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10-12-2013, 08:36 AM
Beechwood struggled to generate much of a rushing attack against a tough non-district schedule in its first six games of the season, but the Tigers showed on Friday that they can still flex their muscles against Class A opponents in rolling to a win in their Class A, District 4 opener.
Beechwood ran for 217 yards, 144 by sophomore tailback Ethan Stringer, who ran for four touchdowns, and got 237 yards and three touchdowns passing by sophomore Kyle Fieger in beating Bellevue, 56-22, at Bellevueâs Gilligan Stadium.
Beechwood (4-3 overall, 1-0 Class A, District 4) averaged just 78.8 yards rushing per game in its first six games, but had that by the midway point of the second quarter. Beechwood, which won its 11th straight game against Bellevue dating back to 2005, had built a 28-6 lead by then thanks to two touchdown passes by Fieger, including a 59-yard strike to sophomore Brett Slusher deep up the left sideline on the first offensive play of the game.
Bellevue (3-5, 0-1) got within 7-6 on its first offensive series of the game when senior Dylan Huff scored on a 34-yard TD run, but only got as close a 28-14 in the first half and 42-22 in the second half after Beechwood took a 42-14 halftime lead.
Bellevue senior quarterback Tyler Ackerson completed 23 of 40 passes for 257 yards and a touchdown, but was intercepted twice, one that was returned 99 yards for a touchdown late in the first quarter that gave Beechwood a 21-6 lead. Ackerson has now thrown for 2,180 yards and 18 touchdowns on the season and also added a rushing touchdown, his sixth of the season but Bellevue was held to 53 yards rushing on 25 carries in the game.
Players of the Game: Stringer rushed for 69 yards on seven carries in the first half and had 75 on 10 carries in the second half. He entered the game as Beechwoodâs leading rusher with just 268 yards on 74 carries (3.6 yards per game), but averaged 8.5 yards per carry in the game.
Fieger completed 17 of 20 passes (11 of his first 12 passes in the game all six he attempted in the second half). It was his fourth straight game passing for over 200 yards, and he has 1,026 yards and seven touchdowns his last four games combined and 1,433 yards and 15 touchdowns on the season.
Zach Poinsett, Bellevue senior wide receiver/defensive back. He caught 11 passes for 117 yards and recovered a fumble
Play of the Game: Bellevue trailed 14-6 late in the first quarter and drove to the Beechwood 3 where it had it 3rd-and-goal. Ackerson rolled right and tried to dump a pass into the front right corner of the end zone to Poinsett, but Beechwood senior Max Shover stepped in front just in front of the goal line and raced 99 yards untouched up the left sideline for a touchdown and a 21-6 Beechwood lead.
âThereâs a senior captain who got beat earlier in the game on a zero call (man-to-man with no safety help) and was bound and determined he wasnât going to let this team down again and so he turns a bad play into a great play,â said Beechwood coach Noel Rash. âThatâs what you need captains to do.â
Quotable: Rash on his teamâs struggles running the ball in the first six non-district games and improvement in that area against Bellevue: âWe were 3-3 and (inconsistent) and when youâre not sure who you are it always comes back to up front on both sides of the football. They answered the bell and I told them thatâs what they had to do.â
Rash on Stringer: âHeâs played like heâs practiced up to this point and this week we sat down, had a little heart to heart and he made the decision to be the guy that we need him to be. Heâs following a long line of great backs in the Beechwood tradition and he knows he can be as good as any of them if not the best, but he has to do it the way it needs to be done and thatâs hitting inside and tenderize, tenderize and then bounce outside in the fourth quarter.â
Extra Points: The teams shook hands after the game after the Kentucky High School Athletic Associaiton recommended to schools that their athletic teams refrain from shaking hands after games to avoid possible conflicts.
⢠The teams combined for 522 yards in the first half (290 by Beechwood and 232 by Bellevue). Beechwood wound up outgaining Bellevue for the game, 454-328.
⢠Junior defensive back Casey Erdman also had an interception for Beechwood.
Beechwood ran for 217 yards, 144 by sophomore tailback Ethan Stringer, who ran for four touchdowns, and got 237 yards and three touchdowns passing by sophomore Kyle Fieger in beating Bellevue, 56-22, at Bellevueâs Gilligan Stadium.
Beechwood (4-3 overall, 1-0 Class A, District 4) averaged just 78.8 yards rushing per game in its first six games, but had that by the midway point of the second quarter. Beechwood, which won its 11th straight game against Bellevue dating back to 2005, had built a 28-6 lead by then thanks to two touchdown passes by Fieger, including a 59-yard strike to sophomore Brett Slusher deep up the left sideline on the first offensive play of the game.
Bellevue (3-5, 0-1) got within 7-6 on its first offensive series of the game when senior Dylan Huff scored on a 34-yard TD run, but only got as close a 28-14 in the first half and 42-22 in the second half after Beechwood took a 42-14 halftime lead.
Bellevue senior quarterback Tyler Ackerson completed 23 of 40 passes for 257 yards and a touchdown, but was intercepted twice, one that was returned 99 yards for a touchdown late in the first quarter that gave Beechwood a 21-6 lead. Ackerson has now thrown for 2,180 yards and 18 touchdowns on the season and also added a rushing touchdown, his sixth of the season but Bellevue was held to 53 yards rushing on 25 carries in the game.
Players of the Game: Stringer rushed for 69 yards on seven carries in the first half and had 75 on 10 carries in the second half. He entered the game as Beechwoodâs leading rusher with just 268 yards on 74 carries (3.6 yards per game), but averaged 8.5 yards per carry in the game.
Fieger completed 17 of 20 passes (11 of his first 12 passes in the game all six he attempted in the second half). It was his fourth straight game passing for over 200 yards, and he has 1,026 yards and seven touchdowns his last four games combined and 1,433 yards and 15 touchdowns on the season.
Zach Poinsett, Bellevue senior wide receiver/defensive back. He caught 11 passes for 117 yards and recovered a fumble
Play of the Game: Bellevue trailed 14-6 late in the first quarter and drove to the Beechwood 3 where it had it 3rd-and-goal. Ackerson rolled right and tried to dump a pass into the front right corner of the end zone to Poinsett, but Beechwood senior Max Shover stepped in front just in front of the goal line and raced 99 yards untouched up the left sideline for a touchdown and a 21-6 Beechwood lead.
âThereâs a senior captain who got beat earlier in the game on a zero call (man-to-man with no safety help) and was bound and determined he wasnât going to let this team down again and so he turns a bad play into a great play,â said Beechwood coach Noel Rash. âThatâs what you need captains to do.â
Quotable: Rash on his teamâs struggles running the ball in the first six non-district games and improvement in that area against Bellevue: âWe were 3-3 and (inconsistent) and when youâre not sure who you are it always comes back to up front on both sides of the football. They answered the bell and I told them thatâs what they had to do.â
Rash on Stringer: âHeâs played like heâs practiced up to this point and this week we sat down, had a little heart to heart and he made the decision to be the guy that we need him to be. Heâs following a long line of great backs in the Beechwood tradition and he knows he can be as good as any of them if not the best, but he has to do it the way it needs to be done and thatâs hitting inside and tenderize, tenderize and then bounce outside in the fourth quarter.â
Extra Points: The teams shook hands after the game after the Kentucky High School Athletic Associaiton recommended to schools that their athletic teams refrain from shaking hands after games to avoid possible conflicts.
⢠The teams combined for 522 yards in the first half (290 by Beechwood and 232 by Bellevue). Beechwood wound up outgaining Bellevue for the game, 454-328.
⢠Junior defensive back Casey Erdman also had an interception for Beechwood.
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