2nd-half blast

Charleston Coach Ricky May wanted to take credit for his team’s strong second-half performance last week against Greenland, but he pointed directly to his players. “We as coaches like to think it was something we said at halftime, but it wasn’t,” he said. The Tigers led 13-12 at halftime, but scored the final 28 points to pull away for a 48-18 victory.

Charleston coach Ricky May wanted to take credit for his team’s strong second-half performance last week, but he pointed to directly to his players.

“We as coaches like to think it was something we said at halftime, but it wasn’t,” May said. “I think we scored on all but one possession, intercepted two passes and recovered a fumble that we took back for a touchdown.

“The first half was nip and tuck. We fumbled on the second play. We threw an interception on our end and they scored. We didn’t line up right and that led to a big play. In the second half, we kind of got the momentum and just rode it out.

The Tigers (2-2, 1-0 3A-1) led only 13-12 at halftime, but scored the final 28 points of the game to pull away for a big 48-18 win over Greenland.

Brandon Ketter’s 94-yard fumble recovery returned for a touchdown punctuated a 21-point fourth quarter that gave Charleston a big win to start 3A-1 Conference play. The senior also ran for 50 yards on just eight carries and two more touchdowns.

Sophomore Brandon Scott enjoyed a big night, too, accounting for more than 230 yards of åtotal offense and three touchdowns. He completed 8 of 13 passes for 121 yards and two touchdowns and rushed for a team-high 115 yards on 17 carries and a touchdown.

Greenland pulled within 20-18 with 3 minutes, 42 seconds left in the third quarter. But Charleston came right back 21 seconds later to start that 28-0 run to finish the game. Scott connected with Bryton Ketter on a 31-yard scoring strike.

Charleston now travels to undefeated Cedarville in a clash of two of the top teams in the league.

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