Chad Collins scored four touchdowns and ran for 229 yards to lead the Parkersburg Big Reds to a 40-21 victory over host Marietta Friday night at Don Drumm Field.
Collins got plenty of help from sophomore Adam Lindamood and an outstanding blocking effort from his offensive line as PHS had to withstand several big plays by the home-standing Tigers to register its first win ever under new head coach Don Reeves.
The Big Reds piled up a whopping 472 yards in total offense as they evened their record at 1-1. In addition to Collins' huge total on the ground, which was achieved on 18 carries and was the 19th best single game effort in the history of PHS, Lindamood picked up 69 yards on 10 carries and scored his team's first two touchdowns while quarterback Alex Ash completed nine of 14 passes for 119 yards. The Red and White had 23 first downs.
Marietta suffered its initial defeat under first-year head coach Craig Farnsworth, a former PHS coach and player, but did come up with several big plays which led to three touchdowns. Morgan Wynn finished with 163 yards on 22 attempts and scored one touchdown.
The Big Reds scored on their first possession, going 80 yards on nine plays in three and a half minutes. A 31 yard pass from Ash to Adrian Webster was the big play while Lindamood ended the drive with a five yard run up the middle behind some big blocks by John Weber and Justin Johnson. Jeff Lantz missed the extra point kick to make it 6-0 with 8:30 left in the first quarter.
Marietta was able to answer the score thanks mainly to a 63 yard run up the sideline by Matt McKitrick to the PHS five yard line. Mitch Gearhart got the TD on a four yard run on a pitch and cutback. Matt Morrison kicked the extra point for a 7-6 lead with 5:40 on the first period clock.
The Tigers then tried an onside kick and recovered the ball on the Parkersburg 44 yard line but the Big Red defense held and forced a punt.
Starting from their own 29, the Big Reds needed just four plays to score, thanks to a 15 yard completion to Seth Frederick and then a 31 yard run by Collins. Frederick then caught a six yard pass to the Marietta three yard line and on the next carry, Weber and Robert Kelley led a huge blocking effort that enabled Lindamood to score with 2:36 left in the quarter. Lantz then kicked the extra point to put PHS on top 13-7.
Marietta got another big run on its first offensive play following that TD. Wynn burst of the middle and into the open, going 64 yards before being drug down from behind by Kevin Minehart. A couple of penalties pushed Marietta back to the 24 but a couple of passes produced a go-ahead score when Justin Futrell hit McKitrick in the right corner of the end zone from nine yards away to tie the score with 37 seconds left in the initial period. Morrison's kick put the Tigers up 14-13.
It took just 51 seconds for the Big Reds to go ahead for good, covering 80 yards on just three plays. A pass to Minehart netted eight yards and a 15 yard scramble by Ash took the ball to near midfield. After a penalty against PHS, Collins took the handoff and burst up the middle 47 yards for his first TD and a 19-14 lead with 11:46 left in the half.
After forcing Marietta to punt on its next series, PHS started on its own 40 and in five plays found the end zone again on a 25 yard run up the middle behind some huge holes fashioned by the offensive line. Lantz kicked the extra point to make it 26-14 with 7:33 left in the first half.
The Big Reds got the ball back early in the second half despite a sensational take-away reception by Marietta's Eli Parmiter that netted 36 yards to near midfield. Starting from its own 28, PHS took just six plays to score again with Collins again going up the middle for the touchdown, this time on a delayed handoff from six yards away. Collins had a 35 yard run to set up his score, which came with 7:57 on the clock in the third period. Lantz again kicked the extra point for a 33-14 margin.
Marietta's final score came with 8:28 remaining in the game on a drive which consumed 14 plays and nearly seven minutes to cover 91 yards. A third down run of 25 yards by Wynn was the big play on the drive, which saw a near brawl break out after Wynn carried the ball to the PHS two yard line and was tackled by Corey Ohse. Wynn then pulled Ohse back down to the ground to start a pushing match which resulted in multiple penalty walk-offs and Ohse being ejected from the game. The touchdown came on a one yard drive by Wynn.
But PHS produced an insurance score on an 80 yard drive that took nine plays and eight 4:33 off the clock. The TD came on an eight yard run by Collins behind the blocking of Wes O'Brien. That score and extra point by Lantz with 3:55 remaining iced the contest and allowed PHS to play its reserves for the last series.
