Balanced blowout

FORT RECOVERY — The Cavaliers were balanced.

The scoreboard was lopsided.

Coldwater High School, ranked No. 1 in the Maxpreps Division VI football rankings, ran and passed for 189 yards each Friday night in handing the Fort Recovery Indians a 55-8 defeat.

Fort Recovery (1-2, 0-1 Midwest Athletic Conference) allowed 41 first-half points, including three Baylen Blickberger touchdown passes and two Miles Pottkotter scoring runs.

Blickberger, who finished 9-of-12 for 189 yards, connected with Ethan Elander on a 36-yard TD pass in the first quarter. He closed the first half with touchdown tosses to Braxton Taylor (20 yards) and Elander (70 yards).

Pottkotter’s two first-half TDs came on a 3-yard run in the first quarter and a 1-yarder in the second.

Cody Depweg added a 1-yard TD run in the first quarter.

The Indians were able to get on the board on a 3-yard run by Reece Wendel with 4:15 remaining in the third quarter. But Coldwater (3-0, 1-0 MAC) added two more touchdowns in the final period for its 47-point margin of victory.

While Elander’s two receptions both went for touchdowns, Caleb Schroer was Blickberger’s most frequent target. He caught four passes for 50 yards while Mason Welch, Cadin Obringer and Taylor each had one reception.

The Cavaliers used eight ball carriers, none of whom had more than six carries. Blickberger led the group with 44 yards on four attempts, and Pottkotter had 41 yards on six tries.

While Coldwater was able to move the ball in both facets, the Indians were limited to 124 total yards. Most of those came from Wendel on the ground as he carried 16 times for 104 yards and the lone Tribe score.

Wendel also led the Fort Recovery defense with nine tackles.

The Indians will head on the road next weekend to visit St. Henry, which is 1-2 after suffering a 41-9 loss Friday to Division VII No. 1 Marion Local (3-0).