Jim Walker

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

 

PORTSMOUTH — Chesapeake Panthers’ head coach Andy Clark must think he’s working at a M*A*S*H* unit.

Injuries have racked the Panthers the past few weeks and they took their toll last Friday in a 34-14 Ohio Valley Conference loss to the Portsmouth Trojans.

Chesapeake (3-4, 0-4) ran for 216 yards with Austin Browning carrying 15 times for 117 yards before leaving the game at the start of the second half.

“We played alright the first half, but then we lost Browning on the third play of the second half and we’re down a guard and then we were down two tackles and it just kept snowballing,” said Clark.

Portsmouth (3-4, 2-2) racked up 381 total yards with 304 on the ground. Talyn Parker rushed 16 times for 171 yards and scored four touchdowns.

Quarterback Luke Kelly ran 18 times for 118 yards and was 2-of-6 passing for 77 yards with a touchdown and an interception.

The Trojans took a 6-0 lead when Kelly scrambled and found Deante Parker open on a 53-yard scoring pass at the 2:30 mark of the first quarter.

Parker then scored on an 11-yard run with a minute to play in the quarter and it was 12-0.

Chesapeake answered with a scoring drive right before halftime as Browning ran 6 yards for a touchdown. Dalton Nida’s conversion kick made it 12-7.

Parker got loose on a 73-yard touchdown run with just eight seconds left and the Trojans now led 19-7.

But the Panthers used the limited remaining time to get another touchdown as Browning went 64 yards for a score as time ran out and it was 19-14 at the half.

Portsmouth used a 30-yard run by Parker and Kelly’s conversion run to go ahead 27-14 with 4:27 on the third quarter clock.

Parker’s 10-yard run with 6:30 to play capped the scoring.

On Friday, Chesapeake hosts South Point and Portsmouth visits Fairland.

Chesapeake     0          14        0          0          =          14

Portsmouth      12        7          8          7          =          34

First Quarter

Prt – Deante Parker 53 pass from Luke Kelly (run failed) 2:30

Prt – Talyn Parker 11 run (pass failed) 1:04

Second Quarter

Ch – Austin Browning 6 run (Dalton Nida kick) 2:44

Prt – Talyn Parker 73 run (Joel Bowling kick) 0:08

Ch – Austin Browning 64 run (Dalton Nida kick) 0:00

Third Quarter

Prt — Talyn Parker 30 run (Luke Kelly run) 4:27

Fourth Quarter

Prt – Talyn Parker 10 run (Joel Bowling kick) 6:30

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Ch       Prt

First downs     10        15

Rushes-yards  42-216 38-304

Passing yards  7          77

Total yards      223      381

Cmp-Att-Int    1-5-1   2-6-1

Fumbles-lost   1-1       2-1

Penalties-yards            6-50     2-20

Punts-average  5-36.8  2-33.0

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Individual Leaders

RUSHING — Chesapeake: Austin Browning 15-117, Tyler Eddy 10-41, Evan Burcham 10-21, Kamren Harless 2-10, Carson Nida 3-6, Donald Richendollar 2-9; Portsmouth: Talyn Parker 16-171, Luke Kelly 18-118, D.J. Pearsall 1-2, Reese Johnson 3-13.

PASSING — Chesapeake: Austin Browning 0-2-1, Evan Burcham 1-3-0 7; Portsmouth: Luke Kelly 2-6-1 77.

RECEIVING — Chesapeake: Stevens 1-7; Portsmouth: Deante Parker 2-65, Logan Carter 1-12.