Guerin Catholic opened up Class 3A Sectional 28 play on the road, and the No. 10 Golden Eagles came home with a 26-7 win over Yorktown on Friday.
Guerin Catholic scored one touchdown in each quarter. Gus Baumgartner scored the first TD two minutes into the first period on a three-yard run. The Golden Eagles had to wait a while for the second score, but finally got it after a 50-yard pass from Christian Gelov to Bernie McGuinness into the end zone. That touchdown came just seconds after the Tigers scored to take a 7-6 lead, but Guerin would go into halftime with a 12-7 advantage.
Gelov scored a rushing touchdown in the third quarter, jogging into the end zone from eight yards. Gelov then threw a two-point conversion pass to McGuinness to put the Golden Eagles ahead 20-7. Nick Demas completed the scoring late in the fourth quarter, punching the ball in from the one-yard line.
Baumgartner finished the game with 192 yards on 26 carries, while Gelov completed 6 of 12 throws for 88 yards.
Guerin Catholic is 6-4 for the season and hosts No. 4 West Lafayette next Friday in the sectional semi-finals.
GUERIN CATHOLIC 26, YORKTOWN 7
Score by Quarters
Guerin Catholic 6 6 8 6 – 26
Yorktown 0 7 0 0 – 7
Team Stats GC YHS
First Downs 17 9
By Rush 12 2
By Pass 4 5
By Penalty 1 2
Rushes-Yards 40-275 25-48
Yards Passing 88 128
Comp-Att-Int-TD 6-12-0-1 15-29-1-1
Fumbles 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards 3-36 6-59
Punts-Average 1-50.0 7-25.0
Guerin Catholic Scoring
First Quarter
9:58 – Gus Baumgartner 3-yard run (kick failed)
Second Quarter
0:34 – Bernie McGuinness 50-yard pass from Christian Gelov (conversion failed)
Third Quarter
7:35 – Gelov 8-yard run (McGuinness pass from Gelov)
Fourth Quarter
2:19 – Nick Demas 1-yard run (kick failed)
Guerin Catholic individual stats
Rushing: Baumgartner 26-192, Demas 4-42, Gelov 4-28, Cam Murray 2-13, Brayden Hall 1-4, team 2-minus 4.
Passing: Gelov 6-12-88.
Receiving: McGuinness 2-68, Dominic Ferrucci, 2-18, Elijah Edwards 1-5, Baumgartner 1-minus 3.