Forney-Carthage DMN article

Forney starts fast, moves on with 52-22 win over Carthage

11:31 PM CST on Thursday, November 20, 2003

By MILENKO MARTINOVICH / Special Contributor to The Dallas Morning News

TYLER – Chance Corgan, who transferred from Plano in January, scored the game's first two touchdowns in less than two minutes to lead Forney (11-1) to a 52-22 win over Carthage in a Class 3A Division I Region II area-round playoff Thursday at Rose Stadium.

Forney, No. 2 in SportsDay's 3A-and-others area rankings and No. 5 in the Associated Press' state poll, meets Gainesville or Texarkana Liberty-Eylau next week.

Corgan's family moved to be closer to his father's work.

Corgan, who signed a national letter of intent to play baseball at Texas A&M, made an impact on the first play. Caleb Hanie faked a handoff, then found Corgan for a 58-yard touchdown pass.

Corgan scored three plays later on defense. The safety corralled a tipped pass and returned it 44 yards. He almost completed the trifecta on special teams but was pushed out of bounds at the Carthage 15 on a kickoff return.

Baylen Laury scored on the play after Corgan's return. It was the first of three consecutive first-half touchdowns. He finished with 250 yards and four touchdowns.

Forney - 52 Carthage - 22
Forney 28 14 7 3 -- 52
Carthage 6 0 8 8 -- 22
FOR - Chance Corgan 58 pass from Caleb Hanie (Collin Knowles kick)
FOR - Corgan 44 interception return (Knowles kick)
CTH - Jamon Edwards 16 run (kick failed)
FOR - Baylen Laury 15 run (Knowles kick)
FOR - Laury 14 run (Knowles kick)
FOR - Laury 27 run (Knowles kick)
FOR - Coy Davis 21 pass from Hanie (Knowles kick)
CTH - Edwards 36 run (Bryan Tatum pass from Derek Holson)
FOR - Laury 39 run (Knowles kick)
FOR - Knowles 28 FG
CTH - Edwards 1 run (Jacory Rayson run)
Statistic FOR CTH
First downs 21 14
Rushing yards 35-271 41-302
Passing yards 205 39
Comp-att-int 10-13-0 3-18-2
Punts-avg 1-30.0 4-25.8
Penalties-yards 6-35 5-37
Fumbles-lost 5-5 5-3
INDIVIDUAL LEADERS
Rushing – FOR: Baylen Laury 21-250, Chance Corgan 2-27, Sylvester Smith 3-11, Patrick Walker 1-(-4), Mekelle Webb 3-(-1), Caleb Hanie 4-(-12). CTH: Jamon Edwards 29-270, Karlidarius Beechum 9-32, Derek Holston 2-1, Bryan Tatum 1-(-1).
Passing – FOR: Caleb Hanie 10-13-0-205. CTH: Derek Holston 3-15-1-39, Javier Saucedo 0-1-0-0, Kerona Henderson 0-1-0-0, Bryan Tatum 0-1-0-0.
Receiving – FOR: Chance Corgan 2-78, Taylor Adams 3-57, Kelly Flanery 2-28, Tyler Johnson 2-21, Coy Davis 1-21. CTH: Tony Alonzo 1-30, Bryan Tatum 2-9.

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