McSHERRYSTOWN -- The fifth installment of the Fairfield-Delone Catholic high school football series ended the same as the first four games -- with a big Squires victory.

Undefeated Delone Catholic (5-0, 2-0 YAIAA Division III) went up by 14 before its offense ran a play in the game, and the Squires hammered the Green Knights, 62-20, Friday night at J.T. Flaherty Field.

Winless Fairfield (0-5, 0-2) took the opening kickoff and got two first downs to its own 37, but things started to go wrong for the visitors.

On the next play, Delone's Dan Sneeringer found himself with the ball rumbling 37 yards with a fumble recovery for the first Squire score.

"Any time you come out with a caliber of team like this, it's

Delone Catholic defensive end Dan Sneeringer, center, returns a fumble 37 yards for the Squires' first touchdown during Friday night's win in McSherrystown. (Daily Record/Sunday News - Brett Berwager)
important to draw first blood or come out strong," Fairfield coach Mike Quealy said. "We came out and moved the chains two or three times on them.

"Then a freak play, (the ball) pulled out of his hands, returned for a touchdown. That can't happen when you want to come out and beat a good team."

After forcing a three-and-out on the next drive, Dustin Reed returned the Green Knights' punt 51 yards for another score.

"We stress special teams from the beginning of camp on," Delone coach Steve Wiles said. "That's a focus every week to be sharp on special teams."

When the Squires' offense finally took the field, it needed just two plays to find the end zone for the third time in the first quarter.

Josh McNutt ran 33 yards to the 7-yard line and Reed did the rest for his second score of the night, this one from seven yards out.

Reed's punt return wasn't the only big special teams play of the night. Fairfield's Jeff Adams took a kickoff 63 yards to the Delone 30.

Three plays later, Andrew Potts found Derek Smith for an 11-yard touchdown pass, cutting the Green Knights deficit to 28-7 early in the second quarter.

But on the ensuing kickoff, Kodi Reed took the ball back 89 yards for another Squire score and the rout was on.

Delone's offensive starters only ran 19 plays in the first half and were done for the night by intermission, with the Squires leading 56-7.

"It's great that we're up 14-0 without the offense," Wiles said. "The downside of that is you don't get reps on offense. And before you know it, it got out of hand."

Cody Kuykendall scored twice for the Green Knights in the second half on runs of 1 and 6 yards. He finished as Fairfield's leading rusher with 55 yards on the ground.

Potts was 3-for-3 in the second half for 48 yards and finished with 73 passing yards.

Nathan Bell scored the lone touchdown in the second half for Delone Catholic on a 3-yard burst.

Eleven players carried the ball for the Squires, who finished with 332 yards rushing.

 
Fairfield    0    7    7    6 -- 20
Delone Catholic  28  28    0    6 -- 62

First Quarter
   DC -- Dan Sneeringer 37 fumble return (Porter Strickler kick)
   DC -- Dustin Reed 51 punt return (Strickler kick)
   DC -- D. Reed 7 run (Strickler kick)
   DC -- Allen Neiderer 6 pass from Noah Landi (Strickler kick)
Second Quarter
   F -- Derek Smith 11 pass from Andrew Potts (Cody Johnson kick)
   DC -- Kodi Reed 89 kickoff return (Strickler kick)
   DC -- Wes Smith 11 run (Strickler kick)
   DC -- D. Reed 21 run (Strickler kick)
   DC -- Keifer Rogers 1 run (Strickler kick)
Third Quarter
   F -- Cody Kuykendall 1 run (Johnson kick)
Fourth Quarter
   DC -- Nathan Bell 3 run (Brayden Orndorff kick failed)
   F -- Kuykendall 6 run (kick failed)
 
-- F -- DC
First downs -- 13 -- 16
Rushes-yards -- 38-138 -- 31-332
Passing -- 5-8-0 -- 2-3-0
Passing yards -- 73 -- 19
Total yards -- 211 -- 351
Punts -- 5-35.2 -- 0-0
Fumbles-lost -- 1-1 -- 2-2
Penalties-yards -- 3-17 -- 0-0

 
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
   Rushing -- Fairfield, Kuykendall 11-55, Smith 12-52, Potts 3-25, Craig Colopy 5-6, Derek McLeaf 7-0; Delone Catholic, D. Reed 6-70, Josh McNutt 2-65, Smith 4-55, K. Reed 3-40, Rogers 3-35, Bell 5-34, Sam Comly 1-20, Aiden Carroll 2-13, Joe Plummer 3-4, Austin Brady 1- (-4).
   Passing -- Fairfield, Potts 5-8-0-73; Delone Catholic, Landi 2-3-0-19.
   Receiving -- Fairfield, Smith 3-38, Kuykendall 1-21, Dylan Ferguson 1-14; Delone Catholic, D. Reed 1-13, Neiderer 1-6.