Dryden, Byron light up scoreboard
DRYDEN — Dryden outscored host Byron, 84-66, in a Big Thumb Conference Blue Division varsity football confrontation last Saturday afternoon.
With the decision, Dryden goes to 6-0 and 4-0. Byron slips to 3-3 and 1-3.
Byron was a physical team with some real tough guys in the backfield,” Dryden Coach Hunter Gall said. “We were able to grind it out and maintain a lead for most of the game,” he noted.
“We have a lot to clean up heading into next week’s game.”
Dryden amassed their 84-point total aided by a Gianni Coscione to Santiago Perales 47-yard touchdown pass (followed by a Coscione to Luke Taylor PAT pass); a Coscione to Perales 48-yard touchdown pass (followed by a Coscione to Taylor PAT pass); a Coscione to Perales 35-yard touchdown pass (followed by a Coscione PAT tote); a Coscione to Brady Schneider 20-yard touchdown pass; a Coscione to Taylor 20-yard touchdown pass; a Coscione to Schneider 70-yard touchdown pass (followed by an Adam Cooper PAT tote); a Coscione to Schneider 41-yard touchdown pass (followed by a Schneider to Coscione PAT pass); a Perales 70-yard kickoff return (followed by a Coscione PAT tote); a Coscione three-yard touchdown run (followed by a Cooper PAT tote); a Coscione to Perales 80-yard touchdown pass (followed by a Cooper PAT tote); and a Coscione to Schneider 38-yard touchdown pass (followed by a Cooper PAT tote).
For the evening, Coscione completed 15 of 18 pass plays for 466 yards as Dryden’s quarterback.
His successful tosses went to four different targets Perales (six catches for 232 yards), Schneider (five receptions 176 yards), Taylor (three catches for 48 yards) and Luke Kage (one reception for 10 yards) formed that group.
The Dryden ground attack managed 125 yards on 22 totes.
Individually, Schneider (five rushes for 64 yards) and Coscione (34 yards on 13 totes) led Dryden. The remaining four Cardinal rushes netted a combined 27-yard gain.
Schneider (in on 16 stops), Quinton Towell (11) plus Taylor and Coscione (10 each) posted Dryden’s top tackle outputs. Perales (in on nine stops), Callum Brown (eight) and Logan Korth (five) made their presence felt as well.
Schneider added a fumble recovery to Dryden’s cause.
Dryden will look to stay undefeated this Friday when they travel to Kingston for a Big Thumb Conference Blue Division game. That matchup lists a 7 p.m. starting time.
