SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2007-8

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, October 12, the Mustangs of South Western hosted the Panthers of Central York at the Mustang Corral and were defeated 42-13. L’Mar Calhoun and Joe Munchel each intercepted a pass and James English, Calhoun and Munchel each recovered a fumble for the Panthers, as turnovers dominated the game.

The Mustangs opened the game by going three and out and the Panthers launched a 4 play 62-yard drive, featuring a 35-yard run by Tly Schildt, that ended with a 10-yard touchdown run by Schildt. Alex Kelly kicked the extra point and the score was 7-0 in favor of the Panthers at the 8:34 mark in the first quarter.

The Mustangs and the Panthers then exchanged punts and the Mustangs started at their 9-yard line. James English recovered a Mustangs fumble and returned it 12-yards for a touchdown. Kelly’s extra point kick upped the score to 14-0 at the 3:53 point in the first quarter.

The Mustangs and the Panthers again exchanged punts and the Mustangs went from the Central York 49-yard line to the 41 on a pass from David Sager to Cody Mundorff. The first quarter came to an end and on the next play L’Mar Calhoun recovered a Mustangs fumble for the Panthers at their 36-yard line. A ten-play drive, featuring a 21-yard run by Ryan Wolf and a 22-yard run by T. J. Shaffer, ended with 1-yard touchdown plunge by Shaffer. The score was 20-0 at the 7:31 point of the second quarter.

The Mustangs drove from their 16-yard line to the 45, featuring a 5-yard pass to John Bingham and a 13-yard pass to Marty Kefauver from David Sager. Then Calhoun intercepted a Sager pass for the Panthers to end that drive. The Panthers ended up punting and the Mustangs were pinned at the 3-yard line. The Panthers recorded a safety when David Abror tackled Seth Barnes in the end zone, and the score went to 22-0 at the 2:30 point in the second quarter. The Panthers took the Mustangs kickoff to the Mustangs 45-yard line and a 4 play drive, featuring a 27-yard pass from Brandon Workinger to Parrish Fells, led to a 19-yard touchdown pass from Workinger to Nick Petry, upping the score to 28-0 at the 1:11 mark.

The Mustangs launched a 7 play 37-yard drive, featuring a 16-yard run by J. R. Mummert and a 9-yard pass from Sager to Drew Sneeringer. Joe Munchel intercepted a long Sager pass and the first half came to an end.

The Panthers opened the second half with a 4 play 80-yard drive, featuring a 20-yard run by Fells, and a 60-yard touchdown pass from Workinger to Ryan Wolf. Kelly’s extra point kick upped the