Black River 43, Firelands 0

The Pirates used a dominating running attack to defeat the Firelands Falcons 43-0. You can listen to the replay online.

Black River was led by junior running back Andrew Vaughn (18-175 rushing, two touchdowns) and senior Austin Phillips (14-121 rushing, three touchdowns).

Things turned bad early for Firelands. Trying to punt deep in his own territory, freshman Brad Thrasher went down on one knee to catch a bad snap. Under high school rules, the ball carrier is ruled down. This gave Black River the ball on the Firelands 18. The first play from scrimmage for the Pirates turned into an 18-yard run for Vaughn less than a minute into the game.

Top running backs in Black River history. Andrew Vaughn (2010-present) 3,615 Charlie Moskal (1996-1999) 3,388

The top 10 rushing seasons in Black River history. Andrew Vaughn (2011) 1,896 Andrew Vaughn (2012) 1,427 Jared Willis (2003) 1,286 Charlie Moskal (1998) 1,248 Brett Hastings (2002) 1,247 Austin Phillips (2011) 1,232 Jason Riddle (1990) 1,167 Jared Willis (2004) 1,158 Charlie Moskal (1999) 1,117 Matt Joppeck (2009) 1,102

After Firelands stopped Vaughn at the 2-yard line on 4th down, the Falcons gave it right back when Vaughn recovered a fumble at the 7. Phillips scored on the first play to give Black River a 13-0 lead.

Both Vaughn and Phillips would score again in the 2nd quarter. Vaughn capped an 80-yard drive with a 30-yard scamper while Phillips would score from 49-yards out to put the Pirates up 29-0 at the half.

Vaughn now has 1,427 yards rushing on the year which is the 2nd highest single season total in school history. He is chasing a record he set a year ago.

Firelands (2-7)	0	0	0	0	=0
Black River (5-4)	13	16	7	7	=43

Scoring

Black River	1	11:02	Andrew Vaughn 18 run (Alex Bacisin kick)
Black River	1	7:35	Austin Phillips 7 run (kick blocked)
Black River	2	6:57	Vaughn 30 run (Phillips run)
Black River	2	4:49	Phillips 49 run (Vaughn run)
Black River	3	3:14	Phillips 15 run (Bacisin kick)
Black River	4	2:29	Nick Filak 37 run (Bacisin kick)

	Firelands	Black River
Plays	55	53
Total Yards	129	382
Time	23:18	24:42
First Downs	7	20
3rd Down Conversions	3-16	5-7
4th Down Conversions	2-6	0-1
Penalties	13-74	6-46
Rushing	31/62 ('Joe Hyster 13-29, Zach Hofecker 10-22, Aaron Stevanus 1-7, Tom Urbansky 1-4, Dakota Dodge 2-(2), Brad Thrasher 2-(5), Nick Bauer 2-(16))	52-382 (Andrew Vaughn 18-175, Austin Phillips 14-121, Nick Filak 3-63, David Bell 6-29, Aaron Schmitz 4-15, Colin Filak 1-1, Vernon Beard 1-(5), Cody Elsten 5-(18))
Passing	Joe Hyster 7-24-90-0-0	Cody Elsten 0-1-0-0-1
Receiving	Jake Parker 4-68, Zach Hofecker 2-13, Nick Bauer 1-9
Turnovers forced	3	3
Points Off Turnovers	0	13
Red Zone Efficiency	0-0	3-5