Kentucky High School Football - Anderson beat South Oldham
August 18, 2023: Crestwood, KY 40014 The Anderson Raptors football squad scored 44 points and restricted the host South Oldham Dragons to 15 in the Raptors non-league victory on Friday.
The Raptors now possess a 1-0 record. They put it on the line next when they host Loveland for a Eastern Cincinnati battle on Friday, August 25. Anderson will play a Tigers squad coming off a 31-16 non-league loss to Middletown (Middletown, OH). The Tigers record now stands at 0-1.
Coming up next, the Dragons play the Nelson County Cardinals (Bardstown, KY) in a non-league battle, on Friday, August 25. South Oldham will attempt to advance on its 0-1 season record. The Cardinals enter the battle with a 1-0 record after their 37-6 non-league win over Bullitt Central (Shepherdsville, KY).
First Quarter
Anderson jumped out to a 14-0 lead early thanks to two Justice Burnam touchdown passes. The first came 2:34 into the game, when Burnam connected with senior wide receiver Brodey Berg for 25 yards to put the Raptors up 6-0. Anderson went for two, and extended the lead to eight via a Jack Sammarco reception. With seventeen seconds left in the quarter, Burnam found Trace Jallick for a 2-yard touchdown pass, but the two-point conversion pass attempt was no good and Anderson's lead held at 14 to close out the first.
Second Quarter
An 18-yard Cole Greenwell run and an Aiden Oerther extra point pulled South Oldham to within a touchdown with a little under eight minutes left in the half, but Anderson quickly struck back on a 21-yard pass from Burnam to Jallick for his second touchdown of the game. Sammarco caught the 2-point try and Anderson led 22-7. With 3:35 left in the first half, Burnam once again found Brodey Berg for an 18-yard touchdown and Landon Goethe tacked on the extra point. Nineteen seconds later, Anderson scored their final points of the half on a 25-yard connection from Burnam to Sammarco, and a TJ Nelson rush on the two-point try. The touchdown was Burnam's fifth passing touchdown of the half and ensured 37-7 Anderson lead going into the locker room.
Third Quarter
With 4:32 left in the third quarter, Justice Burnam found Mike Smith on an eight-yard touchdown pass, and Goethe added the extra point (his second make in two attempts) of the night to give Anderson a 44-7 lead.
Fourth Quarter
With 4:25 remaining in the game, Nick Hamilton rushed for a 4-yard touchdown to give South Oldham their second touchdown of the game. A Cole Greenwell rush on the two-point conversion made it 44-15 Anderson, and that's what the scoreboard read as the clock hit zeros on Friday night.
