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 7Â
Lawson 36, Penney 7Â
Mid-Buchanan 49, West Platte 0Â
Lathrop 61, Plattsburg 0Â
North Platte 39, East Buchanan 20Â
Chillicothe 35, Wyandotte 7Â
Maryville 28, Savannah 14
Lafayette 46, St. Pius X 13
Cameron 39, Benton 28Â
Holden 42, Carrollton 21
Higginsville 14, Lexington 6
Richmond 50, Knob Noster 7Â
Marceline 36, Westran 0Â
Paris 47, Schuyler County 0Â
Fayette 54, Salisbury 16
Scotland County 44, Harrisburg 34
Highland 28, Knox County 22
South Shelby 28, Brookfield 20Â
Palmyra 22, Macon 8Â
Clark County 42, Monroe City 0Â
Centralia 62, West Hancock 20Â
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
