Grave Baptist Academy continued its unbeaten run through eight-man football Friday night with a 40-33 win on the road at Franklin Christian. The Eagles came from behind in the second half to seal the victory.
Trailing 20-14 at the midway point and 27-20 after three quarters, Grace outscored the Falcons, 20-6, in the final quarter. In the end it was all Cooper Knecht who ran for three touchdowns in the final stanza. The winning score coming with 22 seconds left in the game from four yards out.
All told, Knecht ran for 286 yards on 27 carries and five scores. The talented signal caller also passed for 88 yards. His Franklin counterpart, Zach Dooley threw for 222 yards and two scores, while the Falcons’ Sam Oberhousen ran for 231 yards on 13 carries.
GRACE 0 14 6 20 -- 40
FRANKLIN 10 10 7 6 – 33
FCA Andrew Halsey 29 field goal (7:15, 1st)
FCA Sam Oberhousen 54 run (Halsey kick) (3:20, 1st)
FCA Blake Buntyn 40 pass from Zach Dooley (Halsey kick) (11:13, 2nd)
GBA Cooper Knecht 12 run (Knecht pass to Cole Mason) (9:05, 2nd)
GBA Knecht 6 run (pass failed) (1:10, 2nd)
FCA Halsey 32 field goal (0:02, 2nd)
FCA Oberhousen 80 run (Halsey kick) (7:51, 3rd)
GBA Caleb Adams 1 run (run failed) (2:29, 3rd)
GBA Knecht 12 run (pass faied) (10:111, 4th)
FCA Buntyn 32 pass from Dooley (pass failed) (8:46, 4th)
GBA Knecht 8 run (run failed) (5:51, 4th)
GBA Knecht 4 run (run failed) (0:22, 4th)
GRACE FRANKLIN
First Downs 28 18
Total Offense 470 447
Rushing 386 225
Passing Yards 84 222
Att-Comp-Int 11-20-0 17-25-1
Punts-Avg. 2-38.0 1-33.0
Penalties 6-55 9-65
Individual Stats
Rushing: Cooper Knecht 27-286, Caleb Adams 9-51, Tyler Parrott7-48, Wesley Thompson 1-1 (GBA); Sam Oberhousen 13-231, Zach Dooley 1-(-2), Fai WomgpKen 1-(-2), Kaleb Lee 2-(-2) (FCA).
Passing: Cooper Knecht 11-20-0 for 84 yards (GBA); Zach Dooley 17-25-1 for 222 yards (FCA).
Receiving: Tyler Parrott 7-65, Mason Long 2-19, Cole Mason 2-0 (GBA); Blake Buntyn 8-163, Kaleb Lee 4-22, Fai Wong-Ken 1-20, Westley Hunter 2-18, Owen carpenter 1-8, Sam Oberhousen 1-1 (FCA).