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Published September 06, 2008 12:22 am - NEW WILMINGTON — It was fortuitous that Wilmington High head football coach Terry Verrelli called off the dogs during the second half of Friday night’s District 10 Region 3-AA contest. Wilmington rolls past Trojans, 49-13, in Region 3-AA clash By Ed Farrell
Herald Assistant Sports Editor NEW WILMINGTON — It was fortuitous that Wilmington High head football coach Terry Verrelli called off the dogs during the second half of Friday night’s District 10 Region 3-AA contest. Because during the first half his Greyhounds grabbed Greenville by the throat and wouldn’t let go. Paced by the 10-for-16, 208-yard, 3-touchdown passing performance of Shane Wagner, Wilmington whipped the visiting Trojans 49-13 at the Hound Pound. At intermission the Hounds held a 35-0 margin, putting the mercy rule into effect, and the Greyhounds gained 325 yards, almost evenly split (161 rushing, 164 passing). Wilmington has won 27 games the past two seasons while twice advancing to the PIAA Class AA’s Final Four. But after annexing back-to-back season-opening blowouts of Brentwood and Greenville by an aggregate 91-13 margin, Wagner related, “It’s our time, right now.” A stable of running backs operating out of Wilmington’s wing-T offense amassed 225 yards rushing, though no one back carried more than 9 times and none gained more than 70 yards. Sutton Whiting, Wagner, Luke Yohman and Nik Rasey tallied touchdown runs of 30, 1, 6 and 20 yards, respectively. “We have several running backs who, I think, are good varsity running backs so I try to get them all in and out of the game, and obviously it’ll help us down the road with all those guys getting experience,” assessed the veteran Verrelli, whose career ledger improved to 220-101-3 in his 30th year at the Hounds’ helm. “I think it’s a very unselfish team. We’ve got some good backs there who probably could get 100 yards a game, but they don’t complain about it,” Verrelli continued. “They know it’s better for us, and they did a great job tonight.” Wagner tossed 1st-half TDs of 28 and 25 yards to Carson Sharbaugh and Dallas Hartman, respectively. Then Wilmington commenced the 2nd half with an 8-play, 60-yard, 5-minute, 6-second march culminating in Wagner’s 25-yard TD toss to Jake DeMedal. “Shane got some experience last year, and he has a very strong arm,” Verrelli praised. “He adds to the offense, without question, with his passing game. And we have great receivers — not just Matt (Wagner) and Carson and Dallas — but the backs can catch, too. So we’re trying to balance it out and be able to do a little bit of everything.” Wilmington (1-0, 2-0) amassed 433 total yards (8 yards per play) and 19 first downs in spite of commiting a pair of meaningless miscues. “We have a lot of players who can make plays,” Shane Wagner said. “They’re an outstanding football team, there’s no doubt about it,” admitted 2nd-year Trojans’ taskmaster Brian Herrick. “They’re more physical than us, they’re faster than us, they hit harder, they outcoached us. That about covers it. 
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