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With fullback Payton Slade main the way in which for senior operating again Xander Hind, the Cardinals are practically unstoppable.

Hind ran 39 occasions for 340 yards and a landing, and likewise caught a 16-yard rating as Randolph opened Class D play with a 35-18 victory over Clymer/Sherman/Panama on Friday night time.

“(Xander) desires to hold the load,” Randolph head coach Brent Brown mentioned. “So we let him carry the load.”

Operating behind the surge of Jacob Dexter, Sterling Skye, Elial Bryan, Dillon Schrader and Ryan Carpenter up entrance, Hind was capable of acquire a number of yards earlier than contact every time he carried the ball.

Wolfpack’s Alex Barmore runs away from Hind with certainly one of his three receptions.
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“We had been telling them this sport was on their backs as a result of we’re a ground-and-pound crew,” Hind mentioned of his teammates. “The linemen ate up right this moment. It was on the linemen’s shoulders and the tight ends and fullbacks. … They had been insane.”

As soon as the Wolfpack made contact, Hind did the remainder of the work, breaking a number of tackles on his solution to one other Week 2 spotlight efficiency. Final season, in a 36-26 Week 2 victory over Franklinville/Ellicottville, Hind ran 44 occasions for 330 yards and 4 touchdowns because the Cardinals jump-started their Part VI championship marketing campaign.

“I saved attempting to place any individual in,” Brown mentioned, “however he simply saved wanting to remain in there.”

C/S/P was a stiff check for Randolph on Friday and would have been within the sport late if not for a pair of drives that reached the 1-yard line earlier than the Wolfpack was solely capable of come away with 3 factors.

“We obtained down contained in the purple zone a few occasions and didn’t rating,” Wolfpack head coach Ty Harper mentioned. ” … That’s fairly irritating.”

Randolph’s Ryan Carpenter (65) seems to be for any individual to dam throughout Friday’s Class D sport towards Clymer/Sherman/Panama in Randolph.
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Sophomores Tate Catanese and Bryce Hinsdale had record-breaking performances for C/S/P in defeat. Catanese accomplished 23 of a record-setting 40 makes an attempt for 346 yards with Hinsdale breaking the document for receptions with 13 en path to 148 yards.

“In the beginning of the sport he may need been a bit of bit overwhelmed … however he obtained higher as the sport went on. He undoubtedly obtained his legs underneath him and confirmed lots of management on the market,” Harper mentioned of Catanese, including, “Bryce Hinsdale was clearly phenomenal.”

Slade scored the primary factors of the sport on a 15-yard landing run after an 80-yard drive that was keyed by a 22-yard run by Hind. Maverick Adams added the 2-point conversion run and the Cardinals led 8-0 after the primary quarter.

The Wolfpack transformed a pair of fourth downs on their subsequent drive and had a first-and-goal from the 2-yard line earlier than a third-down sack pressured them to accept a 24-yard subject purpose by Hinsdale.

Hind had runs of 24 and 28 yards on Randolph’s subsequent drive earlier than quarterback Carson Conley scored on an 8-yard run that made it 14-3 with 5:49 left within the second quarter.

“He’s an unimaginable participant. I’ve been doing this for some time now and he’s nearly as good a again that I’ve coached towards. He runs onerous,” Harper mentioned of Hind. “It’s very tough to convey him down with the primary tackler. We in all probability didn’t do a ok job of gang tackling tonight.”

C/S/P struck rapidly on the following drive as Catanese hit Hinsdale for twenty-four yards and Dylan Michael for 15 yards earlier than a 42-yard landing move to Alex Barmore on second-and-20 made it 14-10 after a Hinsdale PAT.

“I feel Alex goes to be a very particular participant. You’re seeing flashes of it each week,” Harper mentioned. “As quickly as he places all of it collectively and begins realizing the kind of participant that he’s, I feel you will see him take off.”

The Cardinals regained their two-score lead shortly after halftime as Conley adopted up a 33-yard run by Hind with a 1-yard keeper that made it 21-10 after the primary of three Griffin Nelson point-after kicks.

The Wolfpack’s ensuing drive once more ended on the 1-yard line on an incomplete move they usually drove so far as the Randolph 21-yard line on their subsequent drive, however one other fourth-down move fell incomplete.

“It’s a must to give them credit score, that child threw the ball properly. We had some stress coming untouched and he removed the ball earlier than we obtained there,” Brown mentioned of the Wolfpack. ” … They performed to the bitter finish and made a sport out of this.”

Hind’s landing catch made it 28-10; C/S/P’s Trent Burchanowski scored on a 1-yard run on fourth all the way down to make it 28-18; and Hind closed out the sport with a 4-yard landing with 1:41 remaining.

“I believed our guys battled tonight,” Harper mentioned. “There have been undoubtedly issues we may’ve achieved higher on each side of the ball.”

First place in Class D will once more be on the road subsequent week as Randolph travels to Franklinville to tackle the Titans, who beat Wilson 36-16 on Friday.

“Each sport is large,” Hind mentioned, “however these two video games with the rivals are big.”

Clymer/Sherman/Panama 0 10 0 8 — 18

Randolph 8 6 7 14 — 35

Ran–Slade 15 run (Adams run)

C/S/P–Hinsdale 24 subject purpose

Ran–Conley 8 run (move failed)

C/S/P–Barmore 42 move from Catanese (Hinsdale kick)

Ran–Conley 1 run (Nelson kick)

Ran–Hind 16 move from Conley (Nelson kick)

C/S/P–Burchanowski 1 run (Hinsdale move from Catanese)

Ran–Hind 4 run (Nelson kick)