SHERRILL – The Cyclones “A” team stunned Vernon-Verona-Sherrill, 30-8, at Sherrill Sunday to improve to 2-0 on the season.

Keegan Franklin opened the Cyclones’ scoring in the first quarter on a four-yard plunge, with Michael Sutton adding the conversion run.

Sutton added his own touchdown – a one-yard sneak in the second stanza – and again added the point-after run. Franklin then scored again in the second stanza on a 36-yard pass play from Sutton. Frank Garcia scored on a 10-yard run in the third quarter.

Garcia set up his own score after he had taken the ensuing kickoff following a V-V-S score to the 6aided by a key Franklin block. Randy Stokes rounded out scoring as he kicked two, two-point conversions.

The Norwich blue defense, consisting of Sutton, Rifanburg, Garcia, Franklin, Stokes, Michael Oralls, John Marvin, Trent Stone, Spencer Stone, Matt Burke, Jacob Perrone, and led by the line play of Storm Cook and Matt Craig, held the Red Devils to zero first downs and minus yardaged during the game. V-V-S had only three first downs on the day.