SEBEKA -- Jake Ismil and Craig Orlando rushed for a combined 323 yards to lead the unbeaten and fifth-ranked Verndale Pirates past the United North Central Warriors 50-14 in a West South Subdistrict game Friday, Sept. 13.
Ismil ran for 210 yards on 14 carries, including scoring runs of 24 and 5 yards. He also caught four passes for 60 yards.
Craig Orlando ran 17 yards for a touchdown and finished with 113 yards on 12 carries. Defensively, he contributed 17 tackles and two sacks.
Sophomore quarterback Dilan Orlando completed 8 of 12 passes for 99 yards including a 27-yard scoring strike to Zak Olsson. He also ran for two 1-yard touchdowns.
Zack Brownlow completed Verndale’s scoring with a 5-yard run in the fourth quarter.
Verndale 16 20 6 8 -- 50
United North Central 0 0 0 14 -- 14
First quarter
V-Dilan Orlando 1 run (Craig Orlando run)
V-Jake Ismil 24 run (Craig Orlando run)
Second quarter
V-Craig Orlando 17 run (PAT fail)
V-Dilan Orlando 1 run (PAT fail)
V-Ismil 5 run (Craig Orlando pass from Dilan Orlando)
Third quarter
V-Zak Olsson 27 pass from Dilan Orlando (PAT fail)
Fourth quarter
UNC-Jonah Howard 3 run (Howard run)
V-Zack Brownlow 5 run (Olsson pass from Dilan Orlando)
UNC-Brock Berttunen 8 run (PAT fail)
Team statistics
Rushes-yards: V 38-361, UNC 44-127
Pass comp-att-int-yds: V 8-13-0-99, UNC 5-9-0-102
Total offense: V 460, UNC 229
Individual leaders
Rushing: V-Jake Ismil 14-210, Craig Orlando 12-113
Passing: V-Dilan Orlando 8-12-0-99
Receiving: V-Jake Ismil 4-60, Zak Olsson 2-32
Overall: V 3-0. Next: Verndale hosts Hancock 7 p.m. Friday, Sept. 20.
