'Skins took opening kickoff and had a very nice 70 yard or so drive that was capped off by Mason Jones' 15 yard TD toss to Zach Tredway (it was a six-minute plus effort as most of the gains were short yardage). The PAT was then blocked.
FINAL: Neshaminy 16 - Pennsbury 14
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Second session underway and Pennsbury had ball inside Neshaminy's territory (after starting around their 30 -- Falcons time of possession not much so far). Forced to punt after a last series went sideways. With 9:40 to go in 2nd Redskins take over at their 25.
Mason Jones finished of a nice 'Skins drive on a fourth and goal to go at the Falcons' two yard line. Will Diogba did the heavy lifting to get the ball to that spot.
Pennsbury finally comes alive with a quick drive for the score. Alley hit Snyder for a nice gain with Alley then having two nice runs.
One minute and twenty nine seconds left and 'Skins start at their 30.
One minute and twenty nine seconds left and 'Skins start at their 30.
Dogba just ripped of a 50 yarder to take it to Pennsbury's 25. He went off with a slight limp - hope it's nothing.
Clock shows 38 seconds remaining.
Clock shows 38 seconds remaining.
Jones takes it to the 2 and on the next shot 'Skins called for a hold and the ball goes back to the 17.
With 14 seconds on clock 'Skins call TO. Pass to endzone and Tredway is picked off by Pennsbury. Falcons then take a knee and they all head to locker room for the break.
Wasted drive and no points after getting right there.
With 14 seconds on clock 'Skins call TO. Pass to endzone and Tredway is picked off by Pennsbury. Falcons then take a knee and they all head to locker room for the break.
Wasted drive and no points after getting right there.
Dumb play call. Horrible throw. At no point was the receiver remotely open. Pennsbury gets the ball the second half. Dogba is gimpy.
The game is streamed and I agree on that last throw (it was weak and not clear where it was going). And Dogba looks like he twisted his ankle on that last long run he had (hope he's back as he must be solidly over a hundred yards in the first half).
Neshaminy has squandered opportunities (Jones looked like he was going in on that last drive before somebody got a hand on him).
Pennsbury looked very lackluster until that last quick drive they had just before the half (the pass to Snyder kinda opened them up and then Alley rolled out clean on two nice efforts -- I don't think Neshaminy saw either one as they were caught flat-footed both times).
Neshaminy has squandered opportunities (Jones looked like he was going in on that last drive before somebody got a hand on him).
Pennsbury looked very lackluster until that last quick drive they had just before the half (the pass to Snyder kinda opened them up and then Alley rolled out clean on two nice efforts -- I don't think Neshaminy saw either one as they were caught flat-footed both times).
We're about four minutes into the third-quarter and it's still 13-7. Pennsbury's first drive didn't go far and then after the punt Neshaminy started their possession off with a big run by Dogba but they then stalled out and punted. It then looked like the Falcon deep man fumbled the catch with a Redskin falling on it. Flags flew and the refs took ten minutes (it seemed) to figure it out as Neshaminy was hit with a Personal Foul and it wasn't a fumble. Pennsbury then started at Neshaminy's 45.
13-7. Ref 5 yards from mishandled punt just blew the call. Then calls a personal foul on Neshaminy instead of offsetting. Then walks then penalty off 9 yards from where the scuffle occurred.
Home field advantage.
Home field advantage.
'Skins drive it down to 15 and stall with Dylan McDonald booting a nice three pointer from that spot. Kickoff out of bounds so Falcons start at their 35 with a minute left in the third.
'Skins stifled the Falcons offense and forced another punt. And then with the teams changing sides it's Neshaminy with the ball at their 35.
'Skins called for movement and three and out. After the punt the Falcons start at mid-field with about six minutes on the clock.
Falcons score with 3:32 on the clock. PAT is good and it's 16-14.
Pennsbury did not onsides and after the kick they start at their 20.
First play and holding call puts them back to their ten.
