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Glenpool falls to OKC Star Spencer

Glenpool running back Marco Nelson carries the ball against Star Spencer on Friday. He finished with 144 yards on 28 carries. RIP STELL/For the Tulsa World

By MATT BAKER World Sports Writer
Published: 11/6/2009 11:21 PM
Last Modified: 11/7/2009 12:13 AM

GLENPOOL — For the first nine weeks of the season, Glenpool used a powerful ground game to dominate opponents.

Friday night, OKC Star Spencer’s tailback tandem turned Glenpool powerless.

Darwin Rideau and Terrance Olds combined for 245 rushing yards and four touchdowns, handing the top-ranked Warriors a 34-20 loss at the Chaffin Sports Complex.

Glenpool’s defeat gives Star Spencer the District 4A-2 title and snaps a 23-game winning streak for the defending state champion Warriors (9-1, 6-1).

“They were better prepared than us,” Glenpool coach Steve Edwards said. “They played better than us, and they deserved to win.”

Although Rideau has attracted attention from Oklahoma, Ohio State and Oklahoma State, Friday’s tailback duel started as a battle between Olds and Glenpool star Marco Nelson.

Olds had 119 yards in the first half, including a 70-yard TD romp in the second quarter to give the Bobcats a 14-0 lead. Olds, a senior, finished with 167 yards and two touchdowns on just 11 carries for Star Spencer (8-2, 7-0).

“We didn’t take care of the line of scrimmage defensively,” Edwards said. “That’s what really hurt us. Their backs were able to get loose and get going.”

Nelson answered for Glenpool, racking up all 68 of the Warriors’ yards on the next possession. The Tulsa commit kept the drive alive with an 18-yard catch on fourth-and-10, and his 6-yard touchdown run cut the lead to 14-7.

Nelson accounted for all but six of Glenpool’s first-half yards and finished with

144 yards on 28 carries.

“We weren’t executing our plays,” Nelson said. “Little stuff hurt us.”

Rideau took over in the second half. After a 5-yard touchdown run by Glenpool quarterback Derek Allen cut the Bobcats’ lead to 22-14 with six minutes left, Rideau returned the ensuing kickoff 55 yards.

On the next play, Olds rumbled 43 yards for a score. Rideau put the game out of reach minutes later after the second of Allen’s three interceptions.

Rideau ran into a wall of Glenpool defenders, turned around and tossed the ball back to quarterback Franky Jamison, who scrambled 8 yards into the end zone to put the game out of reach.

“That was kind of just a made-up play we did,” Rideau said.

Edwards said Glenpool’s loss shows the Warriors plenty of things to improve heading into the playoffs – including a defense that allowed a season-high 34 points – 14 more than the Warriors had allowed the last four weeks combined.

Nelson was confident Glenpool will rebound.

“We’ll see them in the championship,” Nelson said. “I know that.”

By MATT BAKER World Sports Writer

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