Chiefs Win in a Shut-Out for Second Straight Week, Win First SEOAL Game 54-00

Coming into Friday's football game, there were a lot of emotions stemming around not only the city, the state, but the entire nation. Luckily for some of us, Friday nights football game provided an escape from the horrors of this week's tragedy.

Anyone who knew anything about this week's football game knew it would not be much of a game. The Chieftains came in having won 22 straight games, while the Raiders came in having lost 34 straight. By the time the night was over, you could add one more to each of those streaks.

The Chieftains dominated the first quarter, holding River Valley to almost no positive yardage and allowing only one first down. Logan scored 20 points in the first quarter. Harden scored the first two TDs of the night, from 13 and 5 yards out respectively. The third score was from Matt Mong. Mong bulled his way in from 3-yards out with only 2 seconds left in the first quarter.

The second quarter did not get any better for the Raiders. It took the Chiefs 4 minutes to score in the second quarter, when Derek Harden once again found pay dirt from 3-yards out. It took just 2 minutes for the Chiefs to strike again, this time Alex Penrod found Chad Kratzenburg for a 26-yard TD. The last score of the first half was a beautiful run by Harden from 13 yards out, Harden broke over 5 tackles on his way to the score.

In the second half the Chieftain starters played only 1 series, capped off by a power run from Matt Mong 11-yards out. The Final score came in the fourth quarter when Sophomore Austin "Hardcore" Rohr scored the first TD of his Varsity career from 13-yards out.

The stats for the game were impressive. Logan tallied 22 1st downs and 370 total yards of offense. Derek Harden carried the ball 22 times for 151 yards and scored 4 touchdowns. Matt Mong carried the ball 6 times for 33 yards and 2 TDs. Alex Penrod was 5-7 for 106 yards and one TD pass, including a career long completion, a 46-yard catch by Jason Dicken, and a career long TD pass, the 26 yard grab by Kratzenburg.

Logan did not punt the ball a single time in the football contest.

Player of the game for week 4 is Quarterback Alex Penrod, who had one of his sharpest games of the season. Penrod appears to be coming into his own under center this season. Logan returns to action Friday when it visits the Warriors of Warren. Kick-Off is slated for 7:30.

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