Wayne, W. Va. — Wayne ( 1-0 ) rushed to a 33-6 victory over Tolsia ( 0-1 ) in the regular season opener on Friday night at Pioneer Field.
#58 Kyndul Kincaid, #1 Dakota Blackburn led the way for #5 Robert Evans first down run.
On the first drive for Wayne QB Eli Haffer scored from 20 yards out on fourth down to give the Pioneers the early 6-0 lead.
In the 2nd quarter Kaiden Hayton rumbled in from 23 yards out to make it 12-0 Wayne with 9:53 to go before halftime.
With 1:13 to go before halftime Hayton scored on a 1 yard plunge and Trey Hayton found Jake Davis for the two point conversion and it was 20-0 Pioneers.
After a Rebel punt Wayne extended the lead to 26-0 on a Hayden 63 yard TD on the last play of the half.
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With 8:50 to go in the game the Rebels avoided the shutout when Dakota Blackburn found Robert Evans who scampered 17 yards for a touchdown to make it 26-6.
Wayne set the final score of 33-6 on a Jayden Wayman 5 yard touchdown and Peyton Lowe extra point with just over a minute left.
Robert Evans was the leading rusher with 82 yards on 20 carries, Dakota Blackburn 14 attempts for 68 yards Elijah Ekers 2 carries 6 yards.
Blackburn was 3 for 8 passing for 59 yards and 1 touchdown. Evans was 1-1 for 26 yards.
John Jarrell 2 catches for 42 yards, Garrett Edwards had one catch for 26 yards, Evans had 1 catch for 17 yards.
#53 Hunter Ramey, #50 Chase Napier bring down the Wayne ball carrier as #24 Dylan Stroud and #13 Garrett Edwards close in.
Defensive Stats for the Rebels, Evans had 6 tackles, John Jarrell picked off a pass and had 5 tackles, Hunter Ramey and Dylan Stroud had 5 tackles each, Peyton Rice and Jessie Jarrell had 4 tackles each, Danny Ray Ferguson, Chase Napier and Ekers had 3 tackles each, Garrett Edwards 3 tackles and 1 pass breakup, Greyson Golden: 2 tackles, 1 pass breakup, Landon Spence had 3 tackles.
The Rebels will remain on the road at Sissonville ( 0-1 ) for a rare Thursday night affair.
Wayne will travel to Scott ( 0-1 ) on Friday night.
Tolsia Head Coach David Thompson
COACH’S COMMENTS
“… I thought we play played pretty decent even though the score doesn’t look like it. We gave up two big plays right before halftime that changed the game completely and that just can’t happen. We moved the ball but couldn’t finish the drives off. Made too many mistakes and that cost us big time.”
“… The second half we controlled the ball like we wanted to in the first half. Give Wayne credit they made the plays and we didn’t.”
“… We have a short week with Labor Day and a road game on Thursday at Sissonville. They have struggled the past couple of years but have a new coach and some nice transfers and took Sherman right down to the wire in a high scoring game. We have to play mistake free to have a chance to win.”
