Football: Osbourn vs Oscar Smith Live Blog

By Paul Frommelt

pfrommelt@digitalsports.com 

2008 AAA Division 6 VHSL Football Championships
Osbourn vs Oscar Smith Live Blog

With that touchdown, I’m heading down to the field. Check back later for a full game story with quotes from head coach Steve Schultze, as well as Thomas Keith, Jerell McFadden, Travis Bruns and Tyler Brown.

4Q 7:04: Oscar Smith recovers the onside kick. Oscar Smith starts at Osbourn 49. #33 runs 19 yards. 1st and 10 at 30. #44 runs for five yards. 2nd and five. #44 runs for 5 yards. 1st down and 10 at 20. #44 runs for nine yards. 2nd and 1. #33 runs for 7 yards to 3-yard line. #33 runs for 3 yards touchdown up the middle. #37 PAT is good. Oscar Smith 54-16. 3:54 left.

4Q 7:56: 1st and 10. #3 to #2 pass for 9 yards. Thomas Keith to Timmy Keith 16-yard touchdown pass. 2-Point conversion from Keith to Whitehead is good. 47-16 Oscar Smith. 7:04 left.

4Q 7:56: Osbourn #2 returns kickoff to Oscar Smith 25-yard line. 58 yard return. 1st down. Timeout Osbourn.

4Q 9:09: Oscar Smith gets ball at own 47 yard line. #33 runs for 12. Flag. Called back. #33 runs for 13 yards on a sweep to the right. Touchdown. PAT good. 47-8 Oscar Smith. 8:12 left.

4Q 10:04: Osbourn gets ball on 21. No return on punt. 1st down. Thomas Keith pass incomplete. 2nd and 10 on 21. Pass incomplete. 3rd and ten. Thomas Keith runs for 2 yards. Fourth Down. Punt.

4Q 10:44: Pass incomplete. Fourth down. Punt.

4Q 12:00: #14 to #44 to to 44-yard line for 22 yards. #33 runs for loss of 1. #78 makes the stop. 2nd down. Pass incomplete. 3rd and 11. #14 to #1 for 45-yard TD. Flag. Holding on offense. Replay down. No TD. 3rd and 16. Timeout Oscar Smith.

3Q 0:22: Oscar Smith takes over at own 32. #33 runs for 2 yards up the middle. 2nd and 8 at 34. End 3rd quarter.

3Q 5:31: Osbourn starts at their own 14. #36 runs for 1 yard. 2nd and 9. Pass incomplete up the middle. Thomas Keith to #2 to their own 38 for 23 yards. Pass batted down. 2nd down and 10. Pass incomplete. 3rd down. Thomas Keith runs for 11 yards to the 49. 1st down. Pass almost intercepted. Third down. Keith to #12 for 11 yard catch. Ball on Oscar Smith 40. 1st down. Thomas Keith passes to Jerell McFadden for seven yards. 2nd and 3. Thomas Keith to #27 to the 25-yard line. Pass incomplete. Thomas Kieth to #2 for four yards to the 21. Third and 6. Pass knocked away by #1. Fourth down and 6. Thomas Keith to Timmy Keith for 20 yards. First and goal on the 1. Thomas Keith runs for a 1-yard TD to the left. 2-point conversion no good. Flag. Defensive holding. Reply try. #26 Tyler Brown runs in for 2-point convo. 40-8 Oscar Smith. 0:22 left in 3rd.

3Q 6:38: Oscar Smith on Osbourn 40. Pass incomplete. Screen pass to #1 loses five yards. 3rd down and 15. Pass incomplete. Fourth down. Punt.

3Q 8:16: Osbourn on their own 22. Thomas Keith brought down by #74. Loss on 9. 2nd and 19. Timmy Keith to the 15. 3rd and 18. Pass Incomplete. 4th down and a mile. Punt. Ball goes out of bounds at the 40. 25 yards punt.

3Q 10:54: Oscar Smith 1st and 10 at the 50. #33 for 2 yards. 2nd and 8. #33 for 1 yard. 3rd down and 7. #14 to #7 for 23 yards. First down at the 24. Jerell McFadden is injured on the play. McFadden is helped to the sideline. #33 for a loss of 1. 2nd and 11. #14 to #3 for 25-yard TD pass. PAT no good. 40-0 Oscar Smith. 8:22 left in 3rd.

3Q 11:55: Osbourn has ball at 27. Thomas throws to Timmy for 6 yards. 2nd and 4. #75 sacks Keith. Loss of 10 yards. Pass batted down. Punt. Oscar Smith gets the ball on the 50.

Halftime, 3:00: Both teams are back on the field. The field crew had to use snow blowers to mark off the the lines on the field. Snow has caked the field.

First Half Stats: Oscar Smith — QB Phillip Sims — 267 yards, 5 touchdowns. Running back Perry Jones — 67 yards. Tim Smith — 229 yards and 4 TDs. Oscar Smith — 267 yards on offense. Osbourn — Thomas Keith — 27 yards passsing, -10 yards rushing. Jerell McFadden — 28 yards on ground. Sims already broke the TD record for AAA with 5. Smith has the touchdown catch record with four.

2Q 0:24: Thomas Keith to Timmy Keith for 7 yards. Fourth and 1. McFadden carries the ball to the 47. First down. Pass incomplete. Four seconds left. Pass incomplete. One second left. 3rd down. Pass incomplete. End Half. Oscar Smith 34, Osbourn 0.

2Q 3:27: McFadden fields the ball at the 20. No return. 1st and 10. Whitehead runs to the right for 6 yards. 2nd and 4. Thomas Keith runs the ball for on yard. 3rd down and 3 on 27. Thomas Keith runs for no gain. 4th down. Thomas Keith keeper to the 33 for first down. Thomas Keith runs the ball for 2 yards. 2nd and 8 on the 35. Pass incomplete. 3rd down and 8. Timeout Osbourn.

2Q 4:21: Oscar Smith returns ball to Osbourn’s 42-yard line. 1st down. #33 runs for loss of seven yards. 2nd down. Pass incomplete. 3rd down and 17. Pass incomplete. 4th down. Punt.

2Q 4:35: Osbourn has ball on own 10. Thomas Keith sacked by #54 in the end zone. Fumble. Osbourn Recovers fumble. Safety. 34-0 Oscar Smith. 4:27 left.

2Q 6:29: Oscar Smith on 32 of Osbourn. Another touchdown pass but flag on the play. Illegal motion on offense. Ball on 37. #14 to #1 to the 14. 23-yard gain. #33 carries to the 11. Gain of 3. 2nd down. #14 to #7 for four yards. 3rd and three. #33 rushes for no gain. 4th and 6. Timeout. Snow is starting to pile up on the field. Going for it on 4th. No good.

2Q 7:23: Rodney Whitehead returns to 25-yard line. 1st and 10. Thomas Keith to Rodney Whitehead for 7 yards. 2nd and 3. Thomas to Timmy for 1 yard. 3rd and 2 on 33. Pass incomplete. Osbourn ins 0-5 on third down. 4th down. Going for it. McFadden on keeper. Stopped for loss of 1.

2Q 7:40: Oscar Smith takes over at own 46. #14 to #1 for 54 yard touchdown pass. This one is getting out of hand. Ball was tipped, but Tim Smith grabs it out of the air. 2-point conversion no good. 32-0. 7:30 left.

2Q 9:11: McFadden returns the ball to the 27-yard line. 1st and 10 for Osbourn. Timmy Keith loss of five yards. 3rd and 15. Thomas Keith runs for five yards. Fourth Down. Punt. Partially blocked.

2Q 10:00: McFadden runs the ball to 47. 4th down and two. McFadden stopped short. Oscar Smith takes ball at own 46. #14 to #1 for 54-yard touchdown pass. #37 PAT is no good. 26-0 Oscar Smith. 9:01 left.

2Q 11:55: McFadden return the ball to the 35 yard line. 1st and ten for Osbourn. McFadden runs the ball for no gain. Flag on Osbourn. Declined. McFadden runs the ball to 45. Gain of 10 yards. 1st down and 10 on own 45. McFadden brought down in the backfield for a loss of 5. 2nd and 15. McFadden gains 9 to 49. 3rd and six. Timeout Oscar Smith.

2Q 12:00: Oscar Smith has ball at the 12. Fourth and 3. Going for it. #1 to #2 for 12 yards touchdown pass. #37 PAT was good. 20-0 Oscar Smith. 11:55 left in half.

1Q 3:55: Oscar Smith has ball at own 37. Pass incomplete. #33 rushes for five yards. 3rd and 5 on 42. Tight end screen to #83. Flag. Holding on offense. Ball on the 35. 3rd and 13. #14 to #2 for 14 yards. 1st and 10 at 49. #33 rushes to the 19 yard line. 32-yard gain. 1st and 10. #33 up the middle for 2 yards. 2nd and 8 on 17. #33 runs for five yards. 3rd and 3 from 12. #33 stopped by #76 for no gain. 4th down. End quarter.

1Q 6:00: Osbourn gets the ball at the 33. 1st and 10. Thomas Keith complete to Slayton for 12 yards. 1st and 10 at own 45. Thomas Keith keeps it for five yards. Flag on the play. Illegal shift. Reply first down. Ball on Osbourn 40. Thomas Keith carries for 1 yard. 2nd and 14 at 41. Pass incomplete. Thomas Keith loses two yards. 4th down. Punt. Ball rolls to 37. 22-yard kick.

1Q 6:15: Oscar Smith has the ball on own 36. #14 to #1 64-yard touchdown pass. Perfectly executed screen. #37 PAT is blocked by #22. 13-0 Oscar Smith. 6:00 left.

1Q 9:30: Osbourn receives kick. Timmy Keith gets the 22. 1st and 10. McFadden for 2yards. 2nd and 8. Thomas Keith scrambles to the 41 yard line. 1st and 10 for Osbourn. Gain of 16. McFadden carries for 2 yards. 2nd and 8. Thomas Keith on keeper. Picks up 10 yards. 1st and 10 on 48. Thomas Keith fumbles snap. Recover the fumble. Loss of 5. 2nd and 15 on 47 of Osbourn. Incomplete pass. 3rd and 15. Thomas Keith brought down in the backfield. #54 on the sack. Loss of 15. Punt. 31 yards.

1Q 12:00: Game is underway. Oscar Smith starts on their own 29 yard line. #14 to #3 for two yards. #14 to #7 for six yards. #33 runs to the 33 yard line of Osbourn. Gain of 30 yards. 1st down. #33 tackled by #20 for loss of a yard. 2nd and 11 on 34. #14 to #1 for a 34-yard touchdown pass. #37 hits PAT. 7-0 Oscar Smith. 9:30 left.

4:06: Captains at midfield. Oscar Smith will receive.

3:57: Osbourn has heading back into the locker room. Ten minutes until kickoff.

3:45: We’re just about 20 minutes away from kickoff. Both team are out on the field. Osbourn made sure to let Oscar Smith know how scared they are of the Tigers by chanting towards them at midfield. The Tigers responded by walking towards midfield as well. Both teams are fired up. The snowfall has picked up considerably. I take back what I said earlier. It looks like it could affect the running game today.

2:55: It’s official. Phoebus beats Dinwiddie, 37-13.

2:35: Some stats on Oscar Smith. Quarterback Phillip Sims, who holds the AAA playoff passing record with 480 against Westfield last year, has 2,833 yards passing this year with 32 touchdowns. Receiver Tim Smith has 67 catches for 1,457 yards and running back Perry Jones has rushed for 1,457 yards this year — 799 in the postseason.

2:29: 28-yard touchdown pass from Boyd to Chaz Robinson. Phoebus is now up 37-6. Dinwiddie fans are heading to the exits.

2:21: Phoebus running back Shawne Alston rushes 32 yards for a touchdown to give Phoebus a 30-6 lead. Alston now has 203 yards on the ground. Looks like this game is all but over. Osbourn now stands in the way of an Eastern Region sweep in AAA.

2:19: End of third quarter for the Div. 5 title game. Phoebus leads 24-6. One more quarter until the main event.

2:10: Some more required reading before the game. Check out DigitalSports.com’s game story from Osbourn’s semifinal win over Varina. DigitalSports was also there when Oscar Smith took down Oakton. The Potomac News has three great articles previewing today’s game. The Virginian-Pilot previews the game from the Tigers’ point of view.

2:01: Phoebus just went up 23-6 on a 17-yard touchdown pass from Tajh Boyd to Omyn Newkirk. Phoebus has now scored over 700 points this season.

1:56: For those keeping track at home, Osbourn is currently 9-4 on the year and is riding a six-game win streak dating back to Oct. 24 at Loudoun Valley. The Eagles have scored 355 points on the year, while allowing 270. Oscar Smith, on the other hand, is undefeated on the year at 14-0. Their last loss came just over a year ago against Westfield in the 2007 state semis. The Tigers have scored an impressive 563 points and have allowed 92.

1:46: As an eagle-eyed reporter behind me in the press box has pointed out, Oscar Smith has 32 kids listed over 200 pounds on their roster. Osbourn has 10. It may be a telling stat, but ask senior center Travis Bruns on senior nose guard Tyler Brown how much the size advantage helped Varina last week.

1:43: While you wait for kickoff, why not read about how Osbourn’s offense has evolved under head coach Steve Schultze since 2002. It’s an interesting read, if I do say so myself. Phoebus and Dinwiddie have just started the second half of their Div. 5 championship game. Phoebus leads 14-6 and just received a kickoff to start the second half.

1:40: Ladies and gentlemen, we have snow flurries in Blacksburg. It’s just a tiny bit and shouldn’t have any effect on the game, but it’s still exciting. Nothing like playing high school football in December.

1:25: Paul Frommelt from DigitalSports.com live from Lane Stadium at Virginia Tech. The Osbourn Eagles and Oscar Smith Tigers will kickoff in just about two and a half hours to decide the 2008 AAA Div. 6 state champion. Make sure to check back throughout the day for up-to-the-minute updates from the game.