Indians unable to stop Cavaliers in SCOL loss
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
Both the Hillsboro Indians and the Chillicothe Cavaliers for the most part kept the football in the hands of either their quarterbacks or running backs, making it a ground game first and foremost on Friday night in Week 6.
The South Central Ohio League game at Richards Memorial Field saw the Cavaliers stay patient, and their athletes at quarterback and running back took over the game, plus their defense allowed the host Indians to do little in what was a 47-7 final in favor of the visiting Cavs.
In the Indians loss, their lone touchdown came in the fourth quarter when they used their ground game to chip away at the defense of Chillicothe, The drive began with great field position off a 26-yard kickoff return by Luke Gallimore with 5:29 left in the third quarter.
From there, Gallimore had a rush of five yards, followed later with the Indians gaining another five yards, then four yards on a run by Devon Gallimore.
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On second down, Luke Gallimore carried the ball for 13 yards for a first down, and as the drive continued, Devon Gallimore had consecutive runs of four yards. On two consecutive runs, Hunter Chain gained a first down, including a run of two yards on a fourth-and-1 play, putting the ball on the 15-yard line of the Cavaliers.
CHS gave the Indians five yards on an offsides penalty, and Devon Gallimore rushed eight yards on first down. With the ball on the two-yard line, Chain powered his way for those two tough yards with 11:13 in regulation. The PAT was good, leaving the Indians at the time trailing by a 33-7 score, breaking up the shutout built by the CHS defense through three quarters.
That was the lone scoring for the Indians as they fell to 1-5 overall on the season and 0-3 in the SCOL.
Unofficially, the Indians totaled around 146 yards of offense.
The Cavs, on the other hand, played dominating football for the entire game, scoring points on their first drive of the game with junior quarterback Brandon Maughmer rushing for a 5-yard touchdown with 5:11 left on the clock. The PAT from Matt Detty put the Cavs ahead, 7-0.
“(Maughmer) is a very good passer as well as a very good runner,” HHS head coach Jack O’Rourke said. “He runs the read option very well, as you saw out there (Friday). They’re starting to do some of the stuff that colleges are doing out of the spread with faking the run and coming off of it and throwing the ball out there on the bubbles and the screens and that kind of stuff. That makes it very difficult to prepare for.”
Hillsboro had a solid second drive building up (they were held to a three-and-out to open the game) with a 16-play drive beginning with 5:03 left in the first quarter and ending with a turnover on downs at the 8:54 mark of the second quarter.
In that drive for the Indians, they ground out runs from Devon Gallimore, Chain, Luke Gallimore and Brian Smith, as those players ran the Indians to a first down on the CHS 31-yard line. The next four plays for the Indians resulted in -1 yards rushing and two incomplete passes for a turnover on downs.
The Cavs took advantage and scored points on the ensuing drive with a seven-play drive that began on their own 33-yard line, with a 5-yard pass to Khaleel Danzy from Maughmer for six points with 5:40 left in the second quarter. Following the PAT, the Cavs had a 14-point lead.
HHS went for a trick passing play on the next drive on a first down (on the fourth play of the drive), resulting in Danzy intercepting the pass from the running back on his own 28-yard line. CHS scored six plays later on a 35-yard run from Maughmer, reaching straight past the Indians’ defense to pay dirt with 2:35 remaining in the half. The converted PAT made it a 21-0 lead for CHS, which is what they took into halftime.
The Indians went for a second trick play, this time with another running back throwing the football, but the result was still the same when Danzy intercepted the pass (the eighth play of the drive) with 8.2 seconds left in the first half.
“Part of it was me getting impatient, wanting to score and that kind of stuff,” O’Rourke said. “That’s not our game. Our game is really about plugging away and keeping at it. We finally did and played a great third quarter and fourth quarter. That’s what we have to be at times.
“We have to be a little more patient than we were tonight. I was impatient with my play calling. We called a couple of trick plays. Neither one of them worked out very well. Both of them turned out to be turnovers. So we’ve got to work on it a little bit more.”
In the second half, the Cavaliers scored their first three offensive drives as Maughmer (19-yard run), Seth Barnes (4-yard run) and Maughmer (14-yard run) all scored touchdowns, leaving at the time the Cavaliers in front, 40-7 with 9:42 left in the fourth quarter.
The defense of CHS added the final touchdown by Malachi Ressig stripping the ball away from the Indians and racing around five yards to the end zone with 8:26 left in regulation. The PAT gave the Cavs a 40-point lead at 47-7.
CHS ended the game with their third interception, this one by Desmon Lewis.
“They have a couple of real nice athletes out there," O'Rourke said. "We thought we could take advantage of it, but we weren’t able to. I watched them on film, and I knew this was the best defense we’ve faced by far. They’re very disciplined, and they’re just very good. The fact that we were able to move the ball, I’m very pleased in that aspect.”
Hillsboro will be on the road in Week 7 of the season, traveling to face the first-place Clinton-Massie Falcons, who are 3-0 in the SCOL and 5-1 overall. The Falcons defeated the previously undefeated Washington Blue Lions, 70-0 Friday night.
