Waynesboro holds off West Perry, 43-40
• PREP FOOTBALL
Waynesboro 43, West Perry 40
ELLIOTTSBURG, Pa. — The Indians (5-4) built leads of 29-14 at the half and 43-27 after three quarters, then held off the Mustangs’ late rally Friday night.
Kenyon Johnson opened the scoring with an interception-return touchdown to give West Perry (7-2) a 7-0 lead less than three minutes in.
Quentin Gaskill answered with a 55-yard jet sweep score two plays later as Waynesboro tied it at 7.
The Mustangs regained the lead at 14-7 midway through the opening period.
Jay Alvarez’s 2-yard QB sneak pulled the Indians back into a tie at 14 early in the second quarter. He added a 1-yard score with 4:05 left in the half for a 21-14 lead, and his 28-yard score and a successful conversion made it 29-14 in the final minute of the half.
The Indians had 196 yards rushing and 118 passing in the first half while holding the Mustangs to 166 yards, 118 of it through the air.
Gaskill broke loose for his second long scoring run of the night, a 61-yarder that made it 36-14 early in the third quarter. West Perry cut it to 36-27 with touchdowns on its next two drives, but Alvarez’s fourth TD of the game, a 21-yarder, made it 43-27 late in the frame.
West Perry kept coming, scoring early in the fourth quarter to make it 44-33 and midway through the period to get within 43-40. The Mustangs then recovered a fumble, but the Indians held on.
Mifflin County 33, Greencastle 14
GREENCASTLE, Pa. — Mifflin County (5-4) scored the final two touchdowns of the second half to put away Greencastle-Antrim (2-7).
Mifflin opened the scoring with a 31-yard touchdown run for a 6-0 lead early in the first quarter. Greencastle took the lead on Wes Medina’s 1-yard TD run and a conversion run by quarterback Max McDowell to make it 8-6.
Mifflin came back with another score to regain a 12-8 lead with 5:11 left in the opening period, and the teams played through a scoreless second quarter. Gage Schaeffer ran for 114 yards on 14 carries in the half for Mifflin.
A long second-half kickoff return set up a 13-yard TD run that gave Mifflin a 20-8 lead after a conversion early in the third quarter.
Greencastle took advantage of a Mifflin miscue — a muffed punt — and McDowell ran in a 13-yard score to cut the deficit to 20-14.
Mifflin drove right down the field on its next possession to increase its lead to 26-14 midway through the third period. Another touchdown midway through the fourth quarter iced the game.
Mountain Ridge 59, Spring Mills 34
SPRING MILLS, W.Va. — The Cardinals (3-5) scored three touchdowns in the second quarter to make a game of it, but the Miners (6-2) were too much in the end.
Mountain Ridge scored two touchdowns in the first quarter to open a 14-0 lead.
Spring Mills got on the board on quarterback Keon Padmore-Johnson’s 16-yard run to cut it to 14-7 in the second quarter. The Miners responded with a touchdown to increase their lead to 21-7, but two TDs by the Cardinals late in the half — a 6-yard score by Padmore-Johnson and a 2-yard run by Evin Hurt — cut the deficit to 28-21 at halftime.
Mountain Ridge pulled away again with two scores in the third quarter to make it 42-21.
Martinsburg 70, Jefferson 0
SHENANDOAH JUNCTION, W.Va. — The Bulldogs (9-0) set a West Virginia state record with their 37th straight victory, rolling past the Cougars (1-7).
Martinsburg took the lead 1:05 into the game on Grant Harman’s 40-yard swing pass to Jarod Bowie. Trey Sine returned an interception 53 yards to the end zone to make it 14-0 about two minutes later. Late in the frame, Harman hit Teddy Marshall on a 71-yard scoring pass for a 21-0 lead.
Naieem Kearney plunged in from a yard out to make it 28-0 early in the second quarter. Kearney punched in another score midway through the period to make it 35-0. Harman’s 8-yard scoring run made it 42-0. Kearney’s third TD came on a 43-yard run to make it 49-0 at the half.
Backup quarterback Elijah Banks threw a 34-yard TD pass to Michael Boaitey to make it 56-0, and the Bulldogs added another score in the period.
Banks’ 2-yard score in the fourth capped the scoring.
Musselman 70, Washington 6
INWOOD, W.Va. — Tre Beard accounted for five touchdowns and the Applemen (8-0) rolled past the Patriots (0-8).
Musselman struck on Blake Hartman’s 75-yard TD run on the first play from scrimmage. Beard threw for three scores and ran for a fourth before the first quarter was over. He found Davan Shade for a 4-yard TD pass that made it 14-0, threw a 40-yard TD pass to Keegan Teets to make it 21-0 at the midway point of the frame, and his scoring strike to Ethan Wilson made it 28-0. Beard then punched in a short score for a 35-0 advantage.
Hartman ran 29 yards for a score on a broken play to make it 42-0 in the second quarter. Beard’s fourth TD pass was a 63-yarder to Wilson that made it 49-0. It was 56-0 by halftime.
Backup QB Caleb Hardy scored on a 4-yard run to make it 63-0, and Nick Zamora scored an 80-yarder to make it 70-0 late in the third.
Washington avoided the shutout with a fourth-quarter score.
Hedgesville 42, Hampshire 13
ROMNEY, W.Va. — Hampshire struck first on Grant Mayfield’s 68-yard scoring run for a 6-0 lead with four minutes left in the first quarter. After that, it was all Hedgesville (6-3) as the Eagles scored the next seven touchdowns.
The Eagles led 7-6 after the first period, then scored four touchdowns in the second quarter to take a 35-6 halftime lead. The Eagles added their final score in the third quarter.
Reginald F. Lewis-Smithsburg postponed to Monday
SMITHSBURG — A mixup led to an absence of officials and forced the Leopards to postpone their game to Monday evening at 7.
• COLLEGE VOLLEYBALL
Hagerstown 3, Harford 0
BEL AIR, Md. — Grace Fogle had 12 kills and 12 digs for Hagerstown Community College in its 25-20, 25-13, 25-20 sweep of Harford Community College on Friday.
Also for the Hawks (12-7, 8-3), Emily Ernst had 10 kills, Maddi Miller had 18 digs and Alyssa Shoemaker added 12 digs.
• GIRLS SOCCER
Clear Spring 1, St. Maria Goretti 0
Bailey Dockman had 12 saves for the Gaels in Friday’s loss to the visiting Blazers.
• PREP VOLLEYBALL
St. Maria Goretti 3, Fort Hill 2
CUMBERLAND, Md. — Peyton Kirchner had 19 kills, 11 digs, five aces and three blocks to lead St. Maria Goretti in a 23-25, 25-21, 25-21, 24-26, 17-15 win over Fort Hill on Thursday.
Kyriah Stubbs had 13 kills and 17 digs, Zoie King had 37 assists, three blocks, nine digs, eight aces and three blocks, Abigail Michael had eight kills, 14 digs, three blocks and three aces, Jaya Smith had 17 digs, Lizzie Smith had two blocks and Morgan Danver added six digs for the Gaels.
• YOUTH BASEBALL
Maryland Bombers 13U tryouts
The Maryland Bombers 13U travel baseball team will hold tryouts for the 2019 spring season on Oct. 27 from 12 to 2 p.m. at Boonsboro High School. Additional workouts can be arranged by contacting John Hartle at jshartle6@gmail.com.
• JV VOLLEYBALL
St. Maria Goretti 2, Fort Hill 0
