Hubbard's Field Goal Lifts Logan Past Pickerington North

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September 12, 2005

LOGAN - The last time a Logan team kicked a late game field goal for a win was 1989, when Jim Redd's 18-yard kick lifted Logan to a 9-7 win over Gallia Academy.  Friday night, Logan's Alex Hubbard calmly split the uprights from 23-yards away, securing Logan's second win of the season.  Logan led the game throughout, but a strong fourth quarter from the Panthers forced the Chiefs to kick for the win late in the game.

Logan's offense played well from the outset, picking up huge chunks of yardage on sweeps and draws by Kevin Call.  The Logan offensive line has really hit it's stride the last two weeks.  Logan scored on it's first possession, with Kevin Call scoring from 11 yards out to give the Chiefs a 7-0 lead.

Logan's defense played a great game as well.  Adam Stohs and Cameron Kiger were two of the key stoppers, with the Senior and Junior respectively recording big time stops.  North QB Mark Galvin could never get on track thanks to the unrelenting pressure of the Logan defense.  North did threaten twice in the first half.  The first time, a 46-yard pass from Galvin to the big freshman fullback Boren, put the Panthers in the redzone.  The LHS defense stood tall, with standing the Panthers offense and a  40-yard field goal attempt fell wide right and short.

The Logan offense increased it's lead in the second quarter, this time an 18-play drive set up Logan's second score.  The drive culminated with Coakley plowing into the endzone on fourth down to give Logan a comfortable 14-0 lead.  North finished the half on a roll, once again getting inside the Chieftain 20-yard line.  Junior Corner Josh Clifton made the key defensive play on the drive, batting down a Galvin pass on fourth down that helped Logan take the 14-0 lead to the locker room.

The Panthers came out fired up to start the third quarter, and forced Logan into a three and out on their first series.  The Panters wasted little time in striking offensively.  North used a double-hand-off reverse on their second play, and Pickerington's Tyler Campbell carried the ball 28 yards to cut the Logan lead in half.

Logan's offense answered the bell.  Using another dose of Kevin Call, the Chiefs set off on a 15-play drive that lasted over seven minutes.  The key play in the drive was a play-action pass to Senior fullback Adam Stohs.  Kevin Call capped the drive with a 5-yard touchdown run and increased Logan's lead to 21-7.

North's big Freshman fullback Zach Boren started to make an impact, as the Panther's marched over 70-yards to cut the lead to 7 once again.  Boren picked up the bulk of the yardage on the drive, which culminated with Galvin connecting with tight end Brett McEvoy from 9-yards out.  The Panthers now stood just 7 points from a tie ball game.

Logan lost Junior G/DT Bryce Bumgardner on their next series to an unknown leg injury.  The word is the Bummy may be out for this week's game with Zanesville, but could be back in time for the Gahanna-Lincoln game in two weeks.  Logan was stopped on 3rd and one from their own 40, and were forced to punt the ball to the Panthers.  It was then that the game saw it's first turnover.  Logan recovered a fumble inside their own territory, and appeared to have gotten the break they needed to win the game.  However, just 3 plays later Coakley returned the favor, and the Panthers were ready to tie the score.

Zach Boren was able to take advantage of a tired Logan defense, using his 255lbs body to drag Logan defenders.  Boren helped the Panthers to the Logan 4-yard line.  A sack of Galvin pushed the Panther's back to the 8-yard line, but the Senior quarterback scored on the next play on a sweep to tie the score.  Kevin Lewis's third PAT did the trick, and overtime looked like the likely result.

Logan had other plans.  Taking the ball with only 2:30 to play, Logan began an 80-yard drive that would end with Hubbard's field goal.  A draw play from Call and a 12-yard pass from Michael Angle to Kevin Call set up the play of the game.  On third and 9 from the Panther 44-yard line, Angle connected with Sophomore Lucas Wright in the flat, who threw a pass down to Senior Nick Walter on the North 5-yard line.  With 30 seconds to play, Logan was within 5-yards of the winning score.  The Chiefs ran Coakley to the middle of the field to get a better angle for the kick.  Senior Alex Hubbard trotted out and nailed his first career field goal attempt.

North got off two desperation passes in the final 11 seconds, but neither was completed and the Chieftains won to go above .500 for the first time since 2003.  Logan got great efforts all around.  Call led all rushers with 176 yards on 30 carries with 2 TDs.  Coakley added 40 yards on 12 carries with a score.

Michael Angle completed 4 of 6 passes for 44 yards, and fellow Sophomore Lucas Wright was 1 for 1 for 39 yards.  Wright also had one catch for 12 yards.  The Logan defense got outstanding play from Stohs, Kiger, and in the first half by Sophomore linebacker Mark Potter.  Potter had a sack in the second quarter.  The Chieftains special teams finally put it all together in one of the best LHS wins in some time.

Logan will travel to Zanesville this Friday.  The Blue Devils will enter the game 1-2, coming off a 33-17 loss at Wilmington.  Kick-off is slated for 7:30.

PASSING
Pickerington North: Mark Galvin 5-16-107-1TD-0INT
Logan: Michael Angle 4-6-44-0TD-0INT, Lucas Wright 1-1-39-0TD-0INT

RECEIVING
Pickerington North: Zach Boren 1-46, Tim Uher 2-41, Tyler Campbell 1-11, Brett McEvoy 1-9 TD
Logan: Nick Walter 1-39, Adam Stohs 1-14, Lucas Wright 1-12, Kevin Call 1-9, Justin Coakley 1-9