The Logan Elm Braves overcame 160 yards in penalties in a 45-14 season opening win over the Zane Trace Pioneers, Friday. 135 of those penalty yards came in the first half.
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Despite that, the Braves showed great improvement over last year's (1-9) record, rolling to 458 total yards and held Zane Trace to only 115 total yards in building a 26-0 lead before the Pioneers could get on the scoreboard. Logan Elm was up 32-6 at halftime, with the non-stop clock going most of the second half after originally expanding the lead to 39-6.
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Braves quarterback Connor Robinson connected on 13/19 passing for 270 yards and three TD's and rushed for another. Blayton Reid rushed 16 times for 121 yards and scored twice.
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Logan Elm had scoring drives of 94 yards in 9 plays, 35 yards on 3 plays, 58 yards in 4 plays, 37 yards in 3 plays, 50 yards in 7 plays and 80 yards in 7 plays.
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Gabe Shanton threw for 83 yards and 1 TD on 8/18 passing. A big highlight in the game for ZT came when lineman Kyle Stonerock grabbed a fumble and ran 65 yards for a touchdown.
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The Pioneers had scoring drives of 31 yards in 4 plays and the 65 yard fumble recovery score.
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Both teams turned the ball over twice.
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Zane Trace hosts Waverly next Friday, while Logan Elm travels to Westfall on Saturday, September 7th in the Beat Cancer Game.
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