Playing their final regular season home football game Friday night, the Greenville Comets defeated Gillespie 50-0.
The win puts the Comets back over the .500 mark with a 4-3 record.
GHS was in control from the start of the contest, scoring six touchdowns in the first half to lead 43-0 at halftime. The Comets scored again to open the second half when Demetrius Lucas returned the kickoff 82 yards.
Lucas also posted two touchdowns in the opening half on runs of seven and 44 yards. Drake Graber had a 36-yard touchdown run, and Neil Baum got into the end zone on a three yard run.
Quarterback Bauer Ackerman threw two touchdown passes, one for 23 yards to Aiden Linnabary, and the other for 35 yards to Isaiah Matthews.
Graber kicked six extra points, and Nolan Prater scored on a two-point extra point run.
The Comets defense shut down the Gillespie offense, as the Miners had a total of three yards. The visitors did not complete a pass, and ran the ball 31 times.
The GHS offense had 216 yards rushing and 88 yards passing. Baum led the running game with 72 yards, Graber had 66 and Lucas 64. Ackerman completed eight of 10 passes. Matthews caught three for 39 yards. Linnabary also had three receptions, totaling 23 yards.
Ceagan (keegan) Slater and Graber recovered Gillespie fumbles, and Benjamin Wittig fell on a Comet fumble on a kickoff. TJ Moungo got the ball on a kickoff that Gillespie failed to cover.
The varsity Comets play at Southwestern this Friday night.