Robert Kelley was the leading tackler for PHS with nine stops while Kevin Minehart had two tackles for loss and Matt Santer had two pass breakups.
Box Score (Final)
Parkersburg High vs Marietta (Sept 3, 2010 at Marietta)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
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Parkersburg High.... 13 13 7 7 - 40 Record: (1-1)
Marietta............ 14 0 0 7 - 21 Record: (1-1)
Scoring Summary:
1st 08:30 PHS - Lindamood, Adam 5 yd run (Lantz, Jeff kick failed), 9-80 3:30, PHS 6 - MAR 0
05:40 MAR - Gearhart, Mitch 4 yd run (Morrison, Matt kick), 6-71 3:10, PHS 6 - MAR 7
02:36 PHS - Lindamood, Adam 3 yd run (Lantz, Jeff kick), 4-71 1:09, PHS 13 - MAR 7
00:37 MAR - McKitrick, Matt 9 yd pass from Futrell, Justin (Morrison, Matt kick), 4-74 1:54, PHS 13 - MAR 14
2nd 11:46 PHS - Collins, Chad 47 yd run (Ash, Alex pass failed), 3-80 0:51, PHS 19 - MAR 14
07:33 PHS - Collins, Chad 25 yd run (Lantz, Jeff kick), 5-60 2:28, PHS 26 - MAR 14
3rd 07:57 PHS - Collins, Chad 6 yd run (Lantz, Jeff kick), 6-72 1:58, PHS 33 - MAR 14
4th 08:28 MAR - Wynn, Morgan 1 yd run (Morrison, Matt kick), 14-91 6:40, PHS 33 - MAR 21
03:55 PHS - Collins, Chad 8 yd run (Lantz, Jeff kick), 9-80 4:33, PHS 40 - MAR 21
PHS MAR
FIRST DOWNS................... 23 12
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 34-353 42-270
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 119 81
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 14-9-0 11-5-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 48-472 53-351
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 1-10 1-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 1-0 6-104
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 2-25.5 5-22.8
Fumbles-Lost.................. 3-2 1-0
Penalties-Yards............... 11-89 10-91
Possession Time............... 18:35 29:25
Third-Down Conversions........ 2 of 4 6 of 13
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 0 0 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 4-4 3-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 0-0
Individual Statistics
RUSHING: Parkersburg High-Collins, Chad 18-229; Lindamood, Adam 10-69; Ash, Alex
4-47; Shank, Huntar 1-8; Beanard, Justin 1-0. Marietta-Wynn, Morgan 22-163;
McKitrick, Matt 9-61; Parmiter, Eli 6-33; Gearhart, Mitch 4-15; Futrell, Justin
1-minus 2.
PASSING: Parkersburg High-Ash, Alex 9-14-0-119. Marietta-Futrell, Justin
5-11-0-81.
RECEIVING: Parkersburg High-Frederick, Seth 2-21; Minehart, Kevin 2-19; Collins,
Chad 2-18; Webster, Adrian 1-31; Bell, Jeremy 1-24; Deems, Brandon 1-6.
Marietta-Baker, Dustin 2-31; Parmiter, Eli 1-36; McKitrick, Matt 1-9; Wynn,
Morgan 1-5.
INTERCEPTIONS: Parkersburg High-None. Marietta-None.
FUMBLES: Parkersburg High-Collins, Chad 1-0; Beanard, Justin 1-1; Imboden, David
1-1. Marietta-McKitrick, Matt 1-0.
