Capital Comes Up With Ton Of Big Plays To Top Big Reds 55-20 In Stadium Re-Opening

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Capital's Cougars came up with a ton of big plays to top the Big Reds 55-20 Friday night and spoil the re-opening of Stadium Field.

The Cougars, now 3-0 and ranked 7th in the state, had 11 plays in which they gained 20 yards or more and finished the night with 585 total yards on just 56 plays. Capital got four rushing touchdowns from quarterback Tyrhee Pratt, who also threw for another score as he amassed 128 yards rushing on eight carries and completed 12 of 20 passes for 274 yards.

The Big Reds wound up with 261 yards in total offense and had nearly 30 minutes in time of possession (29:48) but could not match the big play capability of the wide-open Capital team. The Cougars had 311 yards on 36 rushes and a 22-19 edge in first downs. The Big Reds had 116 yards on the ground and 145 through the air. PHS quarterbacks were sacked three times and the home team had 11 plays with minus yardage against the very quick and aggressive Cougar prevent unit.

PHS actually scored first when Aaron Roberts forced a fumble near midfield and Dan Fox picked the ball up and sprinted 45 yards for the touchdown. Josh Roney's kick made it 7-0 Parkersburg with 6:37 left in the first quarter.

But it took Capital just 22 seconds to tie the game as Pratt ran for 26 yards on the first play from scrimmage and then passed deep over the middle to a wide open Cliffaun Pratt (his brother) for a 50 yard catch and run TD.

The next time they got the ball it was even quicker for the Cougars as Kashaun Haley broke away for a 77 yard TD romp which took 13 seconds off the clock and gave the visitors a lead that they never looked back upon. Haley finished with 148 yards on 11 carries.

A pass interference call helped Capital notch its third score, a 12 yard run by the quarterback with made it 21-7 with 10:37 left in the first half. Pratt broke loose for a 51 yard TD scamper with 5:31 on the clock on a play in which he broke four Big Red would-be tacklers.

Not ones to waste time, the Cougars scored in three plays to begin the second half and took all of seven plays to reach the end zone on their second possession to make it 41-7.

The Big Reds finally hit paydirt offensively in the early part of the fourth quarter when Noah Weaver capped an 11-play, 67 yard drive with a one yard run behind the blocking of Austin Brown and Charley Conley. A 29 yard pass from Josh Trembly to Austin Life was the big play on the drive which also saw Chandler Hamilton break away for a 15 yard run and catch a 14 yard pass.

Capital added two more scores before Trembly hit Fox with a 15 yard scoring strike with 2:47 remaining to make the final margin 55-20.

The Big Reds used nine different ball carriers with Melvin Stubbs the leader with 31 yards on 12 carries while Weaver had 28 on eight. Trembly completed four of nine passes for 68 yards while Roberts was four of 10 for 77. Fox caught five balls for 85 yards.

Chase Shank was in on 11 tackles for the PHS defense while Hamilton had eight solo stops.

                       Scoring Summary (Final)
Capitol Cougars (3-0) vs. Parkersburg Big Reds (1-2)
Date: Sep 20, 2013  Site: Parkersburg           Stadium: Stadium Field
Attendance: 3000

Score by Quarters     1  2  3  4   Score
-----------------    -- -- -- --   -----
Capitol Cougars..... 14 13 14 14  - 55
Parkersburg Big Reds  7  0  0 13  - 20

Scoring Summary:
1st 06:37 PHS - Dan Fox 45 yd fumble recovery (Josh Roney kick)
CAPITOL 0 - PHS 7
06:15 CAPITOL - Cliffaun Pratt 50 yd pass from Tyrhee Pratt (Logan Garrison kick)
2 plays, 76 yards, TOP 0:20, CAPITOL 7 - PHS 7
03:24 CAPITOL - Kashuan Haley 77 yd run (Logan Garrison kick)
1 play, 77 yards, TOP 0:13, CAPITOL 14 - PHS 7
2nd 10:37 CAPITOL - Tyrhee Pratt 12 yd run (Logan Garrison kick)
13 plays, 74 yards, TOP 3:35, CAPITOL 21 - PHS 7
05:31 CAPITOL - Tyrhee Pratt 51 yd run (Logan Garrison kick failed)
5 plays, 56 yards, TOP 1:58, CAPITOL 27 - PHS 7
3rd 11:19 CAPITOL - Tyrhee Pratt 5 yd run (Logan Garrison kick)
3 plays, 55 yards, TOP 0:32, CAPITOL 34 - PHS 7
03:42 CAPITOL - Tyrhee Pratt 4 yd run (Logan Garrison kick)
7 plays, 69 yards, TOP 2:15, CAPITOL 41 - PHS 7
4th 10:00 PHS - Noah Weaver 1 yd run (Josh Roney kick failed)
12 plays, 67 yards, TOP 5:35, CAPITOL 41 - PHS 13
07:58 CAPITOL - Tyrell Davis 12 yd pass from Tyrhee Pratt (Logan Garrison kick)
5 plays, 50 yards, TOP 1:59, CAPITOL 48 - PHS 13
03:26 CAPITOL - Turan Rush 1 yd run (Tyler Shaffer kick)
4 plays, 13 yards, TOP 2:08, CAPITOL 55 - PHS 13
00:30 PHS - Dan Fox 15 yd pass from Josh Trembly (Josh Roney kick)
9 plays, 67 yards, TOP 2:47, CAPITOL 55 - PHS 20

