Gsl At A Glance
CV 56, NC 3
Key plays
Pick one - the Bears had 27 plays from the line of scrimmage in the first half and they rolled up 305 yards and six touchdowns.
Stars of the game
Giorgio Usai set a league record with six touchdowns and the Bears finished with more than 300 yards rushing, that makes the offensive line the stars.
Notable
NC moved downfield for a late 42-yard Colin Turnbull field goal. The Indians did it with a “pole cat” offense. Five lineman and one back split wide to one side. The center is the only lineman with two receivers split to the opposite side of the linemen and the quarterback is in the shotgun. The center is eligible and Rance McCullough caught three passes for 30 yards out of the formation. “Hats off to North Central,” CV coach Rick Giampietri said. “They tried to come up with something and it was fun for our kids to play against that ‘pole cat’ offense.” … Usai now has 1,272 yards in seven games. The league record 1,558. … NC spotted CV a 14-0 lead before rallying to beat the Bears 17-14 in the last game of the season for their only win last year. The loss knocked the Bears out of undisputed second into a five-way tie for second and they lost in the playoff. … CV can win its first outright league title with a win next week. The Bears last made the playoffs in 1983 when they tied Gonzaga Prep for the league title.
Next opponent
CV meets Ferris in the 5 p.m. game and NC faces Rogers at 7:30 Thursday at Albi.
U-Hi 38, Shadle 28
Key play
Considering the score was only 21-7 at halftime, the key play has to be the 21-yard field goal by University’s Kelly Tift with 51 seconds left, which finally put an end to the Highlanders’ hopes.
Stars of the game
Shawn Kingsbury almost brought the Highlanders back singlehandedly. He had just two carries for 9 yards in the first half, but finished with 221 yards on just 11 carries and had TDs of 52, 65 and 52 yards in the second half. He also was his usual force on defense. Kurt Moore, who entered the game with seven catches for 174 yards, had seven receptions for 98 yards and the final U-Hi TD.
Notable
Tift has made all 22 of his PATs in league play this year after missing his only attempt in the Titans’ season-opening nonleague loss. U-Hi has missed one PAT but that came on a bad snap from center…. U-Hi’s four league wins surpasses its total for the last two years…. The Highlanders refused to lose, spiking the ball with 2 seconds left and then completing a 56-yard pass on the final play of the game…. We hate to have to say it, but the officiating was a factor in the game. However, the gory details will have to come from the coaches or fans…. The game had 767 yards of offense, Shadle had a 98-yard kickoff return by Trevor Walters after U-Hi’s opening possession TD called back (on a good call) and U-Hi’s Joe Jeffries returned a punt 43 yards for a touchdown that was also called back.
Next opponent
U-Hi has Gonzaga Prep at 5:45 and Shadle gets Lewis and Clark at 8:30 in Friday’s games at Albi.
Pullman 27, Rogers 0
The Greyhounds scored all their points in the first half while holding the winless Pirates to 20 yards of total offense.
Brent Johnson rushed for 157 yards on 30 carries and had two short touchdowns in the first quarter. Scott Hayden picked off two passes, capping the scoring by returning one 22 yards for a touchdown.
Pullman finished with 158 yards passing and 164 rushing.
Next opponent
Rogers plays North Central in Thursday’s 7:30 game at Albi.
Statistics
North Central 0 0 0 3 - 3
Central Valley 14 28 7 7 - 56
CV-Usai 5 run (Martin kick)
CV-Usai 10 run (Martin kick)
CV-Usai 10 run (Martin kick)
CV-Usai 10 run (Martin kick)
CV-Miller 48 pass Del Mese (Martin kick)
CV-Usai 6 run (Martin kick)
CV-Usai 7 run (Martin kick)
CV-Saty 9 run (Martin kick)
NC-FG Turnbull 42
NC CV First downs 7 23 Rushes-yards 30-9 48-352 Passing yards 91 121 Return yards 28 33 Passes 7-11-1 6-8-1 Punts-Avg. 4-34.8 0-00 Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-yards 5-25.0 4-41
Individual statistics
Rushing - NC, Grigsby 2-3, Corigliano 11-22, Cabellaro 10-minus 9, Tomlinson 5-13, Team Loss 2-20. CV, Usai 21-142, Stavros 4-72, Strickland 1-13, McFarlane 2-6, Saty 5-54, Butner 15-65.
Passing - NC, Cabellaro 7-11-1-91. CV, Del Mese 6-6-0-121, Bartlett 0-2-1-0.
Receiving - NC, Grigsby 1-8, McCullough 3-30, Fielder 1-27, Tomlinson 1-2, Williams 1-24. CV, Butner 2-21, Allen 1-19, Millar 3-81.
University 14 7 0 17 - 38
Shadle Park 7 0 7 14 - 28
U-Rosa 4 run (Tift kick)
U-Berger 1 run (Tift kick)
S-J.Walters 10 run (K.Walters kick)
U-Rosa 1 run (Tift kick)
S-Kingsbury 52 run (K.Walters kick)
U-Jeffries 41 pass from Cornelius (Tift kick)
S-Kingsbury 65 run (K.Walters kick)
U-Moore 8 pass from Cornelius (Tift kick)
S-Kingsbury 52 run (K.Walters kick)
U-FG Tift 21
U SP First downs 19 11 Rushes-yards 45-172 33-285 Passing yards 219 91 Return yards 8 0 Passes 11-19-1 4-7-0 Punts-Avg. 2-31.5 5-30.8 Fumbles-lost 1-1 2-0 Penalties-yards 3-40 6-48.5
Individual statistics
Rushing - University, Berger 7-16, Cornelius 3-2, Rosa 18-92, Buchanan 17-62. Shadle Park, K.Walters 9-(-18), Kingsbury 11-221, J.Walters 9-67, T.Walters 4-5.
Passing - University, Cornelius 11-19-1-219. Shadle Park, K.Walters 4-7-0-91.
Receiving - University, Moore 7-98, Jeffries 4-100, Roberg 1-21. Shadle Park, Widemn 1-9, T.Walters 1-13, J.Walters 2-69.
Albi Att.-3,043.
Rogers 0 0 0 0 - 0
Pullman 14 13 0 0 - 27
P- Johnson 3 run (Hayden kick)
P- Johnson 6 run (Hayden kick)
P- Hulbert 4 pass from Wilde (kick failed)
P- Hayden 22 interception return (Hayden kick)
Brent Johnson 157 yds on 30 carries and 2 tds.Matt Wilde 12-22 passing 135yds. 1td.Scott Hayden 2 interceptions, 1 td Ryan Hill 77 yds. rushing.
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