Ooltewah’s Cameron Turner rushed for 194 yards and three touchdowns, a tenacious defense held White County to minus-8 yards of total offense and the Owls stormed to a 48-7 Region 4-5A football blowout win Friday night at James N. Monroe Stadium.
Turner scored on runs of 16 and 6 yards in the second quarter and added a 3-yard touchdown burst in the third quarter as the Owls improved to 6-1 overall and 3-0 in region play. The hard-running Turner had all but 17 yards of Ooltewah’s rushing yardage.
Quarterback Collin Thurman completed 9-of-18 passes for 110 yards, including scoring tosses of 3 yards and 35 yards to Jeremiah Jackson and Ethan Walls, respectively.
Jackson also recovered a fumble in the end zone for a touchdown early in the third quarter. Tyler Reid sacked White County’s Pierce Whited, causing the fumble. Reid had three sacks in the game.
White County (2-6, 0-4) stunned the Owls in the opening quarter when David Kinser intercepted one of two Thurman passes and returned it 16 yards for a touchdown.
However, it was all Ooltewah after that.
SCORING
White County 7 0 0 0 – 7
Ooltewah 7 14 21 6 – 48
First Quarter
WC – David Kinser 16 interception return (Andrew Cantrell kick), 9:38
OOL – Jeremiah Jackson 3 pass from Collin Thurman (Aleksander Toser kick), 6:38
Second Quarter
OOL – Cameron Turner 16 run (Toser kick), 7:54
OOL – Turner 6 run (Toser kick), 1:12
Third Quarter
OOL – Jackson recovered fumble in end zone, (Toser kick), 11:41
OOL – Turner 3 run (Toser kick), 6:45
OOL – Ethan Walls 35 pass from Thurman (Toser kick), 3:24
Fourth Quarter
OOL – Swan Parker 46 run (kick failed), 6:08
YARDSTICK
WC OOL
First Downs 4 17
Rushes-Yards 31-minus 28 31-211
Passing Yards 20 110
Comp-Att-Yds 3-14-0 9-19-2
Plays-Total Yds 45-minus 8 50-321
Fumbles-Lost 2-2 3-1
Punts-Avg 8-29.8 4-29.0
Penalties-Yds 3-20 3-25
INDIVIDUALS
RUSHING – White County: Chris Redmond 11-15, No. 44 4-12, Noah Roberts 1-1, Josh Rowan 3-minus 3, Andrew Cantrell 1-minus 10, Jake Shockey 4-minus 10, Pierce Whited 1-minus 14, No. 15 6-minus 19; Ooltewah: Cameron Turner 22-194, Swan Parker 3-55, Andrew Manning 1-0, Rashun Freeman 1-minus 4, Collin Thurman 3-minus 34.
PASSING – White County: Whited 1-10-0 17, No. 15 2-4-0 3; Ooltewah: Collin Thurman 9-18-2 110, Andrew Manning 0-1-0 0.
RECEIVING – Shockey 2-3, Thomas Dalton 1-17; Ooltewah: Ethan Walls 2-48, Turner 2-33, Scottie Strickland 1-12, Blake Smith 1-9, Corey Heard 1-5, Jeremiah Jackson 1-3, Joseph Norwood 1-0.
(E-mail Larry Fleming at larryfleming44@gmail.com and follow him on Twitter @larryfleming44)