CALEDONIA - Mike Humphrey learned his lesson. After getting beat on a touchdown pass in the second
quarter, the junior came up big with two interceptions in the game as well as a touchdown catch in the
closing seconds as the Le Roy football team beat rival Caledonia-Mumford 21-6 at Hamilton Field Friday night
in front of more than 5,000 fans.

"I made a mental error on that touchdown," Humphrey said. "I was supposed to be locked down on him. I
followed the quarterback and he beat me from behind. At halftime we made an adjustment and I locked in on
(Nick Nothnagle) every time and it worked."

The win pushes the Oatkan Knights to 6-0 while the Red Raiders fall to 5-1. It is the fifth straight time Le
Roy has won against its biggest rival.

"This is what it's all about," fullback/linebacker Brady Bonacquisti said. "This is what high school football is all about. This was an atmosphere I've never experienced because people were chanting 'You guys suck' as we came in on the bus. It was cool to play in that atmosphere (and win) when we are on the road."

The Oatkan Knights capitalized on an early turnover in taking a 7-0 lead after a period of play. As soon as the ball was snapped, Marcus Epps was in the backfield sacking quarterback Steve Lauffer and causing a fumble. Le Roy recovered and needed just five plays to drive 31 yards and score on a Bonacquisti 3-yard run.

The traditional Cal-Mum rushing attack went by the wayside on the next drive and it resulted in a score.
Lauffer tossed a 34-yard pass to Nate Schiedel and a 10-yarder to Nothnagle before Le Roy was flagged for a pass interference penalty.

After a sack by Epps, Lauffer hooked up with Nothnagle on a 16-yard touchdown pass against Humphrey.
The two-point conversion pass failed and Le Roy led 7-6 going into intermission.

The Oatkan Knights scored on the first drive of the second half. Travis Fenstermaker hooked up with
Bonacquisti on a highlight reel, falling down, 9-yard catch that set up a first-and-10 at the Cal-Mum
16-yard line. Ian Humphrey scored two plays later on a run from 16 yards out.

Jeremy Wilson had a 38-yard run on Cal-Mum's next drive and the Red Raiders were moving the ball, but
Humphrey made a spectacular interception as Lauffer was looking for a touchdown pass.

Le Roy had to punt the ball away, but the defense came up big and forced a three-and-out after Epps had a
sack on third down, right at the start of the fourth quarter.

"His intensity level picked up today and I thought he played very well," Le Roy coach Brian Moran said.
"When Marcus wants to play, he can play."

Le Roy also went three-and-out, and Cal-Mum started to drive again. Wilson had a 15-yard scamper that had the Red Raiders thinking touchdown, but Humphrey picked off his second pass of the game to kill the drive.

The Oatkan Knights took over with just 6 1/2 minutes remaining in the game, and Cal-Mum holding on to all
three timeouts. After Ian Humphrey had a 3-yard loss, Le Roy was whistled for a procedure penalty that set up a second-and-18.

Cal-Mum proceeded to shoot itself in the foot. Two consecutive offsides penalties meant Le Roy needed
just eight yards to get a first down. Bonacquisti had a 3-yard run and followed it up with an 11-yard gain for a first down.

"I thought our offensive line got off the ball and started to wear them down a bit," Moran said. "That's
Brady-time."

After a delay of game penalty, Bonacquisti picked up another key first down on a 20-yard run. "I love (getting the ball in crunch time) because my offensive line loves it," Bonacquisti said. "I can't say enough about them. I get three yards down field and I can get a couple extra yards one-on-one, but if I don't have those three yards I'm stopped in the backfield."

Fenstermaker had a nine-yard run to set up another first down at the Cal-Mum 12-yard line before another
delay of game penalty moved the ball back five yards, with just under a minute left. That was when Cal-Mum called its first time out. Bonacquisti had a 3-yard run and then Fenstermaker capped off the day with a 7-yard TD pass to Mike Humphrey.

Caledonia-Mumford ran a couple of plays and let the seconds click off the clock in defeat. The Red Raiders will play Bath next week. As far as Le Roy is concerned, the playoffs started Friday night and the film from the win will help tremendously.

"We can look on film now and see where our mistakes were," Bonacquisti said. "In the other games we would
make mistakes but still have good plays. Now we can see the mistakes and correct them in practice."
"This game started the real season for us," Epps said.

"We've played other teams, but this shows us what the really good teams are going to look like." The Oatkan Knights will be at Hornell next week in a rematch of last season's 22-7 loss. Le Roy will have to prepare to limit Section 5's all-time leading rusher, David Zapata.

"There is a reason he's No. 1 in Section 5," Moran said. "His field of vision is very good and he's a hard runner. We are going to have to get ready to play against a great tailback."