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Saturday, 25 November 2017
Scott County vs. St. Xavier Class 6A Playoffs Semifinals November 24, 2017
Topic: Football

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Scott County vs. St. Xavier
Class 6A Russell Athletic/KHSAA Commonwealth Gridiron Bowl (Semifinal)

St. Xavier High School
Louisville, KY
November 24, 2017

© 2017 by Ron Harrison

Both teams came out swinging for the fences and combined for a total of 83 points and 947 yards of total offense.  St. Xavier’s Anthony Moretti ensured a St. Xavier 48-35 victory with an 80 yard touchdown run with 8:27 left in the game.  St. Xavier led 41-21 late in the third quarter but Austin Barnett scored on two short touchdown runs to pull the Cardinals within six points; 41-35 with 8:43 left tin the game but then Moretti put the dagger in the Cardinals heart with his long scoring run.  St. Xavier utilized a balanced offense with four rushing touchdowns and three through the air.  Turnovers hurt Scott County tonight as they lost a fumble and had four passes intercepted.  St. Xavier recorded 18 first downs and 463 yards of total offense.  The Tigers were penalized 10 times for 81 yards and lost a fumble.  Scott County recorded 27 first downs and 484 yards of total offense.  The Cardinals were penalized six times for 50 yards, lost a fumble, and had four passes intercepted.

Anthony Moretti led St. Xavier’s ground game with 179 yards and two touchdowns on 15 carries.  Jack Albers carried the ball 10 times for 56 yards and two touchdowns.  Jack Albers completed 11 of 18 passes for 222 yards and three touchdowns.  Cameron Garrett caught three passes for 70 yards and two touchdowns.  Will Crum added three receptions for 35 yards.  Ben Mueller caught two passes for 93 yards and a touchdown.  Patrick Owen led the defense with nine solo tackles with two of his tackles resulting in losses totaling nine yards.  Andrew Uhls added eight solo tackles.  Sam Boarman recorded seven solo tackles.  Jude Conlon recorded six solo tackles and intercepted two passes with return yardage of 18 yards.  Doug Shaffner intercepted a pass he returned for 28 yards and Evan Walker also recorded an interception.  Ben Shugart recovered a fumble.

Brice Fryman led scott County’s ground game with 154 yards and a touchdown on 17 carries.  Austin Barnett carried the ball 27 times for 129 yards and four touchdowns.  Payton Brown carried the ball six times for 66 yards.  Josh Davis completed 10 of 22 passes for 128 yards with four interceptions.  Glenn Covington caught eight passes for 84 yards.  Landon Easley added one reception for 26 yards.  Sam Sutton led the defense with six solo tackles with one of his tackles resulting in a two yard loss and recovered a fumble.  Berk Watts and Bryan Hudson each recorded five solo tackles.  Cooper Robb added four solo tackles.

Scoring Summary

School

Q1

Q2

Q3

Q4

Final

Scott County

0

14

14

7

35

St. Xavier

7

20

14

7

48

 

STXAVIER

-

Ben Mueller 69 yard pass from Jack Albers (Alan Magteja kick)

STXAVIER

-

Jack Albers 1 yard run (Alan Magteja kick)

SCOTTCO

-

Austin Barnett 1 yard run (Colin Dempster kick)

STXAVIER

-

Jack Albers 12 yard run (Alan Magteja kick fails)

STXAVIER

-

Anthony Moretti 2 yard run (Alan Magteja kick)

SCOTTCO

-

Austin Barnett 1 yard run (Colin Dempster kick)

STXAVIER

-

Cameron Garrett 9 yard pass from Jack Albers (Alan Magteja kick)

SCOTTCO

-

Brice Fryman 9 yard run (Colin Dempster kick)

STXAVIER

-

Cameron Garrett 41 yard pass from Jack Albers (Alan Magteja kick)

SCOTTCO

-

Austin Barnett 2 yard run (Colin Dempster kick)

SCOTT CO

-

Austin Barnett 1 yard run (Colin Dempster kick)

STXAVIER

-

Anthony Moretti 80 yard run (Alan Magteja kick)

 

Selected Statistics

Scott County

 

Rushing

No.

Yds.

Avg.

Long

Brice Fryman

17

154

9.1

38

Austin Barnett

27

129

4.8

19

Payton Brown

6

66

11.0

31

Phillip Garner

3

9

3.0

4

Phillip Hobson

1

3

3.0

3

Josh Davis

2

-5

-2.5

1

 

 

Passing

A-C-I

Yds.

TD

Long

Josh Davis 

22-10-4

128

0

26

 

 

Receiving

No.

Yds.

TD

Long

Glenn Covington

8

84

0

25

Landon Easley

1

26

0

26

Phillip Garner

1

9

0

9

Payton Brown

0

9

0

0

 

 

St. Xavier

 

Rushing

No.

Yds.

Avg.

Long

Anthony Moretti

15

179

11.9

80

Jack Albers

10

56

5.6

25

Cameron Garrett

1

10

10.0

10

William Ginter

3

9

3.0

9

Team

1

-13

-13.0

0

 

 

Passing

A-C-I

Yds.

TD

Long

Jack Albers

18-11-0

222

3

69

 

 

Receiving

No.

Yds.

TD

Long

Cameron Garrett

3

70

2

41

Will Crum

3

35

0

17

Ben Mueller

2

93

1

69

Anthony Moretti

2

10

0

5

Andre Coleman

1

14

0

14

 

Acknowledgements

A special thanks to WL Stats for the comprehensive stats provided for tonight's games.

 

Please feel free to send your comments and questions concerning the event, teams, or players to me at prepgridiron@yahoo.com.

Ron Harrison’s reports on this and other football events appear on https://www.angelfire.com/ky2/prepgridiron.


Posted by REH at 10:25 PM EST
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