Shattuck 46
Maud 0
Nov. 19, 2010

It may have been a loss, but last year’s 46-0 romp of Maud by Shattuck was still a milestone for head coach Bruce Harrell and the Tigers.

It was the first time since Maud became an eight-man crew — in 2005 — that the Tigers tasted the second round of the postseason. The District C-4 Tigers overcame their old nemesis in District C-3 with a 46-40 squeaker of Medford in the first round of the 2010 playoffs.

A longtime C-4 power, Maud had always hit a speed bump when facing C-3 opponents. It was often Covington-Douglas that unraveled the Tigers’ plans to reach the pinnacle.

Maud was 1-5 at home against C-3 foes prior to hosting Medford in 2010. The game was tied at 40 with less than 1:30 left to play, and Maud made the most of Medford’s second punt of the night. Good field position became better field position with a late-hit penalty on the Tigers’ return, and despite losing 5 yards on a false start, Maud effected the 46-40 final in just two plays.

“We were able to turn the game into a dogfight,” Harrell said of the win over Medford. “We knew that if we could just get a couple of stops against them, we might come out top.”

It was now on to face the Shattuck Indians, forever a dominant force in Class C football. But the fact still remained that Maud had finally lifted the District C-3 curse — and the first-round curse — that had plagued the Tigers for so long.

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Maud's Nick Simons (24) and Chaz Moody swarm a Shattuck ball carrier in the second round of the 2010 Class C playoffs. Shattuck won, 46-0, and the Indians went on to be the 2010 Class C runners-up.

Shattuck, the eventual 2010 Class C runner-up, scored on every possession in the 2010 second-round game, and the Indians needed just 27 minutes and 58 seconds to ring up the mercy-rule win over Maud. The game was stopped with 8:02 remaining in the third quarter.

In a little twist of fate, it was Covington-Douglas that Shattuck later defeated to advance to the title game.

Against Maud, the Indians rang up 314 yards on 26 rushes. Their only pass play of the night, from Kadyn Schick to brother Kelby Schick, netted a 30-yard touchdown.
The halftime score was 40-0.

Maud was held to just 103 total yards of offense, including 67 on 27 rushes. Harrell credited Shattuck with having a tenacious defense.

“You can’t trick them,” he said. “They did a great job.”

Despite the low offensive output, Maud quarterback Shane Bailey — a senior at the time — was able to run himself into the Maud record books. His 51 rushing yards opposite Shattuck put Bailey’s single-season rushing total at 1,665; a full 6 yards over the previous record.

“We turned him loose this year. He’s a great player,” Harrell said of Bailey.

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Maud quarterback Shane Bailey moves the ball against Shattuck in the second round of the 2010 Class C postseason.

Prior to the second-round game, Bailey had already established the Maud eight-man career rushing record with more than 3,300 yards. Against Shattuck, he passed for 38 yards with a 3-for-8 effort that included one interception. It was the only turnover of the night.

Maud ended its 2009 season at a perfect 10-0, but the Tigers were downed in that year’s postseason first round by Covington-Douglas, 34-14. The Tigers were 9-1 coming into their first-round playoff game against Medford in 2010, but they were holders of an impressive 37-game district winning streak.

The Tigers upped that streak to 38 by hammering Claremore Christian 49-0 Sept. 9.

Note: Brian King and Keven Scrutchins contributed to this report.