Football

Oxford 37, Harpursville 6

OXFORD – Oxford proved the point that “anything can happen on a football field.”

Winless through the first month of the season, the Blackhawks made a 180-degree turn with an implausible but completely satisfying blowout victory over Harpursville Friday night.

While everything the Blackhawks touched turned to gold, the Hornets bore little resemblance to a team that had over 400 yards of offense the past two weeks. A glimmering 3-1 mark entering Friday’s fray will need some new spit and polish. “Harpursville is a good football team,” said Oxford coach Mike Chrystie. “We’ve been able to create turnovers in every game, and finally we were able to capitalize on the other team’s mistakes.”

Travis Frank, the designated workhorse for Oxford, had three TD runs and one TD pass finishing with 211 yards on the ground. His six-yard halfback option pass to Jeremy Nelson in the corner of the endzone upped the margin to 12-0 in the first quarter.

Harpursville lone glimmer of well-executed offense came on a 49-yard TD pass from Ryan Dalpiaz to Todd Terpstra cutting the lead to 12-6 in the second quarter.

Oxford and Frank answered that score later in the quarter on a one-yard plunge.