by Warren Kozireski
Senior Jake O’Connell ran for three touchdowns and added another receiving while racking up 217 total yards to lead Spencerport to a 38-13 win over Greece Arcadia for Homecoming.
Spencerport opened the scoring on their first possession with an eight-play, 70 yard drive highlighted by a 19 yard run by Trent Egenlauf prior to an eight yard touchdown run off left tackle by O’Connell.
After an onside kick recovery, the Rangers made it 14-0 four plays later with a ten-yard scoring run around the left side by O’Connell.
The Rangers also scored on their next two possessions – a 50 yard TD run by O’Connell and a five play drive capped by an Egenlauf seven yard scoring run – to double their lead to 28-0.
After Arcadia finally scored late in the first half, but failed on a two-point conversion, O’Connell tallied his fourth touchdown scampering 58 yards on a pass reception from Brian Gerringer to open the second half. Brett Renzi kicked a 25 yard field goal for the Rangers’ final points.
“It was a nice win and should clinch a playoff spot,” said Rangers head coach John Dowd. “We tried to use our angles blocking with some misdirection. And we have a young quarterback in Gerringer who made some really good decisions plus some tough north to south running.”
In addition to O’Connell, Egenlauf finished with 98 yards rushing and led the defense with six tackles, Gerringer was 3-for-3 passing for 101 yards and one touchdown and Austin Coleman added 5.5 tackles.
The Rangers improved to 4-1 with the win – their best start since 2000.
