(WILMINGTON, Ohio) – The Wilmington College football team got their revenge on The College of Wooster Saturday night in Williams Stadium, beating the Scots 59-35 to start their 2025 season, 1-0 after losing to them on the road last season.

The Quakers scored the first four touchdowns of the game to take a commanding 28-0 lead. These scores included a 74 yard catch and run by senior De'Anta Sanon, a 36-yard pass to senior Darryl Story and a 31-yard touchdown run by sophomore Kai Smith.

The end of the first half was a crazy one as Wilmington held a 35-7 lead with 2:23 remaining in the second quarter. Wooster scored with 43 seconds left and Story immediately followed this with a 77-yard kick return touchdown to put Wilmington up 42-14 with just 30 seconds remaining.

This was the first kick return touchdown for the Quakers since September 25th, 2021, where Ameer Jackson took a Muskingum University kick to the house for 87 yards.

After the kick return, Wooster managed to get into the end zone on a 35-yard touchdown pass for a 42-21 deficit at the break.

The second half was more of the same for big plays, with Wooster cutting it to 14 at 42-28 after a 32-yard touchdown pass. Wilmington put the game out of reach with a pair of touchdowns in a row for a comfortable 56-28 advantage. Logan Lovins scored on a 27-yard pass before Isaac Ross ran one in from one yard out. The Quakers won the game 59-35.

Notables

• Senior Isaac Ross threw for 267 yards, going 13-23 and throwing three touchdowns and scoring one on the ground.
• Kai Smith had the second-best game of his career on the ground, taking the ball 18 times for 166 yards while not losing a single yard. He scored twice with a long rush of 31 yards.
• De'Anta Sanon led the team through the air with two catches for 96 yards, including his 74-yard touchdown catch.
• Darryl Story caught three passes for 60 yards and a touchdown, including his kick return touchdown.
• Junior Nathan Nemeth had nine tackles (seven solo, two assists), and also had an interception with a 10-yard return.
• Senior Gavan Hunter had eight tackles (two solo, six assists) and half a tackle for loss.
• Senior James Rankin led the team with 1.5 tackles for loss.
• Junior Bryce Hodapp recorded the lone sack for Wilmington, which brought the Scots back eight yards.
• The Quakers put up 514 yards of total offense to Wooster's 408, including out gaining them on the ground, 247 to 46.

What's Up Next
Wilmington travels to Baldwin Wallace University for their first Ohio athletic Conference (OAC) contest next Saturday at 1:00 P.M. in Berea.