PHS Win Streak Ends:

GW Pulls 19-14 Upset

The streak is over.

George Washington's Drew Kinder threw for 220 yards and three touchdowns as the Patriots ended Parkersburg's 21-game winning streak with a 19-14 upset at Charleston's Laidley Field in a meeting between number one ranked PHS and number three ranked GW.

The Big Reds got another fine effort from Matt Lindamood, who scored both his team's touchdowns and gained 154 yards on 29 carries, but suffered two key turnovers, one leading to a GW touchdown and the other halting a PHS late scoring drive.

Neither team could generate any offense in the first quarter but PHS began the second quarter by putting together a 15-play, 82 yard drive that ate 7:46 off the clock and was all on the ground. Lindamood carried seven times on the drive, including the final five plays in a row. The TD came on a six yard run with 5:09 left in the half. Tyler Warner's kick made it 7-0.

A Big Red miscue helped GW tie the game just before the half. A bobbled PHS punt return put the Patriots in business on the PHS 33 yard line. Then came a third down pass interference call, giving GW a first down on the PHS 16 yard line. On a fourth and one play at the eight, Christian Perkins picked up the chain mover and on the next play Kinder found Beau Wilson, who had curled back to catch the ball on the one yard line and then spun into the end zone to complete a five yard touchdown play with just 12 seconds on the clock. Wilson, an old-style straight-ahead kicker, then booted the extra point to make it 7-7.

PHS came out to start the second half and again rode the running of Lindamood to a touchdown. A 25 yard run was the big play on a 62 yard drive that took 4:15 and a total of eight plays. The TD came on a nine yard run with 7:45 on the game clock. Warner's kick put PHS up 14-7.

But GW played a nearly perfect second half to pull out the win. Kinder completed all nine passes he tried, including scoring completions of 31 and 29 yards to Tucker. On one of the TD catches, Tucker went up between two Big Red defenders just inside the end zone and brought down the ball for the score. The first TD came on a 73-yard, five play drive while the second covered 60 yards and took eight plays with the go-ahead score coming with 5:42 left in the third quarter.

PHS had three possessions in the fourth quarter, moving the ball each time only to come up short. The first ended on a fourth down play at the GW 38 while the second was halted with 1:59 left in the game when Thomas threw an interception after moving the ball to the Patriot 25. PHS got the ball back with 57 seconds remaining and moved into GW territory at the 44 but with two seconds remaining, Thomas' pass to Wes Ankrom was caught at the 15 yard line as time expired.

The statistics were as even as the game as PHS had a 19-17 margin in first downs and a 224-70 advantage in rushing yardage. George Washington had a 220-60 margin in passing yards as Kinder finished with 18 completions on 25 attempts with one interception (Derek Wenzel's fifth of the year). The GW quarterback completed all nine of his second half pass attempts and hit on his last 11 pass attempts in the game. Overall, GW ran 53 plays for 290 yards while PHS ran 57 plays for 284 yards. Thomas finished with 53 yards rushing on 10 attempts and completed five of 13 passes with Ankrom and Stephen Roush each catching two.

The Big Reds were playing without the services of all-state linebacker Matt Littleton, who injured a knee against Parkersburg South.

                           Scoring Summary (Final)

            Parkersburg (7-1,6-1) vs. George Washington (7-1,7-1)

Date: Oct 12, 2007  Site: Charleston            Stadium: Laidley Field

Attendance: 5000

 Score by Quarters        1  2  3  4   Score

-----------------                    -- -- -- --   -----

Parkersburg.........          0  7  7  0  - 14

George Washington...    0  7 12  0  - 19

Scoring Summary:

2nd 05:09 PHS - Lindamood, Matt 6 yd run (Warner, Tyler kick)

                                                  15 plays, 82 yards, TOP 7:46, PHS 7 - GW 0

    00:12 GW - Wilson, Beau 5 yd pass from Kinder, Drew (Wilson, Beau kick)

                                                   7 plays, 34 yards, TOP 4:01, PHS 7 - GW 7

3rd 07:45 PHS - Lindamood, Matt 9 yd run (Warner, Tyler kick)

                                                  8 plays, 62 yards, TOP 4:08, PHS 14 - GW 7

    06:53 GW - Tucker, Michael 31 yd pass from Kinder, Drew (Wilson, Beau kick failed)

                                                 4 plays, 73 yards, TOP 0:47, PHS 14 - GW 13

    00:54 GW - Tucker, Michael 29 yd pass from Kinder, Drew (Perkins, C pass failed)

                                                 8 plays, 60 yards, TOP 3:49, PHS 14 - GW 19

Total elapsed time: 2:15

                              Team Statistics (Final)

