Pirates register third shutout of season at Savanna

Class A No. 2 Gore registered its third shutout of the season and Gunner Dozier accounted for four touchdowns Friday night against Savanna in Pittsburg County as the Pirates improved to 4-0 with a 54-0 victory over the Bulldogs (12).

Gore has an open date this week before starting District A-8 play on Sept. 30 at home against Canadian and Savanna hosts Hartshorne in it‚s A-6 opener Friday.

“I thought we played pretty good,” Gore head coach Brandon Tyler said. “We came out and just took care of business early. Jumped on them pretty quick and we were up 21-0 in the first quarter so we just kind went into cruise and put a lot of kids in after that.”

Early in the first quarter wide receiver Liam Edwards caught an 18-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Noah Cooper before Christian O‚Connor kicked the point-after. Gore defensive lineman Gabe Dozier set up the scoring drive after causing and recovering a fumble.

After the Pirates‚ defense forced a three-and-out Gunner Dozier ran for a 27-yard touchdown at the 10:22 mark and Gore led 14-0 following O‚Connor‚s PAT.

Dozier crossed the goal line following a 49-yard run with 7:29 left in the first and with 2:51 remaining Cooper ran for a 23-yard touchdown. The Pirates took a 28-0 advantage to the second stanza following O‚Connor‚s fourth extra point.

Forty-four seconds into the second period Dozier ran for a 6-yard touchdown and midway through the quarter the senior returned a fumble 77 yards for his fourth TD of the half.

Gore led 41-0 at the intermission. Jackson Duke returned the secondhalf kickoff 55 yards for the first sixpointer of the third stanza and with 6:10 to go in the contest Alex Hallum ran for a 15-yard touchdown to end the scoring.

Dozier totaled 89 yards and three TDs on five carries in the contest, Bladin McCartney had four rushes for 23 yards, Cooper registered 23 yards on two runs and Hallum‚s single run netted 15 yards and a touchdown.

Cooper completed 3-of-4 passes for 61 yards and a touchdown to Journey Shells (1 reception for 25 yards) and Ben Kirkpatrick (1 for 18) and Edwards (1 for 18 and a TD).

Duke recorded 10 total tackles for the Pirates and Gore‚s other leading tacklers were Nick Wolfe, Edwards and McCartney (5 each), Hunter McGee (4), Garrett Douthit, Gabe Dozier and Dwayne Hunt (3 apiece) and Gunner Dozier (2 tackles and 2 sacks).