Kyle Harting passes Garden Spot over Conrad Weiser
(This story will be updated shortly with additional details and postgame reaction.)
By Matt Gaffney — MikeDragoSports.com correspondent
Junior quarterback Kye Harting passed for 329 yards and three touchdowns and senior receiver Zac Nagle had seven receptions for 191 yards and two touchdowns as Garden Spot opened the season with a 31-6 non-league victory over Conrad Weiser at Robesonia Friday night.
Trailing 6-0 midway through the second quarter after two field goals by Conrad Weiser standout kicker Adam Noll, Garden Spot got its offense clicking as Harting led them to 31 unanswered points.
The Spartans put together an efficient nine-play, 94-yard scoring drive to take a 7-6 lead on a Harting 13-yard touchdown pass to Nagle with 2:06 left in the first half.
Moments later, after the Scouts had driven deep into Garden Spot territory, the Spartans’ Nathan Eberly picked off a Donovan Gingrich pass and returned inside Conrad Weiser’s 10-yard line with 1.3 seconds left in the half.
Garden Spot promptly took advantage with a 25-yard field goal by Nicklas Gleason as time expired for a 10-6 halftime lead.
Harting and the Spartans made sure this wasn’t a close game for long in the second half as they scored two touchdowns in the first five minutes of the third quarter.
After receiving the second half kickoff, they scored quickly on a 46-yard pass from Harting to Blake Weaver for a 17-6 advantage with 9:13 left in the third.
The Spartans defense, who made things miserable for Gingrich all night, forced a three-and-out. On the second play of the drive Harting connected with a streaking Nagle to put Garden Spot up 24-6 after the successful extra point.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
| Garden Spot | 0 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 31 |
| Conrad Weiser | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 |
Scoring summary
| 1 | Conrad Weiser | Noll, 22 FG | 24.9 |
| 2 | Conrad Weiser | Noll, 20 FG | 6:07 |
| 2 | Garden Spot | Nagle, 13 pass from Harting (Gleason kick) | 2:06 |
| 2 | Garden Spot | Gleason, 25 FG | :00 |
| 3 | Garden Spot | Weaver, 46 pass from Harting (Gleason kick) | 9:13 |
| 3 | Garden Spot | Nagle, 87 pass from Harting (Gleason kick) | 7:13 |
| 4 | Garden Spot | Burkholder, 3 run (Gleason kick) | 7:50 |
Team statistics
| Garden Spot | Conrad Weiser | |
| First downs | 18 | 13 |
| Rushes-yards | 25-91 | 25-85 |
| Passing yards | 329 | 123 |
| Total yards | 420 | 208 |
| Passes | 14-26-1 | 11-31-1 |
| Fumbles-lost | 1-1 | 1-1 |
| Punts-average | 2-84 | 4-156 |
| Penalties-yards | 8-75 | 4-20 |
Individual statistics
RUSHING
Garden Spot: Harting 11-45 Burkholder 3-6 Campbell 3-18 Weaver 4-20 Portales 2-21 Team 2-(-19)
Conrad Weiser: Parham 4-9 Conde 1-7 Dianna 1-14 Gingrich 1-1 Dianna 1-14 J.Miller 4-14 Britting 10-27 Kiebach 2-4 Team 1-(-5)
PASSING
Garden Spot: Harting 14-26-1-329
Conrad Weiser: Gingrich 11-31-1-123
RECEIVING
Garden Spot: Nagle 7-191 Burkholder 1-1 Weaver 2-88 Portales 1-12 Smucker 1-6 Conrad 1-15 Gleason 1-16
Conrad Weiser: Parha 1-30 Dianna 4-60 Rittle 1-1 Huertas 1-0 J. Miller 4-32
INTERCEPTIONS
Garden Spot: Eberly
Conrad Weiser: E. Miller
MISSED FIELD GOALS
Conrad Weiser: Noll 33
