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Wildcats have first shutout, roll over Mavericks 41-0

Posted at 10:41 pm September 14, 2015
By John Huotari 1 Comment

Wildcats Tee Higgins Mavericks Sept. 11, 2015

Oak Ridge junior receiver Tee Higgins (5) had two touchdowns against Anderson County in a game that started Friday, Sept. 11, 2015, but was suspended because of lightning, and then resumed Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. Higgins has seven touchdowns this season, leading all Wildcats. (Photo by Julio Culiat)

 

Note: This story was last updated at 3:45 p.m. Sept. 15.

The Oak Ridge Wildcats had their first shutout of the football season, rolling over Anderson County 41-0 in a game that resumed Monday after being suspended because of lightning on Friday.

For the third time this year, junior receiver Tee Higgins had two touchdown catches. He has a total of seven this year, leading all Wildcats.

Oak Ridge senior running back T.J. Allison, who hadn’t scored before Friday, had two touchdowns on Friday and Monday, including his first touchdown catch of the season.

Senior running back and safety Gavin Warrington also scored his first touchdown of 2015, and so did senior running back and defensive back Davon Middleton.

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Oak Ridge Coach Joe Gaddis said the Mavericks (1-3, 0-1 Class 4A-Region 2) are a young but scrappy team.

“They’re going to be good in the years ahead,” Gaddis said.

Gaddis said the Wildcats, who used three quarterbacks, including sophomore reserve quarterback Johnny Stewart, played better offensively but still have work to do.

“We definitely tackled better, and we blocked better,” Gaddis said. But, “we still have worlds of improvements to make.”

The Wildcats defense has been pretty consistent this year, with the exception of one game, he said.

“When you shut somebody out, that means your defense is playing well,” Gaddis said of the win over Anderson County.

Oak Ridge (3-1, 1-1 Class 5A-Region 3) had 373 total yards offense on Friday and Monday, compared to 149 for Anderson County. The Wildcats had 18 first downs, compared to six for the Mavericks.

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The Wildcats will play Lenoir City (1-2, 0-1) at Blankenship Field on Friday for Homecoming.

The game restarted at Anderson County on Monday where it left off Friday, with Oak Ridge leading 7-0 with 1:28 left in the first quarter. That Friday score came on a five-yard touchdown pass from Dunbar to Allison at 4:38 in the first.

Middleton scored first for Oak Ridge on Monday on a three-yard run at 10:10 in the second quarter.

The Wildcats struck again on a 23-yard pass from Fadnek to Higgins with 33 seconds left in the half. But they were not able to add the extra point, making it 20-0 at halftime.

The Wildcats added 21 more in the second half, all in the third quarter. First, Dunbar hit Warrington for a four-yard pass at 8:34 in the third quarter. Then, he connected with Higgins on a 14-yard pass with 5:17 left. Finally, Allison scored his second touchdown on a one-yard run with 1:48 remaining, after Oak Ridge blocked a Mavericks punt to set up the score.

There were no scores in the fourth as the clock ran.

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Oak Ridge had 208 yards rushing on 35 carries, and 15 completions on 22 attempts (68.18 percent) for 164 yards, according to preliminary stats by Mark Haste.

Anderson County had 74 yards on 28 carries, and seven completions on 14 attempts (50 percent) for 75 yards.

Senior quarterback Jordan Dunbar had six completions on 12 attempts for 54 yards and three touchdowns, according to Haste. Senior quarterback Logan Fadnek was 8-of-9 for 101 yards and one touchdown.

Stewart had one completion for nine yards on one attempt.

Dunbar led Oak Ridge in rushing with 61 yards on seven carries.

Higgins led the Wildcats in receiving with 71 yards on five catches and two touchdowns.

Allison had 27 yards receiving and one touchdown, and 36 yards on the ground and one touchdown.

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More information will be added as it becomes available.

Wildcats Joe Gaddis Sept. 11, 2015

Oak Ridge Coach Joe Gaddis and the Wildcats at Anderson County High School on Sept. 11, 2015, before the game was suspended due to lightning. It resumed on Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. (Photo by Julio Culiat)

 

Wildcats Davon Middleton and Mavericks on Sept. 12, 2015

Oak Ridge senior running back Davon Middleton (32) picks up a big first down on a fourth-and-2 near the Mavericks’ end zone, setting up a Wildcats touchdown catch by T.J. Allison in the first quarter at Anderson County on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. Middleton had his first touchdown when the weather-delayed game resumed on Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. (Photo by Julio Culiat)

 

Wildcats Jordan Dunbar and Mavericks Sept. 11, 2015

Anderson County Mavericks defenders tackle Oak Ridge senior quarterback Jordan Dunbar (14) during a weather-delayed game in Anderson County on Friday, Sept. 11, 2015. (Photo by Julio Culiat)

 

Wildcats Gavin Warrington and Mavericks Sept. 14, 2015

Oak Ridge senior running back Gavin Warrington (11) rushed for 27 yards and had a four-yard touchdown catch in a 41-0 win over Anderson County on Friday, Sept. 11, and Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. (Photo by Julio Culiat)

 

Wildcats T.J. Allison and Mavericks Sept. 14, 2015

Oak Ridge senior running back T.J. Allison (6) ran for 36 yards on 10 carries, and he scored his two first touchdowns of 2015, starting with a catch in a game that was suspended at Anderson County on Friday due to lightning and then resumed on Monday, Sept. 14, 2015. (Photo by Julio Culiat)

 

Here are preliminary statistics by Mark Haste:

TEAM STATISTICS

Oak Ridge

Anderson Co.

