Virginia Peninsula Game of Week #7: York Earns First Win; Topples Bruton 40-21

Ramsay Hayyat (#2) is still sitting
out after a concussion two weeks ago.
Cole Edwards threw for 236 yards
and 4 TD's in his place against
winless Bruton on Friday

YORK 40, BRUTON 21

YORK – Adam Lytle caught three receiving touchdowns from Cole Edwards to lead York to its first victory of the season 40-21 in front of a Homecoming crowd at Bailey Field.

Lytle finished the game with five catches for 220 yards, as the Falcons built up a 27-7 lead after three quarters.

Bruton clawed back into the game, scoring two early fourth quarter touchdowns to close the Falcon lead to 27-21. But Lytle’s third touchdown, a 45-yarder, and Josh Martiniez’s 39-yard scoring romp down the right sideline iced the game for York.

The opening minutes were slow paced, as both offenses struggled to move the football. However, with 2:40 left in the first quarter, York quarterback Cole Edwards, from his 9-yard line, dropped back to pass, eluded two tacklers at the front of the end zone and lofted a 35-yard pass that was caught on the left sideline by Lytle, who outran the Bruton defense to the end zone for a 91-yard touchdown.

A Bruton fumble, recovered by Noah Pascarella at the Panther 19, set up York’s next touchdown on their first play, as Edwards lofted a pass over the middle to Falcon tight end Mason Torrence who leapt for the catch and score with 3:08 left in the half. Bruton frantically drove the length of the field on their ensuing possession, covering 68 yards on nine plays. However, their 33-yard field goal attempt with one second remaining sailed wide and York took the 14-0 lead into the locker room.

York (1-5) finished with 393 total yards, while Bruton’s Greg Dockery, who replaced a shaken-up Adam McMillion at quarterback, completed 15 of 31 passes fro 170 yards. His counterpart, Edwards was 7 of 10 for 236 yards and four touchdowns.

The loss kept Bruton winless at 0-6.

BRUTON     0, 0, 7, 14 -- 21

YORK          7, 7, 13, 13 -- 40

1^st Quarter

Y – A. Lytle 91 pass from Edwards (Meade kick)

2^nd Quarter

Y – Torrence 19 pass from Edwards (Meade kick)

3^rd Quarter

Y – Norman 17 run (Meade kick)

B – Dockery 7 run (Malik kick)

Y – A. Lytle 31 pass from Edwards (kick failed)

4^th Quarter

B – Uvodich 17 pass from Dockery (Malik kick)

B – Dockery 1 run (Malik kick)

Y – A. Lytle 45 pass from Edwards (kick failed)

Y – Martiniez 39 run (Meade kick)

       Brut  York 

First downs;     13, 13

Rushes-yards;  27-121, 39-157

Passing yards;  170, 236

Comp-att-int;   15-32-2, 7-10-0

Penalties-yards; 9-85, 6-50

Punts-avg.;      7-25, 2-42

Fumbles-lost;   2-1, 3-2