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Chamberlain and Wharton dance, comes with a past

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Chamberlain vs. Wharton

– Chamberlain leads the overall series 8-3.

– Wharton has won the last 2 of 3 meeting between Wharton and Chamberlain (2009 and 2011).

– Chamberlain has outscored Wharton 241-164 in their 11 meetings.

– Chamberlain had a 5 game winning streak going against Wharton, defeated the Wildcats each year between 2000 and 2004.

– The two teams have faced-off twice in the post season. Chamberlain winning both games in 2003 and 2004.

– There has only been one shutout. Chamberlain defeated Wharton 33-0 in 2004.

– Chamberlain has scored 30 or more points on the Wildcats during three different games. Wharton has never posted 30 or more points on Chamberlain.

– There has only been one overtime game in the series history and Wharton won (2011) 20 -17.

– 5 games have been decided by 7 or fewer points. 4 of those 5 games, Chamberlain won.

Last season, both teams relied heavy on the ground attack. Wharton posted 238 yards rushing, but the Chiefs slightly topped that with 276 yards of their own on the ground. Senior Darius Page was responsible for the majority of those rushing yards, with 156 on 22 carries and 3 rushing TDs. For CHS, junior Xavier Johnson was almost unstoppable. He finished the game with an amazing 32 carries, 258 yards and 2 rushing TDs.

Neither team set the city on fire passing. No reason when the running game is so successful. Wharton QB, Chase Litton completed 50% of his passes last year, 10 of 20 for 134 yards.

This year Wharton enters the game averaging 95 rushing yards per game, 235 passing yards per game and averaging 330 yards of total offense per game. The Wildcats have scored a total of 56 points, allowed 34 points and averaging 28 points per game.

The Chief have only played 1 game and have no stats registered on Maxpreps. In their solo win, Chamberlain scored 27 points and held their opponent to just 13 points.

2012 State Leaders
Passing
Chase Litton, Wharton 2014 QB – averaging 235 yards passing per game

Rushing
Jeff Keil, Wharton 2014 RB – averaging 43.5 yards rushing per game

Series since 2000
2000 Chamberlain 16-10
2001 Chamberlain 35-3
2002 Chamberlain 10-7
2003 Chamberlain 23-14
2004 Chamberlain 33-0
2005 No Game
2006 No Game
2007 Chamberlain 26-25 Playoffs
2008 Chamberlain 42-21 Playoffs
2009 Wharton 27-13
2010 Chamberlain 13-10
2011 Wharton 20-17 ot