Big Reds Can't Stop Knights' Ground Game, Lose 40-7

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ONA - Undefeated Cabell Midland showed why it was averaging over 66 points and 532 yards rushing per game here Friday night as the Knights rolled to a 40-7 MSAC victory over the Parkersburg Big Reds.

Last year's state runners-up piled up 521 yards on the ground and got three touchdowns from Pt. Pleasant transfer Teran Barnitz to hand the Big Reds their first loss of the year. The Knights also got two touchdowns from Kasey Thomas, who came into the game with nine touchdowns in the first two games alone.

But the game was closer than the score and statistics appeared. Even though they were out-gained 553-188 and out-first downed 29-14, PHS played good defense at times and were hurt offensively with three turnovers deep in Midland territory.

The game started with a 58 yard kickoff return by junior Dan Fox all the way to the Knights' 31 yard line only to have the play wiped out when Midland was called for being offside on the kick. PHS wound up returning the second kickoff to only its own 29 yard line, losing one yard on three plays and being forced to punt.

On the punt, Midland's Thomas caught the ball on his 34 yard line and weaved through the PHS defense all the way to the end zone to put his team ahead with just 101 seconds gone in the contest.

PHS suffered another three-and-out on its next possession and Midland drove all the way to the Big Red three yard line but successive defensive plays by J.D. Barnette and Aaron Roberts stopped the threat and PHS took over on its own 10 yard line.

The teams traded punts but the Big Reds then put together a 67 yard drive to the Cabell 13 yard line, thanks in large part to a 34 yard pass from Roberts to Fox up the left sideline. But a Big Red fumble on a third down play gave Midland the ball back and the Knights proceeded to drive 87 yards in 12 plays with Barnitz scoring on an 18 yard run with 7:42 left in the first half.

After a Big Red punt, the Knights put together another impressive drive, going 78 yards on 11 running plays with Barnitz scoring again from the two after the Big Reds had apparently stopped the drive with a fourth down pass deflection in the end zone which was called interference and set up the TD run with 1:35 remaining before the intermission.

The third quarter saw little action until Barnitz and Alex Childers ripped off successive runs of 14 and 22 yards to set up Thomas' 8 yard run with 41 seconds remaining that ran the score to 28-0.

PHS then put together a nice offensive drive sparked by a 17 yard run from Josh Trembly and pass completions of 13 yard to Fox and 22 yards to Dylan Thomas that produced a first and goal from the Midland 10. On third down Roberts tried a pass into the end zone and a flag was thrown apparently for interference only to have it picked up and waved off. Josh Roney then tried a 26 yard field goal but was wide left with 10:37 on the fourth quarter clock.

The Knights then went 80 yards on several big running plays and a 15 yard penalty against PHS. Barnitz collect his third TD of the night on a 17 yard run up the middle with 7:45 remaining.

PHS then drove to the Cabell 16 yard line with Roberts hitting Thomas on a 17 yard completion and the Big Reds were helped by a couple of big penalties. But on first down the Big Reds fumbled away a scoring chance.

However, three plays later Barnette caused and then recovered a Midland fumble and PHS had the ball back on the home team's 23 yard line. Two plays later Stubbs went up the middle from 20 yards out to put the Big Reds on the board.

An unsuccessful onside kick attempt gave Midland the ball back on its 41 yard line with 4:37 to play and big runs by Thomas and Donte Hendricks helped Midland reach the end zone when Childers ran out of a Big Red tackle and scored from the eight yard line.

Chandler Hamilton then had a 50 yard kickoff return for the Big Reds, and Roberts completed passes of 22 and four yards to Thomas and 11 yards to Chase Shank to put PHS on the Midland 11 yard line with two minutes left to play. But Roberts was intercepted in the end zone and the the final PHS threat was over.

Roberts completed 10 of 20 passes for 136 yards on the night with Thomas catching four for 65 and Fox three for 49 yards. Stubbs was the leading rusher with 49 yards on 12 carries. Shank was the leading tackler for the Big Reds with 13 stops while Hamilton had an interception.

Barnitz had 150 yards rushing on 18 carries while Thomas ran 18 times for 134 yards for the 3-0 Knights.

