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Episcopal’s David Olinde (14) gets hemmed up on the stop by Country Day’s Curtis McAllister (14), Colin Snyder (18) and Brent Schwing (2), Friday, September 20, 2024, at Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge, La. STAFF PHOTO BY HILARY SCHEINUK Country Day’s Curtis McAllister (14) is stopped by Episcopal’s Taj Callahan (22) on the return, Friday, September 20, 2024, at Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge, La. STAFF PHOTO BY HILARY SCHEINUK Episcopal’s Nathan Sanchez (6) runs the ball to the end zone for the touchdown against Country Day, Friday, September 20, 2024, at Episcopal High School in Baton Rouge, La.
STAFF PHOTO BY HILARY SCHEINUK Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save Seniors Reid Chauvin and Nathan Sanchez combined to score five touchdowns to power Episcopal to a 51-3 victory over Country Day o Friday night at Episcopal. Episcopal (3-0) dominated the rushing statistics. The Knights rushed 24 times for 355 yards.
Country Day (1-2) rushed for 24 yards on 23 carries. Chauvin gained 158 yards on eight carries and scored on runs of 25, 55 and 55 yards. Sanchez scored runs of 28 and 20 yards and gained 53 yards on four carries.
"We did a lot of traps and counters with our running game," Episcopal coach Travis Bourgeois said. "We noticed their defense was rotating to our motion. We know a lot of defenses concentrate on stopping Chauvin, so we spread the ball around.
We executed really well in the first half. We have 19 seniors and want to get better every week. We start district next week.
East Feliciana is coming to town, and we've got to get ready to defend our turf." "We just couldn't slow down Episcopal's running game," Country Day coach Christopher Chetta said. "Offensively we couldn't do anything tonight.
We needed to run the ball to have a chance. Episcopal is a good team. We dressed out just 31 kids tonight.
We need to learn from this and get better." Country Day was limited to four first downs and 104 yards of total offense. The Cajuns did get a 42-yard field goal from Noah Kaplan with 9:50 left in the second quarter that cut the Knights' lead to 14-3.
Episcopal scored 21 points in the second quarter to lead 35-3 at halftime. Episcopal won the turnover margin 4-1. Country Day was 4-of-18 passing with three interceptions.
Making interceptions for the Knights were Brody Bailey, K'Ron Bernard and Brandon Kong. Bernard also recovered a fumble in the third quarter. "Brody Bailey plays center field for us in baseball, and we have a lot of confidence in him securing the football," Bourgeois said.
"He's our punt returner, and he does a good job of finding the football as a defender." Episcopal had two one-play and two two-play scoring drives in the first half. Episcopal's rush forced a short punt that set up the first touchdown.
Chauvin rushed twice for 3 and 25 yards for a 7-0 lead with 4:59 left in the first quarter. Country Day didn't initially field the ensuing the kickoff but fell on the ball at the 3-yard line. The Cajuns were held to no gain on three plays and were forced to punt.
Sanchez then had his 28-yard TD run for a 14-0 lead with 2:52 left in the first quarter. Bailey's second-quarter interception set up an 82-yard TD run by David Olinde on the next play. Episcopal's other quick score covered 59 yards in two plays.
Chauvin's 55-yard run made it 28-3 with 6:44 left in the first half. Michael Kelleher added a 1-yard run and Aiden Bradford a 2-point conversion run to complete the scoring for the Knights with 10:03 remaining..
