MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – A week after Morgantown was shutout by Musselman, the Mohigans tried to switch up their offense Thursday night against Wheeling Park with mixed results.
With Cam Rice, Kirk Black and Quin Thompson out with injuries, MHS had to find different ways to get its top playmakers the ball, so that led to Preston Fox moving into the backfield from wide receiver. With Fox’s speed and vision, he was able to pick up chunk yards and was the Mohigans’ steadiest weapon, albeit in a 34-28 loss.
He finished the night with 123 yards and two touchdowns, and would have added another score to seal the win for MHS late in the fourth quarter, but it was called back because of a chop block.
“With Preston, we just wanted to find
Running back Deondre Crudup, at 5-foot-8 and 255 pounds, is a bowling ball that’s tough to bring down. He had eight carries for MHS (1-6) against Wheeling Park, trying to get him going early to establish a strong running game.
Crudup scored his first career touchdown in the first quarter.
“With their size, we needed a bigger body, so that’s why we went with Crudup,” Lacy said. “We have to continue to get creative with what we’re doing offensively.”
MHS will host Parkersburg South on Friday.
16 unanswered points in Friday’s loss, four-game down streak doesn’t define Trinity Christian
Trinity Christian (2-4) essentially had Friday’s home game against Bridgeport (Ohio) locked after Calvin Blunt’s pick-6 in the third quarter. But after another full-field drive that ate up a majority of the remaining minutes in the quarter, Bridgeport intercepted backup quarterback Davon Eldridge’s pass in the redzone and returned it for an 88-yard score.
And it didn’t stop after that. The Bulldogs managed a 2-point conversion on the defensive score and then added another eight points shortly after to overcome the worn down Warriors defense.
If that wasn’t enough, Eldridge — who stepped in for an injured Drew Boczek — was beaten up in the second half.
When a team goes on a four-game down skid you’d imagine there are issues within the group, but there aren’t any glaring problems with the Warriors. In fact, week-to-week the majority-freshman team has flashes of greatness. Even with Friday’s collapse and low statistic numbers, there was a lot of good to see with Trinity.
Eldridge, who is mainly a bruising running back, volunteered to take over the Boczek. He was 3-of-6 for 36 yards, a touchdown and an interception. Keeping a majority of the snaps for rushes, he had 62 yards on 13 carries. And after getting banged up in that final half, he still put himself behind the line to finish out the game.
“That’s what you want from a kid like that — a kid that wants to come in and step up and compete,” TCS coach Marcus Law said. “We needed someone there and he volunteered. He’s going to continue to develop — he’s a
Law noted that his Warriors are going to keep grinding, and heading into a strong back half of their schedule with a game against Steubenville Catholic Central next Saturday, followed by a home game against No. 3 Tygarts Valley and then two road games to close, the Warriors have a lot to deal with moving forward without one of their main playmakers. Needless to say, Trinity has exceeded what a lot of folks thought they would accomplish this year.
The final two games are winnable, which would give them a 4-6 final record. That’s not bad by any measure for a first-year program.
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