Elizabeth Clark | News Journal
Elizabeth Clark | News Journal
Elizabeth Clark | News Journal
Elizabeth Clark | News Journal
Elizabeth Clark | News Journal
Elizabeth Clark | News Journal
Elizabeth Clark | News Journal
Elizabeth Clark | News Journal
Elizabeth Clark | News Journal
ADAMS TOWNSHIP — The Clinton-Massie Falcons began their quest for state title No. 4 in dominant fashion Friday night with a 41-7 win over Roger Bacon at Frank Irelan Field in a Division IV Region 16 playoff game.
The Spartans were the No. 2 team in the Miami Valley Conference Scarlet Division, behind only Cincinnati Hills Christian Academy.
“I think this might’ve been the best we played all year.” said CM coach Dan McSurley. “We’re on a trajectory where as long as we improve off tonight we feel like we can make a nice run.”
The defense held Roger Bacon to just 105 total yards while the offense ran its way to 326 yards on 54 rushes.
“Our defense played so fast, great on the back end,” McSurley said. “Our offensive line they’re playing really well. Getting Owen (Long) back, our center, really lit a spark. We’re just looking forward, we’ll see who we got after tonight and take it one week at a time but the seniors got one more game on this field so we’re real happy coming out with a win.”
That last game on Frank Irelan Field for the CM seniors will be 7 p.m. Nov. 8 against Indian Hill, a 50-14 winner over Dayton Northridge in the first round of the playoffs.
Peyton Warren led Massie with 68 yards rushing but the Falcons had eight players run for at least 15 yards in the win over the Spartans.
The Falcons blitzed the Spartans with four touchdowns in 4:41 of clock time from the last first quarter to the early second to put the game away.
On the second play from scrimmage, Spartans quarterback Bubba Smart dropped back and instantly saw pressure before being sacked. It was that kind of night for Roger Bacon. After forcing a quick three and out, the Falcons got the ball in Roger Bacon territory thanks to a short punt, they’d take eight plays to punch it in with Peyton Warren going the final six yards for the touchdown.
On the ensuing possession, the Spartans faced third and long again, but a heave into double coverage was pulled down by Landen Murphy. On the very next play, though, the CM defense got soaring again, forcing a fumble and recovering in Spartan territory. Cooper Carmack took the opening carry 16 yards, then Brady Dillion capped the scoring drive with a short TD run.
Massie then reached into their bag of tricks with a pooch kickoff that they’d recover. On the next play, CM quarterback Kaden Zantene launched one to the endzone. It was incomplete, but drew a pass interference. The rest of the drive was more pounding of the rock with Eli Muterspaw going up the middle to make it 21-0.
Special teams continued to be special. On the kickoff, the Falcons punched the ball out again setting up a 25-yard touchdown keeper from Zantene, the fourth Falcon to take it into the endzone, as CM held a 28-0 lead after just the first quarter.
“Well right now, we’re just taking advantage of our depth. We’re taking advantage of our system. We had to grind it out this year, but we got almost everybody back.” said McSurley
In the second quarter, CM outscored RB 13-0 with a pair of field goals and another TD from Warren. The Spartans were unable to muster a single first down in the half.
SUMMARY
Nov 1, 2024
Div IV Region 16 Playoff
@Frank Irelan Field
Falcons 41 Spartans 7
SCORING
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First Quarter
CM-Peyton Warren 6 yard run (Jack Thamann PAT) 7:26
CM-Brady Dillion 2 yard run (Jack Thamann PAT) 2:41
CM-Eli Muterspaw 6 yard run (Jack Thamann PAT) 1:15
CM-Kaden Zantene 25 yard run (Jack Thamann PAT) 0:59
Second Quarter
CM-Peyton Warren 15 yard run (Jack Thamann) 10:00
CM-Jack Thamann 22 yard field goal 2:33
CM-Jack Thamann 23 yard field goal 0:40
Third Quarter
No scoring
Fourth Quarter
RB-Landen Murphy 37 yard pass from Bubba Smart (Brandon Auer PAT) 10:18
STATISTICS
TEAM
Roger Bacon: 3 first downs, 105 total yards (75 passing, 30 rushing) 4-40 penalties, 3 turnovers
Clinton-Massie 23 first downs, 346 total yards (314 rushing, 32 passing), 2-15 penalties 1 turnover
RUSHING
CM (53-314-5) Peyton Warren 11-68-2, Cooper Carmack 7-66-0, Bret Gray 7-24-0, Eli Muterspaw 6-38-1, Mason Martini 6-22-0, Brady Gray 5-23-0, Kaden Zantene 4-49-1, Brady Dillion 4-15-1, Ty Clutter 2-9-0, Jackson Frank 1-0-0
PASSING
CM Kaden Zantene 2-4-0, 32 yards, 0 TD
RECEIVING
CM (2-32-0) Peyton Warren 1-14-0, Eli Muterspaw 1-18-0
DEFENSE
Fumble recovers: Ty Martin 1, Peyton Brewer 1
Interceptions: Ryan Anderson 1
Tackles: Ty Martin 6 (0.5 sack), Nolan Phipps 3, Ty Clutter 2 (o.5 sack), Liam Lamb 3, Baron Phipps 2, Hunter Monds 2, Brady Russell 2, Ryan Anderson 1, Tristen Trampler 1, Cayden Smith 1 (1 sack), Brendan Musser 1 (1 sack), Andrew Smith 1, Corey Frisch 1.
