Parkersburg High School Big Reds Football

Nov. 8 Musselman game

Shelton Leads Big Reds to 29-6

Victory In Regular Season Finale

Jakel Shelton saved his best for last.

Last home game that is, for the Parkersburg senior running back, as he rushed for over 200 yards for the first time in his career to lead the Big Reds to a 29-6 victory over Musselman Friday night at Stadium Field in the last regular season game for PHS.

Although he did not score a touchdown (well he did but had it called back by a holding penalty) he did pass the 900 yard mark in rushing with one game to play as he tries to crack the 1,000 yard barrier.

Now 4-6, the Big Reds must await word Sunday to see who and where they will play in the first round of the Class AAAA playoffs although there are court injunctions waiting to be heard that could affect the outcome of the final pairings.

The Big Reds scored in every quarter with four different players reaching the end zone but it was Shelton who picked up 203 yards rushing on 20 carries with several long gains to his credit. Overall, PHS had 287 yards on 30 rushes and added 75 through the air for a 362 total. Ethan Jones carried just twice but they were for 27 and 38 yards each.

Defensively PHS allowed just seven pass completions in 20 attempts and freshman Javel Chandler had an interception while Zane Lewis and Devin Widman were the leading tacklers.

Musselman, which came into the game with a 2-7 record including one forfeit win, suffered two lost fumbles in addition to the interception which negated a 58-39 advantage in total plays ran.

The Big Reds took the opening kickoff and drove 61 yards to score in eight plays with Cooper Cancade hit Zane Lewis on a slant pass for the final 18 yards with 8:14 on the first quarter clock. Quinton Wright kicked the extra point.

Musselman followed that with a 13-play drive which netted nothing on the scoreboard as the Applemen got to a first and goal at the nine but the Big Red defense rose to the challenge and Conner Petty broke up a fourth down pass attempt from the five yard line. The only pass attempts on that drive came on the first and last plays as Musselman relied mainly on the run from its single wing formation.

Chandler’s interception for PHS helped set up the game’s second score as he picked off a pass at his own 25. Shelton then ripped off a 27 yard run and Cancade then hit Tytan Parsons with a 40 yard aerial to the Musselman eight yard line.

Then came back-to-back turnovers as first Cancade fumbled the ball away but the visitors replied in kind with a fumble that Cyrus Backus recovered at the Musselman 15. On the next play Cancade found a wide open Braxton Kupfner for the touchdown and Wright’s kick made it 14-0.

Musselman took the second half kickoff and drove 64 yards in 11 plays to cut the lead to 14-6. After throwing just one pass in the first 10 plays, the visitors connected on a 19 yard scoring toss to Nate Lasure for the touchdown with 5:09 remaining in the third quarter. PHS was penalized for roughing the kicker on the point after try so Musselman then went for two but Chandler stuffed the run attempt.

Musselman attempted an onside kick which Ethan Jones returned into Applemen territory and three plays later ran it in from 27 yards out untouched around left end. After a penalty the Big Reds went for two and Cancade converted for a 22-6 lead.

A Jones fumble recovery set up the final touchdown for PHS which took just four plays to cover 37 yards with Aenas Lauderman going in from nine yards away after Shelton had picked up 27 yards on the first two tries.

PHS could have added another TD in the final four minutes as Shelton ripped off runs of 38 and 20 yards before reaching the end zone on a 24 yard carry only to have it called back by a penalty with 51 seconds remaining.

Musselman vs Parkersburg (Nov 08, 2024 at Parkersburg)

Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 - Total

Musselman 0 0 6 0 - 6

Parkersburg 7 7 8 7 - 29

Qtr Time Scoring play

1st 08:14 PHS - Zane Lewis 18 yd pass from Cooper Cancade (Quinton Wright kick), 8-61 3:46

2nd 00:39 PHS - Braxton Kupfner 15 yd pass from Cooper Cancade (Quinton Wright kick), 1-15 0:05

3rd 05:09 MUSS - Nate Lasure 19 yd pass from Zachary Miller (Roman Murphy rush failed), 11-64 6:41

03:38 PHS - Ethan Jones 27 yd run (Cooper Cancade rush), 3-45 1:25

4th 06:19 PHS - Aeneas Lauderman 9 yd run (Quinton Wright kick), 4-37 2:03

MUSS PHS

FIRST DOWNS 14 18

RUSHES-YARDS (NET) 38-124 30-287

PASSING YDS (NET) 86 75

Passes Att-Comp-Int 20-7-1 9-5-0

TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS 58-210 39-362

Fumble Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0

Punt Returns-Yards 0-0 0-0

Kickoff Returns-Yards 5-101 1-13

Interception Returns-Yards 0-0 1-0

Punts (Number-Avg) 3-44.0 3-37.3

Fumbles-Lost 2-2 1-1

Penalties-Yards 6-24 4-41

Possession Time 26:41 21:10

Third-Down Conversions 2 of 11 1 of 5

Fourth-Down Conversions 4 of 6 0 of 1

Red-Zone Scores-Chances 1-2 3-4

Sacks By: Number-Yards 0-0 0-0

RUSHING: Musselman-Nate Lasure 15-68; Zachary Miller 9-26; Dustin Boley 8-19; Colton Shelton 4-9; Zachary Miller 2-2. Parkersburg-Jakel Shelton 20-203; Ethan Jones 2-65; Cooper Cancade 7-10; Aeneas Lauderman 1-9.

PASSING: Musselman-Zachary Miller 7-19-1-86; Nate Lasure 0-1-0-0. Parkersburg-Cooper Cancade 5-9-0-75.

RECEIVING: Musselman-Nate Lasure 3-39; Zachary Miller 2-15; Sawyer Richardson 1-20; Josh Armentrout 1-12. Parkersburg-Braxton Kupfner 2-22; Tytan Parsons 1-40; Zane Lewis 1-18; Hunter Leavitt 1-minus 5.

INTERCEPTIONS: Musselman-None. Parkersburg-Javel Chandler 1-0.

FUMBLES: Musselman-Zachary Miller 1-1; Zachary Miller 1-1. Parkersburg-Cooper Cancade 1-1.

Musselman (2-8) vs. Parkersburg (4-6)

Date: Nov 08, 2024 • Site: Parkersburg • Stadium: Stadium Field

Attendance: 750

Kickoff time: 7:00 • End of Game: 9:22 • Total elapsed time: 2:22