Chiefs Run Roughshod Over Helpless Bulldogs, 42-18

10/18/2005

THE PLAINS - Logan rushed for a school record 512 yards and Coach Amyx picked up his 99th win as the head coach at Logan High School as the Chiefs moved to 6-2 on the season and 3-0 in SEOAL play.  The win sets up a week nine showdown with the SEOAL title on the line.  For the seventh straight year, the winner of the annual Logan/Gallia Academy clash will walk away with atleast a share of the SEOAL championship.  Logan will be trying to earn their 21st title, which would break a tie in number of overal titles with Jackson.

Senior tailback Kevin Call ran for 268 yards on 23 carries and scored twice on the ground.  Call has now ran for over 1000 yards on the season, and his Friday night output is good enough for fourth on the all-time LHS rushing list for yards in a single game.  However, Call wasn't the only big gainer for the Chiefs.

Senior fullback Justin Coakley scored the games first touchdown on a 48-yard rumble down the visitors sideline.  Coakley carried the ball 14 times for 151 yards and 3 TDs.  The yardage and touchdowns were both careet highs for the 190lbs senior.  Alex Hubbard's PAT put the purple and white on top 7-0.

That was all Logan would get in the first quarter, but the Chieftains blew the game open in the second quarter.  Kevin Call scored his first touchdown of the night on a 42-yard sprint, and the Chiefs took a solid two score lead.

Following an Athens punt in which Logan partially blocked the kick, the Chieftains  moved the ball 60 yards down field on 10 plays.  Kevin Call capped the drive with a 5-yard run, staking Logan to a 21-0 lead.  


Athens would get on the scoreboard late in the half.  A Logan miscue set up the score.  A pass from Michael Angle to Lucas Wright was too hot to handle, and the officials ruled the pass a lateral, and the Bulldogs recovered the loose pigskin.  Athens took only 3 plays and little time off the clock, and senior skat back Chris Stalder scored from 5-yards out to put the Bulldogs on the scoreboard.  Chris Bunch's kick failed.

Logan took over with just over two and a half minutes to play, and for the sixth time this year Michael Angle led the Chieftains to a score in the closing seconds of a half.  Logan moved 68 yards on seven plays to finish their final scoring drive of the half.  Justin Coakley had the big ground gainer on the drive, and a third down pass to Nick Walter set up the final play of the half.  Sophomores Michael Angle and Lucas Wright hooked up on a 21-yard fade route to give the purple and white a three score lead heading to the locker room.  Angle called the play himself, and the sophomores executed to perfection.

Logan opened the second half like a team on a mission, and Justin Coakley's second score came from 8-yards out and stretched the Logan lead to 35-6 following Hubbard's 5th straight PAT.  Coakley ended Logan's scoring six minutes later, running in from 16-yards out.  Hubbard kept his PAT streak alive, extending Logan's lead to 42-6.

Athens fullback Mitch Spires got to the endzone again for the green and gold.  Spires rumbled 53-yards against a mixture of JV and Varsity Logan defenders.  A two-point coversion try was denied by the Logan defense.  Athens halfback Stalder ended the night's scoring, tacking on a 4-yard run against the Logan second unit.  A two-point pass was stopped again by the Chieftains.

Sophomore Michael Angle bounced back from a rough week against Marietta.  Angle completed 3-3 passes for 38 yards and a touchdown.  Lucas Wright had a 21-yard TD catch, Nick Walter had an 8-yard catch, and Justin Coakley had a 9-yard catch and run.

Logan held a high scoring Athens rushing game to only 179 yards, much of that coming against the Logan second unit.  Athens' junior signal caller Chris Carpinelli completed only 4-17 passes for 31 yards.

Logan will return to Bill Sauer Field for senior night against Gallia Academy.  The Blue Devils enter the contest 7-1 and 3-0 in SEOAL play.  Kick-off is slated for 7:30 on the hilltop.

PASSING
Athens: Chris Carpinelli 4-17-31-0TD-0INT
Logan: Michael Angle 3-3-38-1TD-0INT

RECEIVING
Athens: Mitch Spires 1-9, Brett Chambers 1-8, Derek Hall 1-7, Chris Stalder 1-7
Logan: Lucas Wright 1-21 TD, Justin Coakley 1-9, Nick Walter 1-8