It lost one game on a long screen pass in the final minute. It lost another after rallying but missing a tying extra point in the waning moments. Tuesday night, it was a winless and very unhappy Ridgewood team that took the field at Mitchell. "We came in angry," quarterback Jon Emminger said. And left happy, thanks to a 26-0 rout of the first-year Mustangs. The Rams (1-2) dominated from the start, driving 70 yards for its first touchdown then running back an interception on Mitchell's first drive that clearly set the tone for the rest of the night in the Class 4A, District 6 opener for both teams. Though it's just one game, the Rams can say this morning they are in first place. "We're a better team than we showed the first two games," fullback Adamm Oliver said. "We seem to be a pretty balanced team and that's what we showed tonight." The Rams scored all of their points in the first half. Emminger hit Sean Jester for a 43-yard touchdown down the middle as two Mitchell players soared by the floating ball and mistimed their jumps on the catch. Two plays later Kevin McCready intercepted Sean Gillen's first pass attempt and ran it back 49 yards for a quick 14-0 lead. Mitchell (0-3) could do nothing in response. Prior to their final drive of the first half, the Mustangs mustered 2 yards of offense and no first downs. By then, Ridgewood had added another score in the first quarter as Oliver capped a 67-yard drive with a 4-yard plunge to make it 20-0 (after a blocked extra point), and Jester ran in a score from 3 yards in the second quarter to make it 26-0 (a two-point pass failed). Gillen was intercepted by John Perry at the end of the first half, and Perry added another pick in the third quarter to help Ridgewood hold Mitchell to 93 yards of offense. The Rams spread out their attack among running backs Oliver (52 yards), Jester (77) and Brandon Presley (68). The three also combined to catch three of Emminger's six completions for 71 yards. Emminger, Pasco County's leading passer, threw for 104 yards on 6 of 17 passing, his third straight game with more than 100 yards.