HS Football: Independence steamrolls Westside

Sylas Nelson scores five times and eclipses 1,000 yards for the season

Independence 49, Westside 6

The Patriots celebrated the first Independence football team from 1976 Friday night with a 49-6 win over Westside.

Sylas Nelson scored five first half touchdowns to lead the AA No. 1 rated Patriots. Nelson rushed for 188 yards on the night to eclipse the 1,000 yard mark in the win.

Quarterback Brock Green was 11-15 through the air for 238 yards and a touchdown to Christian Linksweiler.

Cole Laxton added a 29-yard touchdown run.

Braxton Waldron scored on a one-yard run for the Renegades.

Independence (6-0) travels to Barnesville, Ohio Friday night, while Westside (3-3) looks to bounce back at Summers County.

W: 0 0 0 6 - 6

I: 21 14 14 0 -49

First quarter

I: Sylas Nelson 15 run (Micah Cuthbert kick

I: Nelson 14 run (Cuthbert kick)

I: Nelson 8 run (Cuthbert kick)

Second quarter

I: Nelson 60 run (Cuthbert kick)

I: Nelson 7 run (Cuthbert kick)

Third quarter

I: Christian Linksweiler 17 pass from Brock Green (Cuthbert kick)

I: Cole Laxton 29 run (Cuthbert kick)

Fourth quarter

W: Braxton Waldron 1 run (run failed)