Cougars wear down Riverside, go to 4-0 and grab share of Horizon Division lead
By Riverview Sports News
PITTSGROVE – Four games into the season two things have become quite clear about the Schalick football team: The Cougars are getting closer to the complete game coach Mike Wilson is seeking and their work in the weight room is giving them an edge that simply wears people down.
That’s what they did Friday night in a 42-18 victory over Riverside for their fourth victory of the season.
“Four games in that’s who we are,” Wilson said. “We just wear on them and kind of wore them down. We just had more bullets than they did.”
Reggie Allen rushed for 172 yards and scored three touchdowns for the second game in a row. Quarterback Kenai Simmons rushed for 109 yards and two touchdowns and threw an 82-yard touchdown pass to Jake Siedlecki.
Riverside got as close as 14-12 in the third quarter, then the Cougars outscored them 28-6 the rest of the game.
“Our identity is in the weight room and I think it shows in games like that,” Wilson said. “We just wear on them. We wore them out tonight.”
The Cougars have now nine division games in a row.
Schalick 42, Riverside 18
| RIV (18) | SCH (42) | |
| 18 | 1st Downs | 16 |
| 36-170 | Rushing | 30-291 |
| 9-22-1 | Passes | 4-8-0 |
| 118 | Passing | 145 |
| 0-0 | Fumbles-lost | 0-0 |
| 1-29.0 | Punts-avg | 0-0 |
| 9-85 | Penalties-yds | 4-36 |
| Riverside (2-1) | 0 | 6 | 6 | 6 – | 18 |
| Schalick (4-0) | 14 | 0 | 7 | 21 – | 42 |
Scoring plays
S – Reggie Allen 49 run (Hunter Dragotta kick)
S – Kenai Simmons 17 run (Hunter Dragotta kick)
R – Justin Mary 4 run (PAT failed)
R – Justin Mary 13 run (PAT failed)
S – Reggie Allen 13 run (Hunter Dragotta kick)
S – Reggie Allen 15 run (Hunter Dragotta kick)
R – Justin Mary 19 run (PAT failed)
S – Kenai Simmons 55 run (Hunter Dragotta kick)
S – Jake Siedlecki 82 pass from Kenai Simmons (Hunter Dragotta kick)
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