Round Up: Tigers Dominate Hiram, Making Up for the Loss to Wabash

The Wittenberg football team, ranked 25th in the nation, is in a must-win situation every time out the rest of the season. In their first game since losing at Wabash on Oct. 11, the Tigers were dominating in a 66-0 home win over Hiram on Saturday.

Wittenberg got three touchdowns rushing from junior tailbackRaymar Hampshire (Lima, Ohio/Elida), two touchdowns receiving from sophomore wide receiver Jered Glover (Middletown, Ohio/Middletown) and three touchdowns passing from junior quarterback Ryan Holmes (Oxford, Ohio/Talawanda). The Tigers jumped out to a 49-0 lead before halftime and put it in cruise control, running reserves in and out of the game throughout the second half.

The scoring started with a one-yard jaunt by Hampshire. That was followed by a five-yard scoring pass from Holmes to Glover, a four-yard touchdown run by freshman fullback Tyler Harmon (Indianapolis, Ind./Perry Meridian) and an 18-yard TD burst by Hampshire to make the score 28-0 at the close of the first quarter. In the second quarter, senior wide receiver Skip Ivery (Columbus, Ohio/Groveport-Madison) scored on a 14-yard pass from Holmes, Glover added a 22-yard scoring reception and Hampshire capped his day with a 56-yard scoring run.

In the third quarter, sophomore wide receiver Ryan Stafford (Carmel, Ind./Carmel)hauled in his first career touchdown on a seven-yard pass from sophomore quarterback George Andress (Mansfield, Ohio/Senior) and freshman tailback Joe Brumfield (Springfield, Ohio/Kenton Ridge) added a 12-yard touchdown run. In the fourth quarter, sophomore kicker Justin Bockbrader (Columbus, Ohio/Franklin Heights) hit a 32-yard field goal to provide the final score of the game.

Individually, Wittenberg was paced by Hampshire's 134 rushing yards on just 13 carries, while Brumfield finished with his first career 100-yard game as he added 104 yards on 18 carries. Holmes finished 9-of-11 for 105 yards and Andress added five completions in six attempts for 40 yards and a touchdown. Ivery finished with five receptions for 62 yards to lead the receiving corps. Defensively, senior linebacker Gary George (Cincinnati, Ohio/Purcell Marian) finished with seven tackles, including one for a four-yard loss and freshman linebacker Devon Combs (Columbus, Ohio/South) added a career-high six tackles.