HANNIBAL – A scoop-and­-score punt block by River High senior Gunner Bennett broke open a close game with Perry Traditional of the Pittsburgh City League, while solid play on both sides of the line helped the Pilots to a 36-12 win, Friday night at Martin Flannery Field.

“Our line did an extremely good job blocking to open some holes for Wyatt (Stalder), Braden (Johnson) and Trey (Larrick),” said veteran coach Mike Flannery, who was able to play some of his younger players in the fourth quarter.

Flannery pointed to the job of Carter Piatt, Jayden Jones, Wyatt Jones, Michael Schultheis, Cooper Roberts handling the blocking duties. “Credit those guys because we may not face another team with the athleticism of (Perry).”

River opened the scoring on a 28-yard pass from senior quarterback Tra

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