{"id":4899,"date":"2019-10-18T08:18:00","date_gmt":"2019-10-18T12:18:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/seohiopreps.com\/football\/?p=4899"},"modified":"2019-10-18T09:53:02","modified_gmt":"2019-10-18T13:53:02","slug":"trojans-dragons-meet-in-crucial-contest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/seohiopreps.com\/football\/trojans-dragons-meet-in-crucial-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Trojans, Dragons meet in crucial contest"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trojans, Dragons meet in crucial contest<\/p>\n

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By PAUL BOGGS<\/p>\n

Photo’s by Kent Sanborn<\/p>\n

For Fairland football coach Melvin Cunningham, he had a remarkable comparison \u2013 and actually an ultimate compliment \u2013 for Portsmouth standout running back Talyn Parker.<\/p>\n

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Head Coach<\/strong> Melvin Cunningham<\/h3>\n\t\t
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Current Team<\/dt>
Fairland<\/a><\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div> \u201cYou remember the old Nintendo game systems? For the football junkies who had those, there was a game called Tecmo Bowl <\/em>and it featured Bo Jackson. Talyn Parker is Bo Jackson on Tecmo Bowl<\/em>. He has speed, he has shiftiness, he makes explosive plays, and he gives us coaches nightmares figuring out how to stop him,\u201d said Cunningham, in a telephone interview this week.<\/p>\n

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Cunningham said he had experienced a sleepless night or two trying to gameplan for Parker, but perhaps he will rest comfortably come Saturday morning \u2013 should his Fairland Dragons do the job and put Parker and the Trojans under wraps.<\/p>\n

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However, as most other OVC teams have already proven, that’s much easier said than done.<\/p>\n

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In a key Ohio Valley Conference clash, the Dragons host the Trojans on Friday night \u2013 with kickoff set for 7 p.m.<\/p>\n

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As the 6-1 Trojans invade 4-3 Fairland, the Dragons do realize that this is their last stand \u2013 as far as possibly winning a share of the OVC championship, and more likely landing a Division V, Region 19 playoff spot.<\/p>\n

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Fairland (6.2374 computer points average) is 10th\u00a0 <\/sup>in the latest release of the Ohio High School Athletic Association computer ratings \u2013 and needs to win out in order to have a realistic opportunity at making the postseason for the second year in a row.<\/p>\n

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The Dragons are 2-2 in the OVC while the Trojans are 3-1, as both teams need\u00a0 two losses by defending champion Gallia Academy and\/or Ironton \u2013 which play each other next week.<\/p>\n

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Head Coach<\/strong> Bruce Kalb<\/h3>\n\t\t
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Current Team<\/dt>
Portsmouth<\/a><\/dd>
Past Teams<\/dt>
Waverly<\/a><\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div> \u201cWe’re still in good position for the league (championship) to place where we would like to place,\u201d said Portsmouth coach Bruce Kalb. \u201cWe would like to win our next three at all costs to put ourselves in position to at least compete for the league title and week-11. Fairland is going to be a tough road game for us, and any time you load a bunch of 16 or 17-year-old kids up on a bus and drive for an hour and 15 minutes, focus becomes a concern.\u201d<\/p>\n

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As for its playoff possibilities, Portsmouth precariously sits inside the top eight of Region 19 at seventh (9.3143), and is the lowest-ranked of any of the five 6-1 clubs.<\/p>\n

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The top eight teams in each region qualify for the playoffs \u2013 with the top four squads earning first-round home bouts.<\/p>\n

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Cunningham said simply, that with his Dragons at 4-3, every game from here on out is treated as a playoff tilt.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhen you are 4-3, and in the region we are in, every game is basically a playoff game. We have to win out and there is no room for error in that region,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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The Dragons have an opportunity at climbing that ladder this week, but they will have to at least limit Parker, who officially hit the 100-carry AND went over the 1,000-yard rushing mark for the season in last week’s win over Chesapeake (34-20).<\/p>\n

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#<\/dt>
1<\/dd>
Name<\/dt>
Talyn Parker<\/dd>
Position<\/dt>
2020<\/dd>
Height<\/dt>
5-11<\/dd>
Weight<\/dt>
195<\/dd>
Current Team<\/dt>
Portsmouth<\/a><\/dd>
Leagues<\/dt>
OVC, SEO<\/dd>
Seasons<\/dt>
2019<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/div> Parker, as he often does, posted big plays for touchdown runs \u2013 scoring the first time he touched the ball for 60 yards, followed by two more one-play possessions that went for 59 and 22-yard TD bursts.<\/p>\n

