Welcome back Brandon!

Coventry junior quarterback Brandon Burns, seeing his first action since week one against Trinity, threw two touchdown passes and the Comets improved to 2-1 in the Portage Trail Metro Division with a 14-6 win at their rival Norton’s home.

Sidelined for four games after suffering a concussion, Burns tossed an 84-yard scoring strike to senior Billy Johnson and a 13-yard touchdown pass to senior Jeff Walker.

“We’ve had more than our share of injuries,” Coventry coach Jay Newcome said last week. “But the Comets have maintained a positive attitude and continued to work hard, according to their coach.

Coventry bouned back nicely after suffering their worst defeated in recent history when they lost to Kent Roosevelt. Seeing a rival the week following got the Comets back on track.

Norton (1-5, 1-2) was coming off its first win of the season over Springfield, but the Comets limited the Panthers to 139 yards of total offense.

The Panthers completed just 2-of-12 passes for 5 yards.

League leader Ravenna had needed a late touchdown to top Norton in week four’s match-up.
Burns connected on 7-of-16 throws for 140 yards. His fourth-quarter TD toss to Walker gave Coventry (2-4, 2-1) a 14-6 lead.

Newcome’s team accumulated 11 first downs and 286 total yards.

Several other Comets have missed multiple games, including senior running back Justin White (broken arm) and senior tight end-linebacker Ethan Wichterman (knee injury).

Coventry will look to stay near the top of the PTC standings as they host Southeast (1-5, 1-2 PTC) on Friday at 7 p.m.