Stadium: Don Drumm Field Attendance: 3500
Kickoff time: 7:30 pm End of Game: 10:10 pm Total elapsed time: 2:40
TACKLES (UA-A): Parkersburg High-Kelley Robert 6-3; Collins, Chad 6-0; Bell,
Jeremy 5-1; Ohse, Corey 4-2; Frederick, Seth 4-2; Minehart, Kevin 4-0; Santer,
Matt 3-1; Weber, John 3-1; Shank, Huntar 2-2; Lewis, Josh 2-0; Sovel, Coby 1-1;
Carter, John 1-1; Jackson, Tre 1-0; Boyles, Carl 1-0; Ruble, Brandon 1-0;
Terrell, Skyler 1-0; 92 1-0; Settle, Frank 1-0; ScottoDiluzio 1-0; Lindamood,
Adam 0-1; Westfall, Garre 0-1; Morris, Kris 0-1. Marietta-Baker, Dustin 10-1;
Gaskins, Austin 5-1; Parmiter, Eli 5-0; McKitrick, Matt 4-1; Gearhart, Mitch
4-0; Hess, Conner 3-1; Wynn, Morgan 3-0; Kimbrough, Ed 1-1; Johnson, Keifer 1-1;
44 1-0; Cogswell, Will 0-1; Leach, Tanner 0-1.
PHS Starting Lineup Vs. Marietta (click here)
Bruins Get Outstanding Play From QB to Hand Big Reds 39-17 Loss
WELLSBURG - For the second year in a row the Brooke Bruins got outstanding play from their quarterback to hand the Parkersburg Big Reds a season-opening football loss.
Last year it was Cotey Wallace leading his team to a 43-42 come-from-behind win over PHS. Wallace went on to finish third in the Kennedy Award voting before graduating.
This year it was Alec Buchmelter, making his first varsity start, who led the Bruins to victory by running for 100 yards and passing for 164 yards and three touchdowns. The junior signal caller carried the ball 16 times and many times was a hard runner to bring down. He completed eight of 16 passes.
Brooke, which returned eight starters on defense from its state runner-up team, held the Big Red running game in check (69 yards on 29 attempts) and kept the visitors out of the end zone over the last 18 minutes of the game to break open a close contest. The Big Reds were playing without Allan Wasonga, all-state running back, who was held out of the contest due to an injury.
Parkersburg trailed just 19-17 with 6:05 left in the third quarter after sophomore Adam Lindamood's three yard touchdown run and extra point kick by Jeff Lantz but Brooke answered with a touchdown drive covering 78 yards which was aided by a facemask penalty.
The Big Reds could not muster any offense after that, failing to get a first down on their next four possessions including one turnover on an interception. Meanwhile, Brooke took advantage of good field position by scoring on a five-play, 35 yard drive and a five-play, 42 yard drive to secure the victory.
Brooke had 390 yards in total offense, rushing for 226 yards in addition to the 164 yards through the air. The Bruins of coach Tom Bruney had a 20-12 edge in first downs. All-stater Ryan Lazear had 85 yards rushing on 22 carries and scored one touchdown.
Parkersburg had 188 yards passing as junior Alex Ash, making his first varsity start, completed 10 of 26 passes and one touchdown to Jeremy Bell, who caught three passes on the night for 73 yards. Corey Ohse also caught three passes (for a total of 42 yards). On the ground, Lindamood and Chad Collins each ran 10 times, gaining 28 and 26 yards respectively.
The Big Reds got a fumble recovery by Collins on the game's second play at the Brooke 41 yard line. A pass over the middle to Ohse moved the ball 14 yards to the 24 yard line but the drive stalled on the 20 and Lantz came on to try a 37 yard field goal. But the snap was high and Lantz had to fall on the ball at the 33 yard line.
A mix-up in the secondary on the ensuing play allowed Brooke all-state end Joey DiNardo to get in the clear and Buchmelter found him for a completion and run which covered 67 yards for the first touchdown of the game with 8:52 on the clock.
PHS looked as if it would respond to that score with one of its own. Ash found Ohse for 13 yards and then hit Bell with a 12 yard completion over the middle to the Brooke 39. Three plays later the junior quarterback scrambled for 15 yards to the Bruin 19 yard line but PHS was hit with an unsportsmanlike penalty. Two more five-yard penalties against PHS caused Ash's 13 yard completion to Bell to come up four yards shy of a first down and Lantz had to come on to boot a 45 yard field goal which made it 7-3 with 2:08 left in the first quarter.
Brooke scored on the first play of the second quarter when Buchmelter hit Ian Morris with a 36 yard completion. The extra point pass failed and it was 12-3 in favor of the home team.
The Big Reds took just four plays to get back on the board as Ash found Bell deep down the middle for a 48 yard touchdown toss. The kick by Lantz made it 12-10 with 10:24 remaining in the half.