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Against Chesapeake, Parker put up 288 yards and three scores on 17 carries, as he now has 85 yards over 1,000 for the season \u2013 and 14 yards over 5,900 for his career.<\/p>\n

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The Dragons do get an advantage of playing Portsmouth and Parker on natural grass \u2013 and not on the friendly and fast FieldTurf confines of Trojan Coliseum.<\/p>\n

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Still, the gameplan for Parker is the same, Cunningham claimed.<\/p>\n

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\u201cYou are not going to completely stop Talyn. He is too good of an athlete and has too much speed. But we do have to slow him down and control him, and you do that by not allowing all of his big plays, his splash plays,\u201d he said. \u201cWhen you get a hand on him, you have keep a hand on him and make the tackle. You have to do a great job of getting guys to him and getting him on the ground. He can completely change the outcome and complexion of the game on one carry. We can’t allow him to do to us what he has done to everybody else, which is score on 40, 50 or 60-yard runs.\u201d<\/p>\n

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For Kalb, it’s a familiar refrain that he recognizes.<\/p>\n

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#<\/dt>
2<\/dd>
Name<\/dt>
Drew Roe<\/dd>
Position<\/dt>
2022<\/dd>
Height<\/dt>
235<\/dd>
Weight<\/dt>
5-06<\/dd>
Current Team<\/dt>
Portsmouth<\/a><\/dd>
Leagues<\/dt>
OVC, SEO<\/dd>
Seasons<\/dt>
2019, 2020, 2021<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/div> These Trojans, though, have been far from a one-man wrecking crew, as sophomore quarterback Drew Roe has completed 64-of-116 passes for 1,050 yards and 13 touchdowns with just two interceptions.<\/p>\n

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#<\/dt>
9<\/dd>
Name<\/dt>
Eric Purdy<\/dd>
Position<\/dt>
2020<\/dd>
Height<\/dt>
5-08<\/dd>
Weight<\/dt>
155<\/dd>
Current Team<\/dt>
Portsmouth<\/a><\/dd>
Leagues<\/dt>
OVC, SEO<\/dd>
Seasons<\/dt>
2019<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/div> Eric Purdy has caught 25 passes for 353 yards,<\/p>\n

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#<\/dt>
2<\/dd>
Name<\/dt>
Bryce Wallace<\/dd>
Position<\/dt>
2020<\/dd>
Height<\/dt>
6-02<\/dd>
Weight<\/dt>
155<\/dd>
Current Team<\/dt>
Portsmouth<\/a><\/dd>
Leagues<\/dt>
OVC, SEO<\/dd>
Seasons<\/dt>
2019<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/div>\u00a0 while Bryce Wallace has 18 receptions for 408 yards.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWith Drew Roe\u2019s ability to get the ball out to those guys, and now the defense has to know where they are and cover them, that opens up even more lanes for Talyn to run in. It becomes pick your poison,\u201d said Kalb. \u201cDo you stack the box and stop Talyn Parker, or do you widen your defense out and allow Talyn the chance to do what he does best?\u201d<\/p>\n

But Kalb cautioned that the Dragons do have weapons of their own, including senior wide receiver Reilly Sowards, who returned last week against South Point from a broken collarbone suffered in Fairland’s first preseason scrimmage.<\/p>\n

#<\/dt>
10<\/dd>
Name<\/dt>
Reilly Sowards<\/dd>
Position<\/dt>
2020<\/dd>
Height<\/dt>
6-02<\/dd>
Weight<\/dt>
160<\/dd>
Current Team<\/dt>
Fairland<\/a><\/dd>
Leagues<\/dt>
OVC, SEO<\/dd>
Seasons<\/dt>
2019<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

He caught a touchdown pass for 50 yards early in the game.<\/p>\n

Sowards was an all-Southeast District Division IV wideout a year ago, as standout running back Michael Stitt suffered an injury at Gallia Academy two weeks back\u2013 and was limited to only one carry for 10 yards against South Point.<\/p>\n

