Plummer
BELLWOOD — For a lot of Friday evening’s Laurel Highlands Athletic Conference recreation at John R. Hayes Field at Memorial Stadium, Bellwood-Antis and Forest Hills made the competition really feel like a playoff recreation.
It took till late within the third quarter for the sport to show for good and it was due to a pair of turnovers, a fumble adopted by an interception.
That key swing gave the Blue Devils momentum for good as they head into the District 6 playoffs driving a three-game profitable streak with a 45-27 overcome the Rangers on senior evening.
Sequence of the sport: Late within the third quarter, the Blue Devil protection got here up with a crucial fumble restoration which helped arrange an Alex McCartney 3-yard landing run within the fourth quarter. Jackson Dorminy, on the following drive, intercepted a Ranger cross which was turned into a Chase Plummer 53-yard dash to the home, giving Bellwood management.
Players of the sport: Plummer (14 rushes for 157 yards, three touchdowns) and McCartney (27 rushes, 156 yards, two touchdowns) mixed for 41 rushes, 313 yards and 5 scores.
Unsung heroes: B-A’s O-line.
Most very important statistics: B-A racked up 266 yards within the second half on a mixed 31 whole carries.
B-A coach Nick Lovrich: “Our O-line did an excellent job. This is linemen football weather. The grounds a little .. it’s cold, this is the weather they like. They were excited about tonight’s game. We’re really happy. Chase would be the first guy to compliment the line. They had the holes there for him and he finished it off.”
Forest Hills coach Justin Myers: “We just didn’t make plays when they presented themselves. We needed guys to step up and make plays, and tonight we missed out on a lot of plays. We can score points, we scored 20 points in the second half, but we gave up 36 points. You can’t do that against any team. Give them credit, they played well, they ran the ball hard against us, they did a lot of good things, but we just didn’t make plays. They were better tonight.”
Plummer on the offensive line: “They just executed. They get to the second level, and that’s all we needed.”
Notable: The Blue Devils scored 17 factors off of turnovers, together with one other fumble which got here on the opening kickoff return within the first quarter. … Bellwood-Antis didn’t try a single cross in the course of the second half. … Penalties did give the Blue Devils some points as they had been hit with 10 for 107 yards whereas the Rangers had been referred to as for six infractions for 59 yards.
Records: Forest Hills (6-4), Bellwood-Antis (6-4)
Next week: Forest Hills (Class 3A) and B-A (Class 2A) will advance to districts subsequent week. B-A is tentatively slated to play at River Valley within the first spherical of motion.
SCORE BY QUARTERS
Forest Hills 7 0 13 7 – 20
Bellwood-Antis 9 0 15 21 – 45
First Quarter
BA–Smearman 21 FG, 7:25.
BA–McCartney 3 run (kick failed), 3:10.
FH–Richardson 6 run (Singer kick), :22.
Third Quarter
FH–Vitez 39 cross from Richardson (Singer kick), 11:43.
BA–Plummer 42 run (Shawley cross from Partner), 8:41.
FH–McGough 12 cross from Richardson (Singer kick), 6:21.
BA–McCartney 15 run (Smearman kick), :35.
Fourth Quarter
BA–McCartney 3 run (Smearman kick), 9:41.
BA–Plummer 53 run (Smearman kick), 7:13.
BA–Plummer 19 run (Smearman kick), 5:01.
FH–E. Raptosh 14 run (Singer kick), 1:52.
TEAM STATISTICS FH BA
First downs 15 18
Total yards 341 399
Rushes-yards 23-127 18-364
Yards passing 214 35
Pass (comp.-att.-int.) 17-34-1 2-6-0
Punts-avg. 1-44 4-33.3
Fumbles-lost 2-2 2-1
Penalties-yards 6-59 10-107
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING–Forest Hills, Richardson 17-94, Raptosh 1-16, Pramuk 1-1, Vitez 1-(-1), Carroll 1-(-5), E. Raptosh 2-22. Bellwood-Antis, Plummer 14-157, McCartney 27-156, Partner 5-36, Col. Gibbons 1-3, Crist 2-12.
PASSING–Forest Hills, Richardson 13-24-1-156, Myers 4-10-0-58. Bellwood-Antis, Partner 2-6-0-35.
RECEIVING–Forest Hills, Vitez 2-47, Pramuk 4-66, Custer 4-26, McGough 3-30, Myers 1-2, E. Raptosh 1-14, Richardson 2-29. Bellwood-Antis, Waite 1-33, Col. Gibbons 1-2.