Boosted by the versatility in the passing game Sakosky provides, Northmont took a 37-point halftime lead before beating Fairborn 44-14 on Friday, Sept. 25.
The win moves Northmont to 3-2 after losses to St. Ignatius and Westerville South with Sakosky absent.
“He makes teams defend the whole field,” said Northmont coach Lance Schneider. “The first couple of plays everybody touched the ball. We’re a lot better when we can throw it around.”
Sakosky, in his first action after missing 2½ games, completed 8-of-15 passes for 139 yards and two touchdowns running an offense that was aided by running back Korey Ringer, another player who has battled injury. Ringer gained 73 yards on 13 carries and scored twice.
“It’s the first time we’ve played with a full deck all year,” Schneider said.
Sakosky and Northmont came out firing. After an interception by Northmont’s Xavior Johnson on the game’s second play, the Thunderbolts converted for a 6-yard scoring run by Paul Winkler.
The next two scores started with Sakosky’s arm — a 25-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Taylor and a 32-yard, fourth-down scoring pass to Brandon Reaman — as Northmont took a 21-0 lead after the first quarter. Sakosky finished the quarter 6-of-9 passing for 115 yards and two scores.
After a Northmont safety off of a blocked punt by sophomore Jeremy Campbell (his second punt block of the opening half), Ringer got going. The senior ran for 65 yards in the second quarter and scored twice, on runs of 2 and 4 yards.
The 4-yard run came with 1:01 left in the first half and gave Northmont a 37-0 lead, while Fairborn had gained just 15 yards on its first six drives.
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