PATTON — Forest Hills scored early and often, building a 40-point lead at halftime and racking up 577 yards of total offense en route to a 60-0 trouncing of Cambria Heights on Friday night.
“That’s a good football team over there,” Cambria Heights coach Justin Myers said. “I really don’t know if I see them losing the rest of the year. I could see them going to the district title game and winning it.”
Forest Hills got going early, moving 56 yards on six plays on its first possession, which ended on Scott Mehall’s 5-yard touchdown run.
Cambria Heights found some good fortune later in the quarter as Tyler McLaurin recovered a Dustin Geyer fumble after a 26-yard run to put the Highlanders in business at their 24.
However, they gave possession right back, as the Rangers stripped Jeremy Priester of the ball and recovered at the Cambria Heights 22.
Mehall made the Highlanders pay, running for a touchdown on the next play. Pat Donoughe’s kick made it 14-0 with 2:52 left in the first quarter.
“We have to learn to put the ball in the end zone,” Myers said. “We get the ball on a fumble and give it right back, mistakes you can’t make.”
It was all Rangers the rest of the way.
On the next series, quarterback Zack Glessner found Geyer on a deep route as he outran the defenders for a 64-yard scoring strike to go up 21-0.
Forest Hills scored three more times in the half.
“We had a little too much gear for Cambria Heights,” Forest Hills coach Don Bailey said. “They have a long way to go, but Justin will get them there.”
Mehall turned in another big night for the Rangers, carrying 10 times for 247 yards and three touchdowns, including a 65-yard run to open the third quarter.
“Scott is really coming into his own right now. He had a nice game last week, and I’m sure he had well over a hundred (yards Friday night),” Bailey said, “He has good speed and good moves in the open field and is a good size player at 195 pounds.”
The Rangers mostly used second- and third-string players in the second half, but the result was still the same as they scored three more touchdowns.
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