Carson rebounds with lopsided win

For Carson, it was a walk in the park. For Wooster, it was an exercise in frustration.

Carson scored four times on its first seven snaps of the game - three by sensational sophomore Dylan Sawyers - en route to a 56-0 win over Wooster in a Sierra League football game Friday night at Carson.

Carson improved to 4-2 overall and 2-1 in league while Wooster dropped to 0-6 overall and 0-3 in league.

The game wasn't as close as the score indicated. The final half was played with a running clock as per Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association rules. Carson, which scored on seven of nine possessions, garnered 373 yards offense while Wooster managed 97. The Colts also hurt themselves with a myriad of 15-yard penalties, one which came inside Carson's red zone in the second half.

"Our backups got to play the whole second half which was good," Carson coach Blair Roman said when asked what he was able to take away from the lopsided game. "We have a lot of scout team players that were able to get a lot of good playing time.

"I wanted to win the right way, which we did, and I wanted them to be focused and put last Saturday behind them and they did. The next four weeks it gets bigger and bigger."

This one was literally over after the first snap, and what a first play it was.

On first-and-10 from his own 36, Sawyers took a handoff from Blake Plattsmier and started right, but Wooster's defensive front got good penetration, forcing Sawyers to dip back. It even looked at one point that he was down. The speedy Sawyers reversed his field and roared down the left sideline for a 64-yard score. Ean Witter's extra point made it 7-0.

After the game, when asked if his knee was down on the play Sawyers said: "I was just playing the whistle. I thought I would just keep on running."

"When I addressed the team at halftime, I told Dylan it was a nice way to start off," Roman said. "It was reminiscent of Marcus Allen in the Super Bowl."

Sawyers wasn't through.

After the Colts went three and out on their first possession, Carson got the ball back on its own 32.

A 5-yard penalty pushed the ball back to the 27, but a 10-yard run by Mark Sinnott (9 carries, 78 yards) and a 13-yard pass play from Plattsmier to Witter gave Carson a first down at midfield. Sawyers broke loose on the next play and scored. Witter's point after made it 14-0 with 8 minutes, 18 seconds remaining.

"I had good blocks," Sawyers said. "One move, just like it's supposed to be."

Carson had the ball again moments later when Wooster's Dana Henjum had the ball stripped after a pass reception at the Wooster 20. Carson's Josh Peacock picked up the ball and returned it to the 7. Sinnott carried two straight times, scoring on the second carry from the 4. The extra point made it 21-0.

Wooster managed a first down on the next drive, but a 20-yard punt gave the Senators great field position at midfield. It wasn't wasted.

Plattsmier dropped back to pass on the next play and found a streaking Sawyers down the left sideline. Sawyers caught the ball around the 20 and went untouched into the end zone to make it 28-0.

"I lined up at wide receiver," Sawyers said. "Blake made a great throw to a perfect place."

Sawyers touched the ball three times and accounted for 164 yards of offense.

Carson's special teams got into the act for the team's next score, as Levi Bloxton took a punt on his own 48 and went 52 yards untouched for the score with 1:19 left in the half. Not a bad way to end the first 24 minutes.

Sinnott scored on a 19-yard run with 7:20 left in the first half to make it 42-0 and Erik Roberson closed out the first-half scoring with a 5-yard run for a 49-0 lead.

Wooster managed just 33 yards in the first half compared to 307 for Carson.

Wooster fumbled away the opening kickoff, setting up a 14-yard scoring drive capped by Jeremy Cannon's 1-yard run to make it 56-0.

Cannon played the entire second half at quarterback because Trey Jensen was still nursing a sore shoulder. He just handed off or occasionally kept the ball during the final two quarters.