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Buckeye Bounces Back And Shuts Down Lutheran West
9/16/2017 - By HARRY PECK The Gazette
YORK TWP. - Buckeye’s football team waited a whole week to get the taste of last week’s game against Cloverleaf out of its mouth.
The Bucks took no prisoners, piling up offense yardage and stifling every effort Lutheran West offered in a 48-0 non-league blowout.
Buckeye improved to 4-0, while Lutheran West fell to 2-2.
“Last week we just didn’t have much focus and this week we had a great week of practice,” Buckeye coach Greg Dennison said. “Our play action on offense was good and our defensive line played well. When you control the line, especially both lines, good things happen.”
“We told ourselves we couldn’t do that again,” Bucks quarterback Adam Fauver said of a closer-than-expected 28-14 win over Cloverleaf in Week 3. “Mentally all week, our practice was great.”
The practice and focus translated onto the field and into the game.
In the third quarter alone, Anthony Watkins returned the kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown, Fauver scored from 50 yards out and Austin Bir added a 69-yard run as the period expired.
Defensively, Buckeye kept the Longhorns’ big guns in check.
Quarterback Rory Zakareckis, who had 333 yards passing in his first three games, plus 269 yards rushing, with five touchdowns total, was totally stifled.
The quarterback was held to zero yards rushing on six attempts and hit only 5-of-13 passes for 64 yards in the first half. Trey Decicco, a freshman, played the entire second half for Lutheran West.
Similarly, running back Gerald McHenry managed only 4 yards rushing after arriving at Buckeye averaging 10 yards per carry. McHenry and Zakareckis suffered repeated sacks or negative yardage plays from a surging Buckeye line.
In the first half, the Bucks had two scores on the board before half the crowd at Edwin B. Steingass Field was really settled.
Dominic Monaco sprinted 66 yards up the middle on the game’s first play. Upon a change of possession, tight end Logan Schulz was wide open deep and caught a 67-yard TD from Fauver.
Anthony Musarra caught a 23 yarder from Fauver to wrap up the touchdown barrage in the third quarter and for the game. Clay Gunkelman split the uprights on 6-of-7 PAT kicks.
For the game, Buckeye piled up 402 yards total offense, including 290 on the ground on just 17 carries. Fauver put up 127 yards rushing on eight carries and Monaco added 67 on just three carries. Fauver was 4-for-8 passing for 112 yards, all in the first half.
The Bucks threw no passes in the second half. Buckeye quarterbacks also delayed at the line of scrimmage repeatedly, milking the clock.
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