Blazing start, five touchdowns from Whitney, break Trenton’s losing skid

Trenton High School senior halfback Jaren Whitney scored the first two times he touched the football, scoring four touchdowns in the first 6 1/2 minutes of play on Friday night, part of a five-touchdown explosion in a 48-12 Bulldog victory over Polo, on Friday night at C.F. Russell Stadium.

The first season for Whitney came just 20 seconds into the contest, as Tom Johnson had the play-by-play call:

After the Bulldog defense forced a three-and-out by Polo, the Trenton offense, after a short punt, took the football at the 44 yard line:

Whitney added a five yard scoring run with 6:19 remaining in the opening quarter, and a 13 yard score just 48 seconds later.  A Polo scoring pass of 9 yards from Thompson to Fitzwater broke a month-long scoring drought for the Panthers, leaving the score 28-6 after one quarter.

Trenton opened the second quarter using misdirection to open Dalton Burchett for a 10 yard touchdown run, pushing the lead to 35-6.  Later in the quarter, needing a big play to get into scoring position, with less than a half-minute remaining until the break, senior quarterback Sam Schilling looked to go deep:

With the second half played mostly in “running clock”, the Bulldogs got a one-yard touchdown run by Mark Trump with 36 seconds remaining in the third quarter, with Polo’s Wyatt Segar scoring on a one yard keeper with 7:48 to go in the game, leaving the final score 48-12.

For Trenton, Whitney finished with 162 yards rushing and Trump 138, as the Bulldogs improve to 1-7 on the season, and 1-5 in GRC play.  Polo is now 0-8 on the year, and 0-6 in the GRC.  Trenton will play at Maysville, while Polo will host Milan, on Friday night, October 25th, to finish the regular season.

The scoreboard from Friday, October 18, 2019:

Gallatin 20, Princeton 14 (Gallatin ties Princeton for second place in GRC at 5-1)

South Harrison 22, Milan 14 (OT) (South Harrison takes lead in the GRC race at 6-0)

Putnam County 28, Maysville 7 

Lawson 36, Penney 7 

Mid-Buchanan 49, West Platte 0 

Lathrop 61, Plattsburg 0 

North Platte 39, East Buchanan 20 

Chillicothe 35, Wyandotte 7 

Maryville 28, Savannah 14

Lafayette 46, St. Pius X 13

Cameron 39, Benton 28 

Holden 42, Carrollton 21

Higginsville 14, Lexington 6

Richmond 50, Knob Noster 7 

Marceline 36, Westran 0 

Paris 47, Schuyler County 0 

Fayette 54, Salisbury 16

Scotland County 44, Harrisburg 34

Highland 28, Knox County 22

South Shelby 28, Brookfield 20 

Palmyra 22, Macon 8 

Clark County 42, Monroe City 0 

Centralia 62, West Hancock 20 

Moberly 14, Kirksville 12

Hannibal 63, Marshall 15

Mexico 42, Fulton 6

8-MAN:

North Shelby 92, Pattonsburg 88 (Highest scoring game in Missouri high school football history)

Bishop LeBlond 58, Braymer 6

Albany 44, King City 40

North Andrew 86, Worth County 46

East Atchison 80, Stanberry 12

Orrick 72, Osceola 18

South Holt / Nodaway-Holt 54, Rock Port 26

Southwest Livingston 64, Northwest Nodaway 14

Stewartsville 20, Platte Valley 14

Mound City 50, DeKalb 12