Jim Hoover is one victory away from a state title.

Richard Fletcher’s two-point conversion run in the fourth quarter Saturday lifted Walton to a 22-20 non-conference football triumph over Sullivan West. It also led to career victory No. 232 for Hoover, tying him with retired Tioga coach Jim Haggerty for the most Section Four victories all-time.

Hoover can claim the section record this Friday night, when Walton takes on Hancock in a Section Four Division VII game. Hancock fell, 47-12, to host Bainbridge-Guilford on Saturday.

[an error occurred while processing this directive]"I know I’ve had a lot of great coaches and a lot of great kids," said Hoover, who is 232-55-1 in 30 seasons. "It didn’t come overnight. The key thing to our success in Walton is the program we have. We work on it all the way up through. The same system is taught all the way up. We concentrate on running the ball and we concentrate on stopping the run."

Fletcher paced the Warriors (3-0) with 84 rushing yards on 18 carries. His conversion run followed a 26-yard touchdown pass from Kyle Holley to John Talbot and put Walton ahead, 22-14.

Sullivan West (1-2), which opened the season with a 62-6 home loss to Delhi, scored the final points on a 56-yard TD pass from Jim Maloney to Matt Forster. Walton stopped a two-point conversion run to clinch the victory.

"It was close," Hoover said of the conversion attempt. "They were on the 1-foot-line. They just kept hanging in."

Kirby Fletcher and Robert McLachlan finished with 73 rushing yards apiece, and Sean Fisher amassed 64 on four carries for the Warriors.

Holley opened the scoring with a 15-yard run in the first quarter, but Walton trailed, 14-6, at the half. McLachlan’s 1-yard TD run in the third quarter pulled the Warriors within 14-12 before Kirby Fletcher tied the score with a successful conversion run.

WALTON 22, SULLIVAN WEST 20

Sullivan West 0 14 0 6 — 20

Walton 6 0 8 8 — 22

W — Kyle Holley 15 run (run failed)

S — Donald Cooper 28 pass from Jim Maloney (kick good)

S — Steve Daley 1 run (kick good)

W — Robert McLachlan 1 run (Kirby Fletcher run)

W — John Talbot 26 pass from Kyle Holley (Richard Fletcher run)

S — Matt Forster 56 pass from Jim Maloney (run failed)

Sullivan West rushing: Brett Youman 12-42; Steve Daley 6-35; Matt Forster 1-12; Jim Maloney 3-(-13).

Walton rushing: Richard Fletcher 18-84; Kirby Fletcher 14-73; Robert McLachlan 15-73; Sean Fisher 4-64; Kyle Holley 5-12.

Sullivan West passing: Jim Maloney 4-for-11, 116 yards, int.

Walton passing: Kyle Holley 2-for-6, 46 yards.

Sullivan West receiving: Matt Forster 2-88; Donald Cooper 1-28; Brett Youman 1-11.

Walton receiving: John Talbot 2-46.

Jared Manzer returned two Oneonta punts for touchdowns in the first half as Johnson City raced to a 21-0 halftime lead en route to a Section Four non-division victory in.

"We knew going in that they would have some good players," OHS coach John Nealis said. "Stepping up and making plays is something we need to work on."

Manzer kicked five extra points for Johnson City, who gained 314 rushing yards. Chris Edmondson led the Wildcats with 191 rushing yards and a touchdown.

The Yellowjackets (0-3) were held 105 total yards, including 61 on the ground. Oneonta opens Division III play against visiting Owego at 7 p.m. Friday.

JOHNSON CITY 42, ONEONTA 0

Oneonta 0 0 0 0 — 0

Johnson City 7 14 14 7 — 42

J — Jared Manzer 81 punt return (Jared Manzer kick)

J — Matt Holden 7 pass from Ryan Robinson (Jared Manzer kick)

J — Jared Manzer 69 punt return (Jared Manzer kick)

J — Milton Harding 1 run (Jared Manzer kick)

J — Chris Edmondson 57 run (Jared Manzer kick)

J — Rakin Sanders 26 run (Jared Manzer kick)

Oneonta rushing: Bryan Bordinger 7-24; Jarrett Brown 3-19; Mike Hopkins 4-19; A.J. Hermann 4-10; Chad Carr 1-1; Mike Seroka 5-0; Kyle Donnelly 6-(-5); Brandon Southard 5-(-7).

Johnson City rushing: Chris Edmondson 14-191; Milton Harding 9-51; Sean Meaney 4-34; Rakin Sanders 1-26; Ryan Robinson 4-12.

Oneonta passing: Brandon Southard 2-for-10, 44 yards; Kyle Donnelly 0-for-2, int.

Johnson City passing: Milton Harding 1-for-6, 21 yards, int.; Ryan Robinson 1-for-2, 7 yards.

Oneonta receiving: Bryan Bordinger 1-45; Don Potter 1-(-1).

Johnson City receiving: Chris Edmondson 1-21; Matt Holden 1-7.

Chad Cornish’s 109 yards paced the Bobcats, who finished with 451 rushing yards. B-G (2-1), which has amassed more than 400 yards on the ground in its last two games, is at Oxford for a Division VII game at 7 p.m. Friday.

B-G 47, HANCOCK 12

Hancock 0 6 0 6 — 12

B-G 21 13 13 0 — 47

B — Jon Walker 12 run (Brian Engel kick)

B — Jesse Sherman 60 pass from Justin Davy (Brian Engel kick)

B — Justin Davy 11 run (Brian Engel kick)

B — Ben Mumbulo 23 run (Brian Engel kick)

B — Ben Mumbulo 1 run (kick failed)

H — Aaron Gorshack 62 run (pass failed)

B — Ben Mumbulo 5 run (kick failed)

B — Nate Seymour 42 run (Brian Engel kick)

H — Mike Maloney 4 run (run failed)

Hancock rushing: Aaron Gorshack 12-80; Mike Maloney 5-38; Derek Keesler 5-35; Chris Halstead 7-24.

B-G rushing: Chad Cornish 8-109; Ben Mumbulo 16-100; Jon Walker 11-78; Adam Neer 7-72; Nate Seymour 2-53; Brad Hurlburt 7-33; Justin Davy 1-11; Kyle Davy 1-0; Tim Leonard 2-(-5).

Hancock passing: Chris Halstead 1-for-6, 14 yards.

B-G passing: Justin Davy 1-for-1, 60 yards.

Hancock receiving: Mike Maloney 1-14.

B-G receiving: Jesse Sherman 1-60.

SIDNEY 34, GREENE 19

S — Pat Simonds 25 pass from Kyle Morenus (Nick Kozak run)

S — Pat Simonds 20 pass from Kyle Morenus (pass failed)

S — Aaron Zurn 7 pass from Kyle Morenus (Kozak run)

G — Shawn Braman 32 run (Corey Ellis kick)

S — Aaron Zurn 48 run (run failed)

G — Luke Wentlent 10 pass from Corey Breck (kick failed)

G — Kurt Stolarcyk 8 run (fun failed)

Sidney rushing: Aaron Zurn 6-96, Nick Kozak 11-29, George Mister 1-3, Kris Walker 1-2, Parker Umbra 1-(-1), Kyle Morenus 3-(-10).

Greene rushing: Keith Savory 17-80, Shawn Braman 7-44, Kurt Stolarcyk 4-24, David Yeager 1-3, David Micha 1-1, Corey Breck 5-1, Alex Henry 7-(-16).

Sidney passing: Kyle Morenus 12-for-25, 206 yards, 2 ints.; Parker Umbra 0-for-2, int.

Greene passing: Corey Breck 4-for-17, 73 yards.

Sidney receiving: Pat Simonds 8-116, Aaron Zurn 3-36, George Mister 1-4.

Greene receiving: Daniel Say 1-33, Luke Wentlent 2-30, Zach Whittaker 1-10.

WAVERLY 41, UV/E 6

Waverly 8 26 7 0 — 41

UV/E 0 0 0 6 — 6

W — Jeff Velardo 22 yard blocked punt return (Jeff Velardo pass from Mark Shalna)

W — Safety, Dave Brillinger tackled in end zone by Matt Dishler

W — Derek Morris 20 run (pass failed)

W — Jeff Velardo 12 run (kick failed)

W — Robert Fiske 78 yard interception return (kick blocked)

W — Jeff Velardo 14 pass from Mark Shalna (kick failed)

W — Jeff Velardo 51 run (Colin McDonald kick)

U — Trevor Franklin 12 run (pass failed)

Waverly rushing: Robbie Williams 9-52; Robert Fiske 2-(-2); Colin McDonald 6-50; Derek Morris 13-60, 1 TD; Jeff Velardo 4-83, 2 TD; Ivan Tunicliff 4-23; Zack Beeman 3-10; Chase Emerson 1-(-2).

UV/E rushing: Dave Brillinger 0-(-17); Mike Wildenstein 7-45; Justin Plows 14-50; Trevor Franklin 11-24, 1 TD; Mark Shalna 6-20; Jay Lloyd 3-7; Dennis Murphy 1-(-1); Scott Fuller 1-0.

Waverly passing: Robert Fiske 1-for-5,14 yards, 1 int.., 1 TD.

UV/E passing: Mark Shlana 2-for-9, 23 yards, 0 int., 1 TD.

Waverly receiving: Jeff Velardo 1-14, 1 TD.

UV/E receiving: Justin Plows 1-7; Todd Bice 1-16.