Jefferson-Morgan overcomes slow start
MAPLETOWN — Jefferson-Morgan fell behind 14-0 in the game’s first eight minutes, but the Rockets responded by reeling off the next 50 points en route to a 50-21 win over Mapletown in a Class A Tri-County South Conference game Friday night.
Houston Guesman passed for two touchdowns and ran for another, Collin Biseglia had a pair of second-half TD runs and Deakyn Dehoet caught a scoring pass and returned the second-half kickoff for a touchdown.
The Rockets improved to 3-1 in the conference and 4-3 overall. J-M has won three straight.
A.J. Vanata, back after being sidelined for several games with an injury, helped Mapletown (0-4, 2-5) forge the 14-0 lead. He threw TD passes for 21 yards to Roger Gradek and 64 yards to Evan Griffin.
J-M finally got going when Guesman threw a 44-yard TD pass to Jaymison Robinson. John Woodward’s 12-yard scoring run made it 14-14.
The Rockets took the lead on Guesman’s 46-yard pass to Dehoet, and Guesman added a 24-yard scoring scamper.
Dehoet returned the second-half kickoff 85 yards for a touchdown.
Guesman rushed for 122 yards on 11 carries.
Vanata completed eight of 16 passes for 134 yards.