Saturday, Sep. 06, 2008

Lancers drop lopsided game to Farmington, 35-2

Cahokia and Mascoutah both improve to 2-0 with victories

It was a forgettable trip to Farmington, Mo., for the Belleville East Lancers, who wound up on the wrong end of a 35-2 score.

"They had a short field all night," Belleville East coach Tim Funk said after his team fell to 1-1. "We couldn't get any first downs, and we couldn't block anybody. We couldn't control the line of scrimmage and didn't execute at all. But they're a very, very good football team, and that had a lot to do with it."

Famirngton (2-0) intercepted a pass on the Lancers' second play from scrimmage, setting up a touchdown. They scored again on a punt return for another score and the rout was on.

Farmington, which led 27-0 at halftime, also recovered a short kick and used that to set up another TD.

Belleville East got 89 yards rushing from Kevin Gettis and finished with 111 yards of total offense. Funk said senior running back Jamon Bester was held out of the game for disciplinary reasons, but also had an ankle injury.

Two Belleville East quarterbacks were a combined 0-for-8 passing with an interception.

"They dominated every facet of the game," Funk said.

East's lone points came when the Farmington quarterback was tackled in the end zone for a second-half safety.

Cahokia 33, Alton 14

Cahokia (2-0) got two quick touchdowns from Deonta Beverly, and Jimmie Hunt and moved to 2-0 with a nonconference win over Alton (1-1).

Beverly scored on a 29-yard run and Hunt scored on a 3-yard TD pass from Patrick Ivy. Beverly added a 7-yard TD run before the first half ended.

Hunt and ivy hooked up on a 40-yard touchdown pass late in the game, and Cahokia's Rodney Scott added a 55-yard TD run.

Mascoutah 39, Centralia 29

Melvin Banks ran 15 times for 161 yards and scored four touchdowns as Mascoutah (2-0) battled its way past upset-minded Centralia (0-2).

Matt Milton returned the opening kickoff 88 yards for a Mascoutah touchdown and later caught a 9-yard TD pass from Austin Givens. Banks also scored on a 25-yard punt return, while Cody Stevenson had an 87-yard kickoff return for a Centralia TD.

Granite City 33, Jerseyville 15

Troy Fox scored two touchdowns and ran for 137 yards on 14 carries to help lead Granite City (2-0) past Jerseyville. Lavonce James added 85 yards rushing for the Warriors.

Freeburg 38, Carlyle 13

Alex Fricke thew for 209 yards, throwing two touchdowns and running for another as Freeburg knocked off Carlyle (1-1) in a Cahokia Conference game. Matt Henrick caught two TD passes for Freeburg (2-0).

Wesclin 7, Red Bud 0

Luke Gruender's 26-yard touchdown pass to Tony Bechtoldt with 7:14 remaining lifted Wesclin (2-0) to a Cahokia Conference win over Red Bud (1-1).