After going down last season with a broken collarbone, sophomore quarterback James Young was out to prove that his strong freshman season wasn’t a fluke.

He made his point on Thursday, competing 15 of 23 passes for 232 yards and five touchdowns in North Muskegon’s 55-0 victory over Orchard View in a West Michigan Conference crossover game.

North Muskegon had the lone score of the first quarter on a four-yard touchdown pass from Young to Carsen Moat and led 6-0.

The Norsemen opened the scoring in the second quarter with a 30-yard touchdown pass from Young to TJ Byard and a successful two-point run to go up 14-0.

North Muskegon added another score on a 28-yard scoring pass from Young to Byard, followed by a conversion pass involving the same two players, and led 22-0 at halftime.

Young threw a 13-yard scoring strike to Ben Meyers in the third quarter and the Norse led 28-0 heading into the fourth.

North Muskegon more than doubled its score in the final quarter with a 27-yard TD pass from Young to Meyers, a two-yard touchdown run by Meyers, and a pair of scoring runs by August Gerardi, covering 13 and 15 yards, respectively.

Gerardi led the Norsemen on the ground with 39 yards on five carries and two touchdowns. Meyers had four catches for 96 yards and two TDs and Byard had 89 yards receiving with two touchdowns.

On defense, North Muskegon was led by Kyle Huff with 10 tackles and Jaccari Edwards and Danny Belmonte with seven apiece. Edwards also had an interception.

North Muskegon, 1-1, will host Mason County Central next Friday. OV, 0-2, will visit Montague.