2019 Kennedy Award Winner Ethan Payne of Poca looks for running room. Mason Smith (24) looks to bring down Ethan Payne (22) before he hits the corner Toby Payne gets a block on Jordan Waterhouse to spring his brother Ethan around left end
Michael Toepfer and Braden Whitelatch (68) team up to stop Payne Maroon Knights’ sophomore Riley Watkins (29) looks for running room Poca QB James Cook looks for running room
Cook tries to escape the grasp of Vinnie High (24) and Whitelatch Whitelatch goes low, not allowing Cook to get the corner Payne tries to stiff arm his way through the tackle of Whitelatch
Wheeling Central’s Payton Marling goes low to bring down Ethan Miller in the open field Waterhouse provides blanket coverage on Toby Payne, denying the Dots a receiving touchdown. Waterhouse hauls in a pass from Marling on the home sideline as Jordan Wolfe defends
Waterhouse secures the second-quarter pass. The drive later stalled on a turnover. Central’s Watkins shows the only way to bring down Payne is to go low.
Vinnie High jumps the snap and gets a hit on Cook before he’s able to hand off to Payne deep inside the Central red zone. High’s hit forced a fumble that prevent a Poca touchdown.
Toepfer alertly scooped up the fumble and rumbled ahead before being tackled. Marling rolls to his left and looks for an open receiver before ultimately running for a decent gain in the second half.