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Stats Review: Big Plays, Defense Impressive in Batavia's Big Win Over Glenbard North

Here's a look at some of the stats, courtesy of Coach Dennis Piron.

There's an appendix to Jim Bouton's baseball book Ball Four that's titled, "Tell Your Statistics to Shut Up."

This week, Batavia's varsity football stats speak loud and clear about the Saturday-night classic 29-26 victory over Glenbard North at Bulldog Stadium.

You know the story by now. Down 12-7 at the half, 22-point third quarter, holding off a fourth-quarter charge by the Panthers, including an onside kick recovery that made things way too exciting at the end.

Some key stats?


Rushing


  • Micah Coffey — 36 yards, 5 carries, 7.2 yards-per-carry average
  • Anthony Scaccia — 87 yards, 19 carries, 4.58-yard average

Passing/Receiving


  • Micah Coffey — 10-of-23, 126 yards, 2 TDs, 2 INTs
  • Michael Moffatt — 4 catches, 63 yards (longest 45 yards)

Defense


  • Anthony Thielk — 11 tackles, 5 assists
  • Donovan Kilker — 8 tackles, 6 assists
  • Brandon Dean — 7 tackes, 2 assists
  • Noah Frazier — 8 tackles, 6 assists, 3 sacks



Special Teams


  • Anthony Scaccia — 2 kickoff returns, 77 yards
  • Tucker Knox — 2 punts, 85 yards



The Bulldogs move up from 18th to 12th on the Tribune's list of top 20 teams.

Next week, it doesn't get a lot easier: Batavia goes up against Richards.



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