-point game going into the intermission. Clear Fork would then add two more touchdowns to their lead in the second half in dropping Highland to 3-6, 2-4 in league play.
Kolton Stover completed 10-of-26 passes for 95 yards in the game, with Reichenbach catching four passes for 47 yards and Zach Church adding three for 21. On the ground, Kane Stover ran for 38 yards and Branson Newsome added 36.
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