Richards, Monroe spark Jamestown to win
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WILLIAMSVILLE -- Alaric Richards rushed for more than 200 yards and scored four touchdowns to spark Jamestown to a 40-28 nonleague victory over Williamsville North to open the 2026 football season.
Richards, a sophomore, scored on runs of 1, 2 and 14 yards in the first half and tacked on a 23-yard TD after the break to help the Red & Green hold off the Spartans, a Class A1 school.
Jamestown senior Kam Monroe also had a fine game, rushing for better than 100 yards and two scores, including the clinching TD in the final minutes.
Spartans' quarterback Jacob Toomey tossed TD passes of 65 and 12 yards to Eamon Mouyeos, and 70 yards to Luke Lamonte. The second Toomey-to-Mouyeos connection trimmed Jamestown's lead to 33-28 with 9:04 remaining.
And after the Spartans' goal-line stand stopped the Red & Green on downs, the hosts had the ball with a chance to take the lead, but Jamestown junior Drew Bloomquist intercepted a Toomey pass and returned the pick to the Spartans' 3-yard line. Three plays later, Monroe bulled in from the 5 to finally seal the win.
The Red & Green (1-0) will be back in action at 7 p.m. next Friday when they entertain Health Sciences/BASC/Charter in a Class AA game at Strider Field.
Williamsville North (0-1), which also recorded a rushing touchdown from Jordan Brown in the first quarter, will host Sweet Home in a Class A1 game at 7:05 p.m. Thursday.
Jamestown 7 13 13 7 -- 40
Williamsville North 7 7 7 7 -- 28
WN--Brown 4 run run (Decarolis kick)
Jam--Richards 1 run (Lumia kick)
Jam--Richards 2 run (Lumia kick)
WN--Mouyeos 65 pass from Toomey (Decarolis kick)
Jam--Richards 14 run (kick fail)
Jam--Monroe 4 run (Lumia kick)
WN--Lamonte 70 pass from Toomey (Decarolis kick)
Jam--Richards 23 run (kick fail)
WN--Mouyeos 12 pass from Toomey (Decarolis kick)
Jam--Monroe 5 run (Lumia kick)