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#<\/dt>
7<\/dd>
Name<\/dt>
Gavin Hunt<\/dd>
Position<\/dt>
2021<\/dd>
Height<\/dt>
6-00<\/dd>
Weight<\/dt>
150<\/dd>
Current Team<\/dt>
Fairland<\/a><\/dd>
Leagues<\/dt>
OVC, SEO<\/dd>
Seasons<\/dt>
2019, 2020<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/div> Gavin Hunt has become the go-to receiver for quarterback Max Ward, with Ward completing 59-of-105 passes for 780 yards and seven touchdowns.<\/p>\n

Stitt has rushed for 573 yards on 66 carries, while Hunt has 20 receptions for 380 yards.<\/p>\n

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#<\/dt>
3<\/dd>
Name<\/dt>
Michael Stitt<\/dd>
Position<\/dt>
2020<\/dd>
Height<\/dt>
5-08<\/dd>
Weight<\/dt>
155<\/dd>
Current Team<\/dt>
Fairland<\/a><\/dd>
Leagues<\/dt>
OVC, SEO<\/dd>
Seasons<\/dt>
2019<\/dd><\/dl><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

Kalb said his Trojans must defend the Dragons well \u2013 and aim to avoid getting into a track meet on grass.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think Fairland, with their athleticism, matches up well with us. We want to make sure we have a good week of practice and stay focused so we don’t come out flat,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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But with Parker in the backfield, the Trojans have the best playmaker on board \u2013 and they not need Nintendo’s Tecmo Bowl<\/em> to prove that.<\/p>\n

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2019 OVC Standings<\/h4>
Pos<\/th>Team<\/th>W<\/th>L<\/th>PF<\/th>PA<\/th>Net Pts<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>\"\"<\/span>Ironton<\/a><\/td>7<\/td>0<\/td>332<\/td>34<\/td>298<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>\"\"<\/span>Gallia Academy<\/a><\/td>6<\/td>1<\/td>277<\/td>160<\/td>117<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>\"\"<\/span>Portsmouth<\/a><\/td>5<\/td>2<\/td>204<\/td>182<\/td>22<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>\"\"<\/span>Fairland<\/a><\/td>4<\/td>3<\/td>171<\/td>167<\/td>4<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>\"\"<\/span>Rock Hill<\/a><\/td>3<\/td>4<\/td>134<\/td>233<\/td>-99<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>\"\"<\/span>Chesapeake<\/a><\/td>2<\/td>5<\/td>188<\/td>268<\/td>-80<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>\"\"<\/span>Coal Grove<\/a><\/td>1<\/td>6<\/td>140<\/td>233<\/td>-93<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>\"\"<\/span>South Point<\/a><\/td>0<\/td>7<\/td>112<\/td>281<\/td>-169<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n

2019 OVC Leaders (League Only)<\/h4>
Rank<\/th>Player<\/th>Team<\/th>Position<\/th>ATT<\/th>RUYDS<\/th>TD<\/th><\/tr><\/thead>
1<\/td>\"\"<\/span>Reid Carrico<\/a><\/td>Ironton<\/a><\/td>2021<\/td>121<\/td>1395<\/td>27<\/td><\/tr>
2<\/td>\"\"<\/span>James Armstrong<\/a><\/td>Gallia Academy<\/a><\/td>2021<\/td>161<\/td>1306<\/td>15<\/td><\/tr>
3<\/td>\"\"<\/span>Austin Stapleton<\/a><\/td>Coal Grove<\/a><\/td>2021<\/td>222<\/td>1251<\/td>14<\/td><\/tr>
4<\/td>\"\"<\/span>Talyn Parker<\/a><\/td>Portsmouth<\/a><\/td>2020<\/td>115<\/td>1197<\/td>19<\/td><\/tr>
5<\/td>\"\"<\/span>Donald Richendollar<\/a><\/td>Chesapeake<\/a><\/td>2021<\/td>174<\/td>995<\/td>14<\/td><\/tr>
6<\/td>\"\"<\/span>J.D. Brumfield<\/a><\/td>Fairland<\/a><\/td>2022<\/td>133<\/td>846<\/td>9<\/td><\/tr>
7<\/td>Michael Beasy<\/a><\/td>Gallia Academy<\/a><\/td>2021<\/td>111<\/td>839<\/td>12<\/td><\/tr>
8<\/td>\"\"<\/span>Owen Hankins<\/a><\/td>Rock Hill<\/a><\/td>2022<\/td>159<\/td>831<\/td>3<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n

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