Evan Johnson, Twin Valley, run down Garden Spot
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By Daryl Simione — LNP/Lancasteronline
NEW HOLLAND — Twin Valley running backs Evan Johnson and Jaydon Goebel each scored a pair of touchdowns as the Raiders held off Garden Spot 37-29 in a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 2 game Friday night.
It was Garden Spot’s first loss in league play and snapped a three-game winning streak.
The Raiders, (2-2, 4-3), who led 30-14 after three quarters, snapped a two-game losing streak.
Johnson ran 19 yards to the end zone on a well-executed draw play to open the scoring. He later added a 54-yard touchdown reception from quarterback Evan Myers to give Twin Valley a 14-7 first-quarter lead.
Garden Spot (3-1, 5-2) responded in similarly impressive style. Fullback Blake Weaver evaded a pair of would-be tacklers on a 7-yard touchdown run midway through the first quarter.
Spartans quarterback Kye Harting closed the frame with a 53-yard scramble, setting up his own 1-yard touchdown sneak to knot the score at 14-14.
Twin Valley took a 17-14 lead at halftime on a 24-yard field goal from Sam Frey.
With a heavy mist falling at the start of the second half, Twin Valley fumbled near midfield.
Playing with the wind, Garden Spot moved into long field goal range for kicker Nick Gleason. A fumbled snap on the attempt forced Harting to throw incomplete, and the Raiders took over on downs. Seven plays later Myers ran 27 yards for a score to give Twin Valley a 23-14 lead.
Harting (19-for-30, 180 yards) threw a pair of fourth-quarter touchdown passes, first to Weaver and then to Trenton Hoober with 50 seconds to play.
Twin Valley recovered the ensuing onside kick and ran out the clock.
Johnson finished with 144 yards on 16 carries. Goebel added 79 yards on 16 carries, scoring on runs of nine and 10 yards in the second half.
The teams combined for more than 500 rushing yards. Harting had 93 yards on 12 carries, with Weaver (9-60) and Jadon Burkholder (9-58) adding to the yardage.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
| Twin Valley | 14 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 37 |
| Garden Spot | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 | 29 |
Scoring summary
| 1 | Twin Valley | Johnson, 19 run (Frey kick) |
| 1 | Garden Spot | Weaver, 7 run (Gleason kick) |
| 1 | Twin Valley | Johnson, 54 pass from Myers (Frey kick) |
| 2 | Garden Spot | Harting, 1 run (Gleason kick) |
| 2 | Twin Valley | Frey, 24 FG |
| 3 | Twin Valley | Myers, 27 run (kick failed) |
| 3 | Twin Valley | Goebel, 9 run (Frey kick) |
| 4 | Garden Spot | Weaver, 1 pass from Harting (Gleason kick) |
| 4 | Twin Valley | Goebel, 10 run (Frey kick) |
| 4 | Garden Spot | Hoober, 2 pass from Harting (Weaver, pass from Harting) |
Team statistics
| Twin Valley | Garden Spot | |
| First downs | 17 | 23 |
| Rushes-yards | 41-294 | 34-230 |
| Passing yards | 122 | 180 |
| Total yards | 416 | 410 |
| Passes | 7-14-0 | 19-30-0 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 0-0 |
| Punts-average | 1-29.0 | 4-17.2 |
| Penalties-yards | 3-22 | 5-40 |
Individual statistics
RUSHING
Twin Valley: Johnson 16-159, Goebel 16-74, Myers 9-61.
Garden Spot: Harting 12-93, Weaver 9-60, Burkholder 9-58, Nagle 4-19.
PASSING
Twin Valley: Myers 7-14-1–122.
Garden Spot: Harting 19-30-0–180.
RECEIVING
Twin Valley: Winchester 3-30, Johnson 1-54, Engle 1-18, Harris 1-16, Goebel 1-4.
Garden Spot: Nagle 8-69, Conrad 4-52, Weaver 3-6, Gleason 2-43, Burkholder 1-8, Hoober 1-2.