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2002 Chenango Forks Varsity Football

Game 3 vs Dryden -  CF wins 30-6!

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The Ithaca Journal

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CHENANGO FORKS 30, DRYDEN 6

Matt Juriga tossed a pair of touchdown passes and Chenango Forks' defense had two safeties in defeating visiting Dryden in a Division IV matchup.

Juriga tossed touchdown passes of 21 yards to Chris Spencer and 57 yards to Nick Mirabito.

The pass to Mirabito gave Forks a 24-6 lead late in the third quarter.

The Blue Devils (3-0) got both safeties in the first quarter. After Forks fumbled the ball away on the Dryden 2, Juriga tackled running back Matt Grimes in the end zone for a 2-0 lead.

Forks made it 4-0 when Dryden (2-1) muffed a punt return and recovered the ball in its end zone.

Steve Tronovitch's 44-yard touchdown run in the second quarter put the Blue Devils up, 11-0.

Kelsey Jenks ran for 80 yards and a touchdown to lead a Forks' running attack, which piled up 315 yards.

Forks defeats Purple Lions

Ithaca Journal Staff Reports

CHENANGO FORKS -- Dryden took a strong running game and a strong run defense into Saturday's matchup against Class B state finalist Chenango Forks.

And the Blue Devils beat up on both of them.

Three Chenango Forks runners rushed for more than 50 yards as the Blue Devils piled up 315 rushing yards, and the Purple Lions were held to 24 yards rushing as Chenango Forks defeated Dryden 30-6.

Chenango Forks (3-0) took advantage of two Dryden miscues in the first quarter and converted them into two safeties for a 4-0 lead.

From there, the Blue Devils' running game and quarterback Matt Juriga opened up a 24-6 lead and the Purple Lions (2-1) never threatened in a game marred by a combined 21 penalties for 222 yards. Chenango Forks was penalized 14 times for 155 yards.

"It was one of the hardest-hitting games I've ever been a part of," said Dryden coach Eric Hartz. "They even said after the game that no one had hit them as hard as we did."

Hartz said Jeff Lang, who played quarterback, wide receiver, defensive back and kicker/punter for the Purple Lions, played a great game for his team.

Lang led Dryden to its only score, hooking up with Kyle Haines for a 40-yard touchdown pass in the third quarter.

"Jeff had a great game for us," Hartz said. "He did everything. He threw a couple interceptions, but the positives far outweighed the negatives."

1 2 3 4   Tot
Chenango Forks 04 13 07 06 - 30
Dryden 0 0 6 0 - 6
  • CF - Safety, Grimes tackled in end zone
  • CF - Safety, Dryden recovered own fumble in end zone
  • CF - Tronovitch 44 run (kick failed)
  • CF - Spencer 21 pass from Juriga (T. Batty kick)
  • CF - Mirabito 57 pass from Juriga (T. Batty kick)
  • D -  Haines 40 pass from Lang (pass failed)
  • CF - Jenks 7 run (kick failed)

TEAM STATISTICS 

Dryden CF
First Downs 6 19
Rushes-Yards 16-24 55-315
Passing Yards 118 78
Comp-Att-Int 7-26-4 2-7-1
Punts-Ave yards 4-42 4-38
Fumbles-Lost 1-1 5-1
Penalties-Yards 7-67 14-155
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Dryden rushing:  

  • Grimes 10-15
  • Bergen 3-5
  • Stull 1-1
  • Bennison 1-0
  • Jerome 1-3

Chenango Forks rushing:  

  • Jenks 16-80, 1 TD
  • Juriga 10-53
  • Mirabito 6-30
  • Spencer 5-18
  • Tronovitch 5-60, 1 TD
  • T. Batty 3-26
  • Voorhis 2-14
  • Stephens 3-12
  • Babcock 3-15
  • Pendleton 2-7

Dryden passing

  • Lang 3-for-17, 53 yards, 1 TD, 3 int
  • Bennison 4-for-9, 62 yards, 1 int.

Chenango Forks passing: 

  • Spencer 0-for-3, 0 yards,1 int
  • Juriga 2-for-4, 78 yards, 2 TDs

Dryden receiving: 

  • Haines 5-73, 1 TD
  • Lang 2-42

Chenango Forks receiving:  

  • Spencer 1-21, TD
  • Mirabito 1-57, TD

JV Score: CF 32-0
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