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Local Sports from The CourierSaturday, October 13, 2012NCC Football: Upper rolls behind Barth's four TDsLUCAS -- Upper Sandusky's Cory Frey set the tone by returning the opening kickoff for a touchdown as the Rams whipped Lucas 54-24 in a North Central Conference football game Friday night. Donald Barth put on a show for the Rams (5-3, 3-2 NCC) as he scored on a 2-yard run and caught touchdown passes covering 23, 12 and 9 yards from Tylor Pritchard. Pritchard, Will Adelsperger and Cam Crawford added touchdown runs for Upper Sandusky. Nick Swainhart scored on runs of 34, 43, and 3 yards to lead the Cubs (1-7, 0-5). Upper Sandusky 13 21 6 14 -- 54 Lucas 6 0 12 6 -- 24 First Quarter US -- Frey 75 kickoff return (kick failed) US -- Barth 23 pass from Pritchard (Pritchard kick) LUC -- Swainhart 3 run (run failed) Second Quarter US -- Adelsperger 3 run (Pritchard kick) US -- Barth 23 pass from Pritchard (Pritchard kick) US -- Barth 12 pass from Pritchard (Pritchard kick) Third Quarter LUC -- Swainhart 34 run (run failed) LUC -- Harris 1 run (run failed) US -- Barth 2 run (kick failed) Fourth Quarter US -- Barth 9 pass from Pritchard (Pritchard kick) US -- Crawford 3 run (Pritchard kick) LUC -- Swainhart 43 run (run failed) BUCYRUS 33 RIVERDALE 7 BUCYRUS -- Riverdale just couldn't get its offense on track Friday night. Bucyrus limited Riverdale to 82 yards of offense in a 33-7 North Central Conference win. Riverdale's talented tandem of Josh Bushong (8 carries, 21 yards) and Seth Knoll (14, 7) was held in check as the Falcons fell to 4-4 overall, 3-2 in the NCC. Bucyrus quarterback Cole Murtiff scored on runs of 17 and 9 yards in the first half and added a 34-yard scoring strike to Michael Purcell in the second quarter. Purcell had a 2-yard run in the second half while Matt Musick had a pair of field goals for the Redmen (4-4, 2-3). Murtiff was 11 of 17 passing for 146 yards and logged 92 yards rushing on 21 carries as Bucyrus racked up 164 yards passing and 250 rushing. Bucyrus 6 17 10 0 -- 33 Riverdale 0 0 0 7 -- 7 First Quarter BUC -- Murtiff 17 run (kick failed) BUC -- Murtiff 9 run (Musick kick) Second Quarter BUC -- Murtiff 9 run (Musick kick) BUC -- FG 36 Musick Third Quarter BUC -- Purcell 2 run (Musick kick) BUC -- 26 FG Musick Fourth Quarter RIV -- Knoll 23 run (Loveridge kick) Subscribe to The Courier. |
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