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    KIRTLAND—The Kirtland Hornets got off to a fast start in Friday’s Chagrin Valley Conference showdown with Independence.

    The Hornets scored four first quarter touchdowns and cruised to a 48-3 win over the Blue Devils.

    “Obviously, we’re trying to improve every week and every day,” said Kirtland coach Tiger LaVerde. “There were things we could have improved on and that’s kind of what we’re looking for right now. We just want to try to play hard and compete every day.”

    After being forced to punt on the opening possession of the game, the Hornets scored on their next four to lead 28-0 after the first quarter.

    Joey Bates scored the first of his two touchdowns on a 1-yard run with 4:15 to play in the first. Joey Torok added a 3-yard run a minute later and David Allchin broke a 55-yarder on the first play of Kirtland’s fourth possession. Owen Lewis closed out the quarter with a 3-yard scoring run. Sanjay Sundararajan booted all four extra points.

    Bates added a 20-yard scoring run in the second quarter and Jake Knox punched it in from the 1 to give the Hornets a 41-0 lead before Independence’s Evan Collins booted a 44-yard field goal as time expired in the half.

    Gaige Ward closed out the scoring for the Hornets with a 1-yard run in the third quarter.

    Bates led the Hornets with 207 rushing yards on 18 carries.

    “For us to move forward and become a really good football team we need Joey Bates to be healthy and running hard,” LaVerde said. “He’s getting healthy. He looked good in Week 1 against Chagrin Falls with 196 yards then he got dinged up and battled some injuries. This is the best he’s looked in a few weeks.”

    Independence’s Kyle Stefanski threw for 71 yards with Trevor Thompson hauling in four passes for 31 yards.

    Kirtland improved to 5-1 overall and 3-0 in the Chagrin Valley Conference. The Hornets travel to Cardinal on Friday.

    “We’re 100-percent focused on trying to make our kids better each and every day,” LaVerde said.

    Independence, who dropped to 2-4, hosts Hawken on Friday.

     

     

     

    Steve Harehttps://www.ohiovarsity.com
    The creator and publisher of OhioVarsity.com, Hare has covered high school sports in Northeast Ohio since 1997. He began as a correspondent for the Lake County News Herald, where he contributed until 2011, primarily covering high school football and wrestling. In 1999, Hare began writing for IrishIllustrated.com, a member of the Scout.com network of high school and college sports web sites. He focuses on covering Notre Dame football recruiting. OhioVarsity.com was created in 2004 and was a member of the Rivals.com network until 2012. The site's original purpose was to cover Ohio high school football and recruiting news but since has grown to cover all sports and to provide sports information services to high school athletic programs and individual teams. Hare attended Willoughby South High School through the middle of his senior year, then graduated from Berkshire High School in Burton in 1986. He played football, wrestled and was an all-Geauga county baseball player (1986). He lives in Chardon with his wife Paulette and their children.
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