Brooke then put together an amazing 17-play, 71 yard drive that saw the Bruins convert on 3rd-and-13, 3rd-and-10, 4th-and-5 and 3rd-and-15 on the way to the end zone. The first third down conversion was made on a 16 yard run by Lazear, the second on a 16 yard pass to Morris and the final two came on passes of 10 and 17 yards to Shane Paesano. The touchdown was scored on a three yard run over left tackle by 247 pound Weirton transfer Billy Perkins. The extra point kick made it 19-10 with 3:34 left before the half.
PHS scored on its second possession of the second half thanks mainly to a 51 yard completion up the sideline to speedy Kevin Minehart. With the ball on the Brooke seven, it took Lindamood two tries to reach the end zone and cut the score to 19-17 after the extra point kick.
But after that the Big Red offense proved ineffective and Brooke was able to put the game away with three more scores.
Defensively, PHS was led by Seth Frederick with nine tackles and an interception while Ohse had eight stops.
The Brooke at PHS jayvee game originally scheduled for Monday at Stadium Field will be held today (Aug. 28) at 11 a.m.
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score
Parkersburg High.... 3 7 7 0 - 17 Record: (0-1)
Brooke.............. 6 13 7 13 - 39 Record: (1-0)
Scoring Summary:
1st 08:52 BRK - Dinardo, Joey 67 yd pass from Buchmelter, A. (Roberts, Joey kick failed), 1-67 0:11, PHS 0 - BRK 6
02:08 PHS - Lantz, Jeff 45 yd field goal, 12-57 6:38, PHS 3 - BRK 6
2nd 11:51 BRK - Morris, Ian 36 yd pass from Buchmelter, A. (Buchmelter, A. pass failed), 6-63 2:09, PHS 3 - BRK 12
10:24 PHS - Bell, Jeremy 48 yd pass from Ash, Alex (Lantz, Jeff kick), 4-73 1:23, PHS 10 - BRK 12
03:34 BRK - Perkins, Billy 3 yd run (Roberts, Joey kick), 17-71 6:44, PHS 10 - BRK 19
3rd 06:05 PHS - Lindamood, Adam 3 yd run (Lantz, Jeff kick), 3-58 1:02, PHS 17 - BRK 19
01:33 BRK - Paesano, Shane 5 yd pass from Buchmelter, A. (Roberts, Joey kick), 10-78 4:24, PHS 17 - BRK 26
4th 06:17 BRK - Lazear, Ryan 3 yd run (Roberts, Joey kick), 5-35 2:04, PHS 17 - BRK 33
01:37 BRK - Morris, Ian 16 yd run (Hartman, Zach rush failed), 5-42 2:37, PHS 17 - BRK 39
PHS BRK
FIRST DOWNS................... 12 20
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 29-69 43-226
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 188 164
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 26-10-1 16-8-1
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 55-257 59-390
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 0-0 1-34
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 7-111 4-92
Interception Returns-Yards.... 1-0 1-28
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 4-30.0 3-31.0
Fumbles-Lost.................. 2-1 2-1
Penalties-Yards............... 5-37 6-72
Possession Time............... 24:08 23:52
Third-Down Conversions........ 4 of 13 7 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 2 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 1-2 4-4
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 1-8
RUSHING: Parkersburg High-Lindamood, Adam 10-28; Collins, Chad 10-26; Shank,
Huntar 4-18; Ash, Alex 4-10; Lantz, Jeff 1-minus 13. Brooke-Buchmelter, A.
16-100; Lazear, Ryan 22-85; Morris, Ian 4-38; Perkins, Billy 1-3.
PASSING: Parkersburg High-Ash, Alex 10-26-1-188. Brooke-Buchmelter, A.
8-16-1-164.
RECEIVING: Parkersburg High-Bell, Jeremy 3-73; Ohse, Corey 3-42; Minehart, Kevin
2-54; Frederick, Seth 2-19. Brooke-Morris, Ian 4-65; Paesano, Shane 3-32;
Dinardo, Joey 1-67.
INTERCEPTIONS: Parkersburg High-Frederick, Seth 1-0. Brooke-Hartman, Zach 1-28.
FUMBLES: Parkersburg High-Lantz, Jeff 1-1; Minehart, Kevin 1-0.
Brooke-Buchmelter, A. 2-1.
Defense
SACKS (UA-A): Parkersburg High-None. Brooke-Mason, Raleigh 1-0.
TACKLES (UA-A): Parkersburg High-Frederick, Seth 5-4; Ohse, Corey 6-2;
ScottoDiluzio 5-2; Shank, Huntar 5-1; Santer, Matt 5-0; Settle, Frank 3-2; Bell,
Jeremy 3-2; Weber, John 3-0; Gherke, Tyler 3-0; Lewis, Josh 3-0; Collins, Chad
2-0; Lindamood, Adam 2-0; Kelley Robert 1-1; Sovel, Coby 0-2; Terrell, Skyler
1-0; Ash, Alex 1-0; Johnson, Justin 1-0; Davis, Austin 0-1. Brooke-Graham, Shane
8-1; Narigon, Gerald 5-2; Mason, Raleigh 5-1; Byers, Levi 5-0; Hartman, Zach
4-0; Perkins, Billy 3-1; Dinardo, Joey 3-0; Scrip Joe 2-0; Mcallister, C. 1-1;
Vilga, Trevor 1-0; Bates, Mason 1-0; Lazear, Ryan 1-0; Faulkner, Tim 1-0;
Molnar, Ricky 1-0; Fuscardo, G. 0-1; Wales, Kyle 0-1.
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Jackson's Long TD Run, Roney's Kick Enables PHS Jayvees to Nip Brooke JV, 7-6
Tre Jackson broke away for a 75 yard touchdown run with 3:34 left in the game and Cody Roney kicked the winning extra point as Parkersburg defeated visiting Brooke 7-6 in a junior varsity football game played Saturday at Stadium Field.
Junior Varsity Results
(Aug. 28, 2010)
Brooke JV........... 0 0 6 0 - 6
3rd 08:13 BRKJV - Wallace, Hunter 10 yd run (Byers, Jacob rush failed), 4-70 1:47, BRKJV 6 - PHSJV 0
4th 03:34 PHSJV - Jackson, Tre 75 yd run (Roney, Cody kick), 3-76 1:13, BRKJV 6 - PHSJV 7
BRKJV PHSJV
FIRST DOWNS................... 9 7
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 31-108 34-135
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 69 8
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 10-3-2 2-2-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 41-177 36-143
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 2-17 1-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 1-0 2-14
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 2-45
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 5-24.4 4-27.8
Fumbles-Lost.................. 1-0 2-2
Penalties-Yards............... 12-65 3-26
Possession Time............... 22:33 17:27
Third-Down Conversions........ 4 of 10 2 of 8
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 0 of 1 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 1-1 0-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 2-14 1-3
RUSHING: Brooke JV-Wallace, Hunter 14-72; DiPasquale, P. 8-30; McAllister, T. 8-3; Morris, Zac 1-3. Parkersburg JV-Jackson, Tre 2-77; Carr, Devon 10-40; Boyles, Carl 14-36; Brown, Marcus 2-5; Terrell, Skyler 1-1; Webster, Adrian 2-minus 9; Foster, Kyle 3-minus 15.
PASSING: Brooke JV-Wallace,
Hunter 3-10-2-69.
RECEIVING: Brooke JV-McAllister,
Ced 1-51; Sperringer, L. 1-11; DiPasquale, P. 1-7.
INTERCEPTIONS:
FUMBLES: Brooke JV-Wallace,
Hunter 1-0.
SACKS (UA-A):
PHS TACKLES (UA-A): Marchal, Zane 2-3; Richards, Austin 3-0; Terrell, Skyler 3-0; Riddle, Tyler 2-2; Taylor, Randall 2-1; Jackson, Tre 2-1; Brown, Marcus 2-1; Beall, Spencer 1-3; Dulaney, Trey 1-2; Alatore, Austin 1-1; Hill, Ricky 1-1; Rebholz, Josh 1-1; Webster, Adrian 1-1; Sandy, Nick 1-0; Coe, Corey 1-0; Carozza, Daniel 0-1.
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Lindamood Rewarded For Perserverance
Herd Puts Warner on Scholarship
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