Pennsbury did not onsides and after the kick they start at their 20.
First play and holding call puts them back to their ten.
Pennsbury calls TO with two minutes on clock and it's third and five after two plays picked up 15 of the 20 yards Neshaminy needs for the first. Usual call to Dogba gets a yard so they'll have to punt (a first would have probably sealed it). Neshaminy punting from the 25 with Spingler at the ten. A nice punt puts the ball to Pennsburyt at their own 39. They have no TOs.
Pennsbury reached the Neshaminy 34 but got jammed up and can't convert as the 'Skins pick off Alley's desperation pass on a fourth and long. Jones then takes a knee and that's the ball game as Neshaminy takes it, 16-14.
Great game but I have to say that Neshaminy could have won this more easily. It seemed that the line of scrimmage was controlled by the Redskins. Dogba did a great job and Jones picked up some good yards on the ground. Neshaminy's passing game was certainly in the background.
At 7-3 you look back and you realize that Langhorne "had" North Penn on the ropes and let it slip away in that 22-17 loss last week. Then you think back to the 20-14 loss to Downingtown West that looked like they should have won several times in the second half and an 8-2 or 9-1 season was within reach. The outlier was Pennridge and what just was like a let down or something (yes, it was rainy and windy but the Rams had the same conditions).
Anyway, sounds like sour grapes and all but just thinking ...
In the meantime, it's time for the second season. Congrats to all the teams that are in -- and good luck too.
Go 'Skins!
Great game but I have to say that Neshaminy could have won this more easily. It seemed that the line of scrimmage was controlled by the Redskins. Dogba did a great job and Jones picked up some good yards on the ground. Neshaminy's passing game was certainly in the background.
At 7-3 you look back and you realize that Langhorne "had" North Penn on the ropes and let it slip away in that 22-17 loss last week. Then you think back to the 20-14 loss to Downingtown West that looked like they should have won several times in the second half and an 8-2 or 9-1 season was within reach. The outlier was Pennridge and what just was like a let down or something (yes, it was rainy and windy but the Rams had the same conditions).
Anyway, sounds like sour grapes and all but just thinking ...
In the meantime, it's time for the second season. Congrats to all the teams that are in -- and good luck too.
Go 'Skins!
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Agree, the Skins should have won this by two TDs. I think keeping Dogba in there as much as they did actually hurt them. He was running on one leg. This team has a lot of Juniors. Hopefully some of them are linemen. They should be good next year. Wilmot has them headed in the right direction.
Great game by Neshaminy! You guys should be proud of the team's effort tonight. They outplayed Pennsbury.
Skinner my friend, I know you always do the "what if". CR-South could have beat Neshaminy so it works both ways. If the Skins don't convert that 4th and 11 South wins the game. Be happy your team is in, they deserve it!
Skinner my friend, I know you always do the "what if". CR-South could have beat Neshaminy so it works both ways. If the Skins don't convert that 4th and 11 South wins the game. Be happy your team is in, they deserve it!
Thanks guys! It was great to read the write ups here in the woods along the Mason Dixon line. Go Skins!
The big question is, do they make the cut? Does someone else have to lose?
The big question is, do they make the cut? Does someone else have to lose?
Relayer -
You're right about CR South. In fact, right after I finished typing my last post I thought of the Golden Hawks and that two-point win. Yea - that coulda gone the other way. They're a tough squad and that was a quality win for Langhorne. Of course, I didn't want to consider anything other than maybe another one or two wins being within a whisker.
You're right about CR South. In fact, right after I finished typing my last post I thought of the Golden Hawks and that two-point win. Yea - that coulda gone the other way. They're a tough squad and that was a quality win for Langhorne. Of course, I didn't want to consider anything other than maybe another one or two wins being within a whisker.
Iron M -
I understand they're in with the points they picked up. Probably somewhere in that last four.
