Homer takes down Seward

The Homer football team defeated Seward 52-0 in Homer Saturday.

Senior running back David Drake led the Mariners on the ground with 244 yards on 33 carries and three touchdowns.

Jake Fraley, Homer's junior quarterback, tossed two touchdown passes to seniors Steven Stead and Adam Crum, and Crum returned an interception from Seward signal caller Ryan Gardner 32 yards for another touchdown.

The Mariners scored a safety in the third period when Jonah Swiderski stepped out of his own end zone with 3:34 left in the quarter. Homer converted four out of six 2-point conversions.

HOMER 52, SEWARD 0

Seward 0 0 0 0 --0

Homer 6 12 18 16 --52

1st Quarter

Hom -- Drake 66 run (pass failed), 7:09

2nd Quarter

Hom -- Drake 53 run (pass failed), 4:10

Hom -- Stead 1 pass from Fraley (run failed), 0:48

3rd Quarter

Hom -- Crum pass from Fraley (2-point conversion), 6:05

Hom -- Safety, 3:35

Hom -- Drake 4 run (2-point conversion), 0:24

4th Quarter

Hom -- Crum 32 INT return (2-point conversion), 11:58

Hom -- Drake 1 run (2-point conversion), 3:35

Seward Homer

First downs 4 20

Rushes-yards 19-23 54-336

Passing yards 119 51

Return yards 53 40

Passing 11-22-2 5-15-2

Punts-avg 7-24.1 1-20

Penalties-yards 8-54 8-85

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Rushing -- Seward: Swiderski 6-26, Conlin 3-12, Gilmore 7-9, Webber 1-(-2), Gardner 2-(-22). Homer: Drake 33-244, Crum 11-47, Hawkins 8-42, J. Fraley 1-4, McKinney 1-(-1).

Passing -- Seward: Gardner 9-20-2-81, Swiderski 1-2-0-38. Homer: Fraley 3-12-2-16, McKinney 2-8-0-35.

Receiving -- Seward: Elhard 2-75, Swiderski 6-42, Conlin 1-3, Gilmore 1-(-1). Homer: Stead 2-26, Adams 1-11, Drake 1-10, Crum 1-4.