High school football roundup: York, Lancaster, Great Falls capture wins
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York 24, Ridge View 23
Stephen Oglesby’s three touchdowns, combined with a stout second-half defense, led York in a 24-23 win over Ridge View to open Region 3-4A play.
Penalties were the name of the game early. Oglesby’s first run of the game was aided by a horse collar penalty, leading to a 20-yard touchdown run that put York up 7-0 with 6:24 left in the first quarter. Two York pass interference calls aided Ridge View’s first two drives, one ending with a touchdown, a 17-yard touchdown pass that tied the game at 7.
Ridge View’s Nick Lawyer, became the school’s all time leading scorer with a field goal that put the Blazers up 10-7 at the end of the first quarter.
The response from York was back-to-back runs from Oglesby. The second rush was a 43-yard sprint to put the Cougars up 14-10. Both defenses stiffened for the next few series until Ridge View scored on a 26-yard touchdown run with 4:18 before the half. Immediately following the touchdown, an electric 90-yard kickoff return from Oglesby quickly put York back on top 21-17, which would end the first half scoring.
York hit a field goal to extend its lead to 24-17 with 8:49 left in the fourth quarter. Things got interesting as Ridge View scored with 2:08 left for a potential game tying score, but the extra point was blocked by York’s Jaylon Ballard to preserve the win at 24-23.
On deck: York heads down I-77 again to face Westwood.
Lancaster 38, Richland Northeast 0
It’s been sixteen days since the Lancaster Bruins last played a game.
After an early-played game because of Hurricane Florence and a bye week, Lancaster stayed at home Sept. 29 to face Richland Northeast.
The 4-1 Bruins have been explosive. Their offensive attack is led by the speedy, 210-pound bowling ball of a quarterback, Kemarkio Cloud. And Cloud made a big impact on the Bruins’ Region 3-4A-opening 38-0 shutout of the Cavaliers.
The visitors got started with a big catch inside the red zone by Richland Northeast’s Daniel Montgomery. The Bruins forced a field goal, and the Bruins’ red zone defense was heard when the field goal was blocked, scooped up and returned for a 70-yard touchdown.
Richland Northeast’s next drive looked promising. The Cavaliers drove back to the red zone, but turned over on downs. Minutes later, Cloud streaked 87 yards down the sideline for a touchdown. The Bruins found themselves in the red zone again after a nice catch in traffic by Zach Truesdale and cashed in a field goal to take a 17-0 lead just before halftime.
The pattern of the first half continued in the second half. Cloud found a wide-open Phillip Mickles, who sprinted into the end zone. The storm of Bruin points extended the lead to 31-0. Shortly after, Cloud danced around the field and broke defenders’ tackles for a touchdown rush to extend the lead to 38-0. The clocked would run out with the same score.
On deck: Lancaster hosts South Pointe in its second Region 3-4A matchup.
Buford 62, Lewisville 30
Lewisville’s tough season continued Friday night as the Lions fell to 0-6 after a date with Buford.
The night began with traded blows. The Lions scored first with a touchdown connection from Jashawn Jason to Demetric Hardin from 31 yards out. Buford quickly answered, but Jason found Hardin again for 70 yards, which set up a 5-yard score for a 14-7 lead with another Hardin catch.
It was all downhill from there for the Lions.
Buford’s Brayden Phillips hit Toot Curry for 61 yards for a touchdown to jump out to a 28-14 lead. The Lions did bring the deficit to 28-22, but could not overcome the 34 unanswered points that followed. The final from Buford was 62-30 in favor of the Yellow Jackets.
Great Falls 44, Camden Military 22
Coming off an emotional five-overtime win over Ware Shoals last week, region play kicked off in a big way for Scotty Steen’s team as they notched a 44-22 win over Camden Military on homecoming night.
The Red Devils quickly went up 22-0 by the end of the first quarter, and tacked on another touchdown to take a commanding 28-8 lead at the half.
Camden Military cut Great Falls’ lead to 36-16 at the 3:30 mark of the third quarter. Great Falls held on 44-22 going into the fourth quarter.
On deck: Great Falls has a bye week, then opens Region 2-A competition at home against McBee on Oct. 12.
This story was originally published September 28, 2018 at 10:40 PM.