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Riverside
High-Powered PHS Grid Machine Overpowers Riverside, 62-28
Alex Ash Aerial Show On Display Again: 4 TDs, 285 Yards;
Jeremy Bell Catches 3 TDs; Allan Wasonga Scores 3 Times
The high-powered Parkersburg Big Red offense continues to roll on as a virtually unstoppable scoring machine, the defense played its second straight strong second half en route to a 62-28 victory over host Riverside.
The Alex Ash aerial show was on full display against the Warriors as the junior quarterback followed his record-setting five touchdown performance of a week ago with a four TD night and 285 yards through the air. While completing 17 of 21 passes, he had a fifth touchdown himself on a 43 yard interception return. In his last two games he has amassed 590 yards through the air and found the end zone nine times with his right arm.
Jeremy Bell was the biggest receiver for the Big Reds, catching five passes for 107 yards and scoring three touchdowns. Seth Frederick also caught five passes while Corey Ohse had four receptions and the other touchdown.
Meanwhile, Allan Wasonga reached the end zone three times himself, twice on runs and once on a scintillating 84 yard kickoff return. The senior all-stater carried 20 times for 126 yards.
The Big Reds finished the night with 456 yards in total offense.
While Riverside stood toe-to-toe with the Big Reds in a first half slugfest, piling up four touchdowns and 216 total yards, the Warriors could not keep up the pace as the PHS defense pitched a second half shutout and limited the home team to just 49 yards and three first downs. Sophomore Adam Lindamood was the leading tackler with eight.
Brian Blankenship kept Riverside in the game in the first half, scoring three touchdowns, including a 74 yard punt return. He finished with 116 yards rushing on 15 carries.
Riverside started the game by going 64 yard on six plays with Blankenship and Seth Shanklin sharing the running load. Blankenship got the touchdown on a nine yard run just 2:31 into the game.
But PHS took just 34 seconds to answer that score. After Frederick returned the kickoff 27 yards to his 44 yard line he caught a pass on the right sideline and picked up 25 yards to the Riverside 29. From there, Wasonga went over right tackle and sped to the end zone untouched to tie the game after Cody Roney's extra point. Roney, a sophomore, converted eight extra points while filling in for Jeff Lantz, who was forced to sit out the game for disciplinary reasons.
Sixty-two seconds later PHS was on the board again as Ash stepped in front of a Shanklin pass and raced 43 yards for an interception return touchdown with 7:50 left in the first quarter.
Riverside tied the game at 14-all with 2:16 left in the quarter when Blankenship broke loose for a 53 yard scoring run on a play that was set up by a PHS fumble.
Fourteen seconds later the Big Reds were on top again as Wasonga gathered in the ensuing kickoff at his own 16, went up the middle, broke to the right sideline and stiff-armed the last would-be tackler (the kicker Derek Chestnut) as the Riverside 30 on his way to the end zone.
PHS got good field position later in the first quarter when Chad Collins returned a punt seven yards to the Riverside 46. Wasonga ran for 11 and then caught a pass out of the backfield for 10 more to quickly move the ball to the Warrior 25. Two more runs by the senior moved the ball to the 14 and he picked up a first and goal on the three yard line just two minutes into the second quarter. But on the next play Ash rolled out and, under pressure, tried to force a pass into the end zone, where it was intercepted by Sam Stamper.
The two teams traded punts but Riverside got the better of that exchange when Blankenship returned the Big Red kick 74 yards for a touchdown. Blankenship caught the ball at his own 26, broke tackles to reach the left sideline, cut all the back across the field to the right sideline, breaking two more tackles along the way, and finally reached the end zone on a journey which seemed to take forever. The touchdown came with 6:19 left before the halftime homecoming ceremonies.
