GROVE CITY, Pa. -- The Grove City College football team retained possession of the Mercer County Cup by earning a 49-0 home win over Presidents' Athletic Conference foe Thiel on Senior Day at Robert E. Thorn Field Saturday afternoon.
The Wolverines rolled up 509 offensive yards while forcing four Thiel turnovers.
Sophomore quarterback
Mike Hollomon (Princeton, N.J./The Pingry School) completed 15 of 16 passes for 172 yards and three touchdowns. He broke Grove City's single-season touchdown pass record as he has now thrown for 22 touchdown passes this year.
Senior wide receiver
Darviae Gray (Buffalo, N.Y./Amherst Central) caught a pair of touchdown passes, finishing with 67 yards on four catches.
Sophomore running back
Braxtyn Brown (Berwick, Pa./Columbia Montour Vo-Tech) ran for 89 yards on four carries while freshman running back
Nico Casciato (Irwin, Pa./Penn-Trafford) added 85 yards and a touchdown on seven carries. Senior
Sutton Ellis (Brunswick, Ga./Frederica Academy) ran for 60 yards and a score on nine attempts.
The Wolverines finished with 278 rushing yards.
Senior free safety
Levi Teets (Morgantown, W.Va./Trinity Christian) intercepted two passes. He returned his second theft 32 yards for a touchdown in the second quarter, giving Grove City a 35-0 lead with 1:34 left in the half.
Senior safety
Dominic DiNinno (Apollo, Pa./Kiski Area) and sophomore cornerback
Owen Bish (Rimersburg, Pa./Union) also intercepted passes.
Sophomore linebacker
Andrew Moberg (Lancaster, N.Y./Lancaster) and senior linebacker
Brock Batche (Windber, Pa./Richland) both had sacks while sophomore linebacker
Nick Clemens (Moon Township, Pa./Moon) and freshman linebacker
Brayden Gerst (New Stanton, Pa./Hempfield) split a sack.
Junior end
Caleb Kuhl (Winfield, W.Va./Winfield) led Grove City with seven tackles and a forced fumble. Gerst and Teets both had six stops.
Casciato opened the scoring with a one-yard touchdown run with 7:46 left in the first quarter. That capped an 11-play, 94-yard touchdown drive that started after DiNinno's interception at the six-yard line.
Gray caught a four-yard touchdown pass with 1:05 left in the first quarter, then caught a 45-yard bomb midway through the second quarter, pushing the lead to 21-0. Ellis slammed in from the 3 with 2:14 left in the first half, extending the lead to 28-0.
In the third quarter, Hollomon tossed a three-yard touchdown pass to fullback
Dustin Hottel (Damascus, Md./Damascus) that gave Grove City a 42-0 lead. Sophomore running back
Zier Williams (Russelton, Pa./Deer Lakes) closed the scoring with an eight-yard touchdown run with 5:11 left.
Grove City held Thiel to 11 first downs and 167 total yards. Grove City did not punt.
The Wolverines now lead the Mercer County Cup series, 29-12.
Grove City will await a potential bowl game invitation for next weekend.