The 'Skins really looked like the better team all the way through. Pennsbury had their moments but they didn't play a full forty-eight minutes. Oddly too was that their defense wasn't swarming to the ball past the line of scrimmage. Quite frankly a couple of shoestring tackles prevented a much wider spread in the final score.
Offensively Neshaminy picked up the lion's share of its yards on the ground. Dogba had two hundred yaeds and I'd think Jones had fifty -- he lost some on a few sacks too I'm sure. Can't say that the passing game lit it up although there were a few that counted.
Most impressive was Neshaminy's line. They opened some solid holes for Dogba and defensively they clogged it up. Yalarti was leaning all over Alley too.
I understand they're in with the points they picked up. Probably somewhere in that last four.
The 'Skins really looked like the better team all the way through. Pennsbury had their moments but they didn't play a full forty-eight minutes. Oddly too was that their defense wasn't swarming to the ball past the line of scrimmage. Quite frankly a couple of shoestring tackles prevented a much wider spread in the final score.
Offensively Neshaminy picked up the lion's share of its yards on the ground. Dogba had two hundred yaeds and I'd think Jones had fifty -- he lost some on a few sacks too I'm sure. Can't say that the passing game lit it up although there were a few that counted.
Most impressive was Neshaminy's line. They opened some solid holes for Dogba and defensively they clogged it up. Yalarti was leaning all over Alley too.
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First off........ROLL TRIBE!
Heck of a win and good seeing them play the way some early projections had them playing. They were Road Warriors this year (5-1) with the narrow loss at NP. And losses to DWest and Rams while disappointing are nothing to be ashamed of, both being great programs through the years. Thought they really screwed it up end of 1st half Skinner Man but wow, they were really blowing some holes weren't they!
IronMarshal, where they heck is up in the woods along the MD Line?
Heck of a win and good seeing them play the way some early projections had them playing. They were Road Warriors this year (5-1) with the narrow loss at NP. And losses to DWest and Rams while disappointing are nothing to be ashamed of, both being great programs through the years. Thought they really screwed it up end of 1st half Skinner Man but wow, they were really blowing some holes weren't they!
IronMarshal, where they heck is up in the woods along the MD Line?
Marshal and Mole-
Good news for Skins is Pennsbury COULD be down for foreseeable future as rumor is Snyder will be done after season. Also, losses of Alley, Snyder, Hose, Daly etc and JV and freshmen teams really really struggled with few notabales....This COULD be the turning of the tide for a good while....
Good news for Skins is Pennsbury COULD be down for foreseeable future as rumor is Snyder will be done after season. Also, losses of Alley, Snyder, Hose, Daly etc and JV and freshmen teams really really struggled with few notabales....This COULD be the turning of the tide for a good while....
Or ... maybe Snyder getting out of the way opens up the offense to use all of its tools. Snyder passed a lot more than usual last night, but at that point it's too late. They really don't know how.
Well, I'd think Pennsbury has plenty of talent - even in down years - and then you'd also think that there'd be capable coaches who'd step up for that position - if it became available. And Snyder has won a bunch of games while he's been there, regardless of anything else.
Coach is one of the winningest coaches in the area despite some idiots on the board ripping him in the past for no known reason; obviously a personal agenda of some sort. I don't know the man except that he has a 114-47 won-loss since arriving in 2002 and 48-14 the last five. The nerve!
Doesn't having the largest student body in the SOL put him around .500 by default each season? Snyder is a winning coach. Just saying he's cost them some games too. If that makes me an idiot so be it.
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Stalk, Ivwas at BSA Camp Horshoe which lies on the Mason Dixon Line. About a quarter of the camp is in Pa the rest in Maryland. I am glad tgat Relayer an Moleskinner were able to keep me plugged in.
Ok IronMarshal thanks. I have a bunch of hick-billly relations living large in southern PA in the Blue Ridge, roughly 10 miles above the MD spread all along AT from PA to GA and was curious. Looked up the BSA Camp Horseshoe to find a number of vids and see what the deal is. Very cool Iron Man, very cool work indeed on your part.