South Central Calhoun At Earlham
Earlham 21
South Central Calhoun 19
South Central Calhoun put together a great drive in the final minutes, scoring on a 18-yard pass with no time left on the clock. They trailed by two, having missed a point after earlier in the half but weren’t able to to pick it up, falling on the road 21-19 to finish 4th in the district. The Titans kept clawing back in the game but never led, falling behind 7-0 at half. The Titans offense scored on two long drives in the 2nd half, outscoring the Cardinals 19-14 in the 2nd half. They finished the game with 111-yards on the ground and 205-yards passing while Earlham ran for 154-yards and threw for 124-yards.
Earlham capitalized on some Titans penalties in the 1st half, halting drives into Cardinal territory. The game was scoreless until under a minute left in the half when Blake Reynolds hit Josh Winey for an 11-yard touchdown. Earlham took a 7-0 lead into half.
South Central Calhoun responded early in the 2nd half. Cole Higgins punched in a touchdown from a yard out with 6:39 left in the 3rd quarter, tying the game at 7. Earlham responded, getting a 52-yard touchdown run from Caleb Smith, part of his 123-yards rushing, putting the Cardinals up 14-7. South Central Calhoun needed an answer and put together an outstanding drive, marching 85-yards with Hayden Stickrod scoring on a 1-yard run. The Titans missed the extra-point and trailed 14-13 with 9:17 left in the game. The offenses kept coming in the 2nd half as Earlham scored on a 68-yard pass from Blake Reynolds to Josh Winey with 7:31 left in the game. The extra-point pushed their lead to 21-13. Earlham had a chance to extend the lead but missed a field goal with 2:14 left, setting up the Titans drive. South Central Calhoun drove 90-yards with Andrew Anderson hitting Cole Higgins for an 18-yard touchdown as time expired. The Titans had to go for two to tie the game, but weren’t able to score and fell 21-19.
Andrew Anderson finished the game with 205-yards passing and a touchdown. Cole Higgins had 3 catches for 28-yards with a touchdown and carried the ball 12 times for a team high 44-yards. Higgins added a team leading 9 tackles. Caleb Juhl had 4 catches for 32-yards with 6 tackles and Hayden Stickrod had a 1-yard touchdown run.
The Titans fell to 4-4 overall and 3-3 in the district. They finished 4th and will head to Tri Center on Friday in the opening round of the Class 1A playoffs.
South Central Calhoun Stats
Andrew Anderson 18-31 passing 205-yards, TD
Cole Higgins 12 carries 44-yards, TD- 3 receptions 28-yards, TD- 9 tackles
Caleb Juhl 9 carries 31-yards- 4 receptions 32-yards- 6 tackles
Charlie Nattress 4 receptions 44-yards- 5.5 tackles
Box Score
Teams 1 2 3 4 Final
SCC 0 0 7 12 19
Earlham 0 7 7 7 21
