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OSWEGO The Watertown High School football team made the best of Friday nights stormy weather.
Senior running back Diamond Williams carried the ball 26 times for 152 yards and scored two touchdowns to power the Cyclones past Oswego 19-6 in a Section 3 Class A National Division game played in heavy rain and wind.
It was a monsoon out there, Watertown coach Vince Williams said. But we tried to do the best we could.
Senior running back Anton Gadson totaled 79 yards on the ground and scored a touchdown for Watertown (3-0).
With the Buccaneers leading 6-0 on Alex Makins 41-yard scoring run in the first quarter, Williams scored on a 17-yard run in the second quarter to put the Cyclones ahead for good at 7-6.
Watertown scored two touchdowns in the final five minutes of regulation to put the game out of reach as Gadson broke free for a 75-yard TD run and Williams scored on a 1-yard run as time expired.
Defensively, junior John Ruiz recorded 12 tackles and Eric Soderquist intercepted a pass for the Cyclones, who held Oswego (0-3, 0-2) scoreless for the final three quarters.
INDIAN RIVER 36, FOWLER 0
Darrius Bryant and Densel Barnes each scored two touchdowns as the Warriors blanked the Falcons in a Class A interconference game played at Nottingham High School in Syracuse.
Bryant scored on an 85-yard run and caught an 82-yard scoring pass from Kody Smith for Indian River (2-1, 1-0). Bryant finished with 152 yards rushing on just seven carries.
Barnes added TD runs of 2 and 14 yards, while Smith scored a touchdown and kicked a 21-yard field goal.
Fowler fell to 1-2.
SANDY CREEK 39, SOUTH LEWIS 8
John Shirley scored a pair of touchdowns as the Comets remained unbeaten with a Class D Central Division win at Turin.
Shirleys scored came on on runs of 6 and 1 yards for Sandy Creek (3-0, 2-0). Wyatt Bush, Zach Brown, Cameron Hall and Bobby Cornell also scored for the Comets.
Dominick Ventura scored on a 55-yard run for the Falcons (0-3, 0-1).
CAMDEN 33, SOUTH JEFFERSON 6
The Blue Devils (2-1, 1-1) took a 14-0 halftime lead and went on to down the Spartans in a Class B East game at Adams.
South Jefferson (0-3, 0-1) scored in the final quarter. No other details were available.
POSTPONEMENTS
Carthages home game against New Hartford was postponed because of inclement weather, as was Immaculate Heart Centrals home game against LaFayette.
Also postponed because of weather was St. Lawrence Centrals game at Massena and and Malones game at Potsdam.
The Malone-Potsdam game is scheduled to be made up at 10 a.m. today in Potsdam. IHCs game versus LaFayette will be made up at noon today.
The New Hartford-Carthage game will be made up at 2 p.m. today at Carthage, as will the St. Lawrence at Massena game.