Thomas Has Hand In 5 TDs as PHS Pounds Lincoln 62-16

Making the most of the little amount of time they had the ball, the Big Reds pounded winless Lincoln County 62-16 as senior quarterback Andy Thomas had a hand in five of the nine touchdowns recorded.

Thomas ran for two touchdowns, passed for two touchdowns and returned an interception for another score as number one ranked PHS won for the sixth time this season and upped its winning streak to 20 games in a row. The Big Reds ran just 38 plays to 69 for the home team but that was more than enough as the PHS defense scored twice and came up with six Panther turnovers. The PHS first string offense ran just four plays in the second half and only 21 plays for the entire game. Overall the Big Reds amassed 430 yards in total offense, including 359 yards rushing on just 32 attempts. The PHS reserves tacked on two fourth quarter scores.

In addition to Thomas, who ran for 35 yards on four carries and completed three of five passes for 71 yards, Matt Lindamood had a touchdown and gained 133 yards - on only eight carries, just one in the second half. Stephen Roush had all three PHS receptions for 71 yards while back-up fullback Christian Ong gained 71 yards on just five attempts.

Lincoln managed to move the ball somewhat on both the ground and through the air. Tailback Ricky Huffman ran 27 times for 93 yards while quarterback Tyler Browning completed 13 of 24 passes for 159 yards. Although Browning was intercepted three times he did managed to throw for one TD and run for another.

The Big Reds actually scored on the game's first offensive play when sophomore Derek Wenzel picked off Browning's pass on the Lincoln 37 and returned it for a touchdown but an illegal block at the five yard negated the touchdown.

Which only meant that PHS would have to go on offense from the Panther 15 and would require another minute to get the game's first touchdown. A seven yard run by Lindamood set up Thomas' fake up the middle and carry around the right side and into the end zone with 10:46 left on the clock.  Tyler Warner, who impressed the Lincoln fans with his 57 yard field goal in warm-ups, booted the first of his six extra points.

Although Lincoln picked up a couple of first downs on its second series, the Panthers had to punt and PHS started from its own 28. Four plays later Thomas found Roush in the right flat and the sophomore receiver hauled in the pass and sped into the end zone to complete a 37 yard scoring play with 3:42 left in the first quarter.

Forcing another punt and starting from their own 44, the Big Reds took only three plays to register their third TD as Lindamood gave one of his now patented shake off a tackler and drag a tackler for 38 yards to start the drive and then score two plays later after taking a pitch and going around right end with 57 seconds left in the quarter.

Lincoln pulled off a mild surprise by driving 80 yards on 12 plays (plus a roughing the passer penalty against PHS). A couple of big passes to Schuyler Pritchard were the big plays on the scoring march. The two-point conversion pass made it 21-8 with 8:21 left in the first half.

PHS tacked on a couple of late scores to run the margin to 34-8 at  halftime. The first came at the end of a seven-play 61 yard drive when Thomas faked into the middle and kept the ball around right end for a four yard TD run. Then, just 14 seconds later, Thomas forced a fumble and Matt Winans picked up the ball and raced 20 yards for a score. The half ended with Anthony Thorpe coming up with an interception.

The Big Red first offensive unit took the second half kickoff, ran four plays and was through for the night. A 35 yard run by Lindamood came on the second play and ended his work load for the night. A four yard run by Joe Shafer set up Thomas' 16 yard scoring pass to Roush with 10:29 on the clock.

Lincoln moved into Big Red territory on its first possession of the second half, aided by a pass interference penalty which saw the contact and the flags fly well after the pass had already gone out of bounds. That was followed by an 18 yard penalty on an intentional grounding call and that was followed by Thomas picking off a pass over the middle and going 59 yards for a touchdown to run the score to 48-8 with 6:36 left in the third quarter.

The Panthers scored on their next possession going 70 yards on nine plays with the payoff coming when Browning threw into the end zone and two Big Reds batted the ball in the air only to have Pritchard come down with it for the TD.

The other PHS scores came in the fourth quarter. The first when Christian Ong did the honors on a three yard run which came immediately after a 42 yard burst over left tackle by the junior fullback. The final TD came after Lincoln failed to convert on a fourth down play at its own 36 yard line. A 14 yard gain by Ong and a 22 yard run around right end by Anthony Thorpe produced the touchdown.

On the negative side, PHS was penalized nine times for 96 yards in the game.

   Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score

  Parkersburg......... 21 13 14 14  - 62       Record: (5-0,5-0)

  Lincoln County......  0  8  8  0  - 16       Record: (0-5,0-4)

    Scoring Summary:

  1st 10:46 PHS - Thomas, Andy 8 yd run (Warner, Tyler kick), 2-15 0:55, PHS 7 - LI 0

      03:42 PHS - Roush, Stephen 37 yd pass from Thomas, Andy (Warner, Tyler kick), 4-72 1:31, PHS 14 - LI 0

      00:57 PHS - Lindamood, Matt 5 yd run (Warner, Tyler kick), 3-56 0:57, PHS 21 - LI 0

  2nd 08:21 LI - Browning 1 yd run (Ashworth pass from Browning), 12-80 4:35, PHS 21 - LI 8

      01:14 PHS - Thomas, Andy 4 yd run (Warner, Tyler kick), 7-61 3:26, PHS 28 - LI 8

      00:50 PHS - Winans, Matt 20 yd fumble recovery (Warner, Tyler kick failed), , PHS 34 - LI 8

  3rd 10:29 PHS - Roush, Stephen 16 yd pass from Thomas, Andy (Warner, Tyler kick), 4-55 1:21, PHS 41 - LI 8

      06:36 PHS - Thomas, Andy 59 yd interception return (Warner, Tyler kick), , PHS 48 - LI 8

      02:40 LI - Pritchard 22 yd pass from Browning (Workman pass from Browning), 9-70 3:48, PHS 48 - LI 16

  4th 08:46 PHS - Ong, Christian 3 yd run (Butterfield, A. kick failed), 6-74 2:23, PHS 54 - LI 16

      05:30 PHS - Thorpe, Anthony 22 yd run (Ong, Christian rush), 2-36 0:47, PHS 62 - LI 16

                                                      PHS       LI

  FIRST DOWNS...................       18       19

  RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............   32-359   45-132

  PASSING YDS (NET).............       71      159

  Passes Att-Comp-Int...........            6-3-1  24-13-3

  TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS.....   38-430   69-291

  Fumble Returns-Yards..........        1-20      0-0

  Punt Returns-Yards............         1-4      0-0

  Kickoff Returns-Yards.........        2-21    7-153

  Interception Returns-Yards....        3-91      1-0

  Punts (Number-Avg)............      1-30.0   2-29.5

  Fumbles-Lost..................         2-1      5-3

  Penalties-Yards...............        9-96     5-38

  Possession Time...............       15:47    32:13

  Third-Down Conversions........   0 of 1 10 of 15

  Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 0   1 of 3

  Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......     5-6      1-1

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

  RUSHING: Parkersburg-Lindamood, Matt 8-133; Ong, Christian 5-71; Thomas, Andy

  4-35; Thorpe, Anthony 4-25; Armitage, Steve 1-23; Butterfield, A. 3-22; Row,

  Chris 1-19; Shafer, Joey 3-16; Shank, Daniel 1-8; Smith, Jordan 1-6; Cottrill,

  Frank 1-1. Lincoln County-Huffman 27-92; Cooper 6-20; Browning 4-13; Workman

  8-7.

  PASSING: Parkersburg-Thomas, Andy 3-5-1-71; Thorpe, Anthony 0-1-0-0. Lincoln

  County-Browning 13-24-3-159.

  RECEIVING: Parkersburg-Roush, Stephen 3-71. Lincoln County-Pritchard 6-79;

  Ashworth 3-43; McCormick 2-33; 12 1-9; Huffman 1-minus 5.

  INTERCEPTIONS: Parkersburg-Thomas, Andy 1-59; Wenzel, Derek 1-32; Thorpe,

  Anthony 1-0. Lincoln County-Pritchard 1-0.

  FUMBLES: Parkersburg-Thorpe, Anthony 1-0; Cottrill, Frank 1-1. Lincoln

  County-Huffman 4-3; Cooper 1-0.

  TACKLES (UA-A): Parkersburg-Littleton, Matt 8-6; Thorpe, Anthony 5-6; Winans,  Matt 4-8; Eckelberry, B. 5-4; Nolan, Zach 6-1; McGee, Zack 6-1; Winans, Michael  4-2; Thomas, Andy 4-2; Jenkins, Josh 2-4; Wenzel, Derek 2-1; DeGarmo, Jon 2-0;  Riblett, M. 2-0; Bunner, Travis 1-2; Clark, Ben 1-2; Humphrey, Tyler 1-1; Row,  Chris 1-1; Shafer, Joey 1-1; James, Chris 0-3; Garrett, Chase 1-0; Powell,  Jordan 1-0; TM 1-0; Phillips, Jason 0-2; Easton, Alex 0-1; Roush, Stephen 0-1;  Zickefoose, S. 0-1; Cokeley, Zach 0-1; Black, Ryan 0-1. Lincoln County-Pritchard  5-2; McCormick 3-1; Workman 2-1; Hamlin 2-1; Cooper 2-1; McGhee 2-0; Cremeans  1-1; Cantrell 1-1; 45 1-0; 16 1-0; Elkins 1-0; 12 0-1; Craddock 0-1.