The Big Reds decided to not fool around after that touchdown, giving Riverside a steady diet of runs by Wasonga and two receptions by Frederick to cover 56 yards for the fourth PHS TD of the half. Frederick's second catch went for 21 yards and a touchdown but it was called back for an illegal block. However, Wasonga got the touchdown two plays later on a five yard run over right tackle with Huntar Shank leading the way. Wasonga had five carries for 39 yards on that scoring drive which culminated with 3:40 on the clock.
The fifth PHS touchdown came just over two minutes later when Collins recovered a fumbled Riverside pitchout on the Warriors' 44 yard line. Ash took just two plays, both passes to Bell, to have his team in the end zone again. After hitting his 6-foot-4 tight end for 19 yards over the middle he was surprised to find his favorite receiver wide open at the goal line for the final 25 yards on the very next play. Thus, a two-play, 22-second drive that made it 35-21.
Riverside couldn't score in 22 seconds but the Warriors did score in 1:18 as they went 65 yards on just five plays to reach the end zone and make it a 35-28 game at the intermission. The touchdown came when Shanklin scrambled from the four yard line and found Zach Bowles all alone along the back of the end zone for the score with just 10.7 seconds left before the half.
While the Big Reds kept up their scoring pace in the second half, reaching the end zone on their first three possessions, the Warriors were held in check as lineman Luca ScottoDiluzio led the way.
The first second half score came on a four yard pass to Bell which capped a 65 yard, 11 play drive. That drive started with four straight Wasonga runs (netting 21 yards), followed by big passes to Bell and Frederick. The second touchdown took just four plays and covered 57 yards with the last two being a 23 yard completion to Ohse and then the 34 yard toss to Bell, who was wide open in the right flat.
PHS got the ball back late in the third quarter on the Riverside 42 after a short punt and in nine plays Ohse was on the receiving end of a nine yard slant pass to the end zone with 10:32 left in the game.
The Big Red second team offense scored with 1:39 remaining with Lindamood broke two tackles on his 19 yard run to the end zone. That TD was set up by John Thurmond's 28 yard punt return.
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
Scoring Summary
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Parkersburg High.... 21 14 14 13 - 62
Riverside........... 14 14 0 0 - 28
Scoring Summary:
1st 09:29 RIV - B. Blankenship 9 yd run (Derek Chestnut kick)
6 plays, 64 yards, TOP 2:31, PHS 0 - RIV 7
08:48 PHS - Wasonga, Allan 29 yd run (Roney, Cody kick)
2 plays, 56 yards, TOP 0:34, PHS 7 - RIV 7
07:50 PHS - Ash, Alex 43 yd interception return (Roney, Cody kick)
PHS 14 - RIV 7
02:16 RIV - B. Blankenship 53 yd run (Derek Chestnut kick)
1 play, 53 yards, TOP 0:11, PHS 14 - RIV 14
02:02 PHS - Wasonga, Allan 84 yd kickoff return (Roney, Cody kick)
PHS 21 - RIV 14
2nd 06:19 RIV - B. Blankenship 74 yd punt return (Derek Chestnut kick)
PHS 21 - RIV 21
03:40 PHS - Wasonga, Allan 5 yd run (Roney, Cody kick)
7 plays, 56 yards, TOP 2:39, PHS 28 - RIV 21
01:34 PHS - Bell, Jeremy 25 yd pass from Ash, Alex (Roney, Cody kick)
2 plays, 44 yards, TOP 0:22, PHS 35 - RIV 21
00:11 RIV - Zach Bowles 4 yd pass from Seth Shanklin (Derek Chestnut kick)
5 plays, 65 yards, TOP 1:18, PHS 35 - RIV 28
3rd 07:03 PHS - Bell, Jeremy 4 yd pass from Ash, Alex (Roney, Cody kick)
11 plays, 65 yards, TOP 4:57, PHS 42 - RIV 28