Kickoff time: 7:30      End of Game: 10:18     Total elapsed time: 2:48
Officials: Referee: Larry McCloy; Temperature: 78       

                            Team Statistics (Final)
Capitol Cougars vs Parkersburg Big Reds (Sep 20, 2013 at Parkersburg)

                                               CAPITOL      PHS

FIRST DOWNS...................       22       19
Rushing.....................       11        9
Passing.....................       10        7
Penalty.....................        1        3
NET YARDS RUSHING.............      311      116
Rushing Attempts............       36       50
Average Per Rush............      8.6      2.3
Yards Gained Rushing........      335      170
Yards Lost Rushing..........       24       54
NET YARDS PASSING.............      274      145
Completions-Attempts-Int....  12-20-2   8-19-1
Average Per Attempt.........     13.7      7.6
Average Per Completion......     22.8     18.1
TOTAL OFFENSE YARDS...........      585      261
Total offense plays.........       56       69
Average Gain Per Play.......     10.4      3.8
Fumbles: Number-Lost..........      2-1      1-1
Penalties: Number-Yards.......   11-105     7-60
PUNTS-YARDS...................     1-23    5-215
Average Yards Per Punt......     23.0     43.0
Net Yards Per Punt..........     23.0     37.6
Inside 20...................        0        1
50+ Yards...................        0        1
Touchbacks..................        0        0
Fair catch..................        0        0
KICKOFFS-YARDS................    9-491     2-81
Average Yards Per Kickoff...     54.6     40.5
Net Yards Per Kickoff.......     33.6     25.5
Touchbacks..................        1        0
Punt returns: Number-Yards-TD.   3-27-0    0-0-0
Average Per Return..........      9.0      0.0
Kickoff returns: Number-Yds-TD   2-30-0  8-169-0
Average Per Return..........     15.0     21.1
Interceptions: Number-Yds-TD..   1-28-0   2-17-0
Fumble Returns: Number-Yds-TD.    0-0-0   1-45-1
Miscellaneous Yards...........        0        0
Possession Time...............    18:12    29:48
1st Quarter.................     4:26     7:34
2nd Quarter.................     3:51     8:09
3rd Quarter.................     3:58     8:02
4th Quarter.................     5:57     6:03
Third-Down Conversions........   6 of 8  3 of 12
Fourth-Down Conversions.......   0 of 0   2 of 4
Red-Zone Scores-Chances.......      5-6      2-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards........     3-27      0-0
PAT Kicks.....................      7-8      2-3
Field Goals...................      0-0      0-0

                                 Individual Statistics (Final)
Capitol Cougars vs Parkersburg Big Reds (Sep 20, 2013 at Parkersburg)

Capitol Cougars                                Parkersburg Big Reds

Rushing         No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg   Rushing         No Gain Loss  Net TD Lg  Avg
--------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
Kashuan Haley   11  151    3  148  1 77 13.5   Melvin Stubbs   12   39    8   31  0 12  2.6
Tyrhee Pratt     8  128    0  128  4 51 16.0   Noah Weaver      8   30    2   28  1  9  3.5
Silas Nazario    4   18    2   16  0 10  4.0   Chand. Hamilton  3   26    0   26  0 15  8.7
Leondre Rogers   2   13    1   12  0 13  6.0   Corey Burdette   5   23    0   23  0  9  4.6
Tyrell Davis     6   22   12   10  0  6  1.7   Chase Shank      5   20    0   20  0  7  4.0
Turan Rush       2    1    0    1  1  1  0.5   Dylan Thomas     7   23   13   10  0 10  1.4
Logan Eddy       2    2    3   -1  0  2 -0.5   Austin Life      1    1    0    1  0  1  1.0
James Knox       1    0    3   -3  0  0 -3.0   Aaron Roberts    4    5   16  -11  0  4 -2.8
Totals...       36  335   24  311  6 77  8.6   Josh Trembly     5    3   15  -12  0  2 -2.4
Totals...       50  170   54  116  1 15  2.3

