Logan Snaps First Quarter Scoreless Streak, Ride Balanced Offense to 28-7 Win

The Chieftains got two monkees off their back in Friday Night's final tune-up before SEOAL play begins. 1) They scored in the first quarter for the first time since week 7 of last year against Point Pleasant and 2) they were able to soundly beat a Division One football team in the regular season. The Chieftains rode a balanced offense that gained 168 yards on the ground while piling up 170 through the air.

The Chieftains got things started on the right note, as they moved 65 yards on 9 plays. Five minutes into the football game Austin Rohr had picked up a 30-yard TD run and the Chiefs led 7-0.

The Chieftains made two costly mistakes early in the second quarter that led to the only Pickerington North score. First, Junior Tory Kratzenburg muffed a punt that, but recovered, forcing Logan to start from their own 10 yard line. Following a three and out, Logan was penalized for a clip and was forced to punt for a second time in their own endzone. This time the Panthers started from the Logan 21-yard line after a nice punt return. The Panthers scored 2-plays later on a 23-yard pass from Evan Jablonka to Tight End K.C. Theiss.

From then on, it was all Logan. The Chiefs struck right before halftime to take the lead for good. The Chiefs used a couple of nice Corey Spackey passes to move inside the 10-yard line, and Austin Rohr finished it off from 2 yards out. The Chiefs led 14-7 at the intermission.

Logan put the game out of reach early in the 3rd quarter. Logan drove 94 yards, thanks largely in part to a 79-yard TD strike from Spackey to Junior Tory Kratzenburg. Kratzenburg snuck behind the Panthers defenders and was all alone when Spackey hit him in stride.

Logan's last score came when Sophomore Fullback Justin Coakley bulled his way in from 10 yards out, scoring his first Varsity TD for the Purple and White.

The offensive line was stellar after a slow start. Senior captain Jesse Herring was forced to sit, but Sophomore Tyson Kratzenburg was solid at Guard in his place. Another Sophomore, Bruce Lehman, played most of the last 3 quarters at Center replacing Jonathan Stoneburner. Lehman has more size and looked strong against the Panthers big defensive front.

Thanks to the line, Spackey was able to excel at the QB spot. The Panthers often used a 5-4 defense with no safety, daring the Chiefs to pass. And pass they did. Spackey completed 10-15 passes (3 incompletions were flat-out drops) on his way to 170 yards and 1 TD. Corey threw no interceptions.

Austin Rohr was strong all game as well, carrying the ball 25 times for 153 yards and two scores. Justin Coakley (5-23-1) played well at Fullback for the Chiefs.

Tory Kratzenburg was the big play man, catching 3 passes for 87 yards and a TD. Patrick Howe made 2 grabs for 31 yards and TE Cole Resler made 1 for 26. FB Steve Call had a solid game receiving as well, catching 4 passes for 26 yards.

The Chieftains will kick off SEOAL play next week when they visit Jackson. The Ironmen are 3-0 coming off 35-7 pounding of Vinton County.

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