East Hamilton’s offense scored in each quarter, the defense held Cumberland County scoreless for 36-plus minutes Friday night and the Hurricanes waltzed away with a 24-7 Region 3-4A high school football victory over visiting Jets.
The Hurricanes got the scoring started with Jake McClure’s 32-yard field goal late in the first period.
East Hamilton (5-3, 3-1) thought it had stretch the lead about five minutes later, but 23-yard pass to Hunter Gregg from Nick Woods appeared to be a touchdown, but a pass interference negated the play.
With 36 seconds left in the first half, running back Frankie Campo, who ran just two times for 5 yards, scored from the 2.
McClure’s extra point gave the Hurricanes a 10-0 lead.
Jeffrey Coleman snagged a pass from Woods in the third period and turned it into a 51-yard touchdown – it was his only reception – with 3:08 on the clock.
The Jets (4-3, 2-1) broke through for a defensive score when McClure’s punt was blocked and Jake Kerly recovered the ball in the end zone.
The Hurricanes’ final touchdown came on a 7-yard run by David Whiteside with 7:22 remaining in the game.
Whiteside was the Hurricanes’ leading rusher with 89 yards on 22 carries.
Woods completed 11-of-23 passes for 188 yards and the two touchdowns.
SCORING
Cumberland County 0 0 0 7 – 7
East Hamilton 3 7 7 7 – 24
First Quarter
EH – FG Jake McClure, 32, 3:59
Second Quarter
EH – Frankie Campo 2 run (McClure kick), 0:36
Third Quarter
EH – Jeffrey Coleman 51 pass from Nick Woods (McClure kick)
Fourth Quarter
CC – Jake Kerley recovered blocked punt in end zone (No. 16 kick), 11:47
EH – David Whiteside 7 run (McClure kick), 7:22
YARDSTICK
CC EH
First Downs 9 16
Rushes-Yards 40-113 33-101
Passing Yards 41 188
Comp-Att-Yds 5-14-1 11-23-0
Plays-Total Yds 54-154 56-289
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 2-2
Punts-Avg 5-27.4 3-26.0
Penalties-Yds 2-15 4-55
INDIVIDUALS
RUSHING – Cumberland County: Jake Kerley 20-74, Michael Miller 4-18, Dylan Cole 3-15, Dylan Wyatt 7-10, Ben Church 2-6, Tyler Hiward 4-minus 10; East Hamilton: David Whiteside 22-89, Jayden Smith 3-10, Andrew Sturdivant 4-5, Frankie Campo 2-5, Jeffrey Coleman 2-minus 8.
PASSING – Cumberland County: Hiward 5-14-1 41; East Hamilton: Nick Woods 11-23-0 188.
RECEIVING – Cumberland County: Wyatt 1-16, Hayden Woody 2-14, Kerley 1-9, No. 5 1-2; East Hamilton: Coleman 1-51, Hunter Gregg 3-45, Tyler Blum 1-30, Sturdivant 2-23, Blake Aldredge 1-17, Whiteside 2-12, Huichan Yun 1-10.
(E-mail Larry Fleming at larryfleming44@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @larryfleming44)