03:47 PHS - Bell, Jeremy 34 yd pass from Ash, Alex (Roney, Cody kick)
4 plays, 57 yards, TOP 1:19, PHS 49 - RIV 28
4th 10:32 PHS - Ohse, Corey 9 yd pass from Ash, Alex (Roney, Cody kick blockd)
9 plays, 42 yards, TOP 3:27, PHS 55 - RIV 28
01:39 PHS - Lindamood, Adam 19 yd run (Roney, Cody kick)
1 play, 19 yards, TOP 0:06, PHS 62 - RIV 28
Team Statistics
PHS RIV
FIRST DOWNS................... 24 11
Rushing..................... 11 8
Passing..................... 13 3
Penalty..................... 0 0
NET YARDS RUSHING............. 171 196
Rushing Attempts............ 38 36
Average Per Rush............ 4.5 5.4
Yards Gained Rushing........ 188 213
Yards Lost Rushing.......... 17 17
NET YARDS PASSING............. 285 69
Completions-Attempts-Int.... 17-21-1 6-12-1
Average Per Attempt......... 13.6 5.8
Average Per Completion...... 16.8 11.5
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS........... 456 265
Total offense plays......... 59 48
Average Gain Per Play....... 7.7 5.5
Fumbles: Number-Lost.......... 2-1 1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards....... 4-28 4-32
PUNTS-YARDS................... 1-33 7-221
Average Yards Per Punt...... 33.0 31.6
Net Yards Per Punt.......... -41.0 15.7
Inside 20................... 0 1
50+ Yards................... 0 0
Touchbacks.................. 0 0
Fair catch.................. 0 0
KICKOFFS-YARDS................ 10-451 5-164
Average Yards Per Kickoff... 45.1 32.8
Net Yards Per Kickoff....... 29.8 10.6
Touchbacks.................. 0 0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD. 4-111-0 1-74-1
Average Per Return.......... 27.8 74.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD 4-111-1 10-153-0
Average Per Return.......... 27.8 15.3
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD.. 1-43-1 1-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD. 0-0-0 0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards........... 0 0
Possession Time............... 23:19 24:41
1st Quarter................. 3:36 8:24
2nd Quarter................. 7:23 4:37
3rd Quarter................. 8:15 3:45
4th Quarter................. 4:05 7:55
Third-Down Conversions........ 5 of 9 2 of 9
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 1 of 2 0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 4-5 2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 3-12
PAT Kicks..................... 8-9 4-4
Field Goals................... 0-0 0-0
Individual Statistics
Parkersburg High Riverside
Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg Rushing No Gain Loss Net TD Lg Avg
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Wasonga, Allan 20 129 3 126 2 29 6.3 B. Blankenship 15 122 6 116 2 53 7.7
Collins, Chad 8 31 1 30 0 8 3.8 Seth Shanklin 9 54 5 49 0 18 5.4
Lindamood, Adam 4 28 0 28 1 19 7.0 Taijh Powell 8 30 5 25 0 8 3.1
Santer, Matt 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 Zach Bowles 2 7 0 7 0 7 3.5
Ash, Alex 5 0 13 -13 0 0 -2.6 J. Breeding 1 0 0 0 0 0 0.0
Totals... 38 188 17 171 3 29 4.5 Larry Short 1 0 1 -1 0 0 -1.0
Totals... 36 213 17 196 2 53 5.4
Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack Passing Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack
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Ash, Alex 21-17-1 285 4 34 3 Seth Shanklin 12-6-1 69 1 20 0
Totals... 21-17-1 285 4 34 3 Totals... 12-6-1 69 1 20 0
Receiving No. Yds TD Long Receiving No. Yds TD Long
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Bell, Jeremy 5 107 3 34 Davon Booker 2 35 0 20
Frederick, Seth 5 83 0 27 Anthony Simmons 1 19 0 19
Ohse, Corey 4 58 1 23 G. Randolph 1 6 0 6
