Quick start pushes No. 2 South Medford past Scots

FOOTBALL PLAYOFFS – The Panthers take a 35-6 lead into halftime

By Kris Henry

The Gresham Outlook, Nov 14, 2008, Updated Oct 30, 2009

David Ball / The Outlook

David Douglas tacklers Dom McCallister and Jeff Gabriel bring down a Gresham runner earlier this season. The Scots fell 42-20 in Friday night's playoff game at No. 2-ranked South Medford.

MEDFORD – Second-ranked South Medford stormed out of the gate with three touchdowns inside the first nine minutes of play and never looked back en route to a 42-20 victory over David Douglas in the second round of the Class 6A football state playoffs.

Panthers quarterback Josh Milhollin connected with E.J. Singler on a 16-yarder and Mitch Singler on an 18 yarder to cap a pair of drives that lasted less than 75 seconds apiece to open the scoring.

Patrick Thibeault tacked on a 51-yard touchdown run with 3:11 to go in the first quarter to put South Medford (10-1) comfortably ahead 21-0 at Spiegelberg Stadium.

Greg Anderson’s 2-yard run for David Douglas (8-4) cut into the deficit 21-6, but Thibeault responded with a 37-yard touchdown run and Mitch Singler hauled in a 6-yard scoring strike from Milhollin to send South Medford into halftime with a 35-6 lead.

The Southwest Conference champions posted 314 yards of total offense by intermission, including 190 on the ground, and limited the Scots to only 84 yards of total offense even though they ran one less play than the Panthers.

Thibeault added a 4-yard TD run in the fourth quarter and finished with 223 yards rushing on 21 carries for the Panthers.

Dom McCallister paced the Scots with 113 yards rushing on 21 carries. His 10-yard touchdown run was the lone score in the third quarter. David Douglas senior Brian Teague made a sensational one-handed grab en route to a 17-yard touchdown to cap the scoring with 9:52 to play.

Mitch Singler finished with five receptions for 83 yards and two scores, while E.J. Singler hauled in three passes for 46 yards and a touchdown for South Medford.

Milhollin completed 13 of 20 passes for three touchdowns with one interception, while counterpart Tyler Maes was 6-for-15 passing for 51 yards, one TD and one interception.

Overall, the Panthers limited the Scots to 211 yards of total offense, with Austin Randall posting 10 tackles and Daniel Kinney adding eight to pace South Medford.

Kyle Almond had eight tackles and Owa Odighiquwa six to lead David Douglas, the No. 2 seed from the Mt. Hood Conference.

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