Southern Tier Sports ReportHORSEHEADS — The Horseheads Blue Raiders opened the playoffs with a 48-0 win over Binghamton on Friday to advance to the Section IV, Class A Championship game.
Horseheads led 41-0 at the half on their way to the win.
The Blue Raiders will host Union-Endicott in the final, who topped Vestal in the other semifinal.
“Great team win,” Horseheads coach Kevin Hillman said. “We’ll enjoy for the night, but then it’s time to get ready for hot UE team. We are going to have to lock in and have a great week of practice if we want to have a chance to win a title next week.
“Looking forward to it, two great programs battling it out for a section title. Doesn’t get any better.”
Jaxson Burchard had three carries in the game, two of them for touchdowns. He had a 44-yard touchdown and a 76-yard touchdown and ran for 130 yards on three carries.
Sullivan Craft had seven carries for 132 yards and a touchdown and Bryce Thomas ran for 58 yards and a touchdown on five carries. He scored on a 23-yard touchdown on the Blue Raiders first offensive play of the game.
Horseheads had 27 points in the opening quarter scoring on four of the first five plays of the game on offense.
Ben Peffer ran for 32 yards and a touchdown on three carries and Nathan Blake ran for 19 yards and Xavier Marsden had seven yards.
Lyncoln Bennett threw for 65 yards and two touchdowns, both of the touchdowns to Jack Patchett, one for four yards and the other for 24 yards to cap the first-half scoring.
Jahviee Meisner had a 27-yard catch and Peffer had two catches for 10 yards.
Thomas had seven tackles in the game and Brody O’Rourke had two tackles and a fumble recovery, nearly running it back for a score.
Patchett and Noah Gee each had five tackles.
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