The combination was way too much for Clark County on Senior Night at Monroe City High School. Players are shown holding up the CCC trophy.
Smothering defense and relentless offense.
The combination was way too much for Clark County on Senior Night at Monroe City High School.
Top-ranked MCHS concluded an undefeated regular season Friday with a 50-0 victory and won the Clarence Cannon Conference championship for a second consecutive season.
The Panthers (9-0, 7-0 CCC) held the Indians (4-5, 2-5) to a mere 18 yards rushing in the first half en route to 22-0 half-time lead.
Monroe City defensive back Jaylyn Countryman intercepted two CCHS quarterback Callan Wheeler passes – one for a second-half pick-six.
“It feels good,” Countryman said of winning another league title. “We’re not done yet. We want something bigger than a conference championship, but it feels good.”
Center Landin Friday agreed.
“We’re still trying to keep it rolling, get everything we want done,” Friday said.
Ceaton Pennewell led the MCHS rushing attack with 155 yards on 23 carries and two touchdowns.
The Monroe City Panthers celebrate another conference title.
Waylon DeGrave ran 11 times for 112 yards and scored three times – twice on the ground and once by air.
Cameron Jones added 60 yards on nine carries.
“He’d be the feature back for almost every other team in our conference,” Panthers head coach David Kirby said of Jones.
“That’s why this team is special. They understand it’s about the team. They could care less about accolades.”
Monroe City opened the game with a 10-play, 75-yard drive culminated by a seven-yard DeGrave touchdown. A two-point conversion attempt failed.
Clark County’s first possession ended with a Countryman interception at midfield and return to the Indians 27 yard line. Three plays later, DeGrave rushed for a 14-yard TD. The Panthers went up 14-0 on Reece Buhlig’s two-point run.
The Panthers pushed further ahead late in the second quarter.
Using the running recipe of DeGrave, Jones and Pennewell on nine straight plays, Buhlig then threw an incomplete pass. The Panthers went right back to the air with Buhlig connecting with DeGrave for a 31-yard TD. Pennewell ran for an additional two.
The Monroe City Panthers (left) line up against the Clark County Indians on Friday, Oct. 21.
Monroe City went 64 yards on seven plays to score on its first possession of the second half. Pennewell gave MCHS a 28-0 advantage with an eight-yard touchdown. A two-point conversion attempt was unsuccessful.
Pennewell capped an 11-play, 69-yard march late in the third quarter with a three-yard plunge. A try for two was no good.
The fourth quarter began with Countryman’s 56-yard interception return for a TD. A two-point run from Jones put the Panthers up 42-0.
Countryman has seven interceptions this season.
“Tonight was kind of funny. He had the two picks,” Kirby said. “On the second one, the play before that he looked over at coach (Eric) Murphy, his position coach and said, ‘coach, I’m going to pick this off and run it back for a touchdown.’
The scoreboard shows 22 Panthers points. MCHS went on to beat Clark County 50-0.
“I’ll be darned if he didn’t do it.”
Monroe City also added its final points via defense.
Sophomore reserve linebacker Gage Woolen picked up a Clark County fumble at midfield and returned it for a 50-yard touchdown. Freshman running back Keaton Jones scored an additional two.
The 2022 CCC championship is Monroe City’s fourth in Kirby’s 10 seasons as head coach.
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