Cascia Hall 35
Prague 0
Dec. 1, 2007

In their first semifinals appearance in 20 years, the Prague Red Devils suffered from a detrimental five turnovers and were swamped 35-0 by Tulsa Cascia Hall in the 2007 Class 2A state semis.

The Cascia Hall Commandos were 13-0 coming into the contest, and their first-team defense had surrendered only six points all year — two field goals to Davis in the game prior to meeting Prague. Cascia Hall went on to take the Class 2A crown in 2007.

“In the early go, we made a lot of mistakes,” said then Prague head coach Chuck Atchison. “I don’t know if we were overly excited in the first half, but you just can’t have a lot of turnovers, mistakes and a lack of execution against a team like that.”

Prague made ample threats throughout the night — being inside the Cascia Hall 20-yard line twice, and even inside the Commandos’ 5 on a couple of possessions.

“I think when we got down to the 2-yard line early and didn’t score that it took a lot of steam out of us,” Atchison said following the game. “We should have run the ball straight ahead but we missed a block. You have to give Cascia Hall’s defense a lot of credit.”

Jason Smith

A host of Red Devil defenders surrounds a Tulsa Cascia Hall ball carrier in the 2007 Class 2A state semifinals. Prague suffered a season-ending 35-0 loss.

Prague’s turnovers included three interceptions and two fumbles. One interception was returned 20 yards for a score.

Cascia Hall’s lone turnover was a fumble at its own 29 early in the first quarter.

The Commandos led 7-0 after one quarter, and 21-0 at halftime. Going into the final quarter, Cascia Hall was up 28-0.

The Red Devils prevailed in two offensive categories, ringing up 16 first downs to Cascia Hall’s 10, and accumulating 183 rushing yards to the Commandos’ 173. The Commandos, however, rolled out their rushing yards in just 26 plays, compared to 49 for the Red Devils. That translates to an average of 6.7 yards per carry for Cascia Hall, and 3.7 yards per carry for Prague.

The Commandos secured 128 passing yards as Sam Clancy was 4-for-5 with no interceptions. That’s an average of 32 yards per reception, and one of Clancy’s hook-ups was a 50-yard scoring toss to Price Pinkerton in the second quarter.

Pinkerton ended the night with three of Cascia Hall’s scores — the 50-yard reception, the interception return and a first-quarter 29-yard rushing TD.

Jason Smith

Prague's Drew Island is swarmed by Cascia Hall defenders during a punt return in the 2007 Class 2A state semifinals. Prague fell, 35-0.

Prague QB Dakota Harris threw for 114 yards while completing seven of 17 attempts. Harris was also the Devils’ leading rusher with 78 yards on 27 carries, and teammate Kyle Moore came away with 53 yards on eight rushes. Prague’s Kyle Warden finished with 49 yards on 13 totes.

Of Harris’s aerials, Ryan Behrnes caught two for a total of 55 yards, and Drew Island caught two for a total of 29 yards.

“I am very proud of our kids,” Atchison said after the game. “They have come further than anyone expected. They never gave up.”

Prague ended the 2007 season at 10-4.