COLONY — Brent Smith figured his young Crest High squad would take some lumps this year. Its first such learning experience came Thursday at the hands of visiting Pleasanton.
The Blu-Jays held Crest out of the end zone, while slowly but steadily keeping up the pressure in a 48-0 win.
The loss came in Crest’s season opener. The Lancers return to action Friday at home against Marmaton Valley in the school’s annual homecoming game.
“We just don’t have many kids with varsity experience,” Smith said. “But we have to go through this in order to get better. We’ll be all right.”
Pleasanton led 14-0 after one quarter and 22-0 at halftime. The Blu-Jays scored twice in a five-minute stretch in the third quarter to push their lead to 36-0.
Two more touchdowns, the second with 6:33 left in the game, ended the contest via Kansas’ eight-man mercy rule.
Clayton Miller led the Lancer rushing attack with 54 yards on 11 carries, followed by Codi Vermillion’s 40 yards on 14 carries. Austin Green was 1 of 7 passing, a 22-yard toss to Brandon Brallier. The Lancers rushed for 121 yards as a team.
Miller led the Lancer defense with 11 tackles. Landon Stephens added two sacks. Braden McGhee and Kellen Ramsey added one sack each.
“We showed our inexperience and youth, but we will improve as the season goes on,” Smith said.
Pleasanton 14-8-14-12—48
Crest 0-0-0-0—0
Pleasanton not very pleasant for Lancers
