Game 9 - 2004 Chenango Forks Varsity Football

2004 Chenango Forks Varsity Football

Game 9 vs Oneonta

Blue Devils defeat Oneonta 51-0.
On to the playoffs...
44-8

Articles courtesy of
the Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin and the Oneonta Daily Star

Forks builds up big lead in romp

By Staff Reports
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin

Tim Batty, Jim Nicholson and Jason Chier all scored two touchdowns each as Chenango Forks rolled to a 51-0 victory over Oneonta in a Section 4 Division III football game Saturday.

The reigning state Class B champion Blue Devils (9-0) will next play Norwich (8-1) for the Section 4 Class B title 7 p.m. Friday at Union-Endicott's Ty Cobb Stadium.

Tim O'Branski capped Forks' opening drive with a 1-yard touchdown run for a 7-0 lead.
After intercepting a Kyle Donnelly pass, Forks scored on Batty's 37-yard run, making it 14-0 midway through the first quarter.

Forks punted on its ensuing possession, then scored on its next four straight drives en route to a 44-0 halftime lead.

OHS football dropped by Forks

HIGH SCHOOL ROUNDUP
Staff Reports - Oneonta Daily Star

Chenango Forks 51, Oneonta 0

Tim Batty had 72 yards on three rushes, including two touchdowns, to lead defending Class B state champion Chenango Forks past visiting Oneonta on Saturday.
Jim Nicholson and Jason Chier had two touchdowns apiece for the Blue Devils (9-0).

"Our interior defense played well, but offensively, we struggled," first-year OHS coach John Nealis said. "They exploited us with the option on the pitch. We couldn’t hang with those guys there."

Donnie Potter had 20 yards on five carries to lead Oneonta, which finished 3-6. Potter replaced quarterback Kyle Donnelly, who suffered an ankle injury and aggravated a knee injury sustained in the Yellowjackets Sept. 25 game at Windsor.

	1	2	3	4		Tot
Chenango Forks	21	23	07	00	-	51
Oneonta	0	0	0	0	-	0

CF - O'Branski 1 run (Batty kick)

CF - Batty 37 run (Batty kick)

CF - Jim Nicholson 16 run (Batty kick)

CF - Jim Nicholson 1 run (Batty kick)

CF - Chier 18 run (Batty kick)

CF - Batty 20 run (Batty kick)

CF - Safety, Donnelly tackled in end zone

CF - Chier 1 run (Batty kick)

TEAM STATISTICS

	Oneonta	CF
First Downs	3	20
Rushes-Yards	26-16	50-365
Passing Yards	80	42
Comp-Att-Int	8-14-1	3-6-0
Total Offense	40-96	56-407
Punts-Ave yards	4-40	2-42
Fumbles-Lost	1-1	0-0
Penalties-Yards	5-25	9-90

INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS

Oneonta rushing:

Donnelly 8-(-10)
Bordinger 2-10
Losie 4-(-2)
Brown 3-(-3)
Potter 5-20
Brad Friis 4-1

Chenango Forks rushing:

Chier 7-82, 2 TDs
Batty 3-72, 2 TDs
Jim Nicholson 5-43, 2 TDs
O'Branski 5-32, 1 TD
Farnham 4-27
Wells 2-24
Joe Nicholson 5-22
Falcon 2-19
Hessney 2-19
Sabo 2-8
Collingwood 6-5
Rittenburg 2-2
Kwartler 2-5
Purce 2-3
Spencer 1-2

Oneonta passing

Donnelly 7-for-11, 45 yards, 1 int.
Potter 1-for-2, 35 yards
Basile 1-for-1, 0 yards

Chenango Forks passing:

Batty 3-for-5, 42 yards
Mirabito 0-for-1, 0 yards

Oneonta receiving:

Bordinger 3-3
Chicorelli 1-24
Potter 1-(-3)
Brown 1-5
Wolfanger 1-16

Chenango Forks receiving:

Tarnowski 1-10
Chier 1-27
Farnham 1-5

JV Score: 29-14 CF

Preview Articles:

By Kevin Stevens
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin

Top-ranked Chenango Forks looks to put the finishing touches on a fourth consecutive perfect regular season when it plays host to Oneonta (3-5) at 1:30 Saturday. With 21 consecutive victories overall, the Blue Devils have the longest active football win streak in New York...

Tuesday Review Article:
Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin
11/2/2004

SOMETHING TO WORK ON

With its 51-0 romp past visiting Oneonta completing a 9-0 regular season in which it outscored its opponents 427-43, defending Class B state champion Chenango Forks would seem to have little to complain about heading into it's Section 4 title game with Norwich on Friday at Union-Endicott's Ty Cobb Stadium.

However, the Blue Devils were flagged nine times for penalties for a total of 90 yards against the Yellowjackets, not the first time this season that Forks has racked up a sizable amount of penalty yardage.

"It's a concern, those penalties are drive killers, and against a good football team, you're going to have to punt," Forks coach Kelsey Green said. "A lot of that is mental. However, if that's something we focus on, I think we can take of that."

Aside from the penalties, Forks' victory over Oneonta was much like its other ones this season. It featured a great running attack -- Forks ran 50 times for 365 yards -- and a stellar defensive effort. Oneonta mustered 96 yards of offense and three first downs, two of those coming on its opening drive.