Kenton rolls past Elida to stay unbeaten

Source: The Lima News, OhioOct.self storage 12--ELIDA -- The Kenton offense operates like a fine-tuned machine.Most opposing defenses cannot even react quick enough to defend the Wildcats' hurry-up, spread offense.In Friday's matchup with Elida at Kraft Stadium, Kenton's offense was running in high gear as the Wildcats got out quickly, en route to a 48-2 rout over the Bulldogs.With the win, Kenton improves to 7-0 overall and 6-0 in the Western Buckeye League. Elida slips to 4-3, 3-3.Kenton quarterback Grant Sherman sliced up the Elida secondary for 534 yards and six touchdowns on 36-of-44 passing.Kenton wide receiver Justin Sawmiller broke the national high school career reception record Friday, catching 12 passes for 156 yards and a TD. Sawmiller also ran for a score. He came into Friday's contest with 350 career catches and needed nine to break the record. Colyn Blackford led Kenton with 11 catches for 197 yards and two TDs."Weather-wise it was a nice night," longtime Kenton coach Mike Mauk said. "It gave us a chance to get out and try to go a little bit faster than what we've done in the past."We wanted to get out and get a lot of completions down the field. I thought they did a good job of defending us. The game was close there until about the middle of the third quarter, but we were able to make the plays and I thought that was a keymini storagepart of the game."After Kenton scored on the opening drive of the game -- a 65-yard scoring drive that took a little more than a minute off the clock -- Elida then controlled the clock for most of the first quarter.However, Kenton got it going in the second quarter and pulled out to a 28-0 halftime lead. Sherman passed for 278 yards in the first half."That's the one thing you just cannot simulate in practice (the tempo). ...You can't simulate how fast they go," Elida coach Jason Carpenter said. "That's faster than they have ever started a game, when you look at the films."They came out quick on their first drive. Then, I thought we settled down a little bit. Our offense actually drove the ball really well in the first quarter. We threw everything we had at them in the first quarter. We just couldn't capitalize."Elida quarterback Logan Alexander completed 11 of 26 passes for 103 yards.Sawmiller said he wasn't thinking about the national record."I didn't even think about it, until at the end of the game," Sawmiller said. "People were congratulating me. I wasn't really sure what they were talking about. It felt good, but it wasn't on my mind. I was just hoping we could get the win."Copyright: ___ (c)2013 The Lima News (Lima, Ohio) Visit The Lima News (Lima, Ohio) at .limaohio.com Distributed by MCT Information Services迷你倉