{"id":54903,"date":"2024-07-16T13:15:15","date_gmt":"2024-07-16T17:15:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/?p=54903"},"modified":"2024-07-16T13:15:15","modified_gmt":"2024-07-16T17:15:15","slug":"genesee-county-spartans-lose-36-14-to-unbeaten-lockport-youth-football-night-at-home-this-saturday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/genesee-county-spartans-lose-36-14-to-unbeaten-lockport-youth-football-night-at-home-this-saturday\/","title":{"rendered":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Spartans lose, 36-14, to unbeaten Lockport; \u2018Youth Football Night\u2019 at home this Saturday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>By Mike Pettinella<br>Genesee County Spartans<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The undefeated Lockport Wildcats had an un-Fair advantage on Saturday night on their way to defeating the visiting Genesee County Spartans, 36-14, in Northeastern Football Alliance semipro action.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Veteran quarterback Willie Fair II passed for four touchdowns and ran for another TD to lead the Wildcats, now 6-0 in league play, past the Spartans, who drop to 3-2. Both teams compete in the league\u2019s Western Conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Spartans are back in action at 5 p.m. Saturday against the Ithaca Warriors, 4-2 in the Eastern Conference, at Pembroke Town Park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This Saturday\u2019s game has been designated \u201cYouth Football Night\u201d with all youth football program players and cheerleaders wearing their jerseys\/uniforms admitted at no charge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Against Lockport, the Spartans were victimized by six turnovers \u2013 three fumbles and three interceptions, the big-play ability of Fair, who converted two 4<sup>th<\/sup>-and-20 situations into touchdowns, and a 75-yard kickoff return for a TD by Darren Thompson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cJust too many mistakes on both sides of the ball,\u201d said Spartans\u2019 Head Coach Harry Rascoe. \u201cWe were unable to contain Fair, who can throw the ball 70 yards in the air, and we committed too many turnovers.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Fair completed just 10 passes but four of them resulted in points as Jordan Evert and Sultani Campbell each had two TD receptions. The Wildcats\u2019 ground game was effective with Fair gaining 53 yards on 11 carries and Sean Marshall picking up 52 yards on 11 carries.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For the Spartans, QB Corey Turpin completed 16 of 29 passes for 100 yards, with receivers Tai Reffell-Pugh and Deyonci Farley finding the end zone. Halfback Jed Reese carried 10 times for 42 yards.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Mike PettinellaGenesee County Spartans The undefeated Lockport Wildcats had an un-Fair advantage on Saturday night on their way to defeating the visiting Genesee County Spartans, 36-14, in Northeastern Football Alliance semipro action. Veteran quarterback Willie Fair II passed for four touchdowns and ran for another TD to lead the \u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"continue-reading-button\"> <a class=\"continue-reading-link\" href=\"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2024\/07\/16\/genesee-county-spartans-lose-36-14-to-unbeaten-lockport-youth-football-night-at-home-this-saturday\/\">Continue reading<i class=\"crycon-right-dir\"><\/i><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":53836,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_seo_schema_type":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[23,1],"tags":[3497],"class_list":["post-54903","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-genesee-county","category-uncategorized","tag-genesee-county-spartans"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8eTP4-ehx","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":65665,"url":"https:\/\/videonewsservice.net\/index.php\/2025\/06\/29\/genesee-county-pitts-fires-two-td-passes-for-spartans-in-18-14-loss-to-undefeated-lockport\/","url_meta":{"origin":54903,"position":0},"title":"GENESEE COUNTY\/Pitts fires two TD passes for Spartans in 18-14 loss to undefeated Lockport","author":"aka","date":"June 29, 2025","format":false,"excerpt":"Quarterback Aiden Pitts looks for running room during the Genesee County Spartans' semipro football game on Saturday night against the host Lockport Wildcats. 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