Coaches see improvement up front
SHELBYVILLE — The Warren County coaching staff was pleased with the progress their offensive and defensive lines showed over the course of Friday night’s game against the Golden Eagles.
The Pioneer front opened up holes and allowed a little more time for the backfield to find their lanes and hit them, which in turn provided some much-needed rushing yardage for the WCHS offense.
“We came out with a lot more fire under us tonight,” said line coach Matt Turner. “The line stayed lower, and held their blocks for a little longer than we did last week at Centennial. Maybe last week we had the first-game jitters, but tonight we saw a lot of positive things up front.
“We still have to hold the blocks for a couple of more seconds, and we have to get out and pick up the linebackers to give our backs a little more time to make their cuts. But I feel we made some big steps in the right direction this week. I thought Shelbyville was a little quicker and stronger on the defensive line than Centennial and our guys went out their and moved the defensive line around and created some holes.”
When asked what they worked on last week at practice to get the line ready for Shelbyville, Turner remarked, “I asked my defensive squad to go out and go after our first team offensive line as hard as they could on every snap. The offensive line is only going to be as good as the scout team could make them, so they got after it this week and it certainly made a difference.
“If somebody wasn’t making a block when I blew the whistle, I made a correction or found somebody that would get the job done. The guys all worked hard in practice this week and they’re finally starting to understand what we want from them and they did a pretty good job against a good Shelbyville team. We just have to become more consistent.”
WCHS-Shelbyville Statistics
Golden Eagles 36, Pioneers 7
WC 0 0 0 7 — 7
SHS 15 7 14 0 — 36
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Scoring Summary
First Quarter
SHS — Jordan Casteel recovered blocked punt in end zone (Brian Dearing kick), 8:42.
SHS — Jaymond Perry 1 run (Matt Taylor run), 1:41.
Second Quarter
SHS — Josh Cooke 28 pass from J.T. Carkuff (Dearing kick), 3:18.
Third Quarter
SHS — Perry 29 punt return (Dearling kick), 10:14.
SHS — Quentin McCroskey 22 pass from Carkuff (Dearing kick), :23.
Fourth Quarter
WC — Heath Crisp 34 pass from Joey Haston (David Bradshaw kick), :00.
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TEAM STATISTICS
SHS WC
First downs 13 10
Rushes-Yards 21-128 37-93
Passing Yards 250 92
Return Yards 49 10
Comp-Att-Int 11-14-0 6-19-1
Punts-Avg. 2-43 9-31
Fumbles-Lost 4-3 1-0
Penalties-Yds. 6-75 8-44
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
Shelbyville Rushing: Trey Stewart 2-14, Charlie Hallum 3-6, Shane Storey 1-36, Jaymond Perry 8-45, J.T. Carkuff 4-(minus-5), Chase Williams 3-29.
Warren Co. Rushing: Joey Haston 10-4, Matt Ramsey 2-6, Ramsey Black 5-15, Jimmy Cunningham 9-31, Cole Langford 1-0, Mario Pezzimenti 9-38, Jonathan Bratcher 1-(minus-1).
Shelbyville Passing: J.T. Carkuff 11-14-0 250, Trey Stewart 0-1-0 0.
Warren Co. Passing: Haston 6-19-1 92.
Shelbyville Receiving: Aled Marable 4-107, Chase Williams 1-8, Josh Cooke 2-95, Jaymond Perry 1-24, Quentin McCroskey 3-72.
Warren Co. Receiving: Heath Crisp 5-86, Coty Miller 1-6.
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Tackles (solo-assist-total)
Shelbyville: Aled Marable 1-2-3, Nick Tate 2-0-2, Jason Larion 2-0-2, Chase Williams 1-2-3, Matt Taylor 0-4-4, Quentin McCroskey 0-3-3, Shane Storey 1-2-3, Jordan Casteel 2-2-4, Jaymond Perry 4-6-10, Jon Hickman 1-0-1, Derek Wessels 0-1-1, Max Pointer 2-2-4, Josh Crowell 1-1-2, Derek Greenway 3-2-5, Josh Cooke 1-2-3.
Warren Co.: Heath Crisp 1-3-4, John Morrison 5-2-7, Ramsey Black 0-4-4, Justin Grissom 3-5-8, Mario Pezzimenti 3-0-0, Matt Panter 2-1-3, Cole Langford 1-2-3, Greg Cotten 1-2-3, Jonathan Bratcher 0-1-1, Tyler Boyd 1-2-3, Terrance Crim 2-0-2, Matt Ramsey 0-2-2.