EASTON – Easton Area’s Kyle Bambary rushed for 133-yards to lead the Red Rovers over Phillipsburg in the 107th Annual Turkey Day game at Fisher Field Thursday morning.
After giving up 42 points last weekend to Parkland, it was Easton’s defense that set the tone today. On P’Burg’s first drive of the game, Cameron Casciole sacked Phillipsburg’s Tyler Troxell to end their drive.
After the P’Burg punt, Easton went 45-yards on four plays to take a 7-0 lead over Phillipsburg. Shane Simpson had runs of 5 and 23 and Bambary finished the drive off with a two-yard touchdown run with 7:40 left in the first quarter.
Late in the first half, Easton’s kicker Matt Semanick had a 26-yard field goal hit the left upright. Easton still led 7-0 with 2:43 remaining in the first half.
Phillipsburg’s Joe Maso fumbled the ball and Joey Ford recovered it on the P’Burg 33.
Easton had to settle for a 25-yard field goal by Semanick. The Red Rovers went into halftime with a 10-0 lead.
Easton dominated the stats at halftime with 174 total yards to 41.
In the third quarter neither offense was doing much, until Easton decided to go on 4th down and one from its 30-yard line. Phillipsburg’s defense came up with the stop with 2:52 left in the third quarter.
Anthony Guarino had an eight-yard touchdown run that cut Easton’s lead to 10-7 with 0:45 seconds left in the third quarter.
With 6:52 remaining in the game, Easton’s Justin Best intercepted a Troxell pass on the P’Burg 44.
The Red Rovers capped off a 10-play, 44-yard drive to go up 16-7. On fourth-and-goal, Quarterback Brad Wilkins hit Shane Simpson for a 3-yard touchdown pass with 2:29 left in the game.
Easton’s Michael McLeane forced a fumble on Troxell and Nick Raso recovered it on P’Burg 45. Easton ran out the clock to preserve the win. This is their third straight win over P’Burg.
NOTE: Easton’s defense did a good job today. They gave up 106 total yards. On offense they had 293 total yards.
Easton’s Kyle Bambary had 133-yards and one touchdown. Shane Simpson had 85 yards rushing. Quarterback Brad Wilkins had 66-yards passing and one touchdown.
P’Burg was led by Joe Maso who rushed for 69-yards. Quarterback Tyler Troxell passed for 62 yards.
