Big plays by Garden Spot’s Kye Harting doom Boone
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By Michael Pollis — LNP/Lancasteronline
NEW HOLLAND — Garden Spot used a stifling defense and a big-play offense to stay unbeaten with a convincing 37-9 victory over Daniel Boone in a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3 opener Friday nighT.
The Spartans (4-0) broke open a tight defensive struggle with two huge scoring plays, one right before halftime and one early in the third quarter.
Quarterback Kye Harting extended Garden Spot’s lead to 17-3 late in the first half when he broke around the right side of the line and outraced the entire defense for a 79-yard touchdown.
After halftime Harting used his arm, this time finding Trenton Hoober on a post pattern down the left hash mark for a 69-yard scoring pass to extend the lead to 24-7.
Harting generated big plays, scored a total of five touchdowns, three through the air and two on the ground, and accumulated 444 yards of total offense, 221 through the air and 223 on the ground.
The Spartans had a 19-6 advantage in first downs, which translated to a dominating time of possession.
Most of the first half featured big defensive stops and turnovers.
Daniel Boone (1-3) had two different drives end with fumbles, one of which was recovered by Cullen Witmer, who barreled through the line and outfought Daniel Boone quarterback Dean Rotter for the ball after a fumbled snap.
A promising Daniel Boone drive in the second quarter was thwarted by the Spartan defense, thanks to back-to-back sacks BY Maxwell Davis and Reed Gruber. Joseph Cruz added another big sack later in the first half.
In the second half the Garden Spot secondary had multiple pass break-ups, including a leaping deflection by Gabe Martin and a crushing hit by Austin Hurst that jarred the ball lose from a Blazers receiver, preventing a potential big play.
Garden Spot opened the scoring when Harting found Jace Conrad for a 35-yard touchdown pass.
The teams also exchanged field goals in the first half.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
| Daniel Boone | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 9 |
| Garden Spot | 7 | 10 | 7 | 13 | 37 |
Scoring summary
| 1 | Garden Spot | Conrad, 35 pass from Harting (Martin kick) |
| 1 | Daniel Boone | Aidukas, 34 FG |
| 2 | Garden Spot | Martin, 28 FG |
| 2 | Garden Spot | Harting, 79 run (Martin kick) |
| 3 | Garden Spot | Hoober, 69 pass from Harting (Martin kick) |
| 4 | Garden Spot | Hurst, 11 pass from Harting (kick failed) |
| 4 | Daniel Boone | Rotter, 18 run (run failed) |
| 4 | Garden Spot | Harting, 7 run (Martin kick) |
Team statistics
| Daniel Boone | Garden Spot | |
| First downs | 6 | 19 |
| Rushes-yards | 26-133 | 29-240 |
| Passing yards | 43 | 22 |
| Total yards | 176 | 461 |
| Passes | 4-13 | 14-25 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-2 | 2-2 |
| Punts-average | 5-32.0 | 3-35 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-25 | 5-60 |
Individual statistics
RUSHING
Daniel Boone: Kryman 6-60, Rotter 7-47, Moyer 6-19, Lacey 7-7.
PASSING
Daniel Boone: Rotter 4-13-0–43.
RECEIVINGDaniel Boone: Moyer 2-28, Kryman 1-14, Digiacomo 1-1.
