Spring Valley Game

Turnovers Cost Big Reds In 27-21 Tough Loss To Spring Valley

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HUNTINGTON – Four turnovers, two of which became immediate touchdowns, and another which halted a potential go-ahead score, proved the difference here Friday night as Parkersburg dropped a 27-21 decision to Spring Valley in a battle of top 15 ranked teams.
Spring Valley, rated 15th coming into the game, won its fifth straight contest after opening the season with four straight losses, got two interception return touchdowns en route to a 27-7 lead at one point mid-way through the third quarter.
Parkersburg, rated 13th, dropped to 5-4 on the year but nearly pulled off a great comeback by scoring twice in the third quarter and got the ball back with 2:53 left in the game after holding the Timberwolves on fourth down at the visitor’s 24 yard line to finally halt a 12-play Spring Valley drive.
A five-yard run by Jakel Shelton was followed by an 11-yard pass to Shelton and then quarterback David Parsons hit Zane Lewis to the 50 yard line with over 90 seconds to play. But the Big Reds lost their chance to go for the victory on a lost fumble that Spring Valley recovered at the Parkersburg 46. The Wolves ran the ball twice and pulled a surprise completion for nine yards and a first down to end the Big Red hopes.
The Big Reds played the Timberwolves even from start to finish with a 282-267 advantage in total yards but the two interceptions and two lost fumbles proved the difference against a Spring Valley team which did not commit a turnover.
Parsons completed just 10 of 27 passes for 185 yards while Spring Valley’s rotating quarterbacks hit 11 of 19 passes for 158 yards. Casey Stanley caught three passes for 78 yards for PHS while Bryce Fuller had three receptions for 65 yards for the winners.
The first Big Red mistake came with 2:12 left in the first quarter when a bad snap wound up in the arms of a Timberwolf player near midfield.
Holding Spring Valley on downs at the PHS 25, the Big Reds then gave the home team the lead when Tucker Hammond stepped in front of a Parsons pass at the Big Red 27 and he took it to the end zone.
The Big Reds answered that with a seven-play, 71-yard drive that included a 32-yard completion to Stanley to the 12 yard line. Shelton carries to the five and Jason Williams then went over right guard for the touchdown. Stanley’s extra point gave PHS the lead at 7-6.
After forcing a punt, Spring Valley regained the lead on a 35-yard pass-and-run play to Jalyn Abercrombie with 1:31 left in the half and Cole Ferguson ran for the two-point conversion to give the Wolves a 14-7 lead.
PHS nearly pulled off an answer to that score as Stanley got behind the defense at the goal line but the pass was overthrown on third down. On fourth down near midfield, Parsons had his second pass picked off by Garrett Wagoner who weaved his way 60 yards for the touchdown with just 53 seconds left in the half. The extra point kick failed again but it was now 20-7.
A 27-yard kickoff return by Williams and a 35-yard completion to Matt Stalnaker put PHS on the Spring Valley but the visitors ran out of time and downs.
Spring Valley was able to put together a 10-play, 80-yard drive to start the second half and capped it with a two-yard run by quarterback Liam McGuire, who gained 29 yard on six carries in the drive that ran the score to 27-7 with 6:49 on the third quarter clock.
PHS responded with two touchdowns in the next five minutes to close the gap to 27-21.
First Parsons found Andrew Stalnaker in the end zone from 21 yards away to cap a 66-yard, seven-play drive and then the PHS defense came up with a blocked punt by Sylas Cheuvront that Shelton returned 15 yards to the Timberwolf five yard line. Shelton got the touchdown on the next play and Stanley’s kick made it a six-point margin.
Spring Valley tried to run the clock out in the fourth quarter after an exchange of possessions but after 12 plays the Big Red defense came up with a stop on its own 24 on a fourth down play. McGuire’s running accounted for most of the yardage on the 41-play drive that ended when Williams pressured McGuire on a fourth-and-nine play.
However the momentum shift only lasted three plays before the critical lost fumble which Hammond recovered and enabled the hosts to run out the clock thanks to the third down pass play.

#13 Parkersburg vs #15 Spring Valley (Oct 27, 2023 at Huntington)
Score by Quarters        1       2       3       4       -        Total
Parkersburg                0        7      14     0       -        21
Spring Valley               0       20      7      0       -        27
Qtr Time Scoring play
2nd 09:29 SV - Will McClure 27 yd interception return (Makiath Riddle kick failed)
06:42 PHS - Jason Williams 5 yd run (Casey Stanley kick), 7-71 2:42
01:31 SV - Jalyn Abercrombie 35 yd pass from Liam McGuire (Cole Ferguson rush), 3-57 1:05
00:38 SV - Garrett Wagoner 60 yd interception return (Makiath Riddle kick failed)
3rd 06:49 SV - Liam McGuire 2 yd run (Makiath Riddle kick), 10-80 5:11
03:56 PHS - Andrew Stalnaker 21 yd pass from David Parsons (Casey Stanley kick), 7-66 2:48
01:41 PHS - Jakel Shelton 5 yd run (Casey Stanley kick), 1-5 0:06
............................................................PHS               SV
FIRST DOWNS                                       14               14
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)                       25-97         40-109
PASSING YDS (NET)                            185             158
Passes Att-Comp-Int                                27-10-2     19-11-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS   52-282        59-267
Fumble Returns-Yards                             0-0             0-0
Punt Returns-Yards                                  1-26           0-0
Kickoff Returns-Yards                            4-47           1-43
Interception Returns-Yards                     0-0             2-87
Punts (Number-Avg)                               3-35.3        4-28.2
Fumbles-Lost                                            2-2             0-0
Penalties-Yards                                         3-20           5-39
Possession Time                                       17:12         29:29
Third-Down Conversions                       2 of 11       3 of 11
Fourth-Down Conversions                     0 of 2         1 of 4
Red-Zone Scores-Chances                      2-2             1-1
Sacks By: Number-Yards                        2-11           0-0
RUSHING: Parkersburg-Jakel Shelton 8-35; Jason Williams 10-32; David Parsons 5-29; TEAM 1-1; Andrew Stalnaker 1-0.  Spring Valley-Liam McGuire 18-44; Miguel Cain 8-42; Camrin Perdue 2-12; Braeden Booth 1-7; Jamison Smith 3-4; Garrett Wagoner 1-2; Garryk McFeeley 1-0; TEAM 1-minus 1; Jalyn Abercrombie
5-minus 1.
PASSING: Parkersburg-David Parsons 10-26-2-185; TEAM 0-1-0-0. Spring Valley-Liam McGuire 8-13-0-137; Jamison Smith 3-6-0-21.
RECEIVING: Parkersburg-Andrew Stalnaker 4-51; Casey Stanley 3-78; Matthew Stalnaker 1-35; Jakel Shelton 1-11; Zane Lewis 1-10. Spring Valley-Bryce Fuller 3-65; Jalyn Abercrombie 3-44; Cole Ferguson 3-32; Tate Adkins 2-17.
INTERCEPTIONS: Parkersburg-None. Spring Valley-Garrett Wagoner 1-60; Will McClure 1-27.
FUMBLES: Parkersburg-Jason Williams 1-1; David Parsons 1-1. Spring Valley-None.