Wright briefly took over as a wildcat quarterback in the third quarter, and completed three of five passes for 29 yards. Quarterback Turner Garretson threw for 53 yards, while Park’s defense came down with four interceptions Friday. Gage Wright, who has put together an all-star season as the OVAC’s leading rusher, ran 15 times for 82 yards and a third-quarter touchdown, and South as a team finished with 97 rushing yards. The visiting Patriots trailed 44-0 at halftime.
Parkersburg South struggled to move the chains early with a non-existent passing attack and run game which did not deliver many explosive plays.
Our guys had to learn how to finish games and finish halves and I think they’re starting to do that.” We jumped out to a quick lead, we kind of relaxed, and then the next thing you know we lose 17-14. Quite honestly, you go all the way back to our game against University, that was part of our problem. “We kind of kept the pedal down, I was happy with that too because sometimes you relax. “It’s always good when you start fast and we did,” Daugherty said.
