WICKLIFFE—Wickliffe scored 36 first-half points in a 42-0 win over visiting East Tech on Friday.
With the win, the Blue Devils improved to 3-0.
“We told the guys we wanted to start fast and our line was moving the line of scrimmage and Isaac (Pettway) is running and Chase (Fortkamp) carried it a couple of times there and we had a pass for a touchdown,” said Wickliffe coach Marce Porcello. “You know we wanted to start fast and take an early lead if we could and that’s what happened.”
Pettway, who finished with 131 yards on just seven carries, gave the Blue Devils an early lead when he scored on an eight-yard run with 11:35 left in the first quarter. Wickliffe failed to convert its two-point try but led 6-0.
Brad Dieterich then connected with Fortkamp on a 32-yard touchdown pass and Dieterich added the extra point to push the Wickliffe lead to 13-0 with 8:50 left in the opening quarter.
A safety made it 15-0 and Pettway then scored on a six-yard run to push the Wickliffe lead to 22-0 with 5:27 left in the quarter.
Pettway added a six-yard touchdown run and Jaylen Bowers scored from eight yards out to give the Blue Devils a 36-0 halftime lead.
DeNarre McRae picked off an East Tech pass late in the first half to preserve the shutout.
Isaiah Bolon added a three-yard touchdown run in the third quarter to close out the scoring.
The Wickliffe offense totaled 331 yards while the defense surrendered just 51 yards of offense to the Scarabs and intercepted three passes in the game.
Pettway had another huge night as he averaged 18.5 yards per carry. Through three games, Pettway has carried the ball 49 times for 334 yards.
“I knew we were young up front and those guys are getting better every day,” Porcello said. “But they work really hard in the offseason and a lot of them play both ways.”
Wickliffe opens conference play on Friday when the Blue Devils host Independence.
