By ANDREW FEEBACK
MONROEVILLE — After taking on the conference’s top team a week ago, the Southern Wells Raiders went north to face the league’s second-place team this week.
Just like the previous week, it went very poorly for the Raiders, who were overwhelmed 70-0 by the host Heritage Patriots.
Heritage (7-1) scored on the first play of the game with a 54-yard touchdown run by Lucas Weber. Weber then picked off a deflected pass from Trey Slusher and returned it 32 yards for a score to make it 14-0 less than two minutes in.
Southern Wells put together a drive that lasted more than six minutes, but ended with Weber intercepting another pass from Slusher.
The Patriots picked up first downs on three straight plays before Eli Tigulis threw a 20-yard pass to Zeke Litchfield, and it was 21-0.
Braden Walter’s 17-yard touchdown run opened the Patriots’ second-quarter onslaught, and Walter followed that up with a 55-yard punt return score.
When Litchfield’s touchdown run made it 42-0, the teams agreed to a running clock the rest of the way.
Tigulis threw two more touchdown passes before the half was over. The first one was a 22-yard strike to LanTae Cassel, and the other was an 11-yard pass to Greyson Mullins.
Following Weber’s third interception of the half, Preston Moore got loose for a 49-yard burst as the half ended to put Heritage up 63-0.
Southern Wells had two possessions reach the red zone in the second half, but both ended with fumbles.
Heritage got its final points on a six-yard touchdown run from C’Jay Barnett.
For the Raiders, Slusher completed 9-13 passes for 99 yards.
Southern Wells will host South Adams on Friday night.
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HERITAGE 70,
SOUTHERN WELLS 0
At Heritage
Score By Quarters
So. Wells 0 0 0 0 — 0
Heritage 21 42 0 7 — 70
Scoring Summary
First Quarter
H—Lucas Weber 54 run (Cam Rauner kick), 11:45.
H—Weber 32 interception return (Rauner kick), 10:23.
H—Zeke Litchfield 20 pass from Eli Tigulis (Rauner kick), 2:57.
Second Quarter
H—Braden Walter 17 run (Rauner kick), 11:37.
H—Walter 55 punt return (Rauner kick), 8:36.
H—Litchfield 17 run (Rauner kick), 6:29.
H—LanTae Cassel 22 pass from Tigulis (Rauner kick), 6:11.
H—Greyson Mullins 11 pass from Tigulis (Rauner kick), 3:20.
H—Preston Moore 49 run (Rauner kick), 0:00.
Third Quarter
No scoring.
Fourth Quarter
H—C’Jay Barnett 6 run (Rauner kick), 0:30.
Team Statistics
SW HER
First Downs 8 11
Rushes-Yards 26-41 28-299
Yards Passing 99 64
Passing (C-A-I) 9-13-4 4-6-0
Penalties-Yards 5-25 4-25
Fumbles-Lost 4-3 0-0
Punts-Average 3-30 1-38
Time of Possession 27:01 20:59
Individual Statistics
Rushing: Southern Wells, Trey Slusher 15-31, Leeland Goodnight 1-2, Lyrik Maddox 1-0, Alden Dollar 3-(minus 2), Levi Blake 3-3, Bryson Williams 1-1, Robby Freimuth 1-10. Heritage, Lucas Weber 3-71, Braden Walter 4-75, Preston Moore 1-49, Zeke Litchfield 1-17, Bryson Berg 9-33, C’Jay Barnett 4-3, Brady Boyle 5-37, Dominic Ferguson 1-16.
Passing: Southern Wells, Slusher 9-13-4-99. Heritage, Tigulis 4-6-0-64.
Receiving: Southern Wells, Maddox 4-28, Goodnight 2-50, Blake 1-5, Clayton Peterson 1-13, Dollar 1-3. Heritage, Litchfield 1-20, LanTae Cassel 1-22, Greyson Mullins 1-11, Walter 1-11.
