WASHINGTON, Pa. -- The Grove City College football team dropped a 62-10 decision Saturday afternoon at No. 12 Washington & Jefferson in Presidents' Athletic Conference action at Cameron Stadium.
Junior running back
Wesley Schools (Port Jervis, N.Y./Port Jervis) helped pace Grove City by rushing for 117 yards on 26 carries. It is the 10th time in the last 11 games that Schools has rushed for 100 yards or more in a game.Â
Sophomore wide receiver
Cameron Drake (Monaca, Pa./Central Valley) pulled in four passes for 102 yards. Freshman wide receiver Brandon Caffrey (Ashburn, Va./John Champe) had a team-high five receptions for 20 yards. Sophomore
Cody Gustafson (Shippensburg, Pa./Shippensburg) had three catches for 34 yards and a touchdown while junior
Chase Mamone (Beaver, Pa./Beaver) had a career-high three catches.
Grove City broke through early in the third quarter when Gustafson caught a 15-yard touchdown pass from freshman quarterback
Josh Ehst (Douglassville, Pa./Daniel Boone). Ehst, who made his first collegiate start and appearance in the game, threw for 170 yards on 13-of-28 passing.
Sophomore quarterback
Neil Dorsey (Gainesville, Va./Battlefield) completed 3 of 6 passes for 18 yards and freshman quarterback
Zach Rogers (Cortland, Ohio/Lakeview) went 3 of 8 for 17 yards.Â
Freshman running back
Zach Trusky (Carnegie, Pa./Bishop Canevin) added 56 yards on a dozen carries.Â
Freshman kicker
Nick Morrow (Moon Township, Pa./Moon) closed Grove City's scoring by drilling a 31-yard field goal in the fourth quarter.
Defensively, Grove City forced four turnovers and recorded three sacks. Senior linebacker
Sam Henson (Cranberry Township, Pa./Seneca Valley) and freshman linebacker
Tyler Steedle (Gibsonia, Pa./Hampton) both intercepted passes.Â
Freshman defensive end
Ryan Appleby (Louisville, Ohio/Thomas Aquinas) and sophomore linebacker
Brent Engleman (Milton, Pa./Milton) both forced fumbles on quarterback sacks. Senior nose tackle
Connor Lowe (Perry, Ohio/Perry) and freshman linebacker
Parker Kilgore (Glenshaw, Pa./Shaler) also had sacks.Â
Sophomore safety
Patrick Mark (Palm Beach Gardens, Fla./Wellington) recorded eight tackles for Grove City and Henson had seven stops.
Grove City executed 96 offensive plays and finished with 338 yards. The Wolverines held a 25-23 edge in first downs and a 40:32-19:28 advantage in time of possession.Â
W&J quarterback Jacob Adams completed 15 of 22 passes for 276 yards and six touchdowns. Andrew Wolf caught six balls for 196 yards and four touchdowns. W&J finished with 564 offensive yards.
Grove City will visit conference foe Carnegie Mellon next Saturday at 1 p.m. in Pittsburgh.