CARBONDALE — Santa Fe Trail accumulated 490 yards rushing and 540 yards total offense in a 48-6 high school football pasting of Basehor-Linwood on Friday night.
Santa Fe Trail (3-0) led just 6-0 at halftime but exploded for 22 points in the third quarter and 20 points in the fourth.
"We got stopped two or three times in the second quarter," Santa Fe Trail coach Bob Von Stein said. "We got rolling in the second half."
Justin Ramsdell, who scored Santa Fe Trail's first touchdown on a 6-yard run, totaled 140 yards rushing on 12 carries. Daniel Prost, who scored on runs of 25 and 85 yards in the fourth quarter, had 125 yards on four carries.
Kevin Sharp also scored on runs of 1 and 4 yards. Ryan Hulings returned a pass interception 35 yards for a touchdown, and Jim McFarland returned a punt 87 yards for a score.
Basehor-Linwood's only touchdown came when Josh Kimlin recovered a fumble and returned it 71 yards.
Santa Fe Trail 48, Basehor-Linwood 6
Basehor-Linwood 0 0 0 6 -- 6
Santa Fe Trail 6 0 22 20 -- 48
SFT -- Justin Ramsdell 6 run (kick failed)
SFT -- Ryan Hulings 35 pass interception return (Kevin Sharp run)
SFT -- Jim McFarland 87 punt return (Tim Badger kick)
SFT -- Sharp 1 run (Badger kick)
B-L -- Josh Kimlin 71 fumble recovery (kick failed)
SFT -- Sharp 4 run (kick failed)
SFT -- Daniel Prost 25 run (Badger kick)
SFT -- Prost 85 run (Badger kick)
McLouth 43, Highland 0
Highland -- Matt Kesinger rushed for 135 yards and a touchdown on 14 carries, Chase Coffin completed nine of 12 passes for 161 yards and two TDs and Aaron Gardner recorded two interceptions, one of which he returned 41 yards for a score as McLouth blanked Highland.
Highland surprised the Bulldogs (2-1) when it opened in a single-wing offense.
"We'd heard about it, but we'd never played against it before," McLouth coach Gerard Aligo said. "They're in a tough situation. They're down to about 17 kids, so they're running an offense that will make them survive.
"Things you normally would run don't work. You tell your guys to fill the gaps, but there are no gaps. Everybody's toe-to-toe. At the beginning, they were getting some yardage, but the kids made good adjustments once we figured out what the heck was going on."
In addition to his 41-yard interception-return touchdown, Gardner scored the first TD on an 18-yard rush. Shane Duncan and Derek Peterson caught the touchdown passes from Coffin.
McLouth will travel to Jackson Heights next Friday.
McLouth 43, Highland 0
McLouth 14 16 13 0 -- 43
Highland 0 0 0 0 -- 0
McL -- Aaron Gardner 18 run (kick fail)
McL -- Gardner 41 interception return (Matt Kesinger run).
McL -- Shane Duncan 26 pass from Chase Coffin (Kesinger run).
McL -- Gardner 14 run (Kesinger run)
McL -- Kesinger 11 run (Kesinger kick)
McL -- Derek Peterson 21 pass from Coffin (kick fail)
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