Whiteford’s Andres Trejo looks for a block on his way to the end zone during Whiteford’s 56-0 win over Blissfield Thursday. Photo by Mike Doughty.

BLISSFIELD – The Whiteford Bobcats took advantage of two early Blissfield turnovers to jump out to a 16-0 lead in the first eight minutes of the game and rolled to a 56-0 season opening victory.

“I thought our execution was there,” Bobcats head coach Todd Thieken said. “Two years ago we came here and I thought we were the better team, but needed a miracle play to win at the end. I didn’t want to see that happen tonight. Our kids were focused.”

Caden Stewart grabbed an interception on Blissfield’s first offensive play, which led to a Whiteford scoring drive.

Brek Ruddy scored three touchdowns, Drew Ruddy two and Antonio Nachtrab and Andres Trejo added the other Bobcat touchdowns.

The Bobcats had 439 yards of total offense, compared to 123 for Blissfield.

Whiteford travels to Davison next Saturday to take on Harbor Beach in a non-conference tilt.

GAME SUMMARY

Whiteford 24 20 12 0 – 56

Blissfield 0 0 0 0 – 0

First Quarter

W – Drew Ruddy 1 run (Brek Ruddy run), 8:41

W – Brek Ruddy 47 run (Gabe Speweik run), 5:55

W – Brody Hillard 23 pass from Tre Eitniear (Caden Stewart pass from Eitniear), 2:18

Second Quarter

W – Brek Ruddy run (run failed), 10:07

W – Drew Ruddy 1 run (run failed), 6:33

W – Brek Ruddy 11 pass from Eitniear (Andres Trejo run), :33

Third Quarter

W – Antonio Nachtrab 22 run (pass failed), 7:45

W – Trejo 22 run (no attempt), :00

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

RUSHING – Whiteford: Brek Ruddy 7-128, Andres Trejo 10-83, Drew Ruddy 7-62, Antonio Nachtrab 4-39, Gabe Speweik 2-15, Tre Eitniear 2-0. Totals 38-345. Blissfield: Remy Yanakeff 15-55, Ashton Bartelt 8-34, Elijah Echols 3-15, Jonathan Cheney 2-12, Jude Rosas 1-10, Gage Rothman 1-(minus)-1, Ethan Samuels 2-(minus)-2. Totals 32-123.

PASSING – Whiteford: Eitniear 7-9-0 94. Blissfield: Cheney 1-6-0 1 yards, Samuels 0-2-1.

RECEIVING – Whiteford: Hillard 2-50, Speweik 1-16, Brek Ruddy 1-11, Mason DeBarr 1-11. Blissfield: Yanakeff 1-1.