SOPHS: Batavia's Big Plays Too Much

The Bulldogs' sophomore team had too many weapons firing too early in the game for the Vikings to come back, and Geneva lost 48-35 Friday at Bulldog Stadium.

"The kids did exactly what we asked them to do—forget about the first half and win the second. It stinks to lose, but it's great to see the effort by the kids. I'm proud of them,"  coach Reed Allison said,

Trailing 34-14 going into the second half, the Vikings and Bulldogs engaged in a back-and-forth slugfest. Every time the Vikings cut the lead to 13, Batavia counterpunched with another big play.

• Honiotes threw to Dan Berendt, who made a great run and scored on a 40-yard play in the third quarter to cut Batavia's lead to 34-21.
• The Bulldogs' Tyler Miller countered with a 1-yard run with 2:09 showing in the third, to up it back to 41-21.

• Quarterback Andy Honiotes scored from 1-yard out with 5 seconds left in the third to cut the lead to 41-28.
• But Batavia's Micah Coffee scored on a 40-yard run, and Batavia took a comfortable 48-28 lead going into the fourth quarter.
• Geneva's Dan Berendt scored from 8 yards out to make it 48-35 with 6:59 left.

Geneva needed a stop or a turnover, but didn't get it, and the game ended 48-35.

In the first half, Batavia jumped to a lead it would not relinquish.

Batavia quarterback Dan Albrecht scored three times before the second quarter clock sounded, and Rourke Mullins intercepted a pass and scored, one of two Batavia picks in the first half. Geneva marched and scored twice, the second coming on a 13-yard run by Andy Honiotes in a head-over-Bulldog plunge into the end zone.

The Bulldogs took first blood in the Homecoming matchup of Upstate Eight rivals.

The sophs' record drops to 4-2 on the season, 2-2 in the UEC River Division.

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