Published: October 11, 2008 12:30 am         

Hartman leads Keyser’s 49-0 rout of Berkeley Springs

BERKELEY SPRINGS, W.Va. — Preston Hartman threw for two touchdowns and ran for two more Friday evening in a 49-0 Keyser victory over Berkeley Springs.

Hartman was involved in the first four touchdowns the top-ranked Golden Tornado scored. Hartman had a two-yard run to start the scoring at 7:25 of the first quarter, and then hit Matt Wilmer on a 65-yard pass later in the quarter.

Hartman did it backwards in the second quarter, throwing a 14-yard touchdown to Brandon Barnett and then running in from the 21 for the final score of the first half.

The senior quarterback finished with 120 yards passing, and added 54 on the ground.

Wilmer led the Golden Tornado ground game, which motored out 412 yards, with 147 on 11 carries. Besides his 65-yard pass reception, he also scored on a 63-yard run. Chris Brown would add 92 yards on 12 carries, and scored on a run of 33 yards.

David Echartea scored the final Keyser touchdown on a five-yard run in the fourth.

Defensively, Jarell Ross, R.C. Pratt and Barnett all had interceptions. Taige Redman led with 11 tackles, while Joey Amtower had 10.

Berkeley Springs rushed for 69 yards, and managed just 123 total. Keyser finished with 532 yards of total offense.

The Tornado, the No. 1 team in West Virginia Class AA and the Times-News poll, will visit Southern on Friday.