Southern Tier Sports ReportELMIRA HEIGHTS — In a matchup of a pair of top three ranked teams in the state, the No. 3 ranked eight-man team Edison football team fell behind early and came up short against No. 1 Waterville/Hamilton 56-28.
Both teams entered the game unbeaten on the year.
Waterville/Hamilton jumped out to a 20-6 lead after one quarter, and they scored 21 fourth-quarter points to seal the win.
Waterville struck first just 1:39 into the game when Ian Carney scored on a 42-yard run, and Carney had an 18-yard run at 6:27 with Kian Mayne hitting the extra point to make it 13-0.
Jace Schiller scored on a 29-yard run with 2:59 left in the quarter and with just 6.1 seconds left in the quarter Mayne had a three-yard run and hit the extra point.
Schiller scored on a 27-yard run with 6:45 left int he half and he had the two-point run to make it 20-14.
Just 12 seconds later Rylan Stanton scored on an 84-yard kick return and Mayne hit the extra point to make it 27-14 Waterville.
Paxton Hoover hauled in a 25-yard touchdown from Schiller with 1:10 left in the half and Schiller hit Bentley Stroman on the two-point try to make it 27-22 at the half.
Waterville drove into field goal range, but Hoover got a hand on the kick to keep it a five-point game at the half.
Schiller gave Edison their first lead with 6:17 left in the third on a two-yard run to put the Spartans up 28-27.
Carney had a six-yard run with 1:16 left in the third and he had the two-point run to put Waterville/Hamilton up 35-28.
A penalty pushed Edison back on their next drive and after the stop by Waterville Mayne had a 23-yard run with 5:23 left to put Waterville/Hamilton up 42-28.
Waterverille tacked on a one-yard Mayne run with 2:17 left and he had the kick and then Malte Raupp returned a fumble 19 yards just 11 seconds later and Mayne hit the extra point.
Schiller had a big game for the Spartans, running for 266 yards on 37 carries. He also was 9-for-19 for 85 yards.
Hoover ran for 68 yards on eight carries and he had four grabs for 37 yards. Stroman had a 20-yard catch, James Haskins had an 18-yard catch and Tanner Buchanan had a 12-yard catch. Connor Lasko had two grabs.
Mayne ran for 96 yards on 16 carries, while Ian Carney had 90 yards on six carries, while Ethan Kimball had four carries for 78 yards. Carney was 5-for-9 passing for 60 yards. Rylan Stanton had a 40-yard catch and Ryan Mosher and Brycen Kilts both had a pair of catches in the game.
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