FOOTBALL
WELLS AT FREEPORT
September 17, 2022
Dominic Buxton rushed for the go-ahead touchdown early in the third quarter, Conner Whitten added two scoring runs, and Wells stopped a last-minute drive by Freeport to secure a 35-28 football win Saturday night in Freeport.
Buxton’s 9-yard TD run gave Wells (3-0) a 21-14 lead. Sam DeMauro made it 28-14 when he intercepted a tipped pass and returned it 7 yards for a touchdown.
After Jordan Knighton’s second TD run for Freeport (2-1) cut the margin to 28-21, Griffin Brickett answered with a 3-yard touchdown run in the fourth.
Knighton’s first touchdown was an 80-yard run at the end of the first half that tied the game at 14-14.
Freeport also scored on a 21-yard pass from Aidan Heath to Nick White in the first quarter and a 10-yard run by Cooper DeLois in the fourth.
WELLS 35, FREEPORT 28
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | F | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wells (3-0) | 6 | 8 | 14 | 7 | — | 35 |
| Freeport (2-1) | 6 | 8 | 7 | 7 | — | 28 |
First Quarter
- F—White 21 pass from Heath (PAT failed)
- W—Whitten 10 run (rush failed)
Second Quarter
- W—Whitten 3 run (Brickett rush)
- F—Knighton 80 run (White rush)
Third Quarter
- W—Buxton 9 run (kick good)
- W—DeMauro 7 interception return (kick good)
- F—Knighton 2 run (kick good)
Fourth Quarter
- W—Brickett 3 run (kick good)
- F—DeLois 10 run (kick good)
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