MORGANTOWN — If you had Levi Teets on your fantasy football team Friday night, chances are your team is sitting pretty.
Trinity had the senior running back in real life and, well, the Warriors cruised, too.
Teets rushed for 318 yards on just 16 attempts — a hefty 19.9 yards per carry — and scored six touchdowns to lead Trinity to a 66-14 victory against Hancock (Md.)
“He’s just a special athlete, but more importantly, he’s a special kid,” Trinity head coach Christopher Simpson said. “He’s been with us for four years and he’s helped set the pace for this program.”
Teets added a two-point conversion run for 38 of the Warriors’ 66 points.
“I’ve never scored that in a basketball game,” he said. “That’s amazing, but I have to give the credit to the guys up front and our receivers out on the edge. They were doing all of the blocking.”
For good measure, he also threw for two two-point conversions and recovered a fumble on a Hancock kickoff return that set up his 30-yard scoring run with 3:20 remaining in the second quarter.
By that time, Trinity (3-1) already led 40-6, but Teets was only halfway through his night.
His six scoring runs covered 244 yards, an average jaunt of nearly 41 yards per score. He capped the night off with a 95-yard run in the fourth quarter that saw him break into the middle of the line, before cutting toward the Trinity sideline and outrunning everyone else on the field.
“Yeah, I was a little tired after that one,” he said.
There is more to Teets than just his stats. When he was a freshman, Trinity had just restarted its program and Teets is one of only two players still remaining from that season.
Over these four years, he’s developed into the school’s top player, but maybe the Warriors’ top recruiter, too.
“We’ve only got 70 kids in the whole school, so you’ve got to recruit the hallways as much as possible,” he said. “I got told no a lot. I talked to a lot of guys who had never played before.
“We made it to the state playoffs last year, which was a big deal for our school. I wanted to play a role in keeping this program going for years after I graduate, so others can play.”
Trinity’s future looks bright. Sophomore Josh Jorge added 106 yards rushing on eight carries and had two touchdowns, and he also added 70 yards receiving and a TD.
“He’s got tons of potential,” Simpson said of Jorge. “Tons of potential and raw talent. He’s got nothing but upside. Every week, he continues to show us a little bit more.”
Hancock (0-3) was led by running back Kaden Keefer, who had 71 yards rushing and a touchdown, but the Panthers hurt themselves with three turnovers on special teams, all of them setting up a Trinity touchdown.
The Warriors travel to Calhoun County next week and then will travel to Millersport (Ohio) on Sept. 30.
It’s the second time Trinity will play Millersport this season, which takes the place of Massanutten (Va.) Military Academy, which canceled.
Box score
Hancock 0 14 0 0—14
Trinity 22 18 20 6—66
SCORING SUMMARY
T—Josh Jorge 36 run (Marcos Kniska pass from Levi Teets)
T—Jorge 73 pass from Parker Hopkins (Kniska pass from Teets)
T—Teets 35 run (pass failed)
T—Kniska 5 pass from Hopkins (run failed)
H—Kaden Keefer 40 run (pass failed)
T—Teets 13 run (run failed)
T—Teets 30 run (pass failed)
H—Landon Hamil 31 run (Keefer pass from Jacob Anderson)
T—Teets 22 run (pass failed)
T—Jorge 18 run (Teets run)
T—Teets 49 run (run failed)
T—Teets 95 run (run failed)
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING: Trinity—Teets 16-318 6 TD, Jorge 8-106 2 TD, Hopkins 1-(-9), Team 3-(-7). Hancock—Keefer 14-71 TD, Aidan McCarty 16-49, Hamil 4-56 TD, Tyler Clingerman 2-8, Anderson 4-(-4), Team 2-(-7).
PASSING: Hopkins 4-6-1 83 2 TD. Anderson 4-8 37.
RECEIVING: Trinity—Jorge 2-70 TD, Kniska 1-5 TD, Austin Hardin 1-8. Hancock—Logan Trumpower 3-16, Shawn Thomas 1-21.
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