Southmoreland
ALVERTON — It’s only one game but it’s a game McGuffey coaches will harp on all week.
Southmoreland took advantage of three third quarter fumbles to stop any idea McGuffey had of rallying and came away with a 47-22 victory over the mistake-prone Highlanders.
Anthony Govern scored three times and threw two TD passes and Isaac Trout pulled in two tD passes.
A fumble to start the third quarter turned into a second touchdown run by Anthony Govern and a 34-14 lead.
A bad snap on fourth down was recovered by Southmoreland and converted into a third touchdown run by Govern to make it 41-14.
McGuffey turned the ball over three times in the third quarter. When the Highlanders did hold onto the ball, they scored. JJ Bloom snared an 11-yard touchdown midway through the fourth quarter to cut Southmoreland’s lead to 41-22 after Phillip McCuen ran it in for the two-point conversion.
McGuffey drove to the one late in the game, when another fumble was returned to midfield by Souhthmoreland.
Southmoreland built a 27-14 lead at halftime.
Isaac Trout scored twice in the first half, catching two touchdown passes, the first from seven yards and the second for 55 yards.
JJ Bloom made it a 20-point lead when he caught a 30-yard scoring pass from Govern.
Ethan Dietrich breathed new life into McGuffey when he returned an interception for a touchdown.
Southmoreland scored first when running back Travon Lee took a pitch and fired to the end zone, where Isaac Trout hauled it in from the nine.
McGuffey seemed to have stopped Southmoreland on fourth down but a pass interference call on the Highlanders gave the Scotties new life.
Southmoreland made it 13-0 when Anthony Govern broke free from 7 yards out on the last play of the first quarter. One of the key plays was another pass interference penalty, this time on third down.