SAINT MARYS — Karns City spoiled St. Marys' Homecoming by defeating the Dutchmen 55-20 Friday night.

The Gremlins were able to take a 19-6 halftime lead then outscored the Dutchmen 36-14 in the second half to win the game.

The Dutch offense was led by Christian Coudriet who was 17 of 28 for 343 yards and two interceptions. Jake Kline 51 yards on 13 carries. Bryce Walker was the leading receiver with 164 yards on eight catches.

Karns City was led by Hunter Rowe who gained 115 yards on 16 carries. Luke Garing added 88 yards on 13 carries and quarterback Anthony Kamenski picked up 77 yards on 13 carries and was also 3-of-9 passing for 155 yards with one interception.

The Dutch struck first when Coudriet found Walker on a 49-yard pass play for 6-0 lead with 6:26 left in the first quarter.

Karns City responded with a 12-play drive, capped by a 1-yard TD run by Luke Garing to tie the score at 6-6.

The Gremlins struck quickly on their next score.

Kamenski found Kaden Scherer on a 77-yard pass play as the Gremlins took a 13-6 lead.

Kamenski struck again on a long scoring pass, finding Scherer for a 56-yard touchdown and a 19-6 lead with 3:12 left in the half.

The Gremlins took the second half kickoff and marched 59 yards for a touchdown. Hunter Rowe scored from a yard out making the score 26-6 with 10:37 left in the third quarter.

Karns City's Austin Brown picked off a Dutch pass at the 20 top set up the Gremlins' next score. Four plays later, Garing plowed in from the 1 for a 32-6 lead.

The Dutch answered when Coudriet found Logan Mosier for a 22-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 34-12.

On the first play of the fourth quarter, Kamenski scrambled 19 yards for a touchdown to make it 41-12.

St. Marys, though, kept the pressure up.

Coudriet hit Kline for a 20-yard touchdown to cut the lead to 41-20 with 8:03 remaining.

Karns City, though, scored the final two touchdowns — Kamenski on a 40-yard run and Jayce Anderson ona 40-yard interception return for a score.

Karns City 6 13 15 21 — 55

Saint Marys 6 0 6 8 — 20

First Quarter

SM — Bryce Walker 49 pass from Christian Coudriert (kick blocked), 6:26

KC — Luke Garing 1 run (kick failed), 2:14

Second Quarter

KC — Kaden Scherer 56 pass from Anthony Kamenski (Owen Collwell kick), 8:32

KC — Scherer 56 pass from Kamenski (conversion failed), 3:12

Third Quarter

KC — Hunter Rowe 5 run (Collwell kick), 10:37

KC — Garing 1 run (Garing run), 3:54

SM — Logan Mosier 22 pass from Coudriet (kick failed), 2:42

Fourth Quarter

SM — Jake Kline 20 pass from Coudriet (Kline pass from Coudriet), 8:03

KC — Kamenski 19 run (Collwell kick), 6:21

KC — Jayce Anderson 40 interceotion return (Collwell kick), :50

Individual Statistics

Rushing: Karns City, Anthony JKamenski 13-77, Hunter Rowe 16-115, Luke Garing 13-88, Kaden Scherer 2-(-6), Gage Cowoski 2-2, Brayden Christie 2-(-7), Zack Bair 1-0. Saint Marys, Christiasn Coudriet 6-(-37), Jake Klinme 13-51, Nustin DDornisch 2-25, Terry Williams 1-5, Cain Pfoutz 1-3.

Passing: Karns City, Anthony Kamenski 3-9-155-1. Saint Marys, Christian Coudriet 17-28-343-2.

Receiving: Karns City, Luke Garing 1-22, Kaden Scherer 2-133. Saint Marys, Bryce Walker 8-164, Josh Robinson 3-54, Terry Williams 3-32, Jake Kline 2-32, Logan Mosier 1-22.