2 early turnovers for Carthage, but 2 yards of total offense for CMWB as Carthage defense is holding their own.
Class 5 Section 3 Championship: (2) #8 Columbia Muriel Williams Battle 7 (1) #10 Carthage 28 - Final
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17 play, 61 yard drive as CMWB scores as time expires and will receive the 2nd half kickoff. Carthage lucky to be up after 2 early turnovers
Carthage finishes -4 in turnovers, but the defense showed up to play. About 100 yards of personal fouls on CMWB in the 4th quarter
(2) #8 COLUMBIA MURIEL WILLIAMS BATTLE--0---7--0--0---7
(1) #10 CARTHAGE------------------------0--13--8--7--28
2ND QUARTER
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10:37 - CAR - Z. SAPPINGTON 30 YARD PASS TO AR. SMITH (HUNTLEY KICK)
06:11 - CAR - C. PUGH 33 YARD RUN (KICK BLOCKED)
00:00 - MWB - LEWIS 3 YARD RUN (WILLIAMSON KICK)
3RD QUARTER
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01:22 - CAR - Z. SAPPINGTON 31 YARD PASS TO AR. SMITH (Z. SAPPINGTON PASS TO MORGAN)
4TH QUARTER
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05:15 - CAR - C. PUGH 2 YARD RUN (HUNTLEY 25 YARD KICK)
RECORDS
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BATTLE (8-4)
CARTHAGE (9-3, 7-3 COC, 7-3 COC LARGE)
(1) #10 CARTHAGE------------------------0--13--8--7--28
2ND QUARTER
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10:37 - CAR - Z. SAPPINGTON 30 YARD PASS TO AR. SMITH (HUNTLEY KICK)
06:11 - CAR - C. PUGH 33 YARD RUN (KICK BLOCKED)
00:00 - MWB - LEWIS 3 YARD RUN (WILLIAMSON KICK)
3RD QUARTER
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01:22 - CAR - Z. SAPPINGTON 31 YARD PASS TO AR. SMITH (Z. SAPPINGTON PASS TO MORGAN)
4TH QUARTER
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05:15 - CAR - C. PUGH 2 YARD RUN (HUNTLEY 25 YARD KICK)
RECORDS
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BATTLE (8-4)
CARTHAGE (9-3, 7-3 COC, 7-3 COC LARGE)
Capping the first drive with a fumble inside the 10yd line (for the third game in a row) was frustrating and I thought it might have sealed their fate early, especially when the second drive resulted in an interception on the first play. Yikes. But the Carthage defense was simply outstanding. Battle had virtually no positive yards until the last drive of the first half, which was only kept alive by a Carthage penalty on 4th down in the first series. Seemed to take everything they had to move the ball 2-3 yards at a time, barely eeking by on 4th downs.
There was a point in the game going into half and early in the 3Q where Battle seemed to be gaining real momentum but it was fairly short lived as the Carthage D took back over. Aside from that the game was mostly all Carthage on both sides of the ball. It was unusual to see Arkell in single coverage without a swarm of defenders much of the night, I'm, sure that factored into the final outcome.
Battle is a talented and very physical team, however they seem to play a different breed of football than what I usually see in the COC. The type that might be the root of the head injuries and other negative connotations surrounding the sport. They seemed to get away with a lot as the refs appeared to be taking a "let em play" approach until things started getting out of control in the 4th and players were getting injured and tensions were getting high. As I understand it, this is the first time Battle has ever lost in the quarterfinals. Carthage isn't a big name statewide, so Battle may have been looking to Staley/Ft-O and weren't coping well with the impending unexpected end to their season.
In the end it was a really great win for Carthage over a good team that has made a name for itself. Although the highlight of the night was Eric Knecht on KSN still referring to "Missouri class 5-A".
There was a point in the game going into half and early in the 3Q where Battle seemed to be gaining real momentum but it was fairly short lived as the Carthage D took back over. Aside from that the game was mostly all Carthage on both sides of the ball. It was unusual to see Arkell in single coverage without a swarm of defenders much of the night, I'm, sure that factored into the final outcome.
Battle is a talented and very physical team, however they seem to play a different breed of football than what I usually see in the COC. The type that might be the root of the head injuries and other negative connotations surrounding the sport. They seemed to get away with a lot as the refs appeared to be taking a "let em play" approach until things started getting out of control in the 4th and players were getting injured and tensions were getting high. As I understand it, this is the first time Battle has ever lost in the quarterfinals. Carthage isn't a big name statewide, so Battle may have been looking to Staley/Ft-O and weren't coping well with the impending unexpected end to their season.
In the end it was a really great win for Carthage over a good team that has made a name for itself. Although the highlight of the night was Eric Knecht on KSN still referring to "Missouri class 5-A".