Collins, Chad 2 27 0 22 Rayshawn Payne 1 5 0 5
Wasonga, Allan 1 10 0 10 Zach Bowles 1 4 1 4
Totals... 17 285 4 34 Totals... 6 69 1 20
Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB Punting No. Yds Avg Long In20 TB
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Gherke, Tyler 1 33 33.0 33 0 0 Alan McNeely 2 56 28.0 34 0 0
Totals... 1 33 33.0 33 0 0 Seth Shanklin 5 165 33.0 39 1 0
Totals... 7 221 31.6 39 1 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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Frederick, Seth 2 70 61 1 27 27 0 0 0 Rayshawn Payne 0 0 0 1 11 11 0 0 0
Collins, Chad 1 7 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 Sam Stamper 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0
Wasonga, Allan 0 0 0 1 84 84 0 0 0 Charles Roy 0 0 0 2 24 15 0 0 0
Terrell, Skyler 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 Travis Wong 0 0 0 4 89 31 0 0 0
Thurmond, John 1 34 34 1 0 0 0 0 0 B. Blankenship 1 74 74 0 0 0 0 0 0
Ash, Alex 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 43 43 Larry Short 0 0 0 3 29 17 0 0 0
Totals... 4 111 61 4 111 84 1 43 43 Totals... 1 74 74 10 153 31 1 0 0
Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg Kickoffs No. Yds TB OB Avg
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Collins, Chad 9 401 0 0 44.6 Derek Chestnut 5 164 0 1 32.8
Roney, Cody 1 50 0 0 50.0
FUMBLES: Parkersburg High-Santer, Matt 1-0; Ash, Alex 1-1. Riverside-B. Blankenship 1-1.
Defensive Statistics
Parkersburg High
## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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21 Lindamood, Adam 5 3 8 1.0/5 . . . . . . .
9 Frederick, Seth 4 3 7 . . . . . . . .
3 Ohse, Corey 3 4 7 1.0/2 . . . 1 . . .
33 Bell, Jeremy 4 2 6 . 1 . . . . . .
74 ScottoDiluzio 3 3 6 . . . . . . . .
31 Collins, Chad 5 . 5 2.0/2 . 1-0 . . . . .
66 Kelley Robert 4 1 5 . . . . . . . .
14 Santer, Matt 4 1 5 . . . . . . . .
4 Ash, Alex 3 . 3 . . . 1-43 . . . .
60 Weber, John 2 1 3 . . . . . . . .
38 Terrell, Skyler 1 2 3 . . . . . . . .
8 Minnite, Zayne 2 . 2 . . . . . . . .
44 Shank, Huntar 1 1 2 . . . . . . . .
75 Talbott, Michae 1 1 2 . . . . . . . .
25 Foster, Tyler 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
98 Lewis, Josh 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
28 Sandy, Nick 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
51 Imboden, David . 1 1 . . . . . . . .
68 Carozza, Daniel . 1 1 . . . . . . . .
Riverside
## Player Solo Ast Tot TFL/Yds FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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12 G. Randolph 8 . 8 1.0/3 . . . . . . 1
1 Seth Shanklin 6 . 6 . . . . . . . .
41 Jacob Neil 5 . 5 1.0/1 . . . . 1 . .
32 Jimmy Ruiz 4 . 4 . . . . . . . .
31 Anthony Simmons 4 . 4 1.0/2 . . . . . 1/2 .
3 Rayshawn Payne 3 . 3 . . . . . . . .
71 Caleb Harmon 2 . 2 . . 1-0 . . . . .
10 Zach Bowles 2 . 2 1.0/5 . . . . . 1/5 .
58 Cameron Igo 2 . 2 . . . . . . . .
82 Sam Stamper 2 . 2 . . . 1-0 . . . .
30 Larry Short 2 . 2 . . . . . . . .
5 Davon Booker 1 1 2 . . . . . . . .
19 Cody Halstead 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
48 Robert Peyton 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
70 Wesley Cogar 1 . 1 1.0/5 . . . . . 1/5 .
72 C.J. Smith 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
75 Josh Bellew 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
76 John Tucker 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
89 Alan McNeely 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .
84 Alex Hilmon 1 . 1 . . . . . . . .