                                                       PHS       GW

                FIRST DOWNS................... 19       17

                 Rushing.....................         15        5

                 Passing.....................          3       11

                 Penalty.....................           1        1

               NET YARDS RUSHING.............  224       70

                 Rushing Attempts............        44       28

                 Average Per Rush............      5.1      2.5

                 Yards Gained Rushing........      232       90

                 Yards Lost Rushing..........         8       20

               NET YARDS PASSING............. 60      220

                 Completions-Attempts-Int....   5-13-1  18-25-1

                 Average Per Attempt.........      4.6      8.8

                 Average Per Completion......      12.0     12.2

               TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 284      290

                 Total offense plays.........          57       53

                 Average Gain Per Play.......         5.0      5.5

               Fumbles: Number-Lost..........      1-1      0-0

               Penalties: Number-Yards.......     2-19    10-60

               PUNTS-YARDS...................     2-74    3-102

                 Average Yards Per Punt......     37.0     34.0

                 Net Yards Per Punt..........        38.0     33.7

                 Inside 20...................                1        0

                 50+ Yards...................              0        0

                 Touchbacks..................           0        0

                 Fair catch..................                1        1

               KICKOFFS-YARDS................    3-165    4-214

                 Average Yards Per Kickoff...     55.0     53.5

                 Net Yards Per Kickoff.......     37.7     38.5

                 Touchbacks..................        2        1

               Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD.    1-1-0   1--2-0

                 Average Per Return..........      1.0     -2.0

               Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD   2-40-0   1-12-0

                 Average Per Return..........     20.0     12.0

               Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD..    1-0-0   1-14-0

               Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD.    0-0-0    0-0-0

               Miscellaneous Yards...........        0        0

               Possession Time...............    25:26    22:34

                 1st Quarter.................          2:55     9:05

                 2nd Quarter.................        7:03     4:57

                 3rd Quarter.................        7:19     4:41

                 4th Quarter.................        8:09     3:51

               Third-Down Conversions........ 7 of 12  5 of 11

               Fourth-Down Conversions...... 1 of 2   1 of 2

               Red-Zone Scores-Chances...... 2-2      1-1

               Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-14      0-0

               PAT Kicks.....................        2-2      1-2

               Field Goals...................          0-0      0-0

                                 Individual Statistics (Final)

Parkersburg                                             George Washington

 Rushing      No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg   Rushing         No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg

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Lindamood, Matt 29  156    2  154  2 24  5.3     Perkins, C      17   53    1   52  0 13  3.1

Thomas, Andy    10   58    5   53  0 15  5.3        Kinder, Drew    11   37   19   18  0 11  1.6

Humphrey, Tyler  1   10    0   10  0 10 10.0        Totals...       28   90   20   70  0 13  2.5

Butterfield, A.  1    4    0    4  0  4  4.0

Shafer, Joey     1    3    0    3  0  3  3.0

Row, Chris       1    1    0    1  0  1  1.0

Roush, Stephen   1    0    1   -1  0  0 -1.0

Totals...       44  232    8  224  2 24  5.1

Passing     Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack   Passing        Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack

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Thomas, Andy      13-5-1     60  0   32    0      Kinder, Drew   25-18-1   220  3   31    2

Totals...               13-5-1     60  0   32    0         Totals...         25-18-1   220  3   31    2

Receiving       No.  Yds   TD Long         Receiving        No.  Yds   TD Long

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Ankrom, Wes        2   44    0   32            Tucker, Michael    5   99    2   31

Roush, Stephen     2   18    0   13            Simpkins, John     4   48    0   19

Lindamood, Matt    1   -2    0    0            Lively, Dillon     4   46    0   13

Totals...          5   60    0   32               Perkins, C         3    6    0    6

                                                           Rosencrance, Z     1   16    0   16

                                                       Wilson, Beau       1    5    1    5

                                                       Totals...         18  220    3   31

Punting          No.  Yds   Avg Long In20   TB     Punting         No.  Yds   Avg Long In20   TB

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Warner, Tyler      2   74  37.0   48    1    0         Wilson, Beau      3  102  34.0   39    0    0

Totals...          2   74  37.0   48    1    0             Totals...         3  102  34.0   39    0    0

                  Punts   Kickoffs  Intercept                    Punts   Kickoffs  Intercept

All Returns     No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg  All Returns     No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg No.Yds.Lg

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Roush, Stephen   1   1  1  1  19 19  0   0  0     Tucker, Michael  1  -2  0  0   0  0  0   0  0

Row, Chris       0   0  0  1  21 21  0   0  0          Rosencrance, Z   0   0  0  0   0  0  1  14 14

Wenzel, Derek    0   0  0  0   0  0  1   0  0          Lacy, Felix      0   0  0  1  12 12  0   0  0

Totals...        1   1  1  2  40 21  1   0  0          Totals...        1  -2  0  1  12 12  1  14 14

 Kickoffs         No.  Yds  TB  OB   Avg        Kickoffs         No.  Yds  TB  OB   Avg

        ---------------------------------------        ---------------------------------------

Warner, Tyler      3  165   2   0  55.0        Wilson, Beau       4  214   1   1  53.5

  FUMBLES: Parkersburg-Roush, Stephen 1-1. George Washington-None.