Wilson builds 63-point halftime lead in dominating McCaskey
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By Kyle Kutz — LNP/Lancasteronline
Wilson scored five first-quarter touchdowns and coasted past McCaskey 63-7 Friday night in Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 play at Gurski Stadium.
The Bulldogs (4-1, 7-2) led 63-0 at the half.
Red Tornado kicker Liam Cox booted the opening kickoff wide left to avoid Bulldogs return man Cam Jones, who ranks as the league’s all-time leader in TD returns on special teams, and instead saw senior Makih Cooper sprint 88 yards to give Wilson an immediate 7-0 advantage.
Later in the quarter, senior Cleveland Harding capped off a one-play drive on the Bulldogs’ first offensive possession with a 50-yard run that upped the Wilson lead to 14-0.
Junior Edison Case returned a line-drive punt 49 yards to cement a quick Bulldogs hat trick: Wilson wasted no time converting three touches into three all-purpose touchdowns, going up 21-0 midway through the first quarter.
The Bulldogs then tacked on two more end zone trips — a 13-yard Jones rush, a 13-yard completion between junior quarterback Tommy Hunsicker and Austin Valukevich — to close the quarter up 35-0.
Early in the second quarter, Hunsicker pounded in a 15-yard keeper to extend the Wilson lead to 42-0.
The Bulldogs later struck paydirt on three more occasions — scoring via a 24-yard Correll Akings run, a 30-yard Adam Woods scramble, and a 20-yard Pat Donato pass connection with Evyn Gruber — to enter the locker rooms up 63-0 and easily clinch their 18th consecutive victory over McCaskey (0-5, 1-8).
Despite a valiant effort from McCaskey’s Jose Garcia to snap the shutout on a 34-yard rushing TD in the fourth quarter, an often-lenient Tornado defense — which entered Week 9 yielding the second-most yardage in the league — was unable to keep the Bulldogs down, allowing more than 376 total yards of production (289 yards on the ground, 87 through the air).
Wilson has outscored its last two opponents 119-14.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
| McCaskey | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Wilson | 35 | 28 | 0 | 0 | 63 |
Scoring summary
| 1 | Wilson | Cooper, 88 kickoff return (Rada kick) | 11:46 |
| 1 | Wilson | Harding, 50 run (Rada kick) | 9:53 |
| 1 | Wilson | Case, 49 punt return (Rada kick) | 8:07 |
| 1 | Wilson | Jones, 13 run (Rada kick) | 6:40 |
| 1 | Wilson | Valuekevich, 13 pass from Hunsicker (Rada kick) | 3:20 |
| 1 | Wilson | Hunsicker, 15 run (Rada kick) | 11:15 |
| 1 | Wilson | Akings, 24 run (Rada kick) | 9:14 |
| 1 | Wilson | Woods, 30 run (Rada kick) | 5:00 |
| 1 | Wilson | E. Gruber, 20 pass from Donato (C. Hunsicker, kick) | 1:10 |
| 4 | McCaskey | Garcia, 34 run (Cox kick) | 2:57 |
Team statistics
| McCaskey | Wilson | |
| First downs | 5 | 15 |
| Rushes-yards | 24-111 | 26-289 |
| Passing yards | 8 | 87 |
| Total yards | 119 | 376 |
| Passes | 2-15-1 | 6-8-0 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 0-0 |
| Punts-average | 8-25.4 | 1-32.0 |
| Penalties-yards | 4-20 | 5-51 |
Individual statistics
RUSHING
McCaskey: Garcia 3-60, Rivera 13-47,Lavender 4-8, Morales 2-2, DeSanctis 2-(-6).
Wilson: Harding 3-88, Akings 8-74, Woods 3-56, Jones 3-33, T. Hunsicker 1-15, Donato 3-11, E. Gruber 1-5, Duarte-Diaz 1-3, Manzanillo 2-2, Aliza 1-2.
PASSING
McCaskey: Remash 2-15-1–8.
Wilson: T. Hunsicker 4-5-0-28, Donato 2-2-0–26, Woods 0-1-0–0.
RECEIVING
McCaskey: DeSanctis 2-8.
Wilson: Jones 1-28, E. Gruber 1-20, Wagner 1-25, Valuekevich 1-13, Delgado 1-6, Kline 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS
Wilson: Addison.
