Sept. 13 Hurricane game

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Big Second Half Lifts Hurricane Over PHS

.......After a relatively close first half Hurricane turned its high-scoring offense loose for four second half touchdowns to defeat Parkersburg 49-14 before a homecoming crowd Friday night at Stadium Field.
The Redskins raised their record to 2-1 with a second straight win by completely controlling the second half. Meanwhile, PHS fell to 1-2 as the Big Reds were unable to get anything going offensively or defensively in the second 24 minutes of play.
After falling behind 14-0 in the first quarter, PHS rallied to tie the game at 14-all before allowing the visitors to put together a long scoring drive just before the first half ended to take a 21-14 advantage at the intermission.
The first half saw PHS with a 13-6 margin in first downs and only trailed in total yardage 201-142 despite a more than double advantage in time of possession.
But the second half was a different story as Hurricane ran 34 plays for 288 yards while PHS managed just 18 plays for 31 yards.
PHS took the opening kickoff and drove to the Hurricane 36 in seven plays but an interception by Joey Quijano was returned 60 yards for a touchdown to put the visitors on top.
The second Big Red possession resulted in a punt and two plays later Noah Vellaithambi threw a 50 yard pass to Ja’Lei Burnette to set up an 18 yard scoring toss to Sha’Lik Hampton and converted a two-point conversion pass to make it 14-0 with 4:47 left in the first period.
A scintillating 80 yard kickoff return touchdown by Brady Thorn quickly put PHS back in the game 12 seconds later and after giving up a 60 yard pass completion the Big Red defense held on downs at the PHS 12 yard line.
The Big Reds then drove 88 yards in 16 plays to tie the game at 14-all when Isaac Dailey caught the ball on his back in the end zone from 11 yards out with 7:38 left in the second quarter. A seven yard completion to Dailey and a horse collar penalty was the big play on the long drive.
However Hurricane answered with a 10-play scoring drive with the big play being a five yard run by Vellaithambi on a fourth-and-five situation. The touchdown came with 3:45 left in the half on the next play on a run by the quarterback, who had a big day with 240 yards passing on 15 completions in 20 attempts with Burnette and Tyshawn Dues accounting for almost 200 of the yards themselves.
The second half saw Hurricane score on its first two possessions, going 64 yards on nine plays and 44 yards on eight plays with Kylan Grace getting the first TD on a 23 yard run and Vellaithambi throwing to Dues for 15 yards and a second score.
An 80-yard run by Grace made it 42-14 in the fourth quarter and the final TD came with 5:35 left in the game on a pass to Rhett Mcgrew from 10 yards out.
PHS quarterback Cooper Cancade completed eight of 15 passes for 57 yards with one interception while four different receivers caught two passes each. Jakel Shelton was the workhorse on the ground as the Big Red senior ran for 60 yards on 24 carries.
Overall, Hurricane had a 489-156 advantage in total yards.