The Scotties looked forward to continuing their winning MVL record for the season as they faced New Lexington on Homecoming night at the Jack, Friday, September 17th. Almost a repeat of last week’s blowout game the Dawgs were giving “home-field advantage” a whole new meaning.
Quarterback Drew Burkhart started his record-breaking night with a long pass to #5 Alex Williams for a 65-yard touchdown about halfway through the first quarter putting the Dawgs up on the scoreboard at 7 – 0 after #8 Coleson McCullough’s successful PAT. The Panthers were able to hold Tri-Valley to just one score for the first 12 minutes.
As the clock rolled into the second quarter Burkhart landed another pass to #11 Grant Dal Ponte for a 13-yard touchdown doubling the Scotties score at 14 – 0. The Panthers were able to pull out a short touchdown halfway through the quarter and finally got on the board with 6 points before a failed two-point conversion. Just after the kickoff to Tri-Valley Burkhart threw another blazing pass to #13 Thomas Williams for a 60-yard touchdown advancing their lead to 21 after a good PAT by McCullough. With just 15 seconds left on the clock, Burkhart ran in his own touchdown with short yardage to end the first half of the game with a substantial lead of 27 – 6 against New Lex.
Just a few seconds out of the locker room Burkhart again took to the air with a repeat long pass to #13 Thomas Williams for a 58-yard touchdown with McCullough’s good PAT to put the score at 34 – 6 for the only score in the third quarter.
In the final quarter of the game Burkhart was able to put up another double-digit pass to #11 Grant Dal Ponte for a 60-yard touchdown for the running-clock lead of 41 – 6. The last score of the night went to freshman running back #16 Kam Karns who ran the ball in for 23-yards and capped the Scottie’s score at 47 to New Lex’s 6.
For the night quarterback, Drew Burkhart had 401 passing yards setting a new school record! The Dawgs had a change of schedule due to a cancellation of the game against Morgan, but now will be continuing their run of home games with a pick-up game against Columbus-Briggs at Jack Anderson Stadium.