Passing         Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack   Passing         Att-Cmp-Int Yds TD Long Sack
--------------------------------------------   --------------------------------------------
Tyrhee Pratt      20-12-2   274  2   50    0   Aaron Roberts     10-4-0     77  0   28    2
Totals...         20-12-2   274  2   50    0   Josh Trembly       9-4-1     68  1   24    1
Totals...         19-8-1    145  1   28    3

Receiving        No.  Yds   TD Long            Receiving        No.  Yds   TD Long
-----------------------------------            -----------------------------------
Tyrell Davis       5   99    1   35            Dan Fox            5   85    1   28
Cliffaun Pratt     4   94    1   50            Austin Life        1   24    0   24
Silas Nazario      2   32    0   23            Dylan Thomas       1   22    0   22
Ra.Cunningham      1   49    0   49            Chand. Hamilton    1   14    0   14
Totals...         12  274    2   50            Totals...          8  145    1   28

Punting          No.  Yds   Avg Long In20   TB Punting          No.  Yds   Avg Long In20   TB
---------------------------------------------- ----------------------------------------------
James Knox         1   23  23.0   23    0    0 Kyle Foster        5  215  43.0   59    1    0
Totals...          1   23  23.0   23    0    0 Totals...          5  215  43.0   59    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
---------------------------------------------  ---------------------------------------------
Tyrell Davis     2  12  8  0   0  0  0   0  0  Dan Fox          0   0  0  5 110 33  0   0  0
Kashuan Haley    1  15 15  2  30 30  0   0  0  Dylan Thomas     0   0  0  0   0  0  1  17 17
Leondre Rogers   0   0  0  0   0  0  1  28 28  Chand. Hamilton  0   0  0  2  46 27  1   0  0
Totals...        3  27 15  2  30 30  1  28 28  Noah Weaver      0   0  0  1  13 13  0   0  0
Totals...        0   0  0  8 169 33  2  17 17

Field goal attempts                            Field goal attempts
----------------------------------------       ----------------------------------------

Kickoffs         No.  Yds  TB  OB   Avg        Kickoffs         No.  Yds  TB  OB   Avg
---------------------------------------        ---------------------------------------
Tyler Shaffer      1   54   0   0  54.0        Josh Roney         2   81   0   0  40.5
Logan Garrison     8  437   1   0  54.6

  FUMBLES: Capitol Cougars-Kashuan Haley 2-1. Parkersburg Big Reds-Noah Weaver 1-1.
Defensive Statistics (Final)
Capitol Cougars
## Player          Solo  Ast  Tot  TFL/Yds  FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
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12 James Knox         8    2   10  1.0/2    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
17 Dorian Etheridg    5    3    8  1.0/9    .   .     .      .    .     1/9    .
19 Edmond Harvey      4    2    6  1.0/2    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
2  Tyrell Davis       5    .    5  1.0/5    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
58 Jaisson Dyer       2    2    4  2.5/6    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
81 William Harris     2    1    3  1.0/7    .   .     .      .    .     1/7    .
28 Matt Daugherty     1    1    2     .     .  1-0    .      .    .      .     .
63 Mack Peyton        .    2    2  0.5/5    .   .     .      .    .     1/5    .
61 Austin Ellis       .    1    1  0.5/2    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
10 Turan Rush         .    1    1  0.5/6    .   .     .      .    .     1/6    .

9  Leondre Rogers     .    .    .     .     .   .    1-28    .    .      .     .

    Parkersburg Big Reds
## Player          Solo  Ast  Tot  TFL/Yds  FF FR-Yd Intc BrUp Blkd Sack/Yds QH
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
43 Chase Shank        5    6   11  0.5/1    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
32 Chand. Hamilton    8    .    8  1.0/2    .   .    1-0     1    .      .     .
52 Austin Brown       1    5    6  1.5/2    .   .     .      1    .      .     .
28 Austin Life        2    2    4  1.0/3    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
6  Aaron Roberts      3    .    3  1.0/12   1   .     .      .    .      .     .
62 JD Barnette        2    .    2     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
2  Josh Trembly       1    1    2     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
75 Thomas Martin      1    1    2  0.5/2    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
71 Max Chefren     1    1    2  1.0/2    .   .     .      .    .      .     1
1  Dan Fox            1    1    2     .     .  1-45   .      1    .      .     .
35 Austin Griffith    .    2    2  0.5/0    .   .     .      .    .      .     .
44 Corey Burdette     .    2    2     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
65 Ben McFarland      1    .    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
31 Noah Weaver        1    .    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
47 Josh Winger        .    1    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
25 Dylan Thomas       .    1    1     .     .   .    1-17    .    .      .     .
77 Jon Null           .    1    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
11 Stephen Dailey     .    1    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .
36 Tyl Greathouse     .    1    1     .     .   .     .      .    .      .     .