Originally, I had planned on being at the Wilmington-Lakeview game last night, but because the professor, Ryan Briggs, determined in his previews on Thursday that West Middlesex-Farrell was the game of the week, I instead hightailed it to West Middlesex for the game. Professor Briggs' preview stated that it would be a battle of undefeated, state-ranked teams. Weather-wise, you could not have asked for better football weather, because the weather was perfect.
A pre-game chat with my former station manager Bob Greenburg revealed that Farrell lost senior Natoreus Atwood for the season with an ACL injury.
West Middlesex won the toss and deferred; so that meant Farrell would get the ball to start the game. And just 27 seconds in, the tone was set when Christian Lewis scored on a 42 yard run.
Farrell would score three more touchdowns in the first quarter (one by quarterback Kyi Wright from 1 yard out, Jourdan Townsend on a 23 yard pass from Wright, and Christian Lewis from 6 yards out), to make it 28-0 Farrell after one.
Townsend would score again in the second quarter, but the PAT failed. The halftime score was Farrell 34, West Middlesex 0.
A ho-hum third quarter ended with no change in the score.
Kyi Wright invoked the mercy clock in the fourth quarter when he scored from 42 yards out to make the final score Farrell 40, West Middlesex 0.
To be honest, West Middlesex had no offense and no answers for Farrell. The stat of the night was Farrell having two 100 yard rushers (Kyi Wright with 122, Christian Lewis with exactly 100). Christian Lewis was awarded the O'Neill Coffee Player of the Game t-shirt.
Next week I plan on being in Mercer for the Mercer-Union City game. Before the season started I saw a tweet from Tom Reisenweber of the Erie Times-News that he saw a bear in Mercer, with the hilarious reply from Professor Briggs that maybe Union City was scouting for Mercer.
Saturday, September 15, 2018
Sunday, September 2, 2018
Recap of Hickory-Sharon rivalry game
Friday night I found myself at Sharon Tiger Stadium for the rivalry matchup between the visiting Hickory Hornets and the homestanding Sharon Tigers. Both squads were coming off humiliating week 1 losses. You could not have asked for better weather for this game, because the weather was perfect.
Sharon won the coin toss and elected to receive, and less than 60 seconds in, it was 7-0 Sharon thanks to a C.J. Parchman 75 yard reception. He would later score another touchdown, this time from 20 yards out to make it 14-0 Sharon after one.
Hickory would get on the board in the second quarter when Michael Filardi scored from 7 yards out. But C.J. Parchman restored the two score lead with a pick 6. But Hickory answered with a touchdown on a fumble recovery by one of their offensive linemen. At the end of the first half, kicker Sam Scarton kicked what might be a new school record 51 yard field goal to cut the halftime deficit to 21-17.
Hayden Gallagher would score the only points of the third quarter when he bootlegged in from 3 yards out to give his Hornets their only lead of the night, 24-21.
But in the fourth, Jordan Wilson scored the winning touchdown when he ran in from 2 yards out. The PAT fell short, and that's how the game ended, with Sharon winning 27-24.
Sharon's Josh Tor was named the Player of the Game with his clinching sack to earn the t-shirt courtesy of O'Neill Coffee and Steve's Teez.
With two losses to start the season, Hornets head coach Bill Brest needs to make some tactical changes for their next game. I still suggest that he put in a different sophomore player in for each play, which is similar to what one Joseph Vincent Paterno did against Miami in 1967. Coach Brest, could you pretty please take this suggestion from one of your former students and a personal friend of yours as a favor for him?
Sharon won the coin toss and elected to receive, and less than 60 seconds in, it was 7-0 Sharon thanks to a C.J. Parchman 75 yard reception. He would later score another touchdown, this time from 20 yards out to make it 14-0 Sharon after one.
Hickory would get on the board in the second quarter when Michael Filardi scored from 7 yards out. But C.J. Parchman restored the two score lead with a pick 6. But Hickory answered with a touchdown on a fumble recovery by one of their offensive linemen. At the end of the first half, kicker Sam Scarton kicked what might be a new school record 51 yard field goal to cut the halftime deficit to 21-17.
Hayden Gallagher would score the only points of the third quarter when he bootlegged in from 3 yards out to give his Hornets their only lead of the night, 24-21.
But in the fourth, Jordan Wilson scored the winning touchdown when he ran in from 2 yards out. The PAT fell short, and that's how the game ended, with Sharon winning 27-24.
Sharon's Josh Tor was named the Player of the Game with his clinching sack to earn the t-shirt courtesy of O'Neill Coffee and Steve's Teez.
With two losses to start the season, Hornets head coach Bill Brest needs to make some tactical changes for their next game. I still suggest that he put in a different sophomore player in for each play, which is similar to what one Joseph Vincent Paterno did against Miami in 1967. Coach Brest, could you pretty please take this suggestion from one of your former students and a personal friend of yours as a favor for him?
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