Scoring Summary
#13 Parkersburg Big Reds vs #3 Cabell Midland (Sep 13, 2013 at Ona)

            Parkersburg Big Reds (1-1) vs. Cabell Midland (3-0)
Date: Sep 13, 2013  Site: Ona                   Stadium: Knight Stadium

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Parkersburg Big Reds  0  0  0  7  -  7
Cabell Midland......  7 14  7 12  - 40

Scoring Summary:
1st 10:19 CM - Kasey Thomas 66 yd punt return (Sawyer Adkins kick)
PHS 0 - CM 7
2nd 07:41 CM - Teran Barnitz 18 yd run (Sawyer Adkins kick)
12 plays, 87 yards, TOP 4:41, PHS 0 - CM 14
01:35 CM - Teran Barnitz 2 yd run (Sawyer Adkins kick)
11 plays, 78 yards, TOP 4:28, PHS 0 - CM 21
3rd 04:07 CM - Kasey Thomas 8 yd run (Sawyer Adkins kick)
5 plays, 57 yards, TOP 1:18, PHS 0 - CM 28
4th 07:45 CM - Teran Barnitz 17 yd run (Sawyer Adkins kick failed)
7 plays, 80 yards, TOP 2:52, PHS 0 - CM 34
04:39 PHS - Melvin Stubbs 20 yd run (Josh Roney kick)
2 plays, 23 yards, TOP 0:41, PHS 7 - CM 34
02:53 CM - Alex Childers 8 yd run (Sawyer Adkins kick failed)
5 plays, 59 yards, TOP 1:44, PHS 7 - CM 40

Kickoff time: 7:30      End of Game: 9:50      Total elapsed time: 2:20

                            Team Statistics (Final)                           
#13 Parkersburg Big Reds vs #3 Cabell Midland (Sep 13, 2013 at Ona)

                                                   PHS       CM

FIRST DOWNS...................       14       29
Rushing.....................        4       26
Passing.....................        6        2
Penalty.....................        4        1
NET YARDS RUSHING.............       52      521
Rushing Attempts............       34       60
Average Per Rush............      1.5      8.7
Yards Gained Rushing........       88      539
Yards Lost Rushing..........       36       18
NET YARDS PASSING.............      136       32
Completions-Attempts-Int....  10-20-1    5-9-1
Average Per Attempt.........      6.8      3.6
Average Per Completion......     13.6      6.4
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS...........      188      553
Total offense plays.........       54       69
Average Gain Per Play.......      3.5      8.0
Fumbles: Number-Lost..........      3-2      1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards.......     5-35   13-113
PUNTS-YARDS...................    6-240     2-83
Average Yards Per Punt......     40.0     41.5
Net Yards Per Punt..........     28.3     31.5
Inside 20...................        0        0
50+ Yards...................        0        0
Touchbacks..................        0        1
Fair catch..................        2        0
KICKOFFS-YARDS................     1-19    7-347
Average Yards Per Kickoff...     19.0     49.6
Net Yards Per Kickoff.......     19.0     31.9
Touchbacks..................        0        0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD.    0-0-0   2-70-1
Average Per Return..........      0.0     35.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD  6-124-0    1-0-0
Average Per Return..........     20.7      0.0
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD..   1-37-0    1-0-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD.    0-0-0    0-0-0
Miscellaneous Yards...........        0        0
Possession Time...............    22:12    25:48
1st Quarter.................     7:32     4:28
2nd Quarter.................     2:21     9:39
3rd Quarter.................     7:43     4:17
4th Quarter.................     4:36     7:24
Third-Down Conversions........  2 of 11   2 of 9
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 1   1 of 2
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      1-5      5-7
Sacks By: Number-Yards........      0-0     2-14
PAT Kicks.....................      1-1      4-6
Field Goals...................      0-1      0-0

                                 Individual Statistics                                    
#13 Parkersburg Big Reds vs #3 Cabell Midland (Sep 13, 2013 at Ona)

Parkersburg Big Reds                           Cabell Midland

Rushing         No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg   Rushing         No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg
--------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
Melvin Stubbs   12   49    0   49  1 20  4.1   Teran Barnitz   20  154    4  150  3 21  7.5
Josh Trembly     5   25    2   23  0 17  4.6   Kasey Thomas    18  134    0  134  1 20  7.4
Chase Shank      4    9    0    9  0  4  2.2   D. Hendricks     7   87    5   82  0 26 11.7
Chand. Hamilton  4    4    0    4  0  2  1.0   Alex Childers    9   80    0   80  1 22  8.9
Corey Burdette   2    1    0    1  0  1  0.5   Josh Ellis       2   42    0   42  0 36 21.0
Dylan Thomas     2    0    8   -8  0  0 -4.0   Coy Pettit       4   42    9   33  0 25  8.2
Aaron Roberts    5    0   26  -26  0  0 -5.2   Totals...       60  539   18  521  5 36  8.7
Totals...       34   88   36   52  1 20  1.5

