Woodrow Wilson 

5 TDs as PHS Beats Beckley

For the second week in a row Matt Lindamood scored five touchdown as the Big Reds bounced visiting Beckley Woodrow Wilson 35-7 before 5,000 fans at Stadium Field.

Lindamood ran for 139 yards on 20 carries, caught three passes for 50 yards and even scored a two-point conversion to power PHS to its 16th straight victory and keep the Big Red seniors' perfect home record intact. Andy Thomas added 101 yards on 12 carries as the Big Reds rolled up 251 yards on the ground while holding Beckley to just 39 yards on 24 rushing attempts.

The Big Red defense held Beckley's Marquel Ali in check, allowing him only seven yards rushing on eight attempts although he did catch a 26 yard touchdown pass to account for the Flying Eagles' only score of the night. Last week Ali (who has 4.3 speed in the 40) had three touchdowns, 165 yards rushing and 81 yards receiving in a 29-22 win over Huntington. The Eagles had over 400 yards in offense last week but were held to 183 yards by PHS, which came up with two interceptions.

In addition to running for over 100 yards, Thomas completed five of six passes for 61 yards as PHS finished the night with 312 yards in total offense.

The Big Reds started the game right as Josh Jenkins and Matt Winans sacked Beckley quarterback Ryan Stafford on the first play of the game for an eight yard loss back to one yard line. Three plays later the visitors were forced to punt from their own 12 and could only get off a 15 yard kick with PHS taking over two and half minutes into the game just 27 yards away from the end zone. It took four plays for Lindamood to go over from a yard out with 7:54 on the clock. Tyler Warner's kick made it 7-0.

Beckley responded by putting together its best drive of the night, going 78 yards on 11 plays. On the ground the Eagles of coach John Lilly had zero net yards on four attempts but in the air Stafford completed six of seven passes with the final one going to Ali up the left sidelines for the last 26 yards with 2:23 on the first quarter clock. The kick tied the game at 7-all.

The Big Reds' answer to that score was typical - run Lindamood right at the defense and see if they can stop him.

The senior all-stater finished the 70-yard, six play drive with runs of 22 and 25 yards to reach the end zone on the first play of the second quarter. After making his first attempt, Warner had to kick again because of a deadball penalty against Beckley and wound up missing his second try.

Beckley's next possession ended with a punt - which went for minus six yards. The Big Reds took over at the Woodrow 28 this time and took four plays for Lindamood to score standing up with 8:03 left in the half. PHS went for two and missed but an interference penalty put the ball just a yard and a half away and it was an easy matter for Lindamood to follow Josh Jenkins for the two-point conversion to make it 21-7.

PHS took over with 4:26 left in the half following a Beckley punt to the Big Red 22 yard line. Three plays into the possession, Thomas found Lindamood with a middle screen and the result was a 73 yard touchdown jaunt. However, the Big Reds were called for holding and somehow the result was a first down on the PHS 34 although the penalty flag appeared to be thrown on the Beckley 40 yard line. It didn't really matter, though, as three plays later Thomas broke away for a 27 yard run to the Woodrow Wilson 38 and on the next play ran the same screen pass to Lindamood, who carried it inside the nine yard line. Two plays later Lindamood again went into the end zone standing up behind the blocking of the left side of the line. Warner's kick made it 28-7 with 38 seconds remaining in the second quarter.

The Big Reds started the second half by driving for a 42 yard field goal attempt by Warner that was wide left with 8:13 on the clock.

Beckley then got a break when PHS fumbled away a fair catch attempt on a punt with the Eagles recovering on the PHS 32. But the Big Red defense held and got a fourth down interception from Brandon Eckleberry on their own 23.

Although forced to punt, PHS got the ball back three plays later when Travis Bunner came up with an interception return to the Beckley 20. However, a penalty on the return forced the Big Reds to start from the Beckley 47.

A 21 yard run by Thomas was the big play on a drive which took eight plays and saw four flags thrown, including double personal fouls each way. With 8:02 left in the game, Lindamood did the honors once again from a yard away and Warner's kick made it 35-7.

Beckley finished the game by driving 60 yards on 12 plays but seemed content to run out the clock and suffer their first loss.

Score by Quarters   

Beckley Woodrow.....  7  0  0  0  -  7

Parkersburg.........        7 21  0  7  - 35

Scoring Summary:

1st 07:54 PHS - Lindamood, Matt 1 yd run (Warner, Tyler kick)

                                                   4 plays, 27 yards, TOP 1:43, WW 0 - PHS 7

    02:23 WW - Ali, Marquel 26 yd pass from Stafford, Ryan (Cook, Adam kick)

                                                  11 plays, 78 yards, TOP 5:23, WW 7 - PHS 7

2nd 11:52 PHS - Lindamood, Matt 25 yd run (Warner, Tyler kick failed)

                                                  6 plays, 70 yards, TOP 2:23, WW 7 - PHS 13

    08:03 PHS - Lindamood, Matt 4 yd run (Lindamood, Matt rush)

