KINGS MILLS, Ohio– Anderson remains the only unbeaten team in the ECC, defeating Kings 49-24 on the road on Friday night. The Raptors blew the game wide open in the second quarter, scoring three touchdowns after trailing 10-7. Owen Scalf earned the Mercy Health Most Valuable Player with 413 passing yards and seven touchdowns. Wide receiver Tysin Weaver had 190 yards and four touchdowns. Fellow wide receiver Tegan Jallick had two touchdowns and 124 yards. Brady Kuhn finished with 12 tackles, 1.5 tackles for loss, and a pass deflection. The Raptors defense had seven tackles for loss, six pass deflections, and three sacks as a unit.
Grant Nurre had 242 total yards (128 passing, 114 rushing) and two touchdowns(1 passing, 1 rushing) for the Knights. Mason Alley had eight tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss. Kings had eight tackles for loss, three pass deflections, two sacks, and a fumble recovery as a unit on the defensive side of the ball. Logan Burke had a forced fumble, which led to a fumble recovery and touchdown for Jaylon Jones late in the game.
Kings got on the board first with a 26-yard touchdown pass from Grant Nurre to Jaxon Frisk less than three minutes into the game. Anderson responded with a 12-yard touchdown pass from Owen Scalf to Tysin Weaver less than two minutes later to tie the game at 7. Noah Magrino kicked a 23-yard field goal early in the second quarter to give the Knights a 10-7 advantage. Tysin Weaver caught back-to-back long touchdowns, one from 43 and one from 60 to give the Raptors a 21-10 lead. Anderson would strike again with a Tegan Jallick 28-yard touchdown catch with 38 seconds remaining in the half to give the Raptors a comfortable 28-10 lead going into half.
Jallick was not done, catching a 54-yard touchdown pass just 30 seconds into the second half to extend the lead to 35-10. Grant Nurre stopped the bleeding a few minutes later by rushing for a 9-yard touchdown, but Brayden Moore would catch a 43-yard touchdown pass just a few plays later to give Anderson a 42-17 lead at the end of the third quarter. Owen Scalf would find Tysin Weaver for a 65-yard touchdown with a little over three minutes into the fourth quarter to balloon the lead to 49-17.
Anderson had 478 yards of total offense, 19 first downs, and converted on six of their twelve third down attempts. Kings had 241 yards of total offense, 11 first downs, and just converted on three of their 15 third down opportunities.
Anderson improves to 5-0 overall and 4-0 in conference play. They will welcome in Milford next Friday at 7 p.m. Kings falls to 4-1 overall and 3-1 in ECC play. They will travel to take on Lebanon next Friday at 7 p.m.
Written by Eli Altherr