MBA Edges McCallie, 27-24, On Two Late Field Goals

Friday, September 25, 2009 - by special report to The Chattanoogan

MBA kicker Andrew Fletcher had plenty of heroics on Friday night at Spears Stadium against McCallie.

Fletcher kicked a 53-yard field goal that tied the game at 24 with 3:55 left in the game.

Then with :01 second left, Fletcher gave MBA a 27-24 victory with a 35-yard field goal in a Division II high school football game.

McCallie took a 24-21 lead over MBA with 6:46 left in the game on a 42-yard pass from Trent Lusk to John
Burkus.

Box Score (Final)
Score by Quarters 1 2 3 4 Score


----------------- -- -- -- -- -----
MBA2009............. 7 7 7 6 - 27 Record: (4-2,2-1)
McCallie............ 7 3 7 7 - 24 Record: (4-2,1-2)
Scoring Summary:
1st 04:10 MCC2009 - John Burkus 9 yd run (Hudson Brock kick), 10-86 3:44, MBA2009 0 - MCC2009 7
00:55 MBA2009 - Van East 1 yd run (Andrew Fletcher kick), 7-46 3:04, MBA2009 7 - MCC2009 7
2nd 06:12 MBA2009 - De'Ante Hughes 1 yd run (Andrew Fletcher kick), 6-42 3:35, MBA2009 14 - MCC2009 7
01:48 MCC2009 - Arturo Rocha 30 yd field goal, 10-67 4:24, MBA2009 14 - MCC2009 10
3rd 07:32 MCC2009 - TJ Kemp 1 yd run (Hudson Brock kick), 6-33 2:50, MBA2009 14 - MCC2009 17
04:44 MBA2009 - De'Ante Hughes 2 yd run (Andrew Fletcher kick), 8-38 2:37, MBA2009 21 - MCC2009 17
4th 06:46 MCC2009 - John Burkus 42 yd pass from Trent Lusk (Hudson Brock kick), 5-52 1:29, MBA2009 21 - MCC2009 24
03:55 MBA2009 - Andrew Fletcher 53 yd field goal, 8-25 2:46, MBA2009 24 - MCC2009 24
00:01 MBA2009 - Andrew Fletcher 35 yd field goal, 6-61 1:15, MBA2009 27 - MCC2009 24
MBA2009 MCC2009
FIRST DOWNS................... 15 12
RUSHES-YARDS (NET)............ 43-212 34-130
PASSING YDS (NET)............. 57 210
Passes Att-Comp-Int........... 12-6-1 18-11-0
TOTAL OFFENSE PLAYS-YARDS..... 55-269 52-340
Fumble Returns-Yards.......... 0-0 0-0
Punt Returns-Yards............ 2-20 3-42
Kickoff Returns-Yards......... 3-124 1-0
Interception Returns-Yards.... 0-0 1-38
Punts (Number-Avg)............ 3-36.7 3-38.3
Fumbles-Lost.................. 0-0 4-3
Penalties-Yards............... 8-44 8-81
Possession Time............... 25:16 22:44
Third-Down Conversions........ 2 of 10 5 of 14
Fourth-Down Conversions....... 2 of 2 1 of 1
Red-Zone Scores-Chances....... 4-5 3-3
Sacks By: Number-Yards........ 0-0 0-0
RUSHING: MBA2009-Tyler Franks 18-86; Fitz Lassing 7-53; Jhamal Wright 8-41;
De'Ante Hughes 7-23; Van East 2-6; William Tanner 1-3. McCallie-John Burkus
9-45; TJ Kemp 7-23; Jay Meacham 6-18; Daniel McClure 4-17; Keenan Hale 1-14;
Trent Lusk 7-13.
PASSING: MBA2009-Van East 6-12-1-57. McCallie-Trent Lusk 11-18-0-210.
RECEIVING: MBA2009-Luke Colbert 3-35; Fitz Lassing 1-13; William Tanner 1-6;
Brad Bars 1-3. McCallie-Justin Simerly 5-103; John Burkus 3-48; Daniel
McClure 1-38; Jay Meacham 1-15; Keenan Hale 1-6.
INTERCEPTIONS: MBA2009-None. McCallie-Nolan Woody 1-38.

(E-mail Stan Crawley at wscrawley@earthlink.net)


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