Grace Comes From Behind To Defeat Franklin Christian

Cooper Knecht Scores Five Times To Lead Eagles

  • Saturday, October 9, 2021

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).


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