Friday, September 20, 2013

Homecoming loss to Oskaloosa

Chariton Leader, September 24
Bill Howes, Associate Editor

Turnovers hurt Chargers in homecoming loss to Oskaloosa
Three first half interceptions and a touchdown called back by penalty greatly hurt the Chariton Chargers in their bid for a homecoming win against Oskaloosa on September 20th.  The Indians converted two of the interceptions into scores and built a 21-7 halftime lead.  Oskaloosa scored twice more in the second half while Chariton scored two fourth quarter touchdowns in a 35-21 loss.
Senior quarterback Christian Bengtson, who was crowned homecoming king earlier in the day, had a tough first half throwing the three picks.  While trailing just 7-0, Bengtson threw what was an apparent 85 yard touchdown to right end TJ Hockenson that was called back by an illegal block in the back penalty.
Bengtson played better in the second half and rushed for a 17 yard touchdown and threw for a 15 yard touchdown to Hockenson in the fourth quarter.  Hockenson had an outstanding receiving game with seven catches for 189 yards and a touchdown.


JV Football Team Falls to Oskaloosa
Despite a valiant effort, the Chariton JV football team came up short in a 40-0 loss at Oskaloosa. 
The Indians scored twice in the first quarter and led 14-0 after one quarter and 20-0 at halftime.  Oskaloosa scored twice more in the third to increase their lead to 34-0.  The Indians scored once more in the fourth.
One bright spot for Chariton is that they didn't have many penalties.  Chariton was penalized just once for five yards.  Oskaloosa was penalized twice for 10 yards.  Chariton had five first downs and Oskaloosa had eight.  Chariton had 142 total yards on the night and Oskaloosa had 320.
The Chargers had 80 yards passing and the Indians had 63.  Chariton had 62 yards rushing on 25 carries.  Oskaloosa had 257 yards rushing on 34 carries.  The Chargers had three turnovers and Oskaloosa had none.
In rushing, Aaron Cain had 32 yards on eight carries.  Dillon Sanders had 18 yards on 14 carries.  Jacob Jones had 13 yards on three carries.
At quarterback, Cain went 3-10 for 80 yards with one interception.  Charlie Palmer had two catches for 16 yards and Sanders had one each for 54.
Defensively, Palmer had five solo tackles, one assist and one tackle for a loss.  Sanders had two solo tackles and four assists.  Nick McDaniel had four assists.  Daniel Ilyenko had three solo tackles and two assists.  Chris Wright had two solo tackles, two assists and one tackle for a loss.  Kaleb Thorne had three solo tackles and one assist.
Timofey Timofeyev had one solo tackle and two tackles for a loss.  Joe McCurdy had one solo tackle and two assists.  Cody Stevenson had one solo tackle, one assist and one tackle for a loss.  Vadim Garguzov had one solo tackle and one assist.  Eduard Rodygin had one solo tackle and Aaron Cain, Keith Trusty and Ethan Curnutte each had one assist.

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