With a little help from his friends, Wilson’s Cam Jones finds the end zone three times
By Pete Beck — MikeDragoSports.com correspondent
Wilson’s Cam Jones did a little bit of everything Friday night as the Bulldogs drubbed visiting Martin Luther King 37-0 at Gurski Stadium in West Lawn.
Jones, filling in again at tailback for injured Cleveland Harding, ran for three first half scores en route to a 30-0 halftime lead. According to Jones two of those the scores didn’t belong to him.
“One should have been Eddie Case’s,” said Jones, referring to Case being tackled at the 1-yard line after hauling in a 42-yard pass from Tom Hunsicker.
“The other one should have been Amir Welmaker’s,” he said, after seeing Welmaker was also tackled at the 1 after a 31-yard run. “The touchdowns are theirs; they did the dirty work for them.”
There was plenty of dirty work to do Friday night for the Bulldogs.
Wilson’s offense got the job done after a sluggish start.
“They (Cougars) looked at what happened last week and they blitzed from anywhere and everywhere,” said Wilson coach Doug Dahms. “So it took us a little while to start recognizing where the blitzes were coming from, but once we did we took advantage.”
Junior quarterback Tommy Hunsicker found a way to guide the offense to 300 yards and five touchdown drives, in addition to leading the team in rushing with 68 yards on eight carries.
It was the Bulldogs defense, led by Jones, Isaiah Casseus and Nick Crocona, that got the most dirt under their nails.
The Wilson defenders out-muscled and out-worked an overmatched Martin Luther King offense throughout the game, holding the Cougars to just three first downs, minus-18 yards rushing and a paltry 17 total yards of offense.
Jones, a senior cornerback, and his backfield mates gave King quarterback Abdal Bin-Habib nowhere to throw while Casseus and his defensive line manhandled the Cougars running game.
“We stress: Get better, get better, get better,” said Dahms. “The one thing we did better tonight than we’ve been doing is physicality. There were some big hits out there.”
Jones also emphasized the importance of taking care of the what they can control.
“As a team, we’re looking to minimize the turnovers and the penalties,” he said. “We had three turnovers tonight, and if we do that at the end of the season, that’s going to cost us the game.”
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
| M.L. King | 14 | 16 | 0 | 7 | 37 |
| Wilson | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Scoring summary
| 1 | Wilson | Jones, 5 run(Rada kick) | 4:00 |
| 1 | Wilson | Valukevich, 5 pass from Hunsicker(Rada kick) | 1:11 |
| 2 | Wilson | Jones, 1 run(Rada kick) | 9:50 |
| 2 | Wilson | Safety | 7:06 |
| 2 | Wilson | Jones, 1 run(Rada kick) | 3:00 |
| 4 | Wilson | Jones, 1 run(Rada kick) | 11:26 |
Team statistics
| M.L. King | Wilson | |
| First downs | 3 | 15 |
| Rushes-yards | 34- (-18) | 28-193 |
| Passing yards | 35 | 107 |
| Total yards | 17 | 300 |
| Passes | 5-8-0 | 11-18-0 |
| Fumbles-lost | 0-0 | 3-3 |
| Punts-average | 6 – 27.5 | 0-0 |
| Penalties-yards | 11-65 | 3-27 |
Individual statistics
RUSHING
Wilson: Hunsicker 8-68, Jones 9-47, Welmaker 2-36, Fiorini 2-23, Akings 3-12, Gruber 1-8, Donato 1-7, Woods 1-1, TEAM 1-(-9).
M.L. King: I. Robinson 12-47, Norton 7-22, Bin-Habib 7-(-28), (Name unavailable), 1-(-2), Reed 1- (-3), M. Robinson 1-(-8), Team 5-(-36).
PASSING
Wilson: Hunsicker 11-18-0–107.
M.L. King: Bin-Habib 5-7-0–35, (name unavailable) 0-1-0–0.
RECEIVING
Wilson: Case 5-80, Kline 2-5, Welmaker 2-1, Jones 1-16, Valukevich 1-5
M.L. King: Keith 1-24, Reed 1-6, Norton 1-4, Wimber 1-2, M. Robinson, M 1-(-1).
