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LE ROY PENNYSAVER & NEWS - OCTOBER 23, 2016
LeRoy Junior Knights
LeRoy 26 – Dansville 8
Game 7 of the Junior Knights’
season was played at Babcock
Park deep in the valley of Dans-
ville. Mother Nature provided
a nice fall backdrop on a sunny
and unseasonably warm Sunday
afternoon.
Dansville started with the
ball as LeRoy won the toss and
deferred to the second half.
LeRoy’s defense showed up
ready to play as they held Dans-
ville to negative three yards on
their first possession. Andrew
Greene and Zach Samis took
control of the line of scrimmage
and Luke Lathan met the run-
ning back twice behind the line
of scrimmage.
LeRoy would take over
at Dansville’s 32 yard line.
Consecutive offside penalties
by Dansville set up LeRoy at
Dansville’s 22. Adam Wood-
worth, Jake Higgins and Luke
Lathan teamed up along with
another offside penalty on the
“D” to give LeRoy the ball at
Dansville’s 3 yard line when
Adam Woodworth punched
it for the score. Woodworth
followed up his touchdown run
with a successful PAT try giving
LeRoy the early lead. LeRoy
8 – Dansville 0.
On Dansville’s second pos-
session, they were able to hold
onto the ball for 11 plays taking
the ball down to LeRoy’s 44 yard
line. It was there, on 3rd and
long, that Avante’ Walker made
a great play while in perfect
pass coverage to deflect the ball
away from the receiver. Then on
4th down, Walker made another
great play “on the edge” to stop
the Dansville ball carrier from
reaching the 1st down marker.
A qu i ck t u r nove r gave
Dansville the ball right back
at the LeRoy 43 yard line.
Dansville again held onto the
ball for 8 plays however on 4th
and 4, Holden Sullivan burst
through the line wrapping up
the Dansville running back at
the LeRoy 40.
A holding call negated a 55
yard touchdown run on the sec-
ond play of LeRoy’s next drive,
but not for long. On the very
next play, AdamWoodworth got
free for 65 yards behind the left
side of the LeRoy line. After an
unsuccessful extra point attempt,
LeRoy led by 14 points. LeRoy
14 – Dansville 0.
The first half ended when the
Dansville quarterback’s pass fell
short of his intended receiver
after another 8 play drive by
Dansville. In all, Dansville’s
offense held onto the ball for 31
first half plays while limiting the
LeRoy offense to only 12 plays
and 14 points. Halftime Score –
LeRoy 14 – Dansville 0.
LeRoy’s offense opened up
the second half with the ball
and would embark on the first of
two 11 play second half scoring
drives. The backfield of Lathan,
Higgins and Woodworth would
share the ball as they marched
methodically down the field
leading to a 3 yard touchdown
run by Adam Woodworth to
push the score to LeRoy 20 –
Dansville 8.
Dansville’s only score came
on the next possession when they
raced down field in two plays, a
20 yard scamper followed by a
well-executed counter that re-
sulted in a 45 yard touchdown. A
successful PAT attempt made the
score LeRoy 20 – Dansville 8.
LeRoy’s final score came
on the next possession, their
second 11 play drive of the
second half. All four members
of LeRoy’s backfield got in
on this one as Jude Sherman,
Jake Higgins, Luke Lathan and
Adam Woodworth teamed up
to move the ball down to the
4 yard line where Luke Lathan
finished it off with a touch-
down run up the middle. Final
Score LeRoy 26 – Dansville 8.
Luke Lathan led the LeRoy
defense with 12 tackles, 11 in the
first half. Holden Sullivan fol-
lowed with 5 tackles. Jack Egel-
ing, AndrewGreene, DJ O’Geen,
Zach Samis, Jude Sherman and
Adam Woodworth all had 3
tackles. Cameron Wilson, Jacob
Bowman, Jake Higgins, Aaric
Luce and Joey Reschke each
tallied two tackles. Braeden
Mathieu, Jaxon Burnside, An-
drew Davis, Connor Elmore,
Jay Lathan, Cameron Riggi and
Avante’Walker recorded 1 tackle
a piece.
LeRoy’s offense was paced
by Adam Woodworth who fin-
ished with 189 yards on 16
carries. Luke Lathan carried
the ball 7 times for 28 yards,
Jake Higgins 5 times for 22
yards and a 12 yard reception.
Jude Sherman had 2 runs for
14 yards. Noah Kaczanowski
carried the ball 4 times and Con-
nor Elmore and Joey Reschke
each had 1 run. Alex Spezzano
completed his only pass attempt
for 12 yards.
LeRoy finishes the regular
season at home on October
23rd against Geneseo.
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