Note: This story was last updated at 3 a.m. Oct. 11.
KARNS—The Wildcats defense set the tone early in the 62-7 win at Karns on Friday night.
Less than one minute into the game, senior linebacker Ricky Chitwood picked off a Beavers pass and returned it 52 yards for a touchdown. The Oak Ridge defense went on to score twice more in the first half, once on an interception by senior Ted Mitchell early in the second quarter and the other on a fumble recovery by senior Tommy Kaczocha as time expired at halftime. Both plays covered about 25 yards.
The offense added five touchdowns of its own in a flurry of scores—including two touchdown catches by sophomore Tee Higgins in the second quarter—and the score at halftime was 56-0. That’s the most ever for an Oak Ridge football team in the first half, according to David Clary of PrepRadio.com.
The six-yard and 38-yard touchdown passes to Higgins came from junior quarterbacks Logan Fadnek (8-for-11, 85 yards) and Gavin Warrington (2-for-3, 48 yards). Warrington also scored on a 23-yard touchdown run early in the second quarter, while junior running back T.J. Allison scored on a two-yard run near the end of the first. Later, Fadnek connected with sophomore Caleb Jackson on a five-yard pass play to make it 42-0 at 2:16 in the first half.
Oak Ridge (7-0, 5-0 District 3-AAA) used mostly junior varsity players in the second half, along with a few seniors who don’t play often and sophomore quarterback Stefan Mortl, and officials switched to a running clock and 10-minute quarters.
Sophomore running back Chase Kimbro punched in Oak Ridge’s final score on an 11-yard run at 7:13 in the third quarter.
The Beavers were unable to score until about halfway through the fourth quarter, when quarterback Greg Tye hit Will Smith on a 69-yard pass.
Karns (0-8, 0-6) was held to 30 yards total offense in the first half on Friday, with minus one yard rushing, while Oak Ridge had 249 total. The Wildcats finished with 347 yards total, compared to 143 for the Beavers.
It’s the second time in the past two weeks that Oak Ridge, which has had three shutouts this season, has held a team scoreless through three-and-a-half quarters. Oak Ridge coach Joe Gaddis said the Wildcats did exactly what they needed to do after an important win against Campbell County last week.
“I don’t think I can ever remember a team coming out and taking care of business (like that) after a real emotional win, and primed for a letdown,” Gaddis said. “You did exactly what good teams need to do.”
Oak Ridge plays Powell (1-6, 1-4) at home next week. Gaddis said the Panthers are only two years removed from a semifinal game and three years removed from a state championship game.
“We have to focus on Powell and get ready for that game,” he said.
More information will be added as it becomes available.
Here are preliminary stats, courtesy of Mark Haste:
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TEAM STATISTICS |
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Oak Ridge |
Karns |
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|
FIRST DOWNS |
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|
15 |
Total | 4 |
|
8 |
By rushing | 2 |
|
6 |
By passing | 2 |
|
1 |
By penalty | 0 |
| RUSHING | ||
|
31 |
Attempts | 20 |
|
216 |
Yards gained | 57 |
|
2 |
Yards lost | 22 |
|
214 |
Net yards | 35 |
| PASSING | ||
|
10 |
Completions | 9 |
|
14 |
Attempts | 14 |
|
71.43% |
Percentage | 64.29% |
|
0 |
Intercepted | 2 |
|
133 |
Net yards | 108 |
| TOTAL OFFENSE | ||
|
347 |
Net yards | 143 |
| PUNTS | ||
|
1 |
Attempts | 6 |
|
22.0 |
Average | 31.0 |
| RETURN YARDS | ||
|
48 |
Punt returns | 0 |
|
0 |
Kickoff returns | 57 |
|
77 |
Interception returns | 0 |
| FUMBLES | ||
|
0 |
Total | 1 |
|
0 |
Fumbles lost | 0 |
| PENALTIES | ||
|
3 |
Total | 5 |
|
15 |
Yards lost | 27 |
Rushing Stats
|
Num |
Player |
Total_Carries |
Total_Yards |
Long |
Average |
Yards_Gained |
Yards_Lost |
Carries |
FD |
TD |
|
1 |
Mitchell, Ted |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
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|
6 |
Allison, TJ |
10 |
45 |
18 |
4.5 |
45 |
4, 18, 2, 7, 3, 3, 2, 1, 2, 3 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
10 |
Kimbro, Chase |
4 |
50 |
30 |
12.5 |
52 |
2 |
30, 11, 11, -2 |
2 |
1 |
|
11 |
Warrington, Gavin |
1 |
23 |
23 |
23. |
23 |
23 |
1 |
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|
12 |
Mortl, Stefan |
4 |
21 |
15 |
5.25 |
21 |
0, 0, 6, 15 |
1 |
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|
15 |
Hardy, Malik |
1 |
7 |
7 |
7. |
7 |
7 |
|||
|
17 |
Fadnek, Logan |
1 |
11 |
11 |
11. |
11 |
11 |
1 |
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|
20 |
Jones, Isiah |
1 |
11 |
11 |
11. |
11 |
11 |
1 |
||
|
29 |
Nickerson, Jaylen |
4 |
18 |
9 |
4.5 |
18 |
9, 6, 1, 2 |
1 |
||
|
33 |
Hannah, Jordan |
3 |
21 |
17 |
7. |
21 |
17, 0, 4 |
1 |
||
|
84 |
Miner, Jaret |
1 |
6 |
6 |
6. |
6 |
6 |
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TOTALS |
31 |
214 |
216 |
2 |
8 |
3 |
Passing Stats
|
Num |
Player |
Completions |
Attempts |
INT |
Percent |
Yards_Gained |
Yards_Lost |
Total_Yards |
Catches |
FD |
TD |
|
11 |
Warrington, Gavin |
2 |
3 |
66.67% |
48 |
0 |
48 |
10, 38 |
1 |
1 |
|
|
17 |
Fadnek, Logan |
8 |
11 |
72.73% |
85 |
0 |
85 |
2, 15, 7, 12, 5, 25, 6, 13 |
5 |
2 |
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|
TOTALS |
10 |
14 |
71.43% |
133 |
0 |
133 |
6 |
3 |
Receiving Stats
|
Num |
Player |
Completions |
Yards_Gained |
Yards_Lost |
Total_Yards |
Catches |
FD |
TD |
|
1 |
Mitchell, Ted |
1 |
12 |
12 |
12 |
1 |
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|
2 |
Johnson, Jiminquas |
1 |
7 |
7 |
7 |
1 |
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|
5 |
Higgins, Tee |
3 |
59 |
59 |
15, 38, 6 |
1 |
2 |
|
|
14 |
Dunbar, Jordan |
3 |
40 |
40 |
2, 25, 13 |
2 |
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|
23 |
Hall, Jemiah |
1 |
10 |
10 |
10 |
1 |
||
|
25 |
Jackson, Caleb |
1 |
5 |
5 |
5 |
1 |
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|
TOTALS |
10 |
133 |
133 |
6 |
3 |
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Tackles by Position – Karns 2014 |
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No. |
Name |
Tack |
Assists |
TOT |
Yards |
Sacks |
Yards |
INTs |
Yds |
Fum |
Rcv |
Fum |
Blk |
Blk |
Blk |
|
Lost |
Lost |
Rec |
Yds |
Cause |
FG/EP |
Punt |
Pass |
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|
66 |
Alcorn, Alex |
2 |
4 |
8 |
1 |
2 |
5 |
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|
35 |
Manookian, Adam |
2 |
4 |
6.5 |
3 |
0.5 |
16 |
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|
22 |
Myer, Riley |
5 |
5 |
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|
54 |
Clark, Kyndall |
2 |
2 |
4 |
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|
10 |
Kimbro, Chase |
1 |
3 |
4 |
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|
16 |
Chitwood, Ricky |
2 |
2.5 |
0.5 |
16 |
1 |
52 |
||||||||
|
11 |
Warrington, Gavin |
2 |
2 |
1 |
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|
31 |
Waters, Ka’Yon |
2 |
2 |
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|
34 |
Warmbrod, Matt |
2 |
2 |
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|
1 |
Mitchell, Ted |
1 |
1 |
1 |
25 |
||||||||||
|
23 |
Hall, Jemiah |
1 |
1 |
||||||||||||
|
25 |
Jackson, Caleb |
1 |
1 |
||||||||||||
|
70 |
Davis, Dominik |
1 |
1 |
||||||||||||
|
81 |
Bonds, Brandon |
1 |
1 |
||||||||||||
|
4 |
Kaczocha, Tommy |
1 |
1 |
1 |
25 |
||||||||||
|
50 |
Crunkilton, Henry |
1 |
1 |
||||||||||||
|
53 |
Henderson, Jamalcolm |
1 |
1 |
||||||||||||
|
61 |
Lewis, James |
1 |
1 |
||||||||||||
|
63 |
Brown, Diaz |
1 |
1 |
||||||||||||
|
64 |
Wilson, Josh |
1 |
1 |
||||||||||||
|
67 |
Fitchpatrick, Jack |
1 |
1 |
||||||||||||
|
69 |
Brown, Will |
1 |
1 |
||||||||||||
|
84 |
Miner, Jaret |
1 |
1 |
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GameTotals |
12 |
35 |
50 |
5 |
3 |
37 |
2 |
77 |
1 |
25 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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