MECHANICSBURG — We were at a stalemate to begin the game as both Mechanicsburg and Mifflin County football were held scoreless after one quarter of play at John F. Frederick Field at Memorial Stadium. But the Wildcats found a way to blank the Huskies, 19-0, for a home win.

The Wildcats (3-0) were able to crack the scoreboard first on a 9-yard rushing touchdown from Rece Miller. He accounted for two of the three scores in the game and Miller would later score on a one-yard touchdown.

The Wildcats led at halftime 7-0 but Mifflin County (2-1) still felt they had a chance despite trailing at the half by a slim margin.

Huskies coach Shane Breon said, “I mean I’m proud of the way they played. Our defense played really hard. I knew our guys would. We were down 7-0 and had a shot on a shotgun snap and they made a good play and went back and got it and that kind of burned things. I felt like we had a shot in the second half. We moved the ball a little bit and ran some trick plays just to try to find ways to score but they’re a good defense over there. They caused fits for us but we just have to keep getting better.”

Mifflin County started things off strong as they started to move the ball down the field and they pulled out some tricks out of the bag when they would catch the Wildcats off guard and Joel Beamer would run for the first down on a fake punt. Mifflin County would stall out, Chase Hartung’s pass would be picked off by Jack DeLuca.

Things would unravel for the Huskies as the Wildcats would add on. Anthony Francis would score on a one-yard touchdown run to extend the lead but the Wildcats would be denied the two-point try as Mifflin County’s Nevin Farley would stuff Francis at the line.

Mifflin County will welcome in Hershey on Mini-Thon night next Friday, hoping to get back into the win column.