Northern Tier West Sports Report
MUNCY, PA — The Muncy Indians scored a dominant, 49-0 shut-out victory over Wellsboro in a match-up of two 0-1 teams here Friday.
The Indians tallied 212 yards on the ground on the night and completed 2-of-5 passes for 68 yards and a score.
Senior Ryder Bowen led the Hornets with 97 yards on 26 carries while freshman Kody Enck added 18 yards on three carries. Freshman QB Griffin Morral completed 4-of-18 passes for 21 yards and junior Marek Mascho caught 1 pass for 9 yards.
Just under 90 seconds into the contest Muncy's Stiles Eyer connected with Paxton Derr on a 42-yard strike to put the Indians up early.
After the score the Hornets put together their longest drive of the game, spanning seven minutes and 43 seconds, that went down to the Muncy 16 before the Hornets turned the ball over on downs. Muncy's ensuing drive lasted five plays, but after the Hornets got the ball back on a Muncy punt, the Indians’ defense stepped up as Austin Johnson stepped in front of a Morral pass and returned it the other way for the Indians' second touchdown of the game with 11:47 left in the half.
Two minutes later, following Wellsboro's next drive, Johnson hit paydirt for the second time as he ripped off an 83-yard run, pushing Muncy's lead to 21-0. Another two and a half minutes later the Indians struck again, this time Landyn Wommer returned a punt by Wellsboro junior Jonathan Carl 80 yards for the score. Muncy missed the point after try, but still led 27-0.
Muncy enacted the mercy rule late in the half as Johnson found the end zone for the third time in the game on a one-yard run with 40 seconds left. Muncy made the two-point conversion to lead 35-0 as both teams headed into the locker rooms.
The Indians scored twice more in the second half under the running clock.
Bowen and junior Dylan Copp each had 5 tackles on the evening to lead the Hornets’ defense, with Bowen also picking up a sack.
The Hornets fall to 0-2 (0-2 NTL Large School Division) and will host Wyalusing on Thursday, September 5 for Hall of Fame Night.