Team effort nets CJHS Cougars fifth win
Phillip Griffith has seven touchdowns
Every player got in on the action Thursday as the Centre Junior High Cougars defeated Wakefield 54-30 in the final game of the season at home.
The Cougars scored 16 points in each of the four quarters. Phillip Griffith scored seven of the eight Centre touchdowns. He compiled 213 of the 315 total rushing yards.
The first two Centre touchdowns came near the end of the first quarter. With 36 seconds remaining, Phillip Griffith caught a 48-yard pass from quarterback Ben Krause to score. Aaron Bowman ran for the two-point conversion.
Just 13 seconds later, after an apparent interception or fumble recovery, Griffith scored again on a 16-yard pass. Josh Olsen ran the ball for the extra points.
The score at the end of the first quarter was 16-8 in Centre's favor.
Griffith scored two more touchdowns in the second quarter, and Aaron Bowman ran for the extra points in both. Wakefield failed to score. The resulting half-time score was 32-8.
The second half was a mirror of the first except that Wakefield managed to score two touchdowns and two extra points in the fourth quarter.
Griffith added two touchdowns in the third quarter and one in the fourth. Zach Slayden also scored in the fourth.
Heath Shields was leading defender with three solo and four assisted tackles. He also had one fumble recovery.
The Cougars ended the regular season with four wins and one loss in league play and five wins and two losses overall.
STATISTICS
Centre 16 16 16 16 54
Wakefield 8 0 8 14 30
Scoring: touchdowns, Phillip Griffith 7, Zach Slayden 1; PATs, Aaron Bowman 3, Josh Olsen 1, Dane Moore 2, Slayden 1, Griffith 1.
Rushing: team play 33carries-315yds., Griffith 18c-213, Bowman 2c-41, Slayden 5c-28, Olsen 4c-12, Ben Krause 1c-12, Nathan Barney 1c-7, Steve Antoszyk 1c-1.
Passing: Krause 11/14-148yds., one intercepted.
Receiving: Olsen 2-21, Griffith 5-97, Moore 4-30.
Interceptions: Griffith 2.
Fumble recovery: Tye Remy 1, Heath Shields 1, Bowman 1.
Tackles (solo, assisted): Shields 3/4, Jon Gehrke 2/3, Remy, 1/4, Bowman, 4/1, Barney 2/0, Andy Carlson 0/2, Ben Thompson 0/2, Adam Kristek 0/1, James Weber 1/1, Krause 1/1, Michael Kaiser 1/2, Moore 0/1, Griffith 1/1, Antoszyk 1/1.
