George Washington game
Turnovers Costly As PHS Falls To GW, 22-11
Game Statistsics
Turnovers are not something you want if you are trying to turn things around after your first loss.
The Parkersburg Big Reds turned the ball over three times against visiting George Washington Friday night at Stadium Field and the result was a 22-11 loss to the Patriots despite out-gaining their Kanawha county visitors by over 100 yards.
Suffering two interceptions, one on a trick play, and fumbling the ball away after a pass completion to the GW 27 yard line proved costly as PHS could not finish a couple of scoring drives. The Big Reds had to settle for a field goal on one drive and came away with no points after getting a first and goal at the six yard line in the fourth quarter.
The Big Reds out-gained the winners 368-257 in total yards as David Parsons passed for 339 by completing 23 of 42 passes but had one interception to go with one touchdown.
Hunter Giacomo proved to be the difference for the winners, catching a 60 yard scoring pass from quarterback Abe Fenwick just 3:34 into the game and then coming up with an interception return of 68 yards for another touchdown in the third quarter.
Following the first GW touchdown, Matthew Stalnaker blocked the extra point kick and then caught a 40 yard pass to set up Casey Stanley’s 20 yard field goal with 5:56 left in the first quarter to make it a 6-3 game. The Big Reds drove for a first and goal at the GW 10 but could get no closer than the two and had to settle for Stanley’s kick.
The visitors tacked on a 29 yard field goal with 1:31 left in the second quarter to make it 9-3 at the half.
The Big Reds took the second half kickoff and drove to the GW 27 on a pass to Matt Stalnaker but a fumble ended that opportunity. PHS got the ball back on a punt only to give up a touchdown on Giacomo’s big pick-six return of 68 yards.
PHS pulled to within six at 15-9 when Parsons hit Anthony Ice over the middle and the speedy senior out-ran the secondary to complete a 64 yard touchdown play with 50 seconds left in the third quarter. The extra point kick was blocked.
Zane Lewis made it interesting with a blocked punt on the following series and then tackled the GW player who recovered the ball in the end zone for a safety to make it 15-11 heading into the fourth quarter.
A 50-yard kickoff return by Jason Williams following the safety put PHS in GW territory at the 30 yard line but four plays lost a net of three yards and GW took over.
The Patriots gambled on fourth down on their own 41 yards line and got PHS to jump offside for a first down near midfield. The visitors moved to a first and goal at the PHS five before Fenwick scored on a fourth down sneak from the one yard line to make it 22-11 after the extra point with 3:10 left in the game.
PHS tried to rally by moving the ball to the GW six yard line mainly on a 69 yard catch and run by Ice but three incomplete passes and one rush ended the threat with 51 seconds left in the contest.
Ice finished with seven receptions for 149 yards while Matthew Stalnaker caught eight passes for 123 yards.
George Washington vs Parkersburg (Sep 29, 2023 at Parkersburg)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 - Total
George Washington 6 3 6 7- 22
Parkersburg 3 0 8 0- 11
Qtr Time Scoring play
1st 08:26 GW - Hunter Giacomo 60 yd pass from Abe Fenwick (Jordan Price kick blockd), 6-76 3:34
05:56 PHS - Casey Stanley 20 yd field goal, 7-62 2:30
2nd 01:31 GW - Jordan Price 29 yd field goal, 13-80 6:08
3rd 02:51 GW - Hunter Giacomo 68 yd interception return (Abe Fenwick pass failed)
00:50 PHS - Anthony Ice 64 yd pass from David Parsons (Casey Stanley kick blockd), 4-80 2:01
00:00 PHS - Zane Lewis safety tackled GW player in end zone
4th 03:10 GW - Abe Fenwick 1 yd run (Jordan Price kick), 14-67 6:58
...........................................................GW PHS
FIRST DOWNS 12 16
RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 32-51 15-29
PASSING YDS (NET) 206 339
Passes Att-Comp-Int 18-12-0 44-23-2
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 50-257 59-368
Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 1-25
Kickoff Returns-Yards 1-17 3-81
Interception Returns-Yards 2-68 0-0
Punts (Number-Avg) 4-30.2 1-42.0
Fumbles-Lost 0-0 1-1
Penalties-Yards 6-60 5-38
Possession Time 25:24 21:42
Third-Down Conversions 4 of 10 4 of 12
Fourth-Down Conversions 1 of 1 2 of 6
Red-Zone Scores-Chances 2-2 1-2
Sacks By: Number-Yards 1-9 4-39
RUSHING: George Washington-Keegan Sack 10-46; Anthony Valentine 11-10; Abe Fenwick 11-minus 5. Parkersburg-Jakel Shelton 4-17; Ethan Jones 1-7; Anthony Ice 1-3; Jason Williams 4-1; David Parsons 5-1.
PASSING: George Washington-Abe Fenwick 12-18-0-206. Parkersburg-David Parsons 23-42-1-339; Casey Stanley 0-1-1-0; Cooper Cancade 0-1-0-0.
RECEIVING: George Washington-Hunter Giacomo 3-89; Bryson Sowards 3-63; Anthony Valentine 3-34; Keegan Sack 2-12; Guner Flores 1-8. Parkersburg-Matthew Stalnaker 8-123; Anthony Ice 7-149; Casey Stanley 3-24; Jakel Shelton 2-28; Tytan Parsons 1-10; Jason Williams 1-4; Andrew Stalnaker 1-1.
INTERCEPTIONS: George Washington-Hunter Giacomo 1-68; Anthony Valentine 1-0. Parkersburg-None.
FUMBLES: George Washington-None. Parkersburg-Matthew Stalnaker 1-1.
George Washington (3-3) vs. Parkersburg (4-2)
Attendance: 2500
Kickoff time: 7:30 • End of Game: 10:04 • Total elapsed time: 2:34
SACKS (UA-A): George Washington-None. Parkersburg-Jason Williams 2-0; Ethan Jones 1-0; Matthew Stalnaker 1-0.
TACKLES Unofficial (UA-A): George Washington-None. Parkersburg-Jake Bauman 2-7; Jason Williams 6-2; AndrewStalnaker 2-5; Zane Lewis 1-4; Adam Elder 1-4; Matthew Stalnaker 2-2; Chris Cox 1-3; Anthony Ice 2-1; Jakel Shelton 2-0; Tytan Parsons 0-2; Conner Petty 1-0; Casey Stanley 1-0; Ethan Jones 1-0; Allen Bradlee 1-0; Eli Bauman 0-1; Carter Watts 0-1.
