Greene’s varsity football team. Greene's beat Oxford in Saturday's home victory 48 to 8. (Photo by Zachary Meseck)

Greene football improves to 3-0

Greene 48, Oxford 8

GREENE - Greene's explosive offense was in high gear early on scoring four first-quarter touchdowns in Saturday's home victory over visiting Oxford.

After forcing a punt on Oxford's opening possession, William Dunlap put the Trojans on the board with a   56-yard punt return for a score. It was the third return TD for Dunlap this season.

Tyler Brown and Hunter Page scored on 34- and 23-yard TD runs respectively, and Dunlap hauled in a 2-yard TD pass from Grayson Flanagan lifting the Trojans to a 28-0 lead.

"I was pleased with the execution early in the game," said Greene coach Dave Gorton. "We had some nice blocking on a couple early touchdowns. The defense made big plays early in the game to force turnovers, and we took advantage of it."

Damien Hitt also scored two touchdowns for the Trojans (3-0). He scored on a 34-yard pass from Grayson Flanagan, and added a 44-yard TD run in the fourth quarter that capped Greene's scoring.

Hogan Ludolph added a seven-yard TD run for Greene, which finished the game with a 12.4 yards per carry average for the game.

Greene hosts Lansing on Friday.

Lansing (H) on Friday night

Score by quarters

Oxford      0      0      0    8--8

Greene 28  14    0    6--48

Scoring summary

G, Bill Dunlap 56 punt return (Damien Hitt pass from Grayson Flanagan), G, Tyler Brown 34 run (run failed); G, Hunter Page 23 run (Page pass from Flanagan); G, Dunlap 2 pass from Flanagan (run failed), G, Hitt 34 pass from Flanagan (run failed); G, Hogan Ludolph 7 run (Ludolph run). G, Damien Hitt 44 run (run failed), O, 64 TD run (PAT run was good).

Statistics (Greene only)

Rushing:  Tyler Brown 6-62, Jaden Eroshevich 6-61, Damien Hitt 4-52, Grayson Flanagan 1-35, Hunter Page 2-35, Hogan Ludolph 2-15.

Passing:  (G) Grayson Flanagan 3-3-0, 54 yds, TD

Receiving: (G) Damien Hitt 2-52, William Dunlap 1-2.

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Harpursville-Afton 48, Bainbridge-Guilford 6

HARPURSVILLE - Harpursville-Afton scored on five possessions in the first half to lead 34-0, and rolled to a victory over Bainbridge-Guilford on Saturday afternoon.

Brady Buttice rushed for 132 yards on just five carries, and scored two rushing touchdowns. James Craig also had a pair of short scoring runs - both in the first quarter.

"They have three real horses at running back," said B-G coach Israel Lorimer.  "Merrill (Luke) is super fast, Craig is a great fullback, and Buttice is just real smooth."

B-G (1-2) scored in the fourth quarter, when, Ethan Beames hooked up with Declyn Marshfield on a 30-yard scoring pass.

"We went into the game wanting to compete more than we did the previous week (against Newark Valley)," Lorimer said. "I know the score doesn't show it, but we did compete."

B-G plays at Deposit-Hancock on Saturday.

Score by quarters

B-G              0    0  0  6--6

H/A              13 21  7  7--48

Scoring Summary

HA, James Craig 1 run (Brady Buttice kick); HA, Brayden Sakowsky 32 pass to Joey Florance (PAT failed); HA,  James Craig 1 run (Buttice kick); Luke Merril 1 run (Buttice kick); HA, Buttice 17 run (Buttice kick); HA, Buttice 56 run (Buttice kick); HA, Ryan Akulis 1 run (Buttice kick); BG, Ethan Beames 30 pass to Declyn Marshfield (PAT failed).

Individual statistics:

HA: Brayden Sakowsky 1-1-0, 32 yds; (BG) Ethan Beames 6-12-0, 55 yds.

Rushing: BG, James Hogarian 9-29, Ethan Beames 14-14, Ryan Parry 3-5, Ethan Gregory 1-0. HA:  Brady Buttice 5-132, Luke Merrill 8-71, James Craig 8-61, Ryan Akulis 7-23, Joey Florance 7-21, Adam Kappauf 4-15, Ryan Wright 1-2.

Receiving: (BG) Ethan Gregory 3-12, Declyn Marshfield 1-30, Rayn Parry 1-5, Noah Patton 1-8. (HA) Joey Florance 1-32.

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Unatego/Franklin 38, Unadilla Valley 7

OTEGO - After back-to-back bye weeks, Unatego/Franklin made a successful late-September debut Saturday afternoon against visiting Unadilla Valley.

In the mold of last year's two wins over UV, U/F piled up the points in a Division IX matchup.

The Storm, who were also coming off a bye week, fell to 0-2 on the season.

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Sherburne-Earlville does not play

SHERBURNE - Sherburne-Earlville's road game at General Brown this past Friday was not played as the Marauders forfeited the contest to General Brown. The Marauders are slated to host Canastota Friday, Oct. 1.

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