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Volume 2 Issue 34 - Wednesday, September 7, 2022
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Panthers Claw Past Hawks 36-29 In Opener
PHOTO BY KARINA SERIO
By Sports Weekly Staff
On a night where turnovers and penalties kept tripping up the Panthers, the legs of Zach Ayers carried Perryville to a 36-29 victory
against visiting North Harford in their season-opener. The senior all-purpose running back, wide receiver, defensive back, kicker, and punter had a huge night for the Panthers.
As if an offensive touchdown and interception returned for a touchdown wasn’t enough, Ayers scooped up a botched snap on an extra point and ran it in, converted a fake punt for
a first down, kicked all the extra points for the evening, did the punting and on two remarkable plays ran down breakaway Hawk players, who had 20-yard leads, to stop touchdowns – one re-
sulting in a turnover. “Zach is Mr. Do Everything for us,” said Head Coach Sean Sandora about Ayers, “He really did a good job over the summer preparing his body to never come
off the field.” The Panthers opened a 22-0 lead early on their home turf, but a series of turnovers, personal fouls and unsportsmanlike penalCONTINUED ON PAGE A-5
GIRLS SOCCER: Rising Sun Lady Tigers host Harford Tech Cobras SECTION C
Elkton Overcomes 17 Point Deficit To Defeat Rising Sun
PHOTO BY DUANE GOLDSMITH
By Kevin Phillips
ELKTON-Facing an 18-point deficit to visiting Rising Sun midway through the second quarter, Elkton remained confident that it would not only get back into the game but also earn the victory. That confidence was warranted as the Golden Elks stormed past the
Tigers to earn a 40-38 victory behind quarterback Eli Latshaw’s five touchdown passes, including the goahead score to Isaiah Huffstutler with four minutes remaining, in non-divisional UCBAC football action Friday night. “Honestly, I knew we had it the whole time,” Latshaw, who also threw for
346 yards, said. “They gave us their best effort, and we just responded. We all just stayed together, and we all were ready.” Rising Sun jumped out to a 17-0 lead just 5:19 into the game thanks to touchdown runs by Mason Testerman and Gannon Russsell and a 24 yard field goal by Russell.
Despite the large deficit early in the game, Elkton head coach Matt Feeney remained calm on the sideline because he had confidence that the closeknit uint would find a way to bounce back. “It didn’t say anything to them. What I’ve said about this group from day
FIELD HOCKEY: Rising Sun shows up to support Harley Barton at first college game. SECTION D
CONTINUED ON PAGE A-6
JUNIOR FOOTBALL: Rising Sun at Cherry Hill, North East at Perryville, plus Wolfpack coverage! SECTION D
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