By Spencer Waugh
Hilliard - Like 31 other division 1 playoff teams in Ohio, Logan's
season came to a close with a loss. The Chiefs ran into a buzz saw
in Hilliard where the Wildcats put on a clinic of power football and capitalized
on Logan's mistakes to run away with a 38-8 victory.
Running Backs Bo Delande (118) and Clay Trubiano (109) each ran for
over 100 yards while junior quarterback Connor Deitz added two touchdown
passes to push Davidson passed Logan in a Division One, Region Three quarterfinal
from Hilliard.
Logan could manage just 36 yards and 1 first down during the first half
of play and when the Chiefs gave Davidson the ball inside Logan territory
4 times to start the second half the game got out of hand.
Davidson opened the game with a long drive that consumed nearly 7 minutes
from the clock and Deitz connected with JB Strahler on a nice play action
pass on fourth down from 22-yards and the games first score.
The two teams traded punts and Logan go the first turnover when Lucas
Wright intercepted his seventh pass of the season when Davidson tried a
trick play that saw Delande try to connect with Joey Ciamacco.
Logan failed to convert the turnover into points and Davidson drove
for a potential score midway through the 2nd quarter. The drive came
to a halt when Colby Catlett failed to connect on a 32-yard field goal.
Disaster struck on the ensuing Logan possession. What appeared
like it could be a close 7-0 halftime game blew up when Ryan Brown intercepted
a screen pass from Angle that was intended for Clay Morgan.
The Wildcats capitalized a few plays later when Delande scored from
5 yards out on fourth down. Catlett's PAT made it a 14 point game.
The Wildcats dominated the third quarter, putting up 21 easy points
utilizing a short field and pounding on a Logan defense that started to
get worn out against the powerful Davidson front line.
Trubiano scored on a 44-yard run just over a minute and half into the
second half and Deitz and Strahler connected on the next Davidson possession
for another score and a 28-0 lead.
Trubiano added a 14-yard score near the end of the third quarter to
stretch the lead to 35-0 and Catlett found his third try to be a charm
and connected on a 40-yard field goal to end Davidson's scoring for the
night. It appeared that Logan might begin and end the season win
38-0 losses.
Logan managed to avoid the shut-out thanks to a nice drive that came
mainly against Davidson's second team. Angle connected with Tony
Ellis for 18-yards , Morgan gained 12-yards on a draw play, and Mark Potter
rambled down the right sideline for 30-yards and nearly put the ball in
the endzone himself. Morgan scored the Logan touchdown from
5-yards out and Lucas Wright connected with Derek Hart for the two-point
conversion.
Logan finishes the season 8-3 and 7-0 in the SEOAL, winning their third
straight SEOAL title and 22nd overall. The Chiefs returned to the
playoffs for the first time since 2001.
Davidson advances to the Regional semi-finals and will face Upper Arlington
(10-1) for the second time this season. The Wildcats won the first
meeting 19-0. The two will meet next Saturday night at Dublin Coffman
High School at 7:00 PM.
GAME STATS
| Team Stats |
LOG |
HIL |
| First Downs |
5 |
115 |
| Plays from scrimmage |
43 |
56 |
| Rushes-Yards |
34-104 |
51-307 |
| Passing Yards |
30 |
49 |
| Total Yards |
134 |
356 |
| Passes (C-A-I) |
4-9-1 |
3-5-1 |
| Punts |
6-27.7 |
2-33.5 |
| Fumbles-Lost |
0-0 |
1-0 |
| Penalties-Yards |
2-10 |
5-35 |
| Time of Possession |
21:31 |
26:29 |
Scoring Summary:
HD - JB Strahler, 22-yard pass from Connor Deitz (Colby Catlett
kick); 5:31 1st
HD - Bo Delande, 5-yard run (Catlett kick); 3:12 2nd
HD - Clay Trubiano, 44-yard run (Catlett kick); 10:26 3rd
HD - Strahler, 19-yard pass from Deitz (Catlett kick); 8:09
3rd
HD - Trubiano, 14-yard run (Catlett kick); 3:30 3rd
HD - Catlett, 40-yard field goal; 11:01 4th
LO - Clay Morgan, 5-yard run (Derek Hart pass from Lucas Wright);
1:02 4th
Individual Stats
Rushing:
Logan: Clay Morgan 17-54 TD, Mark Potter 8-50, Justin
Frye 3-4, Corey Kissling 1-2, Michael Angle 5-(-6); Davidson: Bo
Delande 19-118 TD, Clay Trubiano 13-109 2TD, Tyler Young 8-52, Connor Deitz
4-16, Grant Richter 4-9, Joey Ciamacco 1-5, Kurt Stephens 2-(-2)
Passing:
Logan: Michael Angle 4-8-1, 30 yards, Lucas Wright 0-1-0;
Davidson:
Connor Deitz 3-4-0, 49 yards, Bo Delande 0-1-1
Receiving:
Logan: Tony Ellis 1-18, Lucas Wright 1-11, Clay Morgan
1-6, Mark Potter 1-(-5); Davidson: JB Strahler 2-41 2 TD,
Joey Ciamacco 1-8
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