Saturday, September 15, 2012

Patriots Fall to McLouth 42-7

Despite being the beneficiaries of seven turnovers, the Christ Prep Patriots lost to the McLouth Bulldogs 42-7 last night at McLouth.

The Patriots sputtered early, handing the Bulldogs excellent field position on their first two drives. McLouth capitalized, as T.J. Crowell scored two first quarter touchdowns on runs of 1 and 20 yards.  McLouth added an 82 yard Drew Cerny punt return in the second quarter and took a 22-0 lead over the Patriots into the locker room at halftime.

The Patriots gained good field position on some of the McLouth turnovers, but never really capitalized. Several drives stalled at the hands of penalties or excellent defensive play by the Bulldogs. The Patriots managed one second half touchdown, the result of a 46 yard pass from Josiah Thill to Chase Stamatis. After Timothy Finley’s PAT, though, CPA found itself pretty much out of the game as they trailed 36-7 at the end of the third quarter. McLouth added another fourth quarter TD which capped the 42-7 victory.

Christ Prep managed only 59 yards rushing on 32 carries. Thill ran for 23 yards on 12 carries while Tanner Metzdorf had ten carries for 14 yards and Davis White added 13 yards on six carries. Thill also completed 12 of 26 passes for 95 yards and a TD. Chase Stamatis caught three Thill balls for 51 yards which included the 46 yard TD. Finley caught six passes for 33 yards. Davis White added two receptions and Chris Mills one.

Defensively, Regan Hurley led Patriot tacklers with 10. Stamatis added 7 followed by Thill (5), Mills (5), Cameron Blair (4), Metzdorf (4), and Levi Mann (4). Stamatis recovered two of the six Bulldog fumbles while Metzdorf added an interception. The other four McLouth fumbles were recovered by Will Cook, Logan White, Blair, and Mills.

With the loss, the Patriots fall to 1-2 as they return home to host 0-3 Oskaloosa next  Saturday afternoon at Piper H.S. McLouth improves to 3-0 as they travel next week to Olpe to take on the 2-1 Eagles.

Check out this link to view photos of last night’s contest: https://plus.google.com/u/0/photos/113773381929590803444/albums/5788406070883136497?hl=en

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