Irondequoit adjusts after injury for bounce-back win: Section V's top games from Thursday

Not long after Irondequoit's first offensive series, the Eagles had to go to a back-up plan for moving the football.

Sticking with the team's running game worked Thursday night, leading to a 24-6 win in Section V Class A for the Eagles over Webster Thomas.

"We are pretty balanced," Irondequoit coach Dan Fichter said while praising the team's players for adjusting. "Tonight, we had to run the ball. It was forced fed early when you’re quarterback gets hurt."

Eagles quarterback Taiden Makubire left the game with an injury that Fichter neither shared or elaborated on. Steven Clinkscales replaced Makubire, adding to Irondequoit's rushing attack with quarterback keepers around the edges of the Webster Thomas defense.

Irondequoit scored all of its points in the first half. Using a group of players to carry the ball while pushing downfield out of tight formations, the Eagles finished with 243 rushing yards.

Jordan Nolan had two rushing touchdowns and Cameron Freeman finished with 105 yards on 21 carries for the Eagles (5-1 overall record). Irondequoit, playing on its homefield, bounced back from its first loss of the season last week, 21-20 in overtime at Victor.

Irondequoit took control after the Eagles and Webster Thomas put together good opening drives. The Eagles got a 23-yard field goal by Samuel Hittepole. Webster Thomas went from its 26-yard line to the Irondequoit 2, when the Titans lined up as if to kick a field goal.

When the ball was snapped, Thomas quarterback Levi Kulik sent a shovel pass or pitch ahead but the ball ended up skipping into the hands of Cameron Miller at the Irondequoit 1. Miller ran the interception down along his team's sideline for a 99-yard touchdown.

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Myles Wynn finished with 51 rushing yards on eight carries, Nolan 21 yards on 11 attempts. The Eagles play at Webster Schroeder on Oct. 13.

The Webster Thomas Titans (2-4) hope to stop a three-game losing streak Oct. 13 when they host Churchville-Chili.

Spencerport 14, Brockport 6

The Rangers (3-3) scored both of their touchdowns in the first quarter on a two-yard run by Jahyleen Quick and Jack Vickers' one-yard rush.

Nate Parker took a direct snap and punched it in from three-yards out to put the Blue Devils (1-5) within a possession with less than seven minutes remaining.

The Blue Devils marched into Spencerport territory threatening to tie the game, but Aiden Grinnell intercepted a tipped ball to seal it for the Rangers with nine seconds left.

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Canandaigua 48, Wilson/Early College 6

Three touchdowns in the first quarter and three more in the second was more than enough for Canandaigua to improve its record to 4-2.

Canandaigua running back Tre Comella reached the end zone after one-, two-, 12- and 56-yard runs. Drew Williamee threw a nine-yard touchdown pass to Sean Olvany that gave Canandaigua a 21-6 lead with 1:58 remaining in the first quarter.

Canandaigua led 41-6 at halftime, after Dom Gullace returned a punt 65 yards for another score in the second quarter.

Wilson/Early College looks for its first win of the season Oct. 12, during a home game against Greece Arcadia at Rochester Community Sports Complex.

Canandaigua plays the next day, at Brockport.

This article originally appeared on Rochester Democrat and Chronicle: Section V football: Top games from Thursday Oct. 5 2023