JJ DuFour already knew what the Edgewood Football team’s offense was capable of doing.
Friday night gave everyone else a pretty good idea.
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The Edgewood quarterback delivered one of the biggest passing performances in school history, completing 18 of 21 passes for 379 yards and a school-record seven touchdowns while leading the Warriors to a 52-41 victory over the Harvey Red Raiders.
DuFour also rushed nine times for 55 yards as Edgewood improved to 2-0.
“The win obviously is the most important part, but it was really just good going out there and doing it with my best friends,” DuFour said.
The seven touchdown passes established a new Edgewood single-game record and came as part of an offensive explosion that repeatedly put Harvey’s defense under pressure.
For DuFour, the formula was simple: get the football into the hands of Edgewood’s playmakers and let them work.
“We have a lot of good wide receivers, and if I get them the football, I know they can do big things with the ball in their hands.”
They certainly did against the Red Raiders.
Four different Edgewood receivers caught touchdown passes. Willie Guyton hauled in three, Jasiah Pope caught two, while Zaiden Fox and Nolan Standle each added one.
DuFour’s longest scoring strike covered 64 yards to Guyton.
Of the seven, though, DuFour’s favorite came late in the first half.
Edgewood took possession with roughly 50 seconds remaining, and instead of simply running out the clock, the Warriors attacked.
“I think my favorite one was the one right before halftime,” DuFour said. “We got the ball with about 50 seconds left, went out there and ran a few plays, and then I had the big, around 40-yard touchdown to Jasiah.”
The performance also represented a significant step forward for Edgewood’s passing game.
DuFour entered the season with high expectations after earning Ashtabula County Player of the Year honors last season, and he believed the Warriors had the receiving talent around him to produce a dangerous passing attack.
That potential did not fully show itself in Week 1.
It certainly did in Week 2.
“It really boosts my confidence,” DuFour said. “Coming back from last year and being the Ashtabula County Player of the Year, I understood that we were going to be good, and I knew my wide receivers were good enough to do the job. In Week 1, we had a little bit of a slower start in the passing game, but going out there in Week 2 and having the kind of game we did gives us a lot of confidence going forward.”
Now the Warriors get another opportunity to show what their offense can do in one of the more intriguing Week 3 matchups in the area.
Edgewood hosts Conneaut on Friday in a battle of unbeaten teams.
The Spartans also enter at 2-0, meaning one team will leave Edgewood’s home field with a 3-0 record and some significant early-season momentum.
For Edgewood, DuFour’s record-setting performance provides plenty of it.
Seven touchdown passes in one night will draw attention.
For DuFour, though, the number that mattered most was two — as in 2-0.
On Friday, the Warriors will have an opportunity to make it three.
