Elizabethtown’s Josh Rudy lights up Fleetwood for 6 TD passes

By Kyle Morgan Last updated Oct 15, 2022

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By Kyle Morgans — LNP/Lancasteronline

Josh Rudy threw six touchdown passes as Elizabethtown bounced back from its first loss in a big way at Fleetwood Friday, topping the Tigers 42-16 in a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3 game.

Rudy finished with 365 passing yards, completing 21-of-33.

Czion Brickle led Fleetwood with 135 yards on the ground on 19 rushes.

Elizabethtown fell from the unbeaten ranks last week at Solanco.

After both sides turned the ball over on downs to begin the game, a 31-yard screen to Owen Dommel kickstarted the offense for Elizabethtown (3-1, 7-1), setting up a 54-yard bomb to Braden Cummings from Josh Rudy for a TD.

The Tigers (0-4, 2-6) briefly had life after Brickle had a 41-yard burst but he fumbled on the next snap. Fleetwood recovered the ball, but it led to a second straight turnover on downs inside the Bears’ territory.

Rudy closed out the first quarter with completions of 45 yards to Cummings and 15 to Brady Breault.

Breault caught two consecutive screens to start the next quarter, the second for a 12-yard touchdown.

Fleetwood drove to past midfield in response but on third-and-long Jack Riffle was picked off by Elijah Macfarlane.

Rudy initially had a first down on a fourth-down scramble, but a block-in-the-back penalty wiped that out, leading to a turnover on downs.

Brickle picked up 47 yards on a swing pass to push the Tigers into the red zone. They stalled quickly but were able to get on the scoreboard with a 30-yard William Maurek field goal.

Elizabethtown quickly responded. A Fleetwood personal foul and a 25-yard Rudy scramble led to a 23-yard TD pass to Cummings.

The Tigers came back to find the end zone before halftime following a Bears personal foul and a 17-yard pass to Tristin McFarland. Owen Kotsch finished off the drive with an 8-yard TD catch with 46.7 seconds left before halftime.

The third quarter saw three straight punts to open things up. With a short field late in the period, Elizabethtown converted a fourth-and-18 with a wide-open 35-yard TD to Ian Brosey, the first of his career.

The Bears forced a three-and-out and Rudy tallied his fifth TD throw from 45 yards out to Logan Lentz.

Fleetwood scored on a 1-yard QB sneak from Riffle after an 11-play series.

Rudy threw his career-high sixth TD from 32 yards out to Owen Dommel, the first of Dommel’s career.

Breault caught 10 passes for 70 yards and a score, while Cummings had three catches for 122 yards and two TDs.

Elizabethtown returns home to face Garden Spot next week; Fleetwood hits the road to play Section 3 leader Solanco.

	1	2	3	4	Final
Elizabethtown	7	14	7	14	42
Fleetwood	0	10	0	6	16

Scoring summary

1	Elizabethtown	Cummings, 54 pass from Rudy (Fuge kick)
2	Elizabethtown	Breault, 12 pass from Rudy (Fuge kick)
2	Fleetwood	Maurek, 30 FG
2	Elizabethtown	Cummings, 23 pass from Rudy (Fuge kick)
2	Fleetwood	Kotsch, 8 pass from Riffle (Maurek kick)
3	Elizabethtown	Brosley, 35 pass from Rudy (Fuge kick)
4	Elizabethtown	Lentz, 45 pass from Rudy (Fuge kick)
4	Fleetwood	Riffle, 1 run (pass failed)
4	Elizabethtown	Dommel, 32 pass from Rudy (Fuge kick)

Team statistics

	Elizabethtown	Fleetwood
First downs	19	15
Rushes-yards	23-90	32-169
Passing yards	374	118
Total yards	464	287
Passes	22-34	11-21
Fumbles-lost	0-0	1-0
Punts-average	2-36.5	3-37.7
Penalties-yards	10-69	5-55

Individual statistics

RUSHING

Elizabethtown: Lentz 13-54, Rudy 8-29, Capello 2-7.

Fleetwood: Brickle 19-135, Riffle 5-22, McFarland 2-7, Wamsher 5-7.

PASSING

Elizabethtown: Rudy 21-33-0–365.

Fleetwood: Riffle 11-25-1–118.

RECEIVING

Elizabethtown: Breault 10-70, Cummings 3-122, Lentz 3-48, Dommel 2-63, Capello 2-27, Brosey 1-35, Moran 1-9.

Fleetwood: Wamsher 3-23, McFarland 2-15, Kotsch 2-12, Tomes 2-10, Brickle 1-47, Deoliveria 1-11.