Jonathan Stell scored three touchdowns and Liam Nabors threw for 288 yards as the King’s Way Christian Knights scored 49 unanswered points en route to a victory over the Elma Eagles in non-league action at King’s Way Christian School.
Stell rushed for a touchdown, returned a fumble for another and tacked on a third with a punt return as the Knights ran their record to 4-0 on the season. After Elma’s Ira Hartford scored on an 80-yard run on the first play of the game, King’s Way scored on their next four possessions to take a commanding 27-7 lead after a quarter and never looked back.
Senior wide receiver Matt Garrison hauled in five passes for 164 yards including a 69-yard scoring strike from Nabors for the Knights, who play at La Center in a 1A Trico League matchup next Friday.
KING’S WAY 49, ELMA 13
Elma 7 0 0 6–13
King’s Way 27 9 13 0–49
First quarter
E — Ira Hartford 80 run (Hernandez kick)
KW — Jonathan Stell 3 run (Austin Lowser kick)
KW — Liam Nabors 1 run (Lowser kick)
KW — Matt Garrison 69 pass from Nabors (conversion failed)
KW — Luke Hoffman 43 run (conversion failed)
Second quarter
KW — Lowser 30 FG
KW — Stell 39 fumble recovery (conversion failed)
Third quarter
KW — Nic Pullicella 18 pass from Nabors (conversion failed)
KW — Stell 59 punt return (Lowser kick)
Fourth quarter
E — Hartford 20 run (conversion failed)
Individual statistics
RUSHING — King’s Way: Taj Muhammad 6-67, Hoffman 2-49, Stell 9-49, Pullicella 4-(minus-8), Nabors 2-(minus-6).
