Just on the surface, a Class C football team meeting a Class D opponent offers an advantage to the larger school.

But Weedsport is not an ordinary Class D program, and Jordan-Elbridge knew it, so when the Eagles ventured on the road Friday night, it was ready, and timely defensive plays, including a pair of late Kyle Humberstone interceptions, produced a 28-14 victory over the Warriors.

With the win, J-E improved to 2-0, both wins coming on the road, and will have plenty of momentum going into next Friday’s Class C West division opener against Bishop Ludden, who is also 2-0 after going across town to Bishop Grimes on Saturday and beating the Gaelic Knights 43-29.

Weedsport, a perennial Class D contender, had scored 55 points in its Sept. 4 opener at Port Byron/Union Springs, so it wouldn’t flinch at the 51 points J-E required to win at Watertown IHC.

Yet the Warriors were kept off the board in the first quarter, and J-E went out in front when George Richardson broke loose on a 41-yard touchdown run.

Early in the second period, Weedsport pulled even with a scoring drive capped by Stephen Nemec’s one-yard TD plunge, but J-E answered on the very next drive, tearing through Warriors defenders until Lamatt Chisholm scored from six yards out.

Up 14-7 at the half, the Eagles doubled that margin at the start of the third quarter, moving smartly to the Warriors’ one-yard line before Dylan Dunham converted. Later in the period, Weedsport moved back within a touchdown, Tommy Reitz breaking free on a 33-yard run, part of a night where Reitz had 161 yards on 24 carries.

The game was still in issue when Humberstone took over. His first interception put the Eagles in position for an insurance touchdown when, from Weedsport’s 37, Chisholm broke loose and scored for the second time. Humberstone again picked off a pass in the game’s final minutes.

J-E’s game with Bishop Ludden always carries more meaning since the Eagles’ head coach, Tim Hawkins, was an assistant to Mike Rogers for the Gaelic Knights before going to J-E and engineering a turnaround that shows no signs of letting up.

And after a host of struggles in 2014, Ludden appears on the rebound, having matched last year’s win total in just two weeks by claiming the renewal of its “Bishops Bowl” against Bishop Grimes, a game that, despite the ultimate 14-point margin, was controlled by the Gaelic Knights most of the way.

Stopped on its first scoring chance by a Cobras interception, Ludden made up for it by getting to Grimes’ 15-yard line and taking the lead on Keandre Sanders’ 15-yard TD run just as the second quarter got underway.

But the game didn’t break open until late in the period. Sanders scored for a second time on another 15-yard run, and then stopped Grimes on fourth down at its own 33, quickly leading to another TD, this time on Kevin Burkhart’s seven-yard run.

Then, on the last play of the half, the Cobras fumbled, and Se’vaughn Williams returned it all the way to the end zone. Ludden had scored 22 points in a span of less than four minutes, and suddenly had a 29-0 cushion going to the break.

Angry at this, Grimes got on the board twice in the third quarter, yet could creep no closer. Each time, Ludden offered an answer, Shi’kem Lee finishing off one drive with a two-yard TD pass to Travis Cote, and then sealing it with a second defensive score when Sanders returned an interception for six points.

Trailing 43-15 after that big turnover, the Cobras didn’t quit, adding two more touchdowns in the fourth quarter, but it proved too late, Ludden improving to 2-0 and eagerly looking forward to its trip to J-E.