Chieftain Notebook: Chiefs have had their share of big-yardage plays this season
LOGAN — In last season’s game against Portsmouth in Logan Chieftain Stadium, the Chiefs set a school record by rushing for 562 yards against an out-manned Trojan defense.
They got almost half of them (246) on just three plays: 99-yard and 84-yard scoring runs by then-sophomore Bryce McBride and a 63-yard TD jaunt by eventual Southeastern Ohio Athletic League Player of the Year Isaac Schmeltzer.
That was an exception for the ’13 Chiefs, who weren’t a big-play offense. Those runs accounted for three of their four longest scoring plays from scrimmage last fall.
This season, however, big plays have been the norm rather than the exception.