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CHS Loses To Catholic, 14-0
by Newton Nichols

Updated on Wednesday*:

The CHS varsity football team suffered its first loss of the season, 14-0, against Parkersburg Catholic last Saturday night.

Two touchdowns by the Crusaders in the first quarter were all the host team needed, as the Calhoun offense could not penetrate the end zone.

All of the first quarter was played on the Red Devils half of the field.

Catholic recovered its own onside kick at the CHS 41 to open the game, but the Calhoun defense forced a punt from the 45.

The Red Devils picked up a first down at their own 23, but on second down, PC recovered a fumble at the 30.

Five rushing plays set up the Crusaders’ first score from the three. A successful kick put the team up 7-0 with 4:43 left in the first period.

Calhoun fell on the ensuing kickoff at its 19, but a second down pass completion resulted in another fumble recovery for Catholic at the 16.

A gain of one yard was followed by a 10-yard penalty, leaving the football at the 25 from where PC scored again. The successful PAT, the last point of the game, came with 2:55 remaining in the first quarter.

Calhoun returned the next kickoff to its own 20 and began a 16-play drive that took almost nine minutes off the clock.

A 21-yard pick up by quarterback Zach Moore and 11 yards by Jeremy Conley helped CHS move into Catholic territory on the first play of the second period.

Highlighted by a 13-yard pass completion to Daniel Slider, Calhoun moved to a 1st-and-goal at the seven. Randy Fluharty netted a yard on two carries and two incompletions ended the threat at the six.

The Red Devils made it to the PC eight with 11 seconds left until halftime, but could not produce a score.

A pair of 40-yard field goal misses by Catholic was as close as either team came to scoring until halfway through the fourth quarter.

A 32-yard gain by Fluharty helped move the team to the 16, but a third down pass was inter-cepted in the end zone.

Neither team threatened again as the Crusaders dropped Calhoun (3-1) to an 11th place ranking in Class A, while PC (2-1) moved up to 13th.

Randy Fluharty led the CHS offense with 94 yards on 21 carries.

Fluharty and Jeremy Conley had 10 tackles each for the Red Devils, followed by Tim Sutro with eight. Aaron Yoak recovered a fumble and Christian Cottrell recorded a quarterback sack.

Calhoun will host No. 1 ranked Williamstown (3-0) on Friday at 7:30 p.m.

Calhoun 0 0 0 0-- 0

Park. Catholic 14 0 0 0--14

PC--Tommy Brunoni, 3 run

(Gino DeMaio kick), 4:43

PC--Brunoni, 25 run

(DeMaio kick), 2:55

TEAM STATISTICS

Calhoun Catholic

13 First Downs 7

44-187 Rushes-Yardage 28-100

35 Passing Yardage 55

4-12-1 PC-PA-Int. 5-10-0

-2 Return Yardage 350

3-28.0 Punts-Avg. 4-30.0

4-2 Fumbles-Lost 2-1

7-53 Penalties-Yards 3-30

OFFENSE

Calhoun rushing -- Randy Fluharty 21-94, Jeremy Conley 10-40, Zach Moore 11-33, Roman Rader 2-20. Total 44-187.

Calhoun passing -- Zach Moore 4-12-1, 35 yds.

Calhoun receiving -- Danny Slider 3-28, Randy Fluharty 1-7.

DEFENSE

Calhoun tackles (solos-assists-total) -- Randy Fluharty 6-4-10, Jeremy Conley 6-4-10, Tim Sutro 4-4-8, Danny Slider 3-3-6, Nick Stevens 2-4-6, Aaron Yoak 3-2-5, Sean Gungle 1-4-5, Jacob Haught 1-4-5, Ray Phillips 3-0-3, Roman Rader 2-1-3, Preston Milan 1-2-3, Chris Mace 0-3-3, Zach Moore 2-0-2. Total 34-35-69.

Interception -- None.

Fumble recovery -- Aaron Yoak.

Sack -- Christian Cottrell.

2008 CALHOUN VARSITY
FOOTBALL SCHEDULE

Calhoun 56 Gilmer County 6 .... W

Calhoun 37 Ritchie 25 .... W

Calhoun 41 Doddridge 14 W

Calhoun 0 Catholic 14 .. L

September

26 Williamstown ..... Home

October

3 South Harrison ... Home