Sept. 20 Park. South game

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Takeaways, 1-2 Punch Lift South Over PHS

        Four turnovers coupled with Parkersburg South’s one-two punch of Eli Bartley and Collin Hayes combined to cripple Parkersburg’s chances in the city rivalry as the host Patriots prevailed 26-17 over the Big Reds at the Erickson All-Sports Facility.

        Three lost fumbles and an interception kept the PHS offense at bay while Bartley and Hayes combined to run the ball 37 times for 306 yards  of their team’s totals of 39 rushes and 313 yards while scoring all four South touchdowns.

        The Big Reds got a 75-yard touchdown pass to Hunter Leavitt from Cooper Cancade, who also ran for the other PHS score. Quinton Wright added a 25 yard field goal and two extra point kicks for the visitors.

        South jumped out to a 6-0 lead on Bartley’s 42 yard run with just 1:25 into the game. The speedy Patriot went up the middle, broke a tackle, spun outside and out-raced the defenders up the sideline for the touchdown.

        PHS put together a 13-play drive that ended on the third play of the second quarter with a field goal by Wright. A fourth-and-five pass to Jakel Shelton for eight yards to the South 31 was the big play and another 18 yard completion to Shelton put the ball on the South four yard line but the Patriots came up with back-to-back defensive stops for minus nine yards and forced the Big Reds to settle for three points.

        A Cyrus Backus interception got the ball back to the Big Reds just three plays later and Leavitt made South pay by turning a Cancade connection into a long scoring play. Wright’s kick made it 10-6 with 9:16 left in the half.

        South answered with an 11-play, 73-yard scoring drive that saw Bartley pick up seven yards on a fourth-and-three play at the PHS 17 and on the next play Hayes scored after a missed tackle in the backfield. Alex Hanna’s extra point kick made it 13-10 at the half.

        The Big Reds regained the lead late in the third quarter after an 80-yard drive that was a combination of the running of Shelton, Cancade and Ethan Jones.  Cancade got the touchdown from 11 yards away as he kept the ball around right end and side-stepped a would-be tackler as he crossed the goal line.  Wright’s kick made it 17-13 PHS with 52 seconds left in the third period.

        But on the second play of the fourth quarter, Bartley broke loose for 61 yard touchdown run right up the middle as he made two tacklers miss at the line of scrimmage. That put South up 20-17 with 11:25 left to play.

        Bartley was the workhorse again for the Patriots on their next possession as he carries six times on a nine-play drive and gained 52 of the 80 yards that resulted in a five-yard scoring run by Hayes.

        PHS, which got 81 yards rushing on 17 rushes and another 27 yards on five receptions from Shelton, never threatened the rest of the way. Cancade completed 16 of 27 passes for 170 yards and added 41 yards on 11 carries while Leavitt caught six passes for 88 yards.

        Bartley finished with 242 yards rushing on 28 carries while Hayes added 64 on nine attempts while completing nine of 16 passes for 88 but suffered two interceptions (by Jones and Cyrus Backus). Devin Forshey caught five passes for 47 yards for the winners.

        

Score by Quarters        1       2       3       4       -        Total

Parkersburg (1-3)       0       10     7       0       -        17

Park. South (3-1)        6       7       0       13     -        26

Qtr Time Scoring play

1st 10:35 SOUTH - Eli Bartley 42 yd run (Wyatt Bartley kick failed), 5-70 1:25

2nd 11:14 PHS - Quinton Wright 25 yd field goal, 13-63 6:47

09:16 PHS - Hunter Leavitt 75 yd pass from Cooper Cancade (Quinton Wright kick), 2-18 0:51

04:43 SOUTH - Collin Hayes 17 yd run (Alex Hanna kick), 11-73 4:13

3rd 00:52 PHS - Cooper Cancade 11 yd run (Quinton Wright kick), 10-80 4:29

4th 11:25 SOUTH - Eli Bartley 61 yd run (Wyatt Bartley kick), 3-61 1:24

03:43 SOUTH - Collin Hayes 5 yd run (Wyatt Bartley kick blockd), 9-80 3:39

PHS           SOUTH

FIRST DOWNS                                       18               19

RUSHES-YARDS (NET)                       35-129       39-313

PASSING YDS (NET)                            170             88

Passes Att-Comp-Int                                27-16-1     16-9-2

TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS    62-299       55-401

Fumble Returns-Yards                             0-0             0-0

Punt Returns-Yards                                  0-0             1-1

Kickoff Returns-Yards                            5-38           4-87

Interception Returns-Yards                     2-8             1-0

Punts (Number-Avg)                               2-30.0        2-43.0

Fumbles-Lost                                            4-3             0-0

Penalties-Yards                                        2-20           8-100

Possession Time                                       26:47         20:27

Third-Down Conversions                       5 of 12       5 of 11

Fourth-Down Conversions                     2 of 3         2 of 3

Red-Zone Scores-Chances                      2-3             2-2

Sacks By: Number-Yards                        0-0             3-15

RUSHING: Parkersburg-Jakel Shelton 17-81; Cooper Cancade 11-41; Hunter Leavitt 2-4; Ethan Jones 5-3. Park. South-Eli Bartley 28-242; Collin Hayes 9-64; Dedrick Riggs 2-7.

PASSING: Parkersburg-Cooper Cancade 16-27-1-170. Park. South-Collin Hayes 9-16-2-88.

RECEIVING: Parkersburg-Hunter Leavitt 6-88; Jakel Shelton 5-27; Zane Lewis 3-27; Bryan Gregory 1-16; Isaac Dailey 1-12. Park. South-Devon Forshey 5-47; Taj Joyce 2-19; Brendon Kelley 1-16; Eli Bartley 1-6.

INTERCEPTIONS: Parkersburg-Ethan Jones 1-6; Cyrus Backus 1-2. Park. South-Taj Joyce 1-0.

FUMBLES: Parkersburg-Hunter Leavitt 2-2; Zane Lewis 1-1; Cooper Cancade 1-0. South-None.

Parkersburg (1-3) vs. Park. South (3-1)

Attendance: 4000

Kickoff time: 7:30 • End of Game: 10:10 • Total elapsed time: 2:40