By Jim Walker

jim.walker@irontontribune.com

 

FRANKLIN FURNACE — Somebody grab the throttle and stop this nose dive.

The Green Bobcats couldn’t get their offense off the ground on Friday and as a result they lost their third straight game as the Sciotoville East Tartans took a 16-0 Southern Ohio Conference win.

The Bobcats managed only 15 total net yards of offense and 4 first downs.

After opening the season with 6 straight wins, the Bobcats are now 6-3 and 1-3 in the SOC. East won its second straight and it now 4-5 overall and 2-2 in the league.

However, both teams have clinched playoff berths in Division 7.

After scoring on a 10-yard run with 10 seconds left in the game last week to beat Symmes Valley 6-0, Austin Baughman broke a scoreless tie with a 16-yard run against Green.

Baughman threw to Landehn Pernell for the conversion and it was 8-0 with 1:40 left in the half.

Dylan Fitzgerald had a 3-yard scoring run in the third quarter and Pernell added the conversion run with just 43 seconds on the clock and it was 16-0.

Green visits Beaver Eastern next Friday to end the regular season.

Sciotoville      0     8     8     0     =     16

Green             0     0     0     0     =     0

Second Quarter

SE — Austin Baughman 16 run (Landehn Pernell pass from Austin Baughman) 1:40

Third Quarter

SE — Dylan Fitzgerald 3 run (Landehn Pernell run) 0:43

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SE   Gr

First downs     15    4

Rushes-yards  54-218    25-11

Passing yards  2     4

Total yards     220  15

Cmp-Att-Int    1-2-0       1-8-0

Fumbles-lost   3-1  1-0

Penalties-yards       7-61 5-40

Punts-average 4-26.5     6-35.8

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Individual Leaders

RUSHING–East: Dylan Fitzgerald 18-78 TD, Austin Baughman 9-59 TD, Cam Justice 1-48, Landehn Pernell 10-32, Keagan Jakson 4-9,team 2-minus 8; Green: Nathaniel Brannigan 11-29, Landon Lodwick 5-22, Trevor Sparks 3-minus 3, Abe McBee 3-minus 11, Jon Knapp3-minus 26.

PASSING–East: Austin Baughman 1-2-0 2; Green: Jon Knapp 1-6-0 4, Abe McBee 0-2-0.

RECEIVING–East: Linden Pernell1-2; Green: Abe McBee 1-4.