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LOOKING FOR A PATH … Archbold running back Noah Gomez looks for an opening in the first half against the Bryan Golden Bears. VIEW 129 PHOTOS OF THIS CONTEST ONLINE FOR FREE AT WWW.THEVILLAGEREPORTER.COM. (PHOTOS BY FORREST R. CHURCH, STAFF)
Archbold 37 Bryan 8
Defending league champion Archbold jumped on Bryan early and rolled to a 37-8 victory at home. The Bluestreaks struck quickly with 12-yard scoring run by Noah Gomez with 8:56 left in the first quarter to make it 7-0.
The Archbold defense got into the scoring in the second quarter as Karter Behnfeldt had an interception return that covered 24 yards for a touchdown to make it 13-0. Quarterback DJ Newman accounted for the next Archbold score by going 68 yards thru the air to Brandon Taylor to stretch the lead to 20-0.
The Golden Bears got on the board then when Ethan Wasson fired a 14-yard scoring strike to Carter Brown and after the two-point conversion it was 20-8. Gomez added a one-yard touchdown run to close the first half and then Newman ran 68 yards for a touchdown in the third quarter to keep Archbold in control at 34-8.
Newman finished 9/17 for 142 yards and ran the ball nine times for 102 yards. Korbin Shephard topped the Bryan offense with 70 yards on 16 carries.