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LE ROY PENNYSAVER & NEWS - OCTOBER 16, 2016
Game 6 of t he Jun ior
Knights’ season was hosted at
Hartwood Park. The Genesee
Valley Bills brought their 5-0
record and a defense that had
not allowed a point in 5 games
to town. This game between
two undefeated teams would be
for first place in the division and
a potential spot in the CYFL
Championship Game.
GVB won the toss and
chose to defer allowing the
Knights to start the game with
possession of the ball. LeRoy
was able to draw the defense off
sides on the first play of game
giving them 1st & 5 at GVB’s
40 yard line. A run for 6 yards
by Adam Woodworth sand-
wiched by runs of 2 yards and
4 yards by Luke Lathan, gave
LeRoy 1st & 10 from GVB’s
48 yard. Crushing blocks by
Jake Higgins, Jude Sherman
and Luke Lathan paved the way
for Adam Woodworth to sprint
28 yards for the touchdown,
as the Knights made an early
statement to the GVB defense.
Luke Lathan pounded it in for
the PAT making the early score
LeRoy 8 – GVB – 0.
GVB’s first possession be-
gan with a 20 yard run around
the right side, followed by a 3
yard carry setting up 2nd & 3
from LeRoy’s 47. However, a
high snap got away from the
GVB quarterback and Aaric
Luce out hustled the GVB
backs to recover the fumble.
The turnover gave LeRoy
the ball at GVB’s 48 yard line
and a chance to extend an early
lead. The Junior Knights start-
ed their drive with runs of 4
and 5 yards by Luke Lathan, 3
yards by AdamWoodworth and
3 yards by Jude Sherman giv-
ing LeRoy a 2nd & 7 at GVB’s
34 yard line. Again, LeRoy’s
offensive line with the help of
lead blockers Jude Sherman and
Luke Lathan, allowed Adam
Woodworth to get to the edge
and race 34 yards for the touch-
down. Woodworth followed it
with a run for the extra point.
LeRoy 16 – GVB – 0.
The GVB Bills, on their
next possession, made it known
they were not going to go away
that easy. The Bills offense
struck back with a 10 play drive
of their own, closing to within
8. LeRoy 16 – GVB 8.
The Junior Knights would
answer GVB’s drive with one
of their own. However, unlike
their typical up tempo scoring
drives, the Knights pounded
the ball down the field over the
course of 16 plays featuring
power runs by Woodworth,
Lathan & Sherman behind
the line of Jake Higgins, Jace
Jedrewski, Aaric Luce, Holden
Sullivan, DJ O’Geen, Wyatt
Draper and Grady Gilligan.
The drive ended with a score
on 4th and Goal from the 6 yard
line when Adam Woodworth,
behind crushing lead blocks by
Lathan and Sherman, scored
off the right side. PAT failed.
LeRoy 22 – GVB – 8.
GVB had one more chance
with the ball before the end of
the half. Right away it looked
like they may take advantage
of it. Runs of 12 yards and 32
yards set the Bills up at LeRoy’s
15 yard line. 3 more runs by
GVB set up 4th & 2 from Le-
Roy’s 7 yard line and a chance
for GVB to close the gap. How-
ever, Jack Egeling and Luke
Lathan exploded through the
line to bury the running back
in the backfield and preserve
the 22 -8 halftime lead.
GVB started the second
half with the football and im-
mediately set out to make a
second half statement. On the
first play, the Bills burst down
field for 40 yards down to the
LeRoy 25. However, LeRoy’s
defense stiffened while pushing
the Bills backwards and forcing
them to turn the ball over on
downs on an incomplete pass
on 4th and long.
GVB’s defense answered
and held the Junior Knights
forcing them to turn the ball
over on downs at their own 36
yard line. Eight plays later,
GVB scored on an 8 yard run.
The Junior Knights stopped
GVB on the PAT however;
GVB had made it a one score
game. LeRoy 22 – GVB 14.
Each team would be forced
to punt on their next two pos-
sessions.
This would set up the Le-
Roy’s most important drive
of the game. Taking over at
their own 25 yard line and not
wanting to give the ball back
to the Bills, the Junior Knights
attacked the middle of the GVB
defense. 5 straight runs “up
the gut” between the blocks of
DJ O’Geen and Wyatt Draper,
including a 20 yard burst by
LeRoy Junior Knights
LeRoy 30 – GVB 14
Luke Lathan, moved the ball
to GVB’s 33 yard line. The
6th straight time proved to be
the difference as Draper and
O’Geen opened a gaping hole
on the left side and Lathan and
Sherman made easy work of
the linebackers allowingWood-
worth to sprint 33 yards for the
touchdown. A successful PAT
byWoodworth pushed the score
to LeRoy 30 – Avon 14.
The game would end with
score of LeRoy 30 – GVB 14
as LeRoy turned the Bills over
on downs on their final posses-
sion. This allowed the Junior
Knights to assume the “Victory
Position” and kneel on the ball
for the final two plays.
Adam Woodworth led all
ball carriers with 20 touches for
188 yards and 4 touchdowns.
Luke Lathan had 12 carries
for a hard fought 55 yards and
Jude Sherman gained 20 yards
on 5 carries.
Jude Sherman led the Le-
Roy defense with 11 tackles.
Aaric Luce and Luke Lathan
followed with 7 tackles each.
Jake Higgins had 6 tackles,
Jack Egeling and AdamWood-
worth each had 4. With 2
tackles each were Jacob Bow-
man, Joey Reschke, Holden
Sullivan and Dawson “WoJo”
Wojtaszczyk. Chipping in
with 1 tackle each were Alex
Spezzano, Noah Kaczanowski,
Wyatt Draper, Connor Elmore
and CC Corcimiglia.
LeRoy plays at Dansville
this Sunday, October 16th
at noon.
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