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McSorley, Tigers break Lone Tree
Andy Krutsinger
Sep. 19, 2018 12:50 pm
LONE TREE - Isaac McSorley did it all on Friday night as No. 2 New London flattened Lone Tree for their fourth-straight win.
McSorley had seven total touchdowns on the night and the Tigers scored the first 53 points of the game, defeating the Lions 53-6.
The Tigers led by just seven after one quarter. A one-yard run by McSorley helped New London jump out to a 7-0 advantage.
New London broke the game open in the second quarter. McSorley had a 15-yard pick-six and two more rushing touchdowns to help stretch the lead to 26-0, and then found Darius Whaley on a 60-yard strike to make it 32-0 at halftime.
McSorley scrambled for a 42-yard touchdown run to start the scoring in the third quarter. He found Whaley again, this time on a 28-yard touchdown pass, to build the lead up to 46-0. Jordan Johnson capped things off with a 33-yard touchdown run, and New London led 53-0 after there quarters.
Lone Tree scored their only touchdown in the fourth quarter, but the damage had already been done, and New London stayed unbeaten.
McSorley finished 10-17 for 240 yards and two touchdowns. He added 148 yards and four scores on the ground. Johnson had 87 yards and a touchdown running the ball, and Keontae Luckett had 39 rushing yards.
Whaley caught three passes for 121 yards and two scores to lead the receiving core. Johnson had two catches for 38 yards. Mason Porter had two catches for 28 yards. Luckett, Summerfield and D.J. Humphrey each caught one pass.
Gavin Holmes had 12.5 tackles to lead the defense. Johnson and Summerfield each had seven.
McSorley had two interceptions on the night, one of which went for a score. New London recovered four fumbles, one each by Jaxon Allen, Dylan Fisher, Luckett and Caydin Wahls.
Robert Carrillo was 5-5 on extra points in the win.
New London is now 4-0 overall and 3-0 in the district. They'll look to stay unbeaten next week when they face a Tri-County team that hasn't won a game, and has only scored six total points this season.