Big plays lead to Bearcat loss at Westfall
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Stephen Forsha-sforsha@gmail.com
Two plays that equaled over half of the Westfall Mustangs' offensive yards were enough to put the home team ahead for good as the Paint Valley Bearcats fell to the Mustangs, 21-7 Friday at WHS.
Paint Valley (1-2, 3-1-1) totaled 202 yards of offense, while their defense held the Mustangs (they were averaging 500 yards per game) to 217 yards … and the bad part for the Bearcats was they allowed 115 of those yards on two plays, which led to 14 points, one being a 77-yard run with around one minute left in the second quarter, tying the game at 7-7.
Paint Valley's lone score came in the second quarter when Anthony McFadden passed 5 yards to Teagan McFadden for six points. The extra point kick was good by Mark Clifford.
"In 17 years as a football coach, I've never been more proud with a team," Paint Valley head coach Pete Hollon said. "This was a great hard-hitting football game to be a part of. I'm proud this team was part of a game like this."
Westfall (3-0, 5-1) outscored the Bearcats 14-0 in the final 24 minutes, but the Bearcats had opportunities to tie the score or take the lead in the final quarter as they once failed on a fourth down and later threw an interception in the end zone.
Once, in the third quarter, PV gained the ball at the start of the half, but after driving the ball downfield, penalties hurt them. On what Hollon described as a good no-call by the officials, players from both teams were tangled up on a long pass, ending up being an incompletion for PV.
This was the first time since '02 that the Bearcats held Westfall under 22 points.
Leading the PV offense was Kyle Kottenbrook with 21 rushes for 78 yards, followed by Quentin Tesi with seven carries for 41 yards and Clifford with six rushes for 40 yards.
Anthony McFadden was 4-of-9 for 38 yards, and Teagan McFadden caught three passes for 17 yards. Clifford had 21 yards receiving.[[In-content Ad]]
"Westfall did a good job of taking our quarterback away from us," Hollon said. "We had trouble gaining footing all night, and they brought kids off the edge at us. That was tough, and when we lost two offensive linemen, that took away the middle running game."
PV played with three two-way starters who didn't play at all or who left the game due to injury.
"When you lose a starting center and guard, it's hard on an offense," Hollon said. "Clay Archer and Logan McGraw each came in and played well. They did a great job, but we just gave up a lot of size to Westfall.
"We basically played the game without three 2-way starters."
Special teams was also a big part of the PV game on Friday, this time to the positive, as the previous game it wasn't what they wanted to see on the field.
Clifford averaged 41.6 yards per punt with two punts landing inside the opponent's 5-yard line and three inside the 10-yard line.
"This week, our special teams was completely opposite than what it was last week," Hollon said. "Mark's punting was a tremendous weapon for us."
Defensively for the Bearcats, Tesi led with 11 tackles (with three sacks) and a blocked punt. Nate Yoakum totaled nine tackles. Also, the PV defense held all-state QB Trenton Williams (who had over 1,000 yards passing in five weeks) to a 3-of-20 for 39-yard night in the air.
Clifford also had two sacks as PV held Westfall to one first down in the first half and six for the game.
"Our defense was lights out most of the game, except for two plays with missed tackles," Hollon said. "Our kids up front played tremendous. Our defense executed the game plan almost perfectly.
"We had them on fourth down a couple times, and this was the best defensive effort of the season. Holding a team like Westfall to under 22 points is a tremendous accomplishment."
PV will host Adena (2-1, 3-3) on homecoming this Friday.
"We need to keep building on what we accomplished this week," Hollon said. "It would be a shame to take a step backward."
SCORE BY QUARTERS
PV 00 07 00 00 — 07
WHS 00 07 07 07 — 21
Paint Valley (1-2, 3-1-1) totaled 202 yards of offense, while their defense held the Mustangs (they were averaging 500 yards per game) to 217 yards … and the bad part for the Bearcats was they allowed 115 of those yards on two plays, which led to 14 points, one being a 77-yard run with around one minute left in the second quarter, tying the game at 7-7.
Paint Valley's lone score came in the second quarter when Anthony McFadden passed 5 yards to Teagan McFadden for six points. The extra point kick was good by Mark Clifford.
"In 17 years as a football coach, I've never been more proud with a team," Paint Valley head coach Pete Hollon said. "This was a great hard-hitting football game to be a part of. I'm proud this team was part of a game like this."
Westfall (3-0, 5-1) outscored the Bearcats 14-0 in the final 24 minutes, but the Bearcats had opportunities to tie the score or take the lead in the final quarter as they once failed on a fourth down and later threw an interception in the end zone.
Once, in the third quarter, PV gained the ball at the start of the half, but after driving the ball downfield, penalties hurt them. On what Hollon described as a good no-call by the officials, players from both teams were tangled up on a long pass, ending up being an incompletion for PV.
This was the first time since '02 that the Bearcats held Westfall under 22 points.
Leading the PV offense was Kyle Kottenbrook with 21 rushes for 78 yards, followed by Quentin Tesi with seven carries for 41 yards and Clifford with six rushes for 40 yards.
Anthony McFadden was 4-of-9 for 38 yards, and Teagan McFadden caught three passes for 17 yards. Clifford had 21 yards receiving.[[In-content Ad]]
"Westfall did a good job of taking our quarterback away from us," Hollon said. "We had trouble gaining footing all night, and they brought kids off the edge at us. That was tough, and when we lost two offensive linemen, that took away the middle running game."
PV played with three two-way starters who didn't play at all or who left the game due to injury.
"When you lose a starting center and guard, it's hard on an offense," Hollon said. "Clay Archer and Logan McGraw each came in and played well. They did a great job, but we just gave up a lot of size to Westfall.
"We basically played the game without three 2-way starters."
Special teams was also a big part of the PV game on Friday, this time to the positive, as the previous game it wasn't what they wanted to see on the field.
Clifford averaged 41.6 yards per punt with two punts landing inside the opponent's 5-yard line and three inside the 10-yard line.
"This week, our special teams was completely opposite than what it was last week," Hollon said. "Mark's punting was a tremendous weapon for us."
Defensively for the Bearcats, Tesi led with 11 tackles (with three sacks) and a blocked punt. Nate Yoakum totaled nine tackles. Also, the PV defense held all-state QB Trenton Williams (who had over 1,000 yards passing in five weeks) to a 3-of-20 for 39-yard night in the air.
Clifford also had two sacks as PV held Westfall to one first down in the first half and six for the game.
"Our defense was lights out most of the game, except for two plays with missed tackles," Hollon said. "Our kids up front played tremendous. Our defense executed the game plan almost perfectly.
"We had them on fourth down a couple times, and this was the best defensive effort of the season. Holding a team like Westfall to under 22 points is a tremendous accomplishment."
PV will host Adena (2-1, 3-3) on homecoming this Friday.
"We need to keep building on what we accomplished this week," Hollon said. "It would be a shame to take a step backward."
SCORE BY QUARTERS
PV 00 07 00 00 — 07
WHS 00 07 07 07 — 21