The Yorktown team wins a major football victory for the second year in a row

It took a while, but according to their head coach, the Yorktown Patriots have posted two strong wins in a row for the first time this season.

The football team’s most recent win was a 39-7 over the visiting McLean Highlanders in a Liberty District high school game on Oct. 10.

Yorktown defeated the Centerville Wildcats 34-7 the previous week. The wins give Yorktown a 5-2 overall record and a second-place finish of 2-1 in the district.

Against McLean, Yorktown gained 343 total yards and held McLean to just 44, including minus-nine in the first half.

“Our defense was really strong and we did a good job offensively,” Yorktown coach Bruce Hanson said. “Our quarterback [Drew Morgan] really well played. He was willing to play a lot of short passes. We also ran the ball well.”

Morgan was 12 of 13 passing for 137 yards and threw three touchdown passes. Two of the decisive throws (9 and 15 yards) went to Brady Owens, who caught five passes for 45 yards. The other touchdown was 25 yards to Sammy Keizer.

The other points for Yorktown were scored by Coby Casalengo and Nate Randles. Max Yoon kicked field goals from 32 and 35 yards and three extra points.

Yorktown’s leading rusher was Casalengo with 66 yards. Alex Hans ran for 48, Max Troiano for 45, Finn Luca for 31, Randles for 13 and Jordan Romero Gutierrez for 11.

Luca caught three passes for 16 yards, Troiano caught two for 32 and Hans had one for 19. Luca also had a 42-yard punt return.

“I liked how we did different things well on offense,” Hanson said.

Yorktown didn’t turn the ball over and only took two penalties, which is low for a team that often has multiple penalties.

On special teams, Yorktown’s Bobby Shea blocked a punt and recovered a fumble on defense.