![]() ![]() Most of Bellaire’s rushing total came in the first half when it ran 26 times for 379 and five scores, with White (147) and Pettigrew (158) combining for more than 300 themselves. However, Cambridge stopped the running clock when Carpenter and Ogle connected from 14 yards out and Hartley split the uprights. Lemley added the PAT for a 64-32 reading that started the OHSAA’s 30-point mercy rule. Beckett, a junior, showed his speed with a 71-yard jaunt up the middle. This time going up the middle untouched from 15 yards out.įollowing a Bobcats punt, Bellaire only needed one play to add to the score. ![]() Not to be outdone, Cambridge’s Rylee Wilson took Bellaire’s kick 60 yards for back-to-back kickoff returns for TDs to keep the visitors close at 50-32 after Hartley’s kick.Īfter a failed fourth-down try by the Big Reds, Lemley recovered a fumble at the Cambridge 15 and Pettigrew only needed one carry to reach the end zone for the fourth time. Taking his time while seeking a lane, he finally found one on the right sidelines and took it to the house from 87 yards. Pettigrew fielded the kickoff at his own 13. LaMotte plunged in for two points and a 43-25 halftime lead.īefore the fans could get settled back into their seats, the fireworks started again. Two plays later, White went off the left side for an 8-yard score. The defense, which was torched through the air for most of the game, came up big as linebacker Graham Campbell intercepted a pass near midfield and returned it to the Bobcats’ 27 with 1:25 showing on the clock. The senior then walked in for the 2-point conversion and a 35-25 lead. Pettigrew returned the ensuing kickoff to the 50 and White went the distance on the next play. The point-after was no good, but Bellaire had a 27-18 lead with a little more than three minutes still left before the half.įollowing a 14-yard TD strike from Carpenter to Ogle and the placement by Dillon Hartley made it a 27-25 game, the Big Reds put two more scores on the board in the final two minutes. White rambled for 25 yards on Bellaire’s first play and Pettigrew went off the right side once again, this time from 61 yards out. After another 2-point pass failed, the Big Reds led 21-18. ![]() It took just four plays to go the distance as Carpenter, who went 27-for-46 for 444 yards and four TDs, connected with Ogle on a 40-yard catch-and-run. On the Big Reds third snap, Ogle stepped in front of a Bellaire pass for an interception, giving Cambridge the ball near midfield. ![]() The 2-point pass was intercepted in the end zone by Pettigrew as the margin was 21-12. However, the Bobcats (0-5) only needed one play to cut into the deficit as quarterback Garrett Carpenter found Keaton Kyser on a short pass but he broke a couple of tackles before racing 80 yards to paydirt.įollowing the lengthy score, tempers flared in the end zone as the officials assessed a pair of 15-yard personal foul penalties against Cambridge and one against Bellaire. Pettigrew raced 64 yards off the right side behind Smelko and Nixon to make it 21-6 after the third of five PAT kicks by Lemley. Leading 14-6 at the end of the first quarter, Bellaire exploded for 28 points in the second, but gave up 19 for a 43-25 halftime advantage. The eight rushing TDs tied the record set against Magnolia in 1966, and the 64 points were the most scored since a 62-7 win against Buckeye Local in 2016. The eight rushing touchdowns - junior quarterback Luke Heatherington had the other on a nifty 18-yard bootleg that made it 14-0 in the first quarter. All told, eight players toted the ball on 44 attempts. White eclipsed that total with a 2-yard run at the 8:04 mark of the third quarter. The 565-yard effort surpassed the previous mark of 433 against Tyler Consolidated in 2003. “Our offensive line did an outstanding job and our backs ran hard,” Bonar praised. Senior fullback Chickie LaMotte 6-1, 175) also provided blocking. Those trenchmen were junior left tackle Keegan Davis (6-0, 190) sophomore left guard Kayse Rejonis (5-10, 230) sophomore Quentin Scott (5-10, 155) senior right guard Dalton Smelko (5-10, 230) senior right tackle Joey Nixon (6-0, 250) and senior tight end Jason Lemley (6-5, 255). We’ve got to continue the momentum and keep improving.”īellaire’s offensive line did yeoman’s work in opening gaping holes for the backs. “We have to use all the weapons we have,” Bellaire head coach Mark Bonar said. Beckett also eclipsed the 100-yard mark with 121 on half-a-dozen carries, including a 71-yard TD run. The aforementioned trio combined for 470 of those stripes and seven TDs as White, who ran 19 times for 176 yards, and Pettigrew, who added 173 on a mere five carries, each found the end zone three times. The Big Reds (2-3) rode the legs of Drew White, Mac Mac Pettigrew and Bradyn Beckett for a single-game school record 565 yards and a program-tying eight touchdowns. ![]()
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