Blue Devils rally to get past Hornets
Published 1:42 am Saturday, October 12, 2019
Jim Walker
jim.walker@irontontribune.com
GALLIPOLIS — The Coal Grove Hornets came out swinging and had Gallipolis retreating into their corner.
But the Blue Devils were able to regain their composure and rally past the Coal Grove Hornets 44-20 in an Ohio Valley Conference game on Friday.
Coal Grove (2-5-, 1-3) took a 6-0 lead on Austin Stapleton’s 6-yard run with 11:13 left in the half.
Gallipolis (7-0, 4-0) came right back to take a 7-6 lead as Michael Beasy ran 65 yards for a touchdown and Andrew Toler kicked the conversion with 10:51 on the clock.
But the Hornets regained the lead at 14-7 on a 16-yard TD run by Austin Stormes and Cory Borders’ conversion run.
The Blue Devils tied the game on a 26-yard run by Beasy less than two minutes later, then recovered an onside kickoff and Noah Vanco hit Cameron Webb with a 48-yard touchdown pass with 6:44 left in the half.
Vanco threw to Briar Williams for the conversion and it was 22-14 at the break.
Gallipolis extended the lead to 29-14 late in the third quarter on a 7-yard scoring run by Beasy.
Vanco then hit Williams with a 38-yard TD pass and Beasy’s conversion run upped the lead to 37-14 just 36 seconds into the fourth quarter.
A 27-yard touchdown pass play from Vanco to Donevyn Woodson with 5:20 to go opened up a 44-14 lead to virtually seal the outcome.
The Hornets refused to quit as they scored on an 11-yard run by Malachi Wheeler with 23:15 to play.
The Hornets rushed for 297 yards as Stormes carried 16 times for 160 yards and Stapleton added 111 yards on 23 attempts.
Borders was 2-of-4 passing for 23 yards to give Coal Grove 320 total yards.
The Blue Devils racked up 460 total yards with 290 coming on the ground as Beasy amassed 214 yards on 18 carries and scored three TDs.
Vanco completed 8-of-11 passes for 170 yards and three touchdowns.
Next Friday, Coal Grove host Ironton and Gallipolis visits Rock Hill
Coal Grove 0 14 0 6 = 20
Gallipolis 0 22 7 15 = 44
Second Quarter
CG — Austin Stapleton 6 run (kick failed) 11:13
Ga — Michael Beasy 65 run (Andrew Toler kick) 10:51
CG — Austin Stormes 16 run (Cory Borders run) 8:31
Ga — Michael Beasy 26 run (Andrew Toler kick) 6:53
Ga — Cameron Webb 48 pass from Noah Vanco (Briar Williams pass from Noah Vanco) 6:44
Third Quarter
Ga — Michael Beasy 7 run (Andrew Toler kick) 3:53
Fourth Quarter
Ga — Briar Williams 38 pass from Noah Vanco (Michael Beasy run) 11:24
Ga — Donevyn Woodson 27 pass from Noah Vanco (Andrew Toler kick) 5:20
CG — Malachi Wheeler 11 run (run failed) 2:15
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CG Ga
First downs 18 16
Rushes-yards 51-297 31-290
Passing yards 23 170
Total yards 320 460
Cmp-Att-Int 2-4-0 8-11-0
Fumbles-lost 2-0 2-1
Penalties-yards 1-5 5-40
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Individual Leaders
RUSHING — Coal Grove: Austin Stormes 16-160, Austin Stapleton 23-111, Malachi Wheeler 2-21, Clay Ferguson 1-4, Cory Borders 9-1; Gallipolis: Michael Beasy 18-214, Donevyn Woodson 2-47, James Armstrong 8-32, team 3-minus 3.
PASSING — Coal Grove: Cory Borders 2-4-0 23; Gallipolis: Noah Vanco 8-11-0 170.
RECEIVING — Coal Grove: Malachi Wheeler 1-16, Austin Stormes 1-7; Gallipolis: Donevyn Woodson 3-63, Cameron Webb 1-48, Briar Williams 1-38, Cade Roberts 1-17, Ben Cox 1-6, James Armstrong 1-minus 2.