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Pirate ball carrier Kyzer Herres (22) leads the way to the end zone on one of his four touchdown runs in Pomeroy's 84-30 win against Dayton there last Friday. Herres packed the mail five times for 114 yards and two touchdowns, caught a 49-yard pass for a score and returned a kick off 70 yards for six.
By Loyal Baker
DAYTON–The Pomeroy Pirates finished the 2024 football campaign with an unblemished 5-0 league record with an 84-30 win over Dayton and first place in the SE1B Wheat Division, and they head to Richland on Friday to take on the also unbeaten Liberty Christian Patriots (5-0, 8-0) to secure the SE1B number one seed against NE1B rivals. It was the Bucs' highest-scoring game of the season.
The Pirates had a fight on their hands early, but Jett Slusser and Kyzer Herres combined for a series of touchdowns while the Pomeroy defense staunched the Bulldog attack and put the game out of reach.
"We struggled to contain number16 [Denver Hutchens]," commented Head Coach Kyle Kimble. "We weren't in bad position, the kid is just a play maker. Luckily, our DB's improved throughout the game and were able to limit his receptions in the second quarter through the end of the game."
Slusser was a force with 190 yards on 10 carries and five touchdowns, plus he thre for 78 yards and one touchdown with no interceptions. Slusser lead the defense with 10 solo tackles.
Herres packed the mail five times for 113 years and two touchdowns, caught a 49-yard touchdown pass and rambled 70 yards on a kick off return for a score.
In the first quarter, Slusser, rushed for the first three Pirate touchdowns on runs of 41, 15 and 32 yards. The Bulldogs looked to the Jordan McCowen-to-Hutchens combination for two of three first-quarter scores that found the Pirates with a 20-18 lead going into the second quarter.
That's when the Buccaneer defense buckled down and blanked the Bulldogs in the second quarter to build a decisive 60-18 lead. The Pirates added three more touchdowns in the second half during the running clock, and the Bulldogs added one score per quarter.
Pomeroy 84, Dayton 30 (10-25)
Pom 28 32 16 8-84
Day 18 0 6 6-30
SCORING SUMMARY:
1st Quarter
POM: Jett Slusser 47 yd Rush (TD) 6-0
DTN: Denver Hutchens 55 yd Pass from Jordan McCowen (CNV) 6-6
POM: Jett Slusser 75 yd Rush (TD) 12-6
POM: Jett Slusser 32 yd Rush (TD) 18-6
POM: Jett Slusser 3 yd Rush (CNV) 20-6
DTN: Jordan McCowen 2 yd Rush (TD) 20-12
DTN: Denver Hutchens 13 yd Pass from Jordan McCowen (CNV) 20-18
POM: Jett Slusser 8 yd Rush (TD) 26-18
POM: Boone Schmidt 3 yd Pass from Jett Slusser (CNV) 28-18
2nd Quarter
POM: Jett Slusser 25 yd Rush (TD) 34-18
POM: Jett Slusser 3 yd Rush (CNV) 36-18
POM: Kyzer Herres 65 yd Rush (TD) 42-18
POM: Jett Slusser 3 yd Rush (CNV) 44-18
POM: Jacob Reisinger 45 yd Rush (TD) 50-18
POM: Kyzer Herres 3 yd Rush (CNV) 52-18
POM: Kyzer Herres 6 yd Rush (TD) 58-18
POM: Kyzer Herres 3 yd Rush (CNV) 60-18
3rd Quarter
POM: Kyzer Herres 70 yd Kickoff Return (TD) 66-18
POM: Jacob Reisinger 3 yd Rush (CNV) 68-18
DTN: Jordan McCowen 5 yd Rush (TD) 68-24
POM: Kyzer Herres 49 yd Pass from Jett Slusser (CNV) 74-24
POM: Kaleb Miller 3 yd Pass from Jett Slusser (CNV) 76-24
4th Quarter
DTN: Dylan Brown 70 yd Rush (TD) 76-30
POM: Rory McKeirnan 53 yd Rush (TD) 82-30
POM: Vinne Vecchio 3 yd Rush (CNV) 84-30
Game Summary
Pom Day
1st Dns 16 16
Rsh-Yds 28-412 27-148
Rec-Yds 2-78 16-262
Pass Yds 78 262
Comp-Atts 2-5 16-34
TD-INT 1-0 2-1
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Pen-Yds 2-13 4-30
3rd Dn Con 1-3 6-15
4th Dn Con 1-2 2-6
FG Made-Att 0-0 0-0
Tackles 31.0 0
Sacks-Yds 0 0
Time of Possession
13:17 18:51
