Wolverines strike quickly, take control early, get starters out and turn it over to the rest; Hill held out for precautionary reasons
By Riverview Sports News
DEPTFORD – Woodstown went on the road, took control of the game early and got the chance to get a lot of players meaningful minutes.
The Wolverines scored four touchdowns on their first six plays and rolled over Deptford 49-7 for their third straight win.
“Complete execution like I have never seen us have,” Woodstown coach John Adams said. “It was insane. I was like we just scored four touchdowns in six plays; we don’t even do that in practice.”
The Wolverines’ starters played most of the first half, with the second unit going in late in the second quarter and playing the entire second half.
That situation gave cousin quarterbacks Max Webb and Jack Holladay the chance to play significant minutes in the same game. Webb completed all six of his pass attempts for 140 yards and three touchdowns.
“Max Webb was just on fire,” Adams said. “Orlandini the one time was wide open, but all the other ones Max just like threaded the needle. They had good coverage on us, he just made the right decisions, stepped up in the pocket and then halfway through the second quarter the varsity was out.”
While the starters were in the game, lead back Bryce Belinfanti had six carries for 95 yards and two touchdowns. Backup Alex Torres followed him with 12 carries for a career-high 120 yards and two touchdowns. Zach Bevis caught two touchdown passes and the Wolverines’ defense collected four takeaways, including opening the game with an interception.
“It was awesome,” Adams said of getting so many players in the game. “We got to get our next quarterback in for a series with our varsity guys and then we started subbing in a lot of other seniors who we have who don’t start. And then our JVs were in there for a good portion of the second half and they played really well, too.”
It wasn’t all rosy, however. Wolverines’ star running back James Hill was on the sideline in street clothes and did not play. He was set to start Friday in his first game back from off-season surgery on his right knee, but the coaches held the 3,000-yard career rusher out for precautionary reasons after he felt something uncomfortable in his left knee jumping to avoid a ball in gym class earlier in the week.
Woodstown 49, Deptford 7
| Woodstown (3-0) | 28 | 14 | 0 | 7 – | 49 |
| Deptford (0-3) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 – | 7 |
Scoring plays
W – Carter Orlandini 38 pass from Max Webb (Jake Ware kick)
W – Bryce Belinfanti 12 run (Jake Ware kick)
W – Bryce Belinfanti 51 run (Jake Ware kick)
W – Zach Bevis 46 pass from Max Webb (Jake Ware kick)
W – Zach Bevis 8 pass from Max Webb (Jake Ware kick)
W – Alex Torres 13 run (Jake Ware kick)
W – Alex Torres 24 run (Jake Ware kick)
D – 57-yard run (kick good)
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