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There was a little good news Friday night.  The non-league portion of the 2004 Logan High School football schedule is over, and the Chieftains can now prepare to return to the top of the Southeastern Ohio Athletic League standings.  Logan committed too many mental mistakes, mainly turnovers and mental lapses that led to Gahanna big plays.  Overall it was not a great performance by the purple and white, but the kids competed until the end and didn't give up.

The game started with a bang.  Logan failed to move the ball on it's first series, and the ensuing punt was returned for a Lion TD.  Luckily for Logan, a holding penalty negated the touchdown.  However, Gahanna took the football and moved down the field and scored on a 33-yard touchdown pass from Kollin Hancock to Charley Howard.  BJ Hughes and Howard were going man-to-man, and Hughes appeared to be in position to make the interception, but the ball ended up in Hancock's hands and he walked the remaining five yards to put the Lions on top 7-0.

It didn't get any better for the Chieftains right away.  On Logan's next possession, Hancock struck again.  This time he read a quick out from Spackey to Hughes, but jumped on the route and returned the interception 38-yards to put the Lions on top 14-0 just over 4 minutes into the game.

Logan cut into that lead before the first quarter came to a close.  Corey Spackey connected with his favorite target, BJ Hughes, for 42-yards and a touchdown.  The pass was one of the prettiest of the season and Hughes had his man beat by a yard or two.  Nick Poindexter's extra point cut the lead to 14-7.

After tying the score, a familiar trend took over.  Logan would get a big play, a long run or a long pass, and then the Chieftains would make a mistake and negate the big play.  On Logan's next offensive series, Justin Coakley rumbled 44-yards inside the Gahanna-Lincoln 25-yard line.  But a couple plays later, after a couple of negative yardage plays, Spackey was intercepted in the endzone to end the threat.

Logan turned the ball over four times for the night, Spackey threw three interceptions and Kevin Call fumbled once.  The turnovers killed any upset hopes the Chieftains had.  Gahanna-Lincoln had two turnovers themselves (Tory Kratzenburg had two INTs), but both were on 4th and desperate plays and were more like punts than real turnovers.

Logan allowed one more touchdown in the first half, and Anton Robinson lugged the pigskin 4 yards to increase Gahanna's lead to 21-7 at the half.

Logan's offense failed to move the football throughout most of the third quarter, however late in the quarter Logan was able to put together their only sustained drive of the evening.  The Chieftains had driven to a first and goal, but were denied the endzone on three plays and were force to retreat to the 22 yard line.  On fourth down Spackey evaded several defenders, before heaving a desperation pass that was pulled down by Hughes in the endzone.  The score cut the lead to 21-14, and Logan had all the momentum.

The defense came out and held Gahanna to a third and 24 on their own thirteen yard line.  Logan needed only to hold and get the ball back with a chance to tie the score.  Instead, Gahanna's Anton Robinson, who finished with 244 yards on 23 carries, ripped off and 87-yard TD run that all but ended the football game.

Gahanna tacked on their final score with only 1:22 to play when quarterback Brent Miller ran for a 3-yard touchdown.

Corey Spackey had a roller coaster night, finishing 11-21 for 123 yards with 2 TDs but also throwing 3 INTs.  Justin Coakley became the first Chieftain to break the century mark on the ground, finishing with 105 yards on just 10 carries.  Michael Coleman added 40 yards on 8 carries in just his second game of sustained Varsity action.  BJ Hughes finished with 2 catches for 64 yards and 2 TDs and Tory Kratzenburg finished with 4 catches for 20 yards.

Logan returns to Bill Sauer Field this Friday night.  Coming to town will be Jackson (5-0), the league favorite.  It will be the first SEOAL game for both teams.

PASSING
Gahanna-Lincoln: Kollin Hancock 5-14-72-1TD-2INT, Brent Miller 0-1-0-0TD-0INT
Logan: Corey Spackey 11-21-123-2TD-3INT, BJ Hughes 0-1-0-0TD-0INT

RECEIVING
Gahanna-Lincoln: Charley Howard 2-43 TD, Anton Robinson 1-16, James Manley 1-9, John Hughes 1-4
Logan: BJ Hughes 2-64 2TDs, Tory Kratzenburg 4-20, Patrick Howe 1-19, Justin Coakley 2-13, Justin Pack 1-13, Michael Coleman 1-(-6)