                                                  4 plays, 28 yards, TOP 1:59, WW 7 - PHS 21

    00:38 PHS - Lindamood, Matt 1 yd run (Warner, Tyler kick)

                                                  9 plays, 78 yards, TOP 3:48, WW 7 - PHS 28

4th 08:02 PHS - Lindamood, Matt 1 yd run (Warner, Tyler kick)

                                                  9 plays, 47 yards, TOP 4:27, WW 7 - PHS 35

                            Team Statistics

                                                          WW      PHS

                FIRST DOWNS...................       12       13

                 Rushing.....................        4       11

                 Passing.....................        7        2

                 Penalty.....................        1        0

               NET YARDS RUSHING.............       48      254

                 Rushing Attempts............       24       37

                 Average Per Rush............      2.0      6.9

                 Yards Gained Rushing........       79      260

                 Yards Lost Rushing..........       31        6

               NET YARDS PASSING.............      136       61

                 Completions-Attempts-Int....  16-26-2    5-6-0

                 Average Per Attempt.........      5.2     10.2

                 Average Per Completion......      8.5     12.2

               TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS...........      184      315

                 Total offense plays.........       50       43

                 Average Gain Per Play.......      3.7      7.3

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

               Penalties: Number-Yards.......     7-47     5-56

               PUNTS-YARDS...................     4-77     1-35

                 Average Yards Per Punt......     19.2     35.0

                 Net Yards Per Punt..........     19.2     14.0

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

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

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

                 Fair catch..................        1        0

               KICKOFFS-YARDS................     2-60    6-332

                 Average Yards Per Kickoff...     30.0     55.3

                 Net Yards Per Kickoff.......     26.0     40.2

                 Touchbacks..................        0        1

               Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD.   1-21-0    1-0-0

                 Average Per Return..........     21.0      0.0

               Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD   5-71-0    1-8-0

                 Average Per Return..........     14.2      8.0

               Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD..    0-0-0   2-11-0

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

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

               Possession Time...............    26:49    21:11

                 1st Quarter.................     7:54     4:06

                 2nd Quarter.................     6:05     5:55

                 3rd Quarter.................     5:33     6:27

                 4th Quarter.................     7:17     4:43

               Third-Down Conversions........  5 of 12   4 of 7

               Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 2   1 of 1

               Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      0-0      4-4

               Sacks By: Number-Yards........      1-2     2-14

               PAT Kicks.....................      1-1      3-4

               Field Goals...................      0-0      0-1

                                 Individual Statistics (Final)

Beckley Woodrow                                Parkersburg

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

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Williams, Josh   3   27    0   27  0 13  9.0   Lindamood, Matt 21  140    2  138  5 25  6.6

Ali, Marquel     8   25    9   16  0 10  2.0   Thomas, Andy    13  109    4  105  0 27  8.1

Pryor, Josh      3   15    0   15  0  9  5.0   Butterfield, A.  2    6    0    6  0  3  3.0

Mayo, Blaine     4    6    3    3  0  5  0.8   Winans, Matt     1    5    0    5  0  5  5.0

Stafford, Ryan   4    6    8   -2  0  5 -0.5   Totals...       37  260    6  254  5 27  6.9

Johnson, Tim     1    0    5   -5  0  0 -5.0

Starkey, Kevin   1    0    6   -6  0  0 -6.0

Totals...       24   79   31   48  0 13  2.0

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

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Stafford, Ryan    24-16-1   136  1   26    1   Thomas, Andy       6-5-0     61  0   29    1

Starkey, Kevin     2-0-1      0  0    0    1   Totals...          6-5-0     61  0   29    1

Totals...         26-16-2   136  1   26    2

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

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Ali, Marquel       4   55    1   26            Lindamood, Matt    3   50    0   29

Wood, Vashan       4   32    0   10            Humphrey, Tyler    1    8    0    8

Allen, David       4   23    0   10            Smith, Kyle        1    3    0    3

Mayo, Blaine       3   19    0    9            Totals...          5   61    0   29

Bowyer, Tyler      1    7    0    7

Totals...         16  136    1   26

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

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Allen, David       2   68  34.0   36    0    0 Warner, Tyler      1   35  35.0   35    0    0

Wriston, Bobby     1   -6  -6.0    0    0    0 Totals...          1   35  35.0   35    0    0

Starkey, Kevin     1   15  15.0   15    0    0

Totals...          4   77  19.2   36    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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Ali, Marquel     0   0  0  1  27 27  0   0  0  Eckelberry, B.   0   0  0  1   8  8  1   0  0

Mayo, Blaine     0   0  0  2  22 12  0   0  0  Bunner, Travis   0   0  0  0   0  0  1  11 11

Pryor, Josh      1  21 21  2  22 13  0   0  0  Roush, Stephen   1   0  0  0   0  0  0   0  0

Totals...        1  21 21  5  71 27  0   0  0  Totals...        1   0  0  1   8  8  2  11 11

Field goal attempts                            Field goal attempts

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                                               Warner, Tyler   3rd 08:13  42 yds - Missed

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

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Robinson, Rod      2   60   0   0  30.0        Warner, Tyler      6  332   1   0  55.3