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Lions defeat Mariemont 31-7

Garrett Myers and Brian Mazzaro connected on two touchdown passes and Myers rushed for two more to lead the Lions to 31-7 win over Mariemont Friday night at New Richmond.

Myers threw touchdown passes of 31 and 32 yards to Mazzaro and rushed for 104 yards in 15 carries and two touchdowns to lead the Lions to their second straight win to open the 2009 season.

With the defense keying on Andrew Nealan, last week's WLWT player of the week, senior tailback Mike Maupin made the Warriors pay by rushing for 123 yards in 13 carries.

Nealan managed 52 yards in 12 carries and a touchdown.

Senior Brandon Branson led the Lions on defense with six tackles, including three for losses.

Sophomore Jake Gundler picked off two Mariemont passes. Andy Case recorded 5 tackles, Austin Warden 4 and Gundler and Michael Skaggs three each for the Lions.

Listen to the game replay on www.newrichmond.localsportsradio.com along with postgame interviews with head coach Dan Scholz, offensive coordinator Chuck Warden and players Brian Mazzaro, Brandon Branson and Andrew Nealan.

New Richmond outgained Mariemont 355 to 75 yards on offense.

The Lions travel to Bethel on Friday to face the 1-1 Tigers in the opening of Southern Buckeye Conference play.

Mariemont (0-2) vs. New Richmond (2-0)

Date: Sep 4, 2009 • Site: New Richmond • Stadium: New Richmond
Attendance: 2000 (Est)

Score by Quarters

                               1  2   3  4  Total
Mariemont              0  0  7   0  --  7
New Richmond       7  6  6 12  -- 31

First quarter

05:31 NR - Mazzaro 31 yd pass from Myers (Ritter kick), 6-39 2:41    0 -  7

Second quarter

02:11 NR - Nealan 4 yd run (Ritter kick failed), 10-68 4:34                 0 - 13

Third quarter

04:01 NR - Myers 34 yd run (Ritter kick failed), 5-80 1:58                   0 - 19
01:29 MA - Groppe 5 yd run (Colaw kick), 7-65 2:24                          7 - 19

Fourth quarter

11:44 NR - Mazzaro 32 yd pass from Myers (Ritter kick failed), 5-61 1:39    7 - 25
05:19 NR - Myers 23 yd run (Ritter kick failed), 1-23 0:06                           7 - 31

Kickoff time: 7:30 pm • End of Game: 10:00 • Total elapsed time: 2:30
Officials: Scorer: T.Dean;
Temperature: 80 • Wind: 0 • Weather: clear

Click here to view complete game stats compiled by Tom Dean.