By: Joe Shouse, Sports Writer
HAVILAND – Last Friday the Wayne Trace Raiders had the opportunity to draw even in the Green Meadows Conference. Unfortunately for the red, white, and blue a combination of the Raider offense not showing up and Tinora recording two first quarter touch downs — it was that was needed for the Rams to sneak past the Raiders 13-6.
With the win the Rams improve their overall mark to 4-2 and 2-1 in the GMC. For the Raiders, missed opportunities and mistakes, moves the Raiders to 2-4 overall and 1-2 in league play.
Offensively, Wayne Trace managed just 91 total yards of offense. Quarterback Cole Morehead threw for 83 yards on 12-18 and two interceptions. Tucker Antoine collected five passes with Derrek Dangler, Ezra Sinn and Race Price each hauling in two grabs each. Morehead also accounted for eight-yards rushing.
The lone Raider score came in the second quarter with 3:47 showing on the clock when junior Landon Foltz picked up a blocked punt and returned it 23-yards for a Raider touchdown. With the special teams coming up with the score the Raiders trailed 13-6 but there would be no scoring in the second by either squad.
Tinora’s first touchdown came on a 28-yard drive on seven plays. The Ram’s capped off their first touchdown when quarterback Gavin Eckert found the endzone on a one-yard scamper. The extra point by Jacob Bishop was good and the Rams were on top 7-0 with 4:47 remaining in the first quarter. The sluggish offensive play by the Raiders quickly turned the ball back over the Rams who would again take advantage. From the Raider’s 41-yard line the Rams marched down the field. A key play during the drive came when Dominik Graziani connected with Brandon Edwards for a 33-yard TD strike to increase the Rams advantage 13-0, still in the first quarter.
In the contest Tinora managed 165 yards of offense with Edwards totaling 79 rushing yards on 18 totes along with 30 receiving yards on just two receptions. Dallas Dachenhaus added 30-yards on the ground on 11 attempts.
