MHSCardinal

Stat leaders: Mayfield QB Arnett - 11 x 21 for 182 yards and 1 TD RB Bright - 15 x 93 yards Caldwell Co QB Burns - 13 x 21 for 182 yards and 1 TD RB Riley - 6 x 81 yards

1st half stats: Rushing Yards ..... Mayfield ..... 127 Yards ..... Caldwell Co ..... 121 Yards Passing Yards ..... Mayfield ..... 182 Yards ..... Caldwell Co ..... 182 Yards Total Yards ..... Mayfield ..... 309 Yards ..... Caldwell Co ..... 303 Yards 1st Downs ..... Mayfield ..... 8 ..... Caldwell Co ..... 7 Penalties ..... Mayfield ..... 35 Yards ..... Caldwell Co ..... 27 Yards Fumbles ..... Mayfield ..... 1/1 ..... Caldwell Co ..... 1/1 Very evenly matched stats..

Halftime score : Caldwell Co 21 Mayfield 17 Very hard hitting game with both teams having there moments.. Caldwell will get the ball 1st to start the 2nd half.. Will be interesting to see what kind of adjustments both teams make here at halftime..

Caldwell Co is up 21-17 with just over a minute to go in 1st half.. I lost reception and missed the scores by both teams, so, unsure how each team scored there last TDs..

1st and 10 Caldwell from there own 23 yard line with 4:24 to go in 1st half.

Mayfield picks up 3 points on a 36 yard fg to cut the Tiger lead to 14-10.. Still over 4:00 to go in 2nd quarter..

The Tigers can't do anything with it on the next series, going 3 and out and forced to punt.. 1st and 10 Mayfield at there own 37 yard line.

The Cards pick up a 1st down, but, the Tigers stiffen and force a Cardinal punt. 1st and 10 Tigers at there own 23 yard line.

1st and 10 Mayfield from there own 21 yard line.

The Tiger OL doing a very good job giving there QB time to throw and he can pick you apart when gets that time.

Shane Burns hits Jameire Riley for a 29 yard TD on a 3rd and 15 play for a Tiger TD. The PAT is good, so, Caldwell now leads 14-7 with just over 9:00 to go in 2nd quarter..

1st and 10 Tigers at the Cardinal 23 yard line

Caldwell moving the ball well thru the air and has moved it to the Cards 30 yard line..

The Cards pick up 6, but, needed 7, so, they're forced to punt.. 1st and 10 Caldwell at there own 30 yard line.

End of 1st quarter, we're tied at 7 a piece.. Mayfield has the ball 3rd and 7 from there own 29 yard line to start the 2nd quarter.

Mayfield begins next drive at there own 26 yard line.

Javonte Riley makes a huge run to take it in for a score. The PAT was good and we're now tied at 7 with 40 seconds left in 1st quarter.

The Tigers return the favor and fumble it back to the Cards at the 5 yard line. The next play, Kyle Hurt takes it in from 5 yards out and the PAT was good, 7-0 Mayfield leads with just over 1:00 to go in 1st quarter.

After a couple of nice runs by Bright that resulted in about 19 yards, Arnett hits on a big completion that looked like it was going in for a TD, but, a great play by the CC DB stripped the ball from the Cardinal receiver inside the 5 yard line that ended up in the end zone and Caldwell recovered.

The Tigers pick up 8 yards on there 2nd series but are forced to punt on 4th and 2. Mayfield's ball, 1st and 10 at there own 25..

The Cardinals go 3 and out on their 2nd series, but, get off a great punt and good coverage, 1st and 10 Caldwell at there own 22 yard line.

The Tigers pic up a couple of 1st downs and up to about midfield but the Cardinals force a punt and take the ball over at there own 30 yard line.

Mayfield gets the ball 1st to start the game. They put together a good opening drive but turn it over on downs at the Caldwell Co 25 yard line.

Imo, the verdicts still out on both these teams.. Both schedules have been suspect. FS win over SW looked good at the time, but, it's been obvious that they aren't near as strong as last year. Greenwood was a decent win, but, they made there name off a SW win as well $ nothing else on their schedule stands out as a quality win. I don't put a lot of stock in a TD lead at halftime that didn't get to finish.

Rsvl won't be able to just line up and run it downhill on FS and I don't think they'll try. I see a lot of misdirection, sweeps, short screens in space, slants, etc to keep the chains moving. I see them breaking off some big plays in doing that, I expect the Panthers to come out strong and get a couple of scores up and then it's a matter of them being able to hold off the FS charge late. I think somehow late, the Panthers get a big turnover and are able to hold off a late FS charge.. 34-28