Southern Tier Sports ReportThe Corning Hawks football team went on the road and picked up a division win over Ithaca, 45-14.
John Graham had a pair of first-quarter touchdowns to get things started for the Hawks.
Graham had a seven-yard score at 10:01 of the opening quarter and he scored at 4:02 on an 80-yard touchdown run. Casey Hale had the two-point run to put Corning up 14-0. Hale then scored on a 35-yard touchdown and had the two-point run as the Hawks led 22-0 after one quarter.
Ithaca got a 61-yard touchdown run by Eddie Peck to cut the deficit to 22-6 at 10:18 of the second quarter.
Keegan Kelly had a 16-yard touchdown and ran in the two-point try at 7:00 and Graham had his third score of the half, running in from 33-yards out with 2:32 left in the half.
The Hawks went into the half up 38-6. Kelly had a six-yard run and Caleb McGee made the extra point at 4:12 of the third quarter.
Peck had a two-yard score and ran in the two-point try to cap the scoring with 10:36 left in the game.
Graham ran for 170 yards and three scores on 12 carries and Kelly had 134 yards and a pair of scores on nine carries. Hale ran for 98 yards on eight carries, with a touchdown.
Jaydon Craft ran for 30 yards and Jacob Deneka ran for 19 yards.
Damon Vosburgh had six tackles, including a tackle for a loss and Nate Bretch had six tackles and three passes defensed.
Kelly had five tackles, 1.5 tackles for a loss and two passes defensed. Deneka, Cam Anderson and Keegan VanCise all had four tackles.
Peck had 20 carries for 155 yards and two scores for Ithaca and Leo Fiorello was 13-for-27 for 112 yards passing for the Little Red.
Naasir Hakim-El Cardona had six grabs for 72 yards for Ithaca.
“Proud of the effort that the kids made tonight,” Corning coach Mike Johnston Jr. said. “Had a few guys that didn’t play, because they were banged up. We need to get healthy. We have a big game at Aquinas next Friday night at 6 p.m.”
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