Passing         Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack   Passing         Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack
--------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
Aaron Roberts     20-10-1   136  0   34    2   Coy Pettit         9-5-1     32  0   17    0
Totals...         20-10-1   136  0   34    2   Totals...          9-5-1     32  0   17    0

Receiving        No.  Yds   TD Long            Receiving        No.  Yds   TD Long
-----------------------------------            -----------------------------------
Dylan Thomas       4   65    0   22            Kasey Thomas       1   17    0   17
Dan Fox            3   49    0   34            Tanner Chapman     1   10    0   10
Stephen Dailey     2   11    0    6            D. Hendricks       1    8    0    8
Chase Shank        1   11    0   11            Trey Wommack       1    5    0    5
Totals...         10  136    0   34            Teran Barnitz      1   -8    0    0
Totals...          5   32    0   17

Punting          No.  Yds   Avg Long In20   TB Punting          No.  Yds   Avg Long In20   TB
---------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------
Kyle Foster        6  240  40.0   44    0    0 Tre Martin         2   83  41.5   45    0    1
Totals...          6  240  40.0   44    0    0 Totals...          2   83  41.5   45    0    1

                  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
---------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------
Dan Fox          0   0  0  2  31 16  0   0  0  Kasey Thomas     2  70 66  0   0  0  0   0  0
Chand. Hamilton  0   0  0  4  93 40  1  37 37  Tanner Chapman   0   0  0  1   0  0  0   0  0
Totals...        0   0  0  6 124 40  1  37 37  Tre Martin       0   0  0  0   0  0  1   0  0
Totals...        2  70 66  1   0  0  1   0  0

Field goal attempts                            Field goal attempts
----------------------------------------       ----------------------------------------
Josh Roney      4th 10:37  21 yds - Missed

Kickoffs         No.  Yds  TB  OB   Avg        Kickoffs         No.  Yds  TB  OB   Avg
---------------------------------------        ---------------------------------------
Josh Roney         1   19   0   0  19.0        Sawyer Adkins      7  347   0   1  49.6

  FUMBLES: Parkersburg Big Reds-Aaron Roberts 2-1; Melvin Stubbs 1-1. Cabell Midland-Coy Pettit 1-1.

                                Defensive Statistics
#13 Parkersburg Big Reds vs #3 Cabell Midland (Sep 13, 2013 at Ona)

    Parkersburg Big Reds
## Player          Solo  Ast  Tot  TFL/Yds  FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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43 Chase Shank        6    7   13  0.5/1    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
25 Dylan Thomas       4    5    9     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
71 Max Chefren     3    5    8     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
52 Austin Brown       4    2    6     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
77 Jon Null           3    3    6     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
6  Aaron Roberts      3    3    6  1.0/5    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
44 Corey Burdette     2    3    5     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
1  Dan Fox            2    3    5     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
32 Chand. Hamilton    3    1    4     .     .   .    1-37    .    .      .     .
2  Josh Trembly       2    2    4  1.0/8    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
11 Stephen Dailey     2    2    4     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
62 JD Barnette        2    2    4  1.5/3    1  1-0    .      .    .      .     .
72 Zach Garrison      1    3    4     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
24 Melvin Stubbs      1    2    3     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
61 Charley Conley     .    1    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .

    Cabell Midland
## Player          Solo  Ast  Tot  TFL/Yds  FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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13 Josh Cox           9    3   12  1.5/3    .   .     .      .    .     1/2    .
10 Bobby Mitchell     4    2    6  1.0/1    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
11 Caleb Farley       2    2    4  1.0/2    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
6  Tyler Hayes        1    3    4  2.0/13   .   .     .      .    .     2/7    .
66 Brett Mabry        3    .    3     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
5  Brady Elkins       3    .    3     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
25 Adam Stratton      2    1    3     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
1  Matt West          1    2    3     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
15 Jeff Racer         2    .    2     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
32 Chris Camp         2    .    2     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
81 Sawyer Adkins      1    .    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
36 Chris Roberts      1    .    1     .     .  1-0    .      .    .      .     .
35 Justin Leggett     .    1    1  0.5/5    .  1-0    .      .    .     1/5    .
26 Tre Martin         .    .    .     .     .   .    1-0     .    .      .     .