Wyoming-47 Mariemont-7

The Wyoming Cowboys (6-2) picked up their 5th straight win in a row on Thursday night, blowing out the Mariemont Warriors(5-3) at home by a score of 47-7. This 40 point win puts the 'Boys average margin of victory at 42.5 points, a stunning stat that they hope to maintain in the last two weeks of the season. This was a historic game for QB Will Marty, as he broke the Wyoming school record for career touchdown passes.

The game started well for the Cowboys, picking up a two score lead by the end of the first quarter. Marty got on the board first with his legs, scoring on a 17 yard carry. He ended his day with 113 rushing yards on 22 attempts. The ground game succeeded again in quarter one, as RB Terrell Dailey leaped the pile from the 1 yard line to put the score at 14-0.

In the 2nd quarter, the Cowboys lost a long drive when Marty threw his lone interception of the night to Warriors DB Collin Widecan, whose pick started the drive that ended with a 18 yard touchdown pass from Kane Coates to David Cowart. Coates finished the game 6/16, with 67 yards a TD and an INT. Wyoming finished off the quarter strong however, with Dailey getting his second TD on a 5 yard run. Dailey finished the night with 60 yards on 21 attempts and the 2 TDs. This rushing attack was split almost down the middle for the Cowboys, with 22 carries for Marty and 21 carries for Dailey. 

The 3rd quarter was scoreless for both teams, and the score stayed at 21-7 until Duke Brunke caught a 7 yard pass in the corner of the endzone to go up by 21 early in the fourth frame. It was in this quarter where the Cowboys pulled away from their opponents. Needing only one score to break the tie between him and former Cowboy Kyle Seyfried in passing TDs, QB Will Marty earned his place in the record books after slinging his 66th career TD to WR Dominic Vamosi on a 28 yard connection. Marty finished up with 316 yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT.

  With the score now at 34-7, the Cowboys kept the foot on the gas pedal with two defensive TDs on consecutive plays. First, Hudson Rogers scooped up a failed handoff inside Warrior territory and returned it 33 yards for the score. Rogers finished the day with 9 tackles and the FR. After the kickoff, the first play from scrimmage was a handoff that was immediately bottled up at the line of scrimmage. In the standup pile, Sophomore DB Mason Rogers was able to strip the ball away from the Mariemont back, where it caromed off of 2 players and squirted out to the open field where speedster and DB Jalen Fox picked it up and took it 20 yards for the touchdown. Fox was also part of the pair of Cowboys with Interceptions on Thursday, along with Junior DB Parker Chalmers.

 The Cowboys wrap up their home games this week against the CHL's 2nd place team, the Indian Hill Braves (4-4). Look for my preview later this week.