Seneca East 47, Bucyrus 13

BUCYRUS — In the Northern 10 Athletic Conference opener for both teams, Bucyrus played mistake-free football in the first half and was able to hold the potent Tigers’ offense in check, as the Redmen trailed just 14-13 at intermission.

But Seneca East (4-0, 1-0 N10) roared back in the second half, putting 27 points on the board in the third quarter, and the defense blanked Bucyrus.

Quarterback Blaine Swartzmiller completed eight of 14 passes for 143 yards and two touchdowns and ran for 57 yards on nine carries and two scores to lead the Tigers’ attack.

Bucyrus (1-3, 0-1) scored on one-yard runs by Devon Newland and quarterback Ben Seibert to give the Redmen a 13-7 lead, which they held until the Tigers scored on the last play of the first half on a 28-yard pass from Swartzmiller to Jacob Hall.

Skyler Walker then returned the second-half kickoff 62 yards, setting up his four-yard touchdown run, and the rout was on.

Newland finished with 53 yards on 17 carries and Zane Seybert added 38 yards on 10 tries. Seibert was four of eight passing for 39 yards.

The Tigers outgained the Redmen, 342-142, in total yards.

Score by quarters

Seneca East     0         14        27         6   — 47

Bucyrus               6           7          0         0   — 13

 Scoring summary

First quarter

B — Devon Newland 1 run (kick failed), :12.

Second quarter

SE — Blaine Swartzmiller 5 run (Tyler Turek kick), 9:44.

B — Ben Seibert 1 run (Kyle Hamm kick), 1:16.

SE — Jacob Hall 28 pass from Swartzmiller (Turek kick), :00.

Third quarter

SE — Skyler Walker 4 run (Turek kick), 11:41.

SE — Jacob Siesel 29 pass from Swartzmiller (Turek kick) 9:16.

SE — D. J. Ruffing 12 run (Turek kick), 6:15.

SE — Elijah Riggs 37 run (pass failed), 2:39.

Fourth quarter

SE — Swartzmiller 2 run (run failed), 9:32.

Individual statistics

Passing

Seneca East: Blaine Swartzmiller 8-14-1 143.

Bucyrus: Ben Seibert 4-8-0 39.

Rushing

Seneca East: Swartzmiller 9-57, Elijah Riggs 4-49, D. J. Ruffing 5-47, Skyler Walker 6-22, Dustin Smith 2-9, Chase Berger 1-9, Wyatt Sanders 1-2.

Bucyrus: Devon Newland 17-53, Keaton Naufzinger 10-48, Zane Seybert 10-38, Harley Robinson 4-9, Seibert 7-(-8), Kyle Hamm 1-(-36).

Receiving

Seneca East: Ruffing 3-31, Jacob Siesel 2-47, Jacob Hall 1-28, Elijah Riggs 1-22, Chase Berger 1-15.

Bucyrus: Robinson 3-20, Seybert 1-19.

Team statistics

SE          B

First downs      11          13

Rushing        28-199    49-63

Passes          8-14-1     4-8-0

Yards passing  143         39

Total yards      342        142

Fumbles-lost    1-0        1-0

Punts-Avg     1-27.0     3-33.0

Penalties         8-59       2-25

Scores

Northern 10 Conference

Wynford 34, Buckeye Central 0

Colonel Crawford 49, Upper Sandusky 6

Mohawk 35, Carey 14

Other area scores

Pleasant 44, Galion 21

Fisher Catholic 50, Ridgedale 0

Ontario 28, Marion Harding 7

Clear Fork 42, North Union 14

Lexington 38, Mount Vernon 0

South Central 22, Plymouth 7

Wooster 35, Mansfield Madison 3

Ashland 48, Firelands 6

Lucas 34, Troy Christian 28

West Holmes 35, Mansfield Senior 20

Gibsonburg 28, Tiffin Calvert 26

Fremont Ross 43, Findlay 42