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HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: HORNETS SUFFER 58-0 LOSS TO MONTOURSVILLE TO OPEN SEASON (2025-08-22)

Northern Tier West Sports Report
MONTOURSVILLE — Wellsboro struggled in their season opener at Montoursville Friday night, falling 58-0 to the host Warriors.

The Warriors scored 31 first-half points and racked up 146 yards on the ground and 145 through the air. 

Montoursville wasted little time as they took the opening kickoff and put together a four-play drive that ended with a 22-yard TD pass to put the Warriors up 7-0 just 51 seconds into the game. Montoursville's defense then caused a turnover that led to a sustained drive, culminating in a 28-yard Adam Shearer field goal to put the Warriors up 10-0.

The Warriors added three more scores to close out the half.

Montoursville picked up in the third where they left off at halftime, again forcing a Wellsboro turnover. After the Hornets picked up their largest play of the game at that point, a 30-yard pass from sophomore Griffin Morral to sophomore Kody Enck (Wellsboro was held to just 29 yards of offense in the first half), the Warriors intercepted Morral and returned it for a 70-yard score, increasing their lead to 38-0 and enacting the Mercy Rule. Wellsboro's ensuing drive went three-and-out and after a punt, Montoursville broke off a 60-yard run on the fourth play of the drive, making it 45-0.

The Warriors' final two fourth quarter scores came with 9:50 and 2:46 left to play.

The Warriors' defense held Wellsboro's offense to just 79 yards, while their offense amassed 470 yards.

Morral finished 5-for-13 through the air for 47 yards and also rushed 12 times for 14 yards. Enck carried the ball once for 18 yards and caught 2 passes for 41 yards. 

Freshman Derrick Blasz also completed 1-of-2 passes for 8 yards to sophomore Keegan VanZile. Junior Gideon Lawton caught one pass for 9 yards and junior Max Mascho caught 2 passes for 7 yards.

The Hornets return to action next Saturday when they host Muncy.


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