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Tyrone’s Caleb Whitby will get into the top zone towards Huntingdon.
TYRONE — After scoring only a mixed seven factors in back-to-back losses to Bellwood-Antis and Bishop Guilfoyle Academy, Tyrone confronted one other powerful take a look at in a 5-1 Huntingdon squad that’s been fairly stingy on protection to this point this season.
To a person, the Golden Eagles gamers talked about placing in loads of additional work this previous week, and it paid off in an enormous approach.
An offensive line that has struggled mightily in latest video games dominated the Bearcats, opening up holes in the run recreation and giving the quarterback loads of time to move in a 41-21 victory Friday night time at Gray Veterans Memorial Field.
“That’s a big win for us coming off a couple tough weeks,” Tyrone coach John Franco mentioned. “Our offensive line probably played their best game of the year (Friday), and they had to because that was a heck of a good football team that we beat.”
Players of the sport: Caleb Whitby ran for 200 yards and 4 touchdowns on 30 carries, and Eli Woomer accomplished 12-of-18 passes for 195 yards. He had two touchdowns, one throwing and one speeding.
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Tyrone’s Caleb Whitby breaks via the center of the Huntingdon protection as Evan Edmiston tries to hold on for the deal with.
“It felt amazing. We jumped out early, got all the momentum and kept flying from there,” Woomer mentioned.
Unsung heroes: Offensive linemen Owen Oakes, Lucas Bonsell, Alex Starr, Kayden Ansman and John Stanton together with tight finish Ben Walk set the tone from the beginning, giving the talent gamers the time and house to tear off massive chunks of yardage and put the ball in the top zone on the staff’s first 5 possessions.
“Coach Franco really emphasizes offensive line play,” Stanton mentioned. “We’re all returning starters. He expects a lot of us, and we haven’t been really living up to it. We were able to turn it around, working extra hard and it showed (Friday).”
Plays of the sport: It took Tyrone simply two performs to attain as many factors because the membership scored the previous two weeks. Woomer discovered Ashton Emigh open behind the Bearcats’ protection for a 42-yard acquire on the Golden Eagles first offensive play. Whitby adopted that with a 12-yard TD run via an enormous lane on the left aspect.
The subsequent possession, Whitby ripped off a 37-yard acquire to get the drive going then capped it 5 performs later with a 17-yard scoring run.
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Eli Woomer unloads a move towards Huntingdon.
After Huntingdon scored to make it a 14-7 recreation, Tyrone answered proper again. Woomer accomplished three passes for 52 yards earlier than Whitby scored on a 22-yard run for the hat trick.
After Woomer discovered Mason Emigh open downfield for a 36-yard acquire on the opening drive of the third quarter, Whitby scored his fourth TD of the night time on a 7-yard run, placing the Golden Eagles up 35-7.
Most very important statistics: Tyrone’s offensive stability was close to good with the bottom recreation churning out 253 yards and the passing assault one other 195.
Huntingdon coach Tim Lucko: “That’s a team that was so close to making plays week upon week. My hat’s off to them. They made those plays (Friday), and honestly, they dominated us up front as well.”
Records: Huntingdon (5-2); Tyrone (4-3).
Next week: Huntingdon performs at Bedford. Tyrone visits Penn Cambria.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Huntingdon 7 0 14 0 — 21
Tyrone 14 14 7 6 — 41
First Quarter
T–Whitby 12 run (Novak kick), 10:03.
T–Whitby 17 run (Novak kick), 5:19.
H–Erdman 11 run (Snare kick), 1:42.
Second Quarter
T–Whitby 22 run (Novak kick), 9:14.
T–Robinson 5 move from Woomer (Novak kick), :37.
Third Quarter
T–Whitby 7 run (Novak kick), 7:22.
H–Erdman 21 run (Snare kick), 5:55.
H–Hughes 1 run (Snare kick), :43.
Fourth Quarter
T–Woomer 3 run (kick failed), :44.
TEAM STATISTICS H T
First downs 10 25
Total yards 208 448
Rushes-yards 22-155 44-253
Yards passing 53 195
Passing (comp.-att.-int.) 6-11-2 12-18-0
Punts-avg. 3-37.3 1-38
Fumbles-lost 0-0 1-0
Penalties-yards 2-20 2-15
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING–Huntingdon, Edmiston 7-33, Guisler 3-(-7), Gibson 1-1, Lane 3-34, Erdman 7-85, Hughes 1-9. Tyrone, Whitby 30-200, A. Emigh 9-43, Woomer 5-10.
PASSING–Huntingdon, Guisler 1-2-0-9, Hughes 5-9-2-44. Tyrone, Woomer 12-18-0-195.
RECEIVING–Huntingdon, Erdman 1-9, Edmiston 1-2, Carthen 1-19, Gibson 2-7, Doson 1-16. Tyrone, A. Emigh 2-59, Martin 4-40, M. Emigh 3-67, Robinson 2-18, Parsons 1-11.