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Saturday, November 12, 2011

Girard 56, Black River 14

The first trip to the play-offs in eight years for Black River ended abruptly as the fourth-seeded Pirates were thumped by the top seeded Girard Indians by a 56-14 at Lake High School in Hartville, Ohio in a Division 4, Region 13 semi-final matchup. You can listen to the replay online.

Girard was led by senior running back Ahmad Eggleston, senior quarterback Dan Graziano and senior receiver Branden Byrd.

The Indians took control of the game with a four touchdowns 2nd quarter. In that 12-minute period, Eggleston scored on three consecutive carries covering 34, 58 and 72 yards and finishing with 229 yards on just 12 rushes. 

Graziano contributed a 42-yard touchdown in the first quarter and threw touchdown passes of 37 and 68 to Byrd in the first half. Girard scored touchdowns on six of their seven first half possessions.

Black River's Austin Phillips had a big night. The junior had a 50-yard TD run in the 3rd quarter and 193 rushing for the game.

Black River (9-3)7070=14
Girard (11-1)142877=56

Scoring
Girard110:01Dan Graziano 42 run (David Meigs kisk)

Black River13:54Andrew Vaughn 3 run (Alex Bacisin kick)

Girard12:17Branden Byrd 37 pass from Graziano (Meigs kick)

Girard211:21Ahmad Eggleston 34 run (Meigs kick)

Girard28:18Byrd 68 pass from Graziano (Meigs kick)

Girard26:18Ahmad Eggleston 58 run (Meigs kick)

Girard22:54Ahmad Eggleston 70 run (Meigs kick)

Black River310:23Austin Phillips 50 run (Bacisin kick)

Girard38:15Jame Cupan 3 run (Meigs kick)

Girard46:15Cupan 11 run (Meigs kick)



Black RiverGirard
Plays7046
Total Yards339565
Time31:3216:28
First Downs1919
3rd Down Conversions5-143-5
4th Down Conversions1-30-2
Penalties4-305-51
Rushing56-269 (Phillips 24-193, Vaughn 20-81)34-369 (Eggleston 12-229, Graziano 9-65, Cupan 9-56)
Passing70 (Dakota Kuntz 6-14-70-0-2)196 (Graziano 6-11-193-2-1)
Receiving70 (Vaughn 3-42)196 (Byrd 5-170)
Turnovers forced34
Points Off Turnovers77
Red Zone Efficiency1-32-3

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