A tale of two halves in this game. West started much like last week, three huge mistakes gave South two easy TDs early in the game. The difference this week was that West was the better team, and were able to dig themselves out by halftime then played some keep-away in the second half, pounding the ball down the field. West's first drive of the game stalled, and the punter went after the low snap, knee into the turf... play dead at that spot, short field for South. Threw a short fade down the sideline with a busted coverage of some sort... then punched it in from inside the 5. West answered right away with a nice drive led by the right HB Cherubini, who ran for 81 yards. West got a stop on D then Ganz Cooper threw a bad pick 6 and South took the lead again. From there, South had their one complete offensive drive of the night, then West responded with a great drive right before the half, big plays from the FB Mancini who ran for 127 and a pass to TE Goldrick. West up 21-20 at half, South missed an XP.
In the second half the West defense rose to the occasion, LBs Goldrick and Mancini seemed much better this week, Goldrick seemed to be running all over the field but eventually went down with cramps and was out of the game for a drive or so. Offensively, the West o-line started to exert their will on South, Eli Boehm got going (115 yards) and they seemed to suck the energy out of South. West ran 4-5 QB sneaks on short yardage and converted each one easily. South was packing the box and bringing everyone downhill but it wasn't helping. West scored to go up by 8 and South only had one good drive after that which ended in a fumble. (At the time, Goldrick was out with cramping, and at one point so was Mancini so South had a great opportunity)
Takeaways:
1. Ganz Cooper only completed 3 passes and threw the pick six. Two of the passes were to the TE Goldrick and one play action to Cherubini that was wide open and slightly underthrown. Threw a few good deep balls that were defended well but seemed to be on the money. Need to get more from him to get people out of the box.
2. Even with not much of a passing attack, West ran for 333 and controlled the line of scrimmage all game. Look for the West O-line to get better each week.
3. West outgained South by around 160 yards
4. West gets Senior Trot Lare back next week from suspension. One of their best players, experienced and very fast. Will be a big boost especially defensively.
5. South was QB by committee and neither ever got going. You hold South's potent passing attack to 121 yards and you're going to be in good shape.
6. West defense was much improved this week, obviously the competition wasn't the same level, but they seemed to execute much better and got a good game and big sack from Goldrick, good D-line play (Collin Newman), secondary was solid after the one blown play (without their best DB)
7. McFadden continued to be a threat but was well defended on a couple of deep balls, one which seemed to be right in his hands but then broken up by the corner. If he gets going with Cooper, West becomes a very difficult team to defend.
8. West will probably have a game this year that all three backs rush for 100 yards. Cherubini had a big play early in the game where he didn't appear to be down but it was blown dead... or they would have this week. Add in his catch and the backfield produced: 127 Mancini, 115 Boehm and 112 Cherubini.
9. South had a D-lineman ejected late in the game for throwing punches at the West center. West line was finishing blocks 10-15 yards down the field, especially in the second half, and South became increasingly frustrated as the night wore on.
West has now won 3 in a row over South, 5 straight over their sister schools. Abington next week.
In the second half the West defense rose to the occasion, LBs Goldrick and Mancini seemed much better this week, Goldrick seemed to be running all over the field but eventually went down with cramps and was out of the game for a drive or so. Offensively, the West o-line started to exert their will on South, Eli Boehm got going (115 yards) and they seemed to suck the energy out of South. West ran 4-5 QB sneaks on short yardage and converted each one easily. South was packing the box and bringing everyone downhill but it wasn't helping. West scored to go up by 8 and South only had one good drive after that which ended in a fumble. (At the time, Goldrick was out with cramping, and at one point so was Mancini so South had a great opportunity)
Takeaways:
1. Ganz Cooper only completed 3 passes and threw the pick six. Two of the passes were to the TE Goldrick and one play action to Cherubini that was wide open and slightly underthrown. Threw a few good deep balls that were defended well but seemed to be on the money. Need to get more from him to get people out of the box.
2. Even with not much of a passing attack, West ran for 333 and controlled the line of scrimmage all game. Look for the West O-line to get better each week.
3. West outgained South by around 160 yards
4. West gets Senior Trot Lare back next week from suspension. One of their best players, experienced and very fast. Will be a big boost especially defensively.
5. South was QB by committee and neither ever got going. You hold South's potent passing attack to 121 yards and you're going to be in good shape.
6. West defense was much improved this week, obviously the competition wasn't the same level, but they seemed to execute much better and got a good game and big sack from Goldrick, good D-line play (Collin Newman), secondary was solid after the one blown play (without their best DB)
7. McFadden continued to be a threat but was well defended on a couple of deep balls, one which seemed to be right in his hands but then broken up by the corner. If he gets going with Cooper, West becomes a very difficult team to defend.
8. West will probably have a game this year that all three backs rush for 100 yards. Cherubini had a big play early in the game where he didn't appear to be down but it was blown dead... or they would have this week. Add in his catch and the backfield produced: 127 Mancini, 115 Boehm and 112 Cherubini.
9. South had a D-lineman ejected late in the game for throwing punches at the West center. West line was finishing blocks 10-15 yards down the field, especially in the second half, and South became increasingly frustrated as the night wore on.
West has now won 3 in a row over South, 5 straight over their sister schools. Abington next week.
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