Carrington vs Thompson

Recap

Thompson 42, Carrington 20

Dex Avdem passed for 261 yards and 4 touchdowns, 3 to Grady Hurst, and ran for a touchdown as Thompson finished its season with a 42-20 victory over Carrington Friday night in Thompson.

The sophomore completed 14 of 21 passes and ran 8 times for 13 yards as the Tommies finished the season with a 5-4 record, 3-4 in Region 2A play.

Thompson’s defense chipped in with 4 takeaways: 2 interceptions by Eli Gemmill, a fumble recovery by AJ Taylor and a Brady Ripplinger interception.

It was Carrington (2-7, 2-5) that opened the scoring on the final play of the first quarter as Krew Wolsky scored on a 24 yard run to cap off a 13 play, 64 yard drive that took 6:22.  Jaime Rodrigo’s PAT made it 7-0 in favor of the Cardinals.

Thompson responded with a 7 play, 64 yard drive that ended when Avdem threw a 4 yard TD pass to Jack Krogstad.  Adrian Brend’s PAT tied the game at 7.  Taylor recovered a Carrington fumble at the Cardinals 24 yard line, setting up the first of Hurst’s 3 touchdowns…from 17 yards out.  A missed PAT gave the Tommies a 13-7 lead at intermission.

Thompson started the third quarter with a 7 play, 63 yard drive that finished with a 5 yard scoring run by Avdem.  Eli Gemmill ran for the 2 point conversion to put the Tommies ahead 21-7.  On Carrington’s ensuing possession, Gemmill had the first of his 2 interceptions, giving Thompson the ball at the Tommies 41.  On the next play, Avdem and Hurst connected again, this time on a 59 yard score to put Thompson in front 28-7 with 5:41 to go in the third.

Carrington came back with an 18 yard TD run by Krew Wolsky.  The PAT made it 28-14, Thompson after 3.

Senior Rylan Penas scored on a 36 yard run to put Thompson up 35-14 early in the fourth quarter. Then after Gemmill’s second interception, Avdem and Hurst connected again on a 31 yard scoring pass. It was 42-14, Tommies with 7:26 to play.

Carrington came back with Krew Wolsky scoring his third TD of the game, this on an 18 yard run. The run for 2 points failed, making the final score 42-20 in favor of Thompson.

Besides his 2 interceptions, Gemmill caught 6 passes on offense for 97 yards.  Hurst had 3 catches for 107 yards, all for touchdowns.  Penas led the Tommies’ rushing attack with 83 yards in 11 carries.

Carrington quarterback Isaish Oatis completed 7 of 14 passes for 93 yards with 3 interceptions. Kallen Wolsky was 1 of 1 in the air for 31 yards.  Gabe Clifton rushed 13 times for 59 yards and caught 2 passes for 20 yards.  Krew Wolsky ran 7 times for 76 yards and all 3 Cardinal touchdowns.