It was senior night at Bender Field on Friday and Meadville’s seniors had plenty to celebrate,
Meadville defeated Warren 56-7 in a Region 6 matchup against Warren. The Bulldogs led 56-0 at halftime and allowed their junior varsity players to play the second half, which had quarters shortened to eight minutes.
“We came out after a tough loss to General McLane last week and we wanted to get back and have some success,” Meadville head coach Ray Collins. “You want to show that you’ve shaken off the loss and see your kids execute and play hard and we did that. I was really happy with that.”
Meadville forced a three-and-out on Warren’s first drive. The ‘Dogs then scored on their first offensive play when AJ Feleppa hit a wide-open Amari Grenaway for a 43-yard pitch and catch.
Shutting down Warren’s offense and scoring in just a few plays was a theme for Meadville. The Bulldogs scored four touchdowns in the first and second quarters.
Warren managed a few first downs, but only got past half field on a drive aided by three Meadville penalties.
“Warren is a young football team. It’s a group that’s struggling and trying to find their identity. So it was good in the sense that it got us back in the win column,” Collins said. “I am really happy for the seniors. These are guys that started their careers out 7, 8 years ago playing little gridders here. To see them play their final game on this field and for them to get a win and some individual success was good to see.”
Jordan Lawrence, Bradyn Miller and Grenaway each scored a rushing touchdown in the first quarter. In the second quarter, Lawrence added another rushing touchdown and returned a fumble 21 yards for a score. Jacoby Thompson scored two touchdowns on the ground.
In the half, Lawrence ran four times for 155 yards, Thompson three times for 45 yards and Miller three times for 37 yards. As a team, the starters averaged 20.75 yards per carry. Defensively, Landon Carter intercepted a pass.
Meadville moved to 5-4 overall and 3-1 in region play with the win. The Bulldogs will play Erie, a Class 6A team, for a regular season finale on Friday.
“I want to put together a good week of practice. This is the time of the year where it gets dark early, it’s cold out, I know open gyms for basketball start to whisper to the guys a little bit. But we have a lot of unfinished business left to take care of,” Collins said. “I’d like to see this season continue and the only way it’s going to is we have to continue to get better. We need head up to Erie, have a good showing up there and get a close win against a quality opponent so we know where we’re at going into the first week of November.”
Warren 0 0 0 7 — 7
Meadville 28 28 0 0 — 56
First Quarter
M — AJ Feleppa 43-yard pass to Amari Grenaway (Simon Farrelly-Jackson XP).
M — Grenaway 16-yard run (XP blocked).
M — Bradyn Miller 3-yard run (XP Good)
M — Jordan Lawrence 55-yard run (pass Feleppa to Kamari Pope)
Second Quarter
M — Jacoby Thompson 28-yard run XP Good).
M — Lawrence 21-yard fumble return (XP Good).
M — Lawrence 35-yard run (XP Good).
M — Thompson 13-yard run (XP Good).
Fourth Quarter
W — Charlie Blum 19-yard run (Blum XP Good).
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: W — Corbett 8-1, Shene 4-2, Zinger 1-0, Boozer 1-(-2); M — Lawrence 4-155, Thompson 3-45, Miller 3-37, Grenaway 2-12, Feleppa 1-(-17).
PASSING: W — Shene 4-15 14 yards 1 INT; Feleppa x2-5 57 yards 1 TD.
RECEIVING: W — Corbett 2-7, Bleech 2-8; M — Grenaway 2-57.
Stats were first half only
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