FIRST DOWNS

18

Total 6

11

By rushing 1

7

By passing 5

0

By penalty 0
RUSHING

35

Attempts 28

226

Yards gained 85

18

Yards lost 11

208

Net yards 74
PASSING

15

Completions 7

22

Attempts 14

68.18%

Percentage 50.00%

0

Intercepted 0

164

Net yards 75
TOTAL OFFENSE

372

Net yards 149
PUNTS

1

Attempts 5

45.00

Average 35.20
RETURN YARDS

4

Punt returns 0

16

Kickoff returns 0

0

Interception returns 0
FUMBLES

0

Total 3

0

Fumbles lost 1
PENALTIES

5

Total 4

40

Yards lost 35

 

Passing

Num Player Completions Attempts INT Percent Yards_Gained Yards_Lost Total_Yards Catches FD TD
2 Stewart, Johnny 1 1 100.00% 9 0 9  9
14 Dunbar, Jordan 6 12 50.00% 54 0 54  11,  17,  5,  5,  3,  13 2 3
17 Fadnek, Logan 8 9 88.89% 101 0 101  14,  11,  10,  8,  13,  18,  4,  23 5 1
TOTALS 15 22 68.18% 164 0 164 7 4

 

Receiving

Num Player Completions Yards_Gained Yards_Lost Total_Yards Catches FD TD
5 Higgins, Tee 5 71 71  17,  10,  8,  23,  13 2 2
6 Allison, TJ 3 27 27  11,  5,  11 2 1
9 Middleton, Darel 2 32 32  14,  18 2
11 Warrington, Gavin 1 3 3  3 1
14 Dunbar, Jordan 1 13 13  13 1
32 Middleton, Davon 2 9 9  5,  4
40 Bivens, Christian 1 9 9  9
TOTALS 15 164 164 7 4

 

Rushing

Num Player Total_Carries Total_Yards Long Average Yards_Gained Yards_Lost Carries FD TD
1 Miner, Jaret 1 13 13 13.0 13 13 1
2 Stewart, Johnny 1 9 9 9.0 9 9
6 Allison, TJ 10 36 16 3.6 37 1 1,  4,  0,  16,  3,  4, -1,  3,  5,  1 1 1
11 Warrington, Gavin 4 27 9 6.7 27 9,  9,  3,  6 1
14 Dunbar, Jordan 7 61 21 8.7 61 11,  1,  2,  7,  21,  2,  17 3
24 Simpson, Adarius 1 -3 -3 -3.0 3 -3
30 Graham, Jordan 5 16 19 3.2 24 8 19,  5, -4, -3, -1 2
32 Middleton, Davon 4 41 36 10.2 44 3 5, -3,  36,  3 2 1
40 Bivens, Christian 2 9 5 4.5 9 5,  4 1
TOTALS 35 209 224 15 11 2

 

Tackles by Position – Anderson Co. 2015

No.  Name  Tack  Assists  TOT  Yards  Sacks  Yards  INTs  Yds  Fum  Rcv  Fum  Blk  Blk  Blk  TD 
Lost  Lost  Rec  Yds  Cause  FG/EP  Punt  Pass 
10 Kimbro, Chase 1 4 5
53 Henderson, Jamalcolm 2 2 4.5 0.5 1
54 Clark, Kyndall 1 2 4 1 2
25 Jackson, Caleb 4 4
3 Kaczocha, Mark 2 1 3
11 Warrington, Gavin 1 2 3 1
24 Simpson, Adarius 1 2 3 1
34 Williams, Elijah 1 2 3
66 Alcorn, Alex 2 3 1 4
35 Manookian, Adam 2 2.5 0.5 1
31 Waters, Kayon 2 2
1 Miner, Jaret 1 1 2
28 McGhee, Jaycen 1 1
5 Higgins, Tee 2 2
22 Wade, Colton 1 1
45 Chinn, Tripp 1 1
51 Hannah, Jordan 1 1
58 Cox, Adarius 1 1
72 Denny, Tamarious 1 1
81 Shephard, Jevonne 1 1
7 Gross, Jacob 0
9 Middleton, Darel 0
14 Dunbar, Jordan 0
17 Fadnek, Logan 0
30 Graham, Jordan 0
32 Middleton, Davon 0
52 Hammer, Wilson 0
56 Warmbrod, Matt 0
57 Drummond, Quentin 0
67 Fitchpatrick, Jack 0

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Filed Under: Front Page News, High School, Slider, Sports, Sports, Top Stories Tagged With: Anderson County, Davon Middleton, Gavin Warrington, homecoming, Joe Gaddis, Johnny Stewart, Jordan Dunbar, Lenoir City, Logan Fadnek, Mark Haste, Matt Fox, Mavericks, Oak Ridge Wildcats, shutout, T.J. Allison, Tee Higgins

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    September 15, 2015 at 5:11 pm

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