WELLS — The last time the it faced Oak Hill, the Wells High School football team led by just a touchdown early in the fourth quarter. 

No such drama Friday night in the playoff rematch.

The top-seeded Warriors eased their way into the Class D South semifinals with a 47-6 win over No. 8 Oak Hill (3-6). After two apparent Wells touchdowns were called back thanks to penalties on the Warriors’ opening drive, the home team reeled off 41 unanswered points and never looked back.

“We weren’t worried,” said Wells junior running back Tyler Bridge. “We knew we had it. Our line did great — all our run plays were wide open. It was really awesome.”

Wells, which won last year’s Class C championship, will take a 9-0 record into next Friday night at home against No. 4 Mountain Valley (5-4), which was a 26-6 winner over No. 5 Spruce Mountain (5-4). 

“Oak Hill played us tough up there, and we were a little nervous going in,” Wells coach Tim Roche said. “Well, maybe I was the only one nervous. But I think we played well.”

Bridge scored three touchdowns — two rushing and one on a catch — and ran for 197 yards on 10 carries for the Warriors. Senior quarterback Michael Wrigley threw for 73 yards on two touchdown passes, while senior Nolan Potter had a pair of scores to go with his 121 rushing yards. 

“Those two penalties, yeah, they were frustrating,” Wrigley said. “But you just have to overcome it. It’s just something Wells is good at.”

Shaking off the two called-back scores, Wrigley hit Bridge with a 27-yard touchdown reception with 7:03 to go in the first quarter to give the Warriors a 7-0 lead. From there it was all Wells.

Following an interception by Chad Fitzpatrick, Wrigley immediately found Peyton MacKay for a 46-yard touchdown pass in the second quarter. Bridge scored on a 3-yard scamper later in the frame, capping a 3-play drive highlighted by a 37-yard gain two plays earlier, giving Wells a 21-0 lead.

MacKay ended Oak Hill’s ensuing drive with an interception, and Bridge made it 28-0 two plays later with a 60-yard score. Potter made it 35-0 with a 68-yard touchdown run with 3:43 to go before halftime, and that’s where it stood at the break. 

“We just came out and played our football,” Wrigley said. “Up there, it was a little different, but getting to come back here and play in this environment, it was great.”

Matt Tufts was 3 for 4 on extra-point attempts in the first half and Wrigley passed to Fitzpatrick for a 2-point conversion.

The second half was running time. Devin Chace scored for Wells on a 37-yard run while Potter added a score on a 6-yard run. Oak Hill’s only score of the night came on an 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by Cruz Poirer.