When a team goes undefeated during the regular season and wins 11 games, season statistics are bound to be impressive. Such is the case for the 2017 Logan County Cougars.
It’s true that Coach Todd Adler’s team won some close games. They had to dominate the fourth quarter to beat Russellville. Quarterback Tyler Ezell ran for a touchdown on the last play of the game to beat Hopkinsville, and kicker Lucas Arevalo answered the call to boot the winning field goal with 10 seconds remaining against Madisonville-North Hopkins.
But some wins were romps.
As a result, the Cougars outscored their 12 opponents 395-188 (33-16 average), out-gained them 2,474 yards to 666 (206-56), piled up 1,662 to 985 (139-82), and racked up 4,136 yards total offense to 1,551 (345-138).
Individual statistics are as follow:
Rushing: Gary Hardy, 1,261 yards on 205 (6.15 ) carries for 9 touchdowns; Tyler Ezell, 606 yards on 131 (4.6) carries for 10 TDs; Carson Bradley, 135 yards on 23 carries (5.9) for 3 TDs; Third Bell, 85 yards on 9 (9.4) carries for a TD; Dontavius Blann, 74 on 19 (3.9) for 1 TD; Maurice Gordon, 71 on 10 (7.1) for 2 TDs; Landon Thomas, 63 on 10 (6.3) for 1; TD; Anthony Dancer, 52 on 23 (2.3) for 3 TDs; Nate Woodall, 31 on 9 (3.4) for 1 TD; Dylan Penick, 28 on 15 (1.2) for 2 TDs; Zach Yates, 22 on 5 (4.4); Reggie Powell, 18 on 1 (18.0) for a TD; Tristan Blake, 13 on 9 (1.4); Joseph Peterson, 11 on 4 (2.8)for 1 TD; Curtis Shelton, 8 on 2 (4.0) for a TD; Sam Brown, 8 on 1 (8.0); Koby Wall, 8 on 2 (4.0)
Passing: Ezell, 113 completions on 200 attempts for 1,611 yards and 19 touchdowns with 11 interceptions; Woodall, 4 of 10 for 17 yards; Penick, 1 of 2 for 34 yards; Gordon 0 for 1
Receiving: Blann, 28 catches for 366 yards and 7 TDs; Chandler Silvey, 25 catches for 457 yards and 6 TDs; Kelby Epley, 25 catches for 350 yards and 4 TDs; Dancer, 12 catches for 202 yards and a TD; Curtis Shelton, 5 catches for 9- yards and a TD; Blake, 10 catches for 110 yards; Penick, 4 catches for 30 yards; Koby Wall, 4 catches for 21 yards; Harrison Wilson, 1 catch for 9 yards; Bell, 1 for 6; Hardy, 1 for 3
Scoring: Ezell,65 points,10 TDs, 2 2-point conversions, 1 kick; Hardy, 56 points, 8 TDs, 1 2-point conversion; Dancer, 32 points, 5 TDs rushing, 1 TD receiving, 1 2-point conversion; Silvey, t TDs receiving, 1 2-point conversion; Lucas Arevalo, 28 points, 25 conversions kicked, 1 field goal; Epley, 24 points on 4 TDs; Shelton, 20 points, 2 TD receptions, 1 TD rushing, 1 2-point conversion; Bradley, 18 points. 3 TDs rushing; Gordon, 12 points, 2 TDs rushing; Woodall, 12 TDs. 1 TD rushing, 1 defensive TD; Thomas, 12 points, 1 TD rushing, 1 TD defense; Reggie Powell, 6 points, 1 kickoff return for TD; Third Bell, 6 points, 1 TD rushing; A.J. Reynolds, 2 points, 1 2-point conversion
Interceptions: Dancer, 1 for 23 yards and a TD; Blann and Wall, 1 each
Fumble Recoveries: Yates 4, Powell 4, Hardy 3, Penick 2, Peterson 2, and 1 each—Caden McKinnis, Ethan Steenbergen, Woodall, Collier Kempf, Dylan Goodwin, Blann
Solo Tackles: Alex Brown 49, McKinnis 47, Yates 46, Shelton 39, Steenbergen 29, Woodall 27, Penick 22, Peterson 19, Dancer 17, Wilson 16, Blann 15, Powell 12, Wall 8, Hardy 7, Silvey 5, Bradley 4, Jarrett Sears 3, Damon Stephens 3, Austin Costello 2, Thomas 2, Dakota Cardwell 2, Bell 2, Caleb McLean 1, Ezell1, Christian Kenner 1
Assists: McKinnis 39,Brown 34, Woodall 31, Yates 31, Peterson 24, Steenbergen 18, Penick 15, Dancer 8, Wilson 8, Sears 7, Goodwin 5, Blann 5, Kempf 5, Stephens 4, Hardy 3, Bell 2, Silvey 2, Bradley 2, Wall 1
Total Tackles: McKinnis 86, Brown 83,Yates 77, Shelton 73, Woodall 58, Steenbergen 47, Peterson 43, Penick 37, Kempf 31, Dancer 26, Wilson 24, Blann 20, Powell 19, Sears 10, Hardy 10, Wall 9, Silvey 7, Stephens 7, Goodwin 7, Bradley 6, Bell 4, Costello 2, Thomas 2, Cardwell 2, McLean 1, Ezell 1, Kenner 1
Also playing were Jordan Crawford, Jaden Sells, Jonah Oliver, Thomas Kash, Collin Sowell, Braxton Baptiste, Kaid Boyd, Kaleb Ferguson, Brandon Rimer, Ezra McIntosh and Hayden Sisk.