Senior Dustin Ross ran for 136 yards and two touchdowns and eclipsed 1,000 yards rushing for the second straight season in Bainbridge-Guilford's 24-0 Section Four Football Conference non-division victory over visiting Seton Catholic Central on Friday.
Ross finished the season with 1,018 yards in helping the Bobcats to a 5-4 record.
"Our line just controlled their line," B-G coach Tim Mattingly said. "Our backs hit the holes and we just nickel-and-dimed them all the way down the field."
Brad Hurlburt, who had 101 yards on the ground on 16 attempts, capped B-G's opening 11-play, 80-yard drive with a 3-yard scoring run.
The speedy Ross finished the Bobcats' second drive with a 65-yard touchdown run. Ross went off tackle to the right, made a defender miss and at the 20, he cut back across the field, avoiding three more defenders en route to the end zone.
"It was a heck of a run," Mattingly said.
Ross' 19-yard touchdown in the second quarter and Justin Pepper's two-point conversion capped the scoring.
"It was a good way to end the season and a great send-off for our seniors," Mattingly said. "Obviously, we'd much rather end the season at 5-4 than 4-5."
Oneonta High fell, 21-14, at Vestal on Friday. No other information was available.
B-G 24, Seton CC 0
Seton CC0 0 0 0 _ 0
B-G16 8 0 0 _ 24
B _ Brad Hurlburt 3 run (Dustin Ross run)
B _ Dustin Ross 65 run (James Banta pass from Justin Pepper)
B _ Dustin Ross 19 run (Justin Pepper run)
Seton Catholic Central rushing: Alex Skojet 12-44, James Hranek 5-(-28), Dan Gosney 4-3, Sean Lindley 1-(-2), Adrian Davis 1-0, Chris Furner 1-8.
Bainbridge-Guilford: Dustin Ross 18-136, Justin Pepper 10-23, Brad Hurlburt 16-101, Bill Holden 1-10, Darren Terpstra 3-10.
Seton Catholic Central passing: James Hranek 8-for-24, 104 yards, 1 int.
Bainbridge-Guilford passing: Justin Pepper 0-for-3, 1 int.
Seton Catholic Central receiving: Joseph Martin 5-76, Chris Furner 2-13, Alex Skojet 1-15.
{"HeadlineLight14"/}Cross Country
Section Three State Qualifier
Cooperstown's boys finish sixth out of 18 teams in the Section Three Class D race at Jamesville Beach County Park.
Ben Resnick's 11th-place finish led the Redskins, who compiled 194 points. Beaver River won with 43.
Resnick completed the 3.1-mile course in 17 minutes, 59 seconds _ one minute behind winner Matt Cheney of Beaver River.
"It was the best race I've ever seen him run, no question," Cooperstown coach Jessie Ravage said of Resnick.
Cooperstown's Paul Kennedy finished 24th in 18:49.
On the girls side, Cooperstown finished seventh with 186 points in a meet won by Fabius-Pompey with 52.
Nichole Wischoff finished in 22:04 to place 13th for the Redskins. Sarah Fanion was the second Cooperstown runner to cross, finishing in 23:41 to place 41st.
No Cooperstown runners qualified for the state meet.
Section Three State Qualifier
at Jamesville Beach County Park
Boys Class D team scores: Beaver River 43, Oriskany 81, Weedsport 93, Fabius-Pompey 127, Onondaga 191, Cooperstown 194, Lafayette 212, West Canada Valley 282, Caito-Meridian 282, Sandy Creek 288, Hamilton 301, Port Byron 328, Poland 331, Westmoreland 372, Old Forge 378, New York Mills 405, Remsen 405, Utica Notre Dame 420.
Winner: Matt Cheney (BR) 16:59 over 3.1-mile course.
Cooperstown runners: 11, Ben Resnick 17:59; 24, Paul Kennedy 18:49; 44, Will Reis 19:32; 62, Jimmy Scrafford 20:17; 73, Zachary Fanion 20:39; 81, Clark Dickson 20:52; 85, George Landon 21:10; 107, Henry Bauer 22:15; 115, Dashiel Kieler 22:30; 128, Ryan Bennett 23:20.
Girls team Class D scores: Fabius-Pompey 52, Beaver River 65, Remsen 85, South Lewis 116, Weedsport 153, Utica ND 183, Cooperstown 186, LaFayette 189, Caito-Meridian 236, Port Byron 285, West Canada Valley 294, Oriskany 308, Poland 349, Sandy Creek 383, New York Mills 403.
Winner: Victoria Campanian (SL) 19:45.
Cooperstown runners: 13, Nichole Wischoff 22:04; 41, Sarah Fanion 23:41; 45, Ariel Powers 23:58; 49, Anna Weber 24:34; 68, Julia Robinson 25:51; 109, Hannah Scrafford 31:08.
