Gallery by Brian Ferguson
Oak Hill – Oak Hill picked up 19 first downs, rushing for 292 yards in a 26-13 home victory over Greenbrier East Friday in Oak Hill. The Red Devils relied on a stable of players in the victory with five different backs rushing for over 40 yards.
Ethan Vargo-Thomas led the way for Oak Hill with 88 yards on 13 carries while also throwing a touchdown pass. JD Mauritz scored two rushing touchdowns to supplement the effort.
Outside of Ian Cline’s efforts, the Spartans struggled on offense. The all-state running back ran for 99 yards and caught two passes for 11 yards and a touchdown.
Oak Hill improves to 4-3 and will travel to Buckhannon-Upshur next week while East falls to 2-4 with Ripley heading to Fairlea on Friday.
GE (2-4): 0 7 7 6 – 13
OH (4-3): 0 13 13 0 -26
Scoring Plays
Q2
OH: Mauritz 5 rush (Vargo-Thomas kick), 8:21
GE: Davis 9 yard pass from Bennett (Dotson kick), 2:53
OH: Jackson 19-yard pass from Vargo-Thomas (Kick blocked), :39
Q3
OH: Vargo-Thomas 9 rush (kick blocked), 6:59
OH: Mauritz 10 rush (Vargo-Thomas kick), :13
Q4
GE: Cline 8-yard pass from Bennett (run fails), 8:49
Individual Statistics
Rushing – GE: Monquelle Davis 3-(minus 4), Ian Cline 17-99, CW Sturgell 2-46; OH: Omar Lewis 10-41, Alex Baxter 12-49, Alex Colaiseno 3-(minus 6), JD Mauritz 11-59-2, Ethan Vargo-Thomas 13-99-1, Malachi Lewis 12-61
Passing – GE: Monquelle Davis 0-3-0-0-0, Gavin Bennett 7-16-77-2 TD-2 INT; OH: Colaiseno 1-3-19, Vargo-Thomas 2-3-37-1 TD-0 INT
Receiving – GE: Monquelle Davis 2-32-1, Lucas McCallister 3-34, Ian Cline 2-11-1; OH: JJ Braylan Thomas 1-19-1, Vargo-Thomas 1-19, M. Lewis 1-18