Chillicothe (3-0, 5-1) will be at McClain in SCOL play. The Tigers (0-3, 1-5) lost to the Miami Trace Panthers by a 33-6 score on Friday night.
The South Central Ohio League game at Richards Memorial Field saw the Cavaliers stay patient, and their athletes at quarterback and running back took over the game, plus their defense allowed the host Indians to do little in what was a 47-7 final in favor of the visiting Cavs.
In the Indians loss, their lone touchdown came in the fourth quarter when they used their ground game to chip away at the defense of Chillicothe, The drive began with great field position off a 26-yard kickoff return by Luke Gallimore with 5:29 left in the third quarter.
From there, Gallimore had a rush of five yards, followed later with the Indians gaining another five yards, then four yards on a run by Devon Gallimore.
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On second down, Luke Gallimore carried the ball for 13 yards for a first down, and as the drive continued, Devon Gallimore had consecutive runs of four yards. On two consecutive runs, Hunter Chain gained a first down, including a run of two yards on a fourth-and-1 play, putting the ball on the 15-yard line of the Cavaliers.
CHS gave the Indians five yards on an offsides penalty, and Devon Gallimore rushed eight yards on first down. With the ball on the two-yard line, Chain powered his way for those two tough yards with 11:13 in regulation. The PAT was good, leaving the Indians at the time trailing by a 33-7 score, breaking up the shutout built by the CHS defense through three quarters.
That was the lone scoring for the Indians as they fell to 1-5 overall on the season and 0-3 in the SCOL.
Unofficially, the Indians totaled around 146 yards of offense.
The Cavs, on the other hand, played dominating football for the entire game, scoring points on their first drive of the game with junior quarterback Brandon Maughmer rushing for a 5-yard touchdown with 5:11 left on the clock. The PAT from Matt Detty put the Cavs ahead, 7-0.
“(Maughmer) is a very good passer as well as a very good runner,” HHS head coach Jack O’Rourke said. “He runs the read option very well, as you saw out there (Friday). They’re starting to do some of the stuff that colleges are doing out of the spread with faking the run and coming off of it and throwing the ball out there on the bubbles and the screens and that kind of stuff. That makes it very difficult to prepare for.”
Hillsboro had a solid second drive building up (they were held to a three-and-out to open the game) with a 16-play drive beginning with 5:03 left in the first quarter and ending with a turnover on downs at the 8:54 mark of the second quarter.
In that drive for the Indians, they ground out runs from Devon Gallimore, Chain, Luke Gallimore and Brian Smith, as those players ran the Indians to a first down on the CHS 31-yard line. The next four plays for the Indians resulted in -1 yards rushing and two incomplete passes for a turnover on downs.
The Cavs took advantage and scored points on the ensuing drive with a seven-play drive that began on their own 33-yard line, with a 5-yard pass to Khaleel Danzy from Maughmer for six points with 5:40 left in the second quarter. Following the PAT, the Cavs had a 14-point lead.
HHS went for a trick passing play on the next drive on a first down (on the fourth play of the drive), resulting in Danzy intercepting the pass from the running back on his own 28-yard line. CHS scored six plays later on a 35-yard run from Maughmer, reaching straight past the Indians’ defense to pay dirt with 2:35 remaining in the half. The converted PAT made it a 21-0 lead for CHS, which is what they took into halftime.
The Indians went for a second trick play, this time with another running back throwing the football, but the result was still the same when Danzy intercepted the pass (the eighth play of the drive) with 8.2 seconds left in the first half.
“Part of it was me getting impatient, wanting to score and that kind of stuff,” O’Rourke said. “That’s not our game. Our game is really about plugging away and keeping at it. We finally did and played a great third quarter and fourth quarter. That’s what we have to be at times.
“We have to be a little more patient than we were tonight. I was impatient with my play calling. We called a couple of trick plays. Neither one of them worked out very well. Both of them turned out to be turnovers. So we’ve got to work on it a little bit more.”
In the second half, the Cavaliers scored their first three offensive drives as Maughmer (19-yard run), Seth Barnes (4-yard run) and Maughmer (14-yard run) all scored touchdowns, leaving at the time the Cavaliers in front, 40-7 with 9:42 left in the fourth quarter.
The defense of CHS added the final touchdown by Malachi Ressig stripping the ball away from the Indians and racing around five yards to the end zone with 8:26 left in regulation. The PAT gave the Cavs a 40-point lead at 47-7.
CHS ended the game with their third interception, this one by Desmon Lewis.
“They have a couple of real nice athletes out there," O'Rourke said. "We thought we could take advantage of it, but we weren’t able to. I watched them on film, and I knew this was the best defense we’ve faced by far. They’re very disciplined, and they’re just very good. The fact that we were able to move the ball, I’m very pleased in that aspect.”
Hillsboro will be on the road in Week 7 of the season, traveling to face the first-place Clinton-Massie Falcons, who are 3-0 in the SCOL and 5-1 overall. The Falcons defeated the previously undefeated Washington Blue Lions, 70-0 Friday night.
Chillicothe (3-0, 5-1) will be at McClain in SCOL play. The Tigers (0-3, 1-5) lost to the Miami Trace Panthers by a 33-6 score on Friday night.