Youngstown -- Sophomore tailback Allen Jones ran for 159 yards, and his defensive teammates held the first-string offense to 14 points as the White team beat the Red 24-14 on very rainy Saturday in the 39th Annual Red-White Spring Game at Stambaugh Stadium.
The White team scored the first 17 points of the game, and Jones' 94-yard touchdown rush in the third quarter accounted for the only points of the second half.
The White team was comprised of the first-team defense and the second-string offense while the Red had the No. 1 offense and the second-team defense. The first half had standard timing rules while the second half had a continuous running clock.
Jamaine Cook ran for 93 yards and a touchdown, and Kurt Hess completed 11-of-19 passes for 139 yards and a touchdown for the Red.
Josh Lee forced two big turnovers in the first half, and Patrick Angle spearheaded the White's offense as it built a 17-0 lead two plays into the second quarter.
Lee stripped David Rogers on the Red's first play from scrimmage to give the White squad the ball at the Red 20. Torrian Pace connected with Pat White on a halfback pass down to the one, and Pace punched it in one play later to make the score 7-0.
Thomas Sprague stopped Cook on fourth-and-one on Red's next drive, and Angle connected with White on a fade in the corner of the end zone from 10 yards out to make the score 14-0.
Angle threw another strike that was dropped in the back of the end zone on the first play of the second quarter, and the White team had to settle for a 25-yard field goal from David Brown to go up 17-0.
Hess and Cook got the Red offense going on its first drive of the second quarter as the margin was trimmed to 17-7. Cook broke loose on a 22-yard rush on fourth-and-one, and Hess connected with Andre Barboza on a 22-yard strike down to the two on fourth-and-six. Cook kept his legs churning and fought his way into the end zone from the four two plays later.
Cook burst through the line and had nothing but daylight ahead with less than four minutes remaining in the first half, but Lee caught him from behind and stripped the ball. Donald D'Alesio recovered the fumble, and White took over at its 13.
The Red defense held, and the offense took over at the 20 following a touchback with 1:28 to go. Hess orchestrated the two-minute offense well, connecting with Barboza twice and Rogers once to get down to the 23. The quarterback then hit Adaris Bellamy out of the backfield along the left sideline for a score with 29 seconds left.
The White defense allowed just one first down on the first drive of the second half, and Jones displayed his breakaway speed on the 94-yard score on the White's second offensive play of the third quarter.
Down 10 points, Red went three-and-out on its next three drives as the running clock limited the number of second-half possessions.
Angle finished 6-for-10 for 78 yards and a touchdown, and White had a game-high five catches for 68 yards and a score for the White. Barboza had four catches for 69 yards for the Red.
Nick Liste punted for both teams and averaged 41.4 yards per kick. He had a long of 59 yards and placed five punts inside the 20.
Defensively, Kyle Sirl had a game-high eight tackles, including three for loss, for the Red team. He and Ethan Slark both had two sacks, and Austin Jackson had two pass break-ups.
Obinna Ekweremuba had seven tackles, including two for loss, for the White. Lee had six tackles and three pass break-ups in addition to his two forced fumbles. Four of Sprague's six tackles were behind the line of scrimmage.
