RIVALRY RENEWED; 'BOYS WIN OVER BEARS

YOUNGSTOWN, OH- Rayen Stadium was packed for the renewal of an intense rivalry after being dormant for 9 plus years. The Cowboys beat the Golden Bears 27-0. Penalties had a huge impact on this ball game and the Cowboys benefited from a lot of those.

The Cowboys got on the scoreboard with 6:58 left in the 1st quarter Junior Quarterback Delshawn Petrosky took a run-pass option right up the middle for a 25-yard touchdown run dragging a couple of Golden Bears into the end zone with him to make the score 6-0. The Golden Bears took the kickoff and proceeded to commit 3 penalties before they took a snap on the series and were backed up to their two-yard line. When they finally got a snap off the Bears quarterback, Senior Isiah McBride could not handle a low snap and the ball went out of the back of the end zone for a safety for the Cowboys to make the score 8-0 with 5:51 left in the first quarter. After East kicked the ball back to the Cowboys on the free-kick, The Cowboys took advantage and Senior Key Shaun Davis ran up the middle untouched for a yard touchdown run to make the score 15-0.

The second quarter started fast as on the first play of the 2nd quarter Petrosky scampered 20 yards for his second touchdown of the game to make the score 27-0 in the 2nd half. At the end of the half, the Cowboys had a huge advantage in total yards 198 to 27 total yards for East. The flags flew 14 times on the Golden Bears in the first half 14 times for 177 penalty yards. The officials in the middle of the 2nd quarter got both head coaches Chris Amill and Brian Marrow together with the captains to try and calm down the players as the game really had a lot of after the play personal fouls up until that point.

The teams calmed down after the half and really struggled to move the ball. Both defenses really played well in the 3rd quarter and the Bears hurt themselves still with a lot of penalties and keeping them from really gaining any footing offensively.

The scoring was rounded out by Senior, Marshall Herron with 4:28 left in the ball game took the ball from the 25-yard line and broke tackles at the line of scrimmage to find a hole down the middle for a tuff touchdown run to make it a 27-0 score.

Chaney ended the game with the total yard advantage 308 total yards to 27 total yards for the Golden Bears. The Cowboys held the Bears to a total of 10 yards rushing compared to gaining 242 yards on the ground themselves. The Bears penalties were a big reason why they couldn’t really get going as they were flagged 21 times for 177 total penalty yards. Both teams season end, as they both knew the playoffs would not be possible going into the game. Chaney finishes their first year of football in 9 years at 6-4. The Golden Bears of East finish their season at 4-6.

*Story contributed by YSN’s John Bolino