Game 8 - 2003 Chenango Forks Varsity Football

2003 Chenango Forks Varsity Football

Game 8 vs Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton - CF wins 31-14!

Post-game articles courtesy of the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
and the Oneonta Daily Star

	1	2	3	4		Tot
Chenango Forks	07	17	07	00	-	31
B-G/A	6	0	0	8	-	14

CF - Babcock 10 run (Batty kick)

BGA - Sohns 5 run (kick failed)

CF - Batty 1 run (Batty kick)

CF - Babcock 2 run (Batty kick)

CF - Batty 29 FG

CF - Babcock 2 run (Batty kick)

BGA - Terpstra 2 run (Laing pass from Mohrien)

TEAM STATISTICS

	B-G/A	CF
First Downs	8	14
Rushes-Yards	41-184	48-175
Passing Yards	36	57
Comp-Att-Int	2-7-3	4-8-1
Total Offense	48-220	56-232
Punts-Ave yards	5-19.8	3-21.7
Fumbles-Lost	2-0	3-0
Penalties-Yards	9-73	4-31

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton rushing:

Sohns 11-72, 1 TD
Miller 8-48
George 12-42
Terpstra 6-15, 1 TD
Finch 2-15
Pepper 1-0
Mohrien 1-(-8)

Chenango Forks rushing:

Babcock 25-154, 3 TDs
Chier 5-23
O'Branski 4-7
Farnham 3-7
Collingwood 2-7
Stephens 2-1
Batty 7-(-5), 1 TD
Hamlin 1-(-18)

Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton passing

Mohrien 2-for-6, 36 yards, 2 int.
Pepper 0-for-1, 1 int.

Chenango Forks passing:

Batty 4-for-8, 57 yards, 1 int.

Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton receiving:

Laing 2-36

Chenango Forks receiving:

Samson 1-18
Vredenburgh 1-17
Tarnowski 1-13
Farnham 1-9

JV Score: CF 68-0

Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin game article-

Babcock helps Forks run record to 8-0

BY KEVIN STEVENS
Press & Sun-Bulletin

CHENANGO FORKS -- For a third consecutive season, Chenango Forks will sport a spotless record in the loss column to open Section 4's Class B football playoffs.

The Blue Devils extended the streak Saturday by celebrating homecoming with a 31-14 victory over Bainbridge-Guilford/Afton, the outcome all but wrapped up by halftime behind the battering-ram rushing of Joe Babcock and some customarily sound Forks defense.

The Devils (8-0) will continue their quest for a third consecutive Section 4 title when they host Whitney Point (6-2) in a semifinal at 2 p.m. Saturday.

Senior fullback Babcock was called upon to carry the football 22 times in the first half, and responded with 146 yards and two touchdowns, which, to go with his naturally pain-inflicting running style, clearly sapped the Bears' defense.

At the midway point, it was a 24-6 Forks' advantage, Babcock had his fifth triple-figure rushing outing of the season and BGA had a single first down.

"The game was definitely won up front," said Forks center Chris Pease, simply stating fact rather than tooting the offensive front's horn. "Those (BGA) guys are physical. We got our blocks."

Opening possession of the game belonged to the Blue Devils, starting at their 37-yard line. Any doubt that it would be Babcock's day was erased summarily.

He traveled 14 yards with his first carry, 8 with his second and 19 with his fifth to the Bears' 10-yard line. From there, Babcock took a handoff, started left and cut back inside for a touchdown. Tim Batty's kick made it 7-0 with 2:14 elapsed.

That first drive, into a strong wind that discouraged the forward pass, was all Babcock: Six carries, 58 yards, with aid of a BGA offside penalty.

The tone had been set.

"That first drive, into that win, they just established themselves," Forks coach Kelsey Green said. "It surprised me that we were getting the chunks we were getting. I thought we could move it, but ... (Babcock) had a lot of nice holes, a lot of times he was into the linebackers."

BGA got on the scoreboard with a drive that started on Forks' 18-yard line following a 5-yard, wind-hindered punt. The last of six consecutive running plays was a 5-yarder for a score by Travis Sohns with 2:38 remaining in the first quarter.

The remainder of the half belonged to Forks.

The Blue Devils' next drive went 65 yards on 11 plays, five of them rushes by Babcock for a 40-yard total, with a flashy 17-yard gain by Jason Chier thrown in to keep the defense guessing. Tim Batty sneaked over from the 1 for a TD-- after mishandling the snap and tucking the football on his right hip. Batty added the PAT and it was 14-6.

A 2-yard scoring run by Babcock with 5:47 to play in the half, with another PAT kick by Batty, made it 21-6. The six-play march featured a Batty-to-Steve Samson pass good for 18 yards, and a 22-yard gain by Babcock to the 2-yard line.

Batty tacked on a 29-yard field goal 32 seconds before halftime, and it was 24-6.

Babcock's last touchdown came midway through the third quarter and helped Forks to a 31-6 advantage.

Forks' defense limited BGA (4-4) to 62 yards in the first half. For the game, the Devils intercepted three passes-- two by Batty, the other by Chier.

"For us, it was the third straight year going unbeaten in the regular season and we just wanted to keep that streak going," said Pease, a part of two of those perfect runs. "We showed them how hard we've been working for it.

"We work as a team, the coaches push us hard, make us work our butts off in practice and we come together as a team."

Green said, "The record doesn't indicate what that team (BGA) is. That's a heck of a football team. We played well. That may be as good as we've played this year."

Oneonta Daily Star game article-

Chenango Forks 31, B-G/A 14

Joe Babcock and Tim Batty combined to score four touchdowns and B-G/A quarterbacks threw three interceptions as the Blue Devils eliminated B-G/A from the Section Four Class B playoffs with a victory.

Babcock scored on rushing touchdowns from 10 and two yards and Batty added a 1-yard scoring run and a 29-yard field goal to give Chenango Forks (8-0, 4-0) a 24-6 halftime lead.

The Blue Devils defense allowed 62 yards and a single first down to the Bears (4-4, 1-3) in the first half.

Travis Sohns scored on a 5-yard run in the first quarter and teammate Brian Terpstra had a 2-yard run in the fourth quarter for B-G/A.

Sohns led the Bears with 72 yards rushing on 11 carries.