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Musselman upends University in first round of playoffs, 64-26

BY RICK KOZLOWSKI | The Martinsburg Journal

BUNKER HILL, W.Va. — Senior Blake Hartman became West Virginia high school football’s career scoring leader and tied the career touchdown mark as No. 3 Musselman overwhelmed visiting University, 64-26.

Hartman entered action needing eight touchdowns and 10 points to break the marks. He wound up with seven touchdowns and scored 42 points as Musselman played for the first time in a month.

Hartman returned a punt 49 yards for a touchdown to give the Applemen a 7-0 lead in the first 28 seconds of the game.

He added touchdown runs of 14, 2, 2, 9, 6 and 1 yard on the way to rushing for nearly 300 yards. 

Hartman entered play averaging more than 200 yards per game on the ground. 

Nick Zamora added a pair of rushing touchdowns for the Applemen (7-1).

Daminn Cunningham returned a kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown, making the score at the time 37-7.

He returned another kickoff 76 yards to set up a 5-yard touchdown run by Jaeden Hammack, who replaced injured starter Chase Edwards at quarterback.

Hammack also caught a 6-yard TD pass and threw a 5-yard scoring strike to Sage Clawges.

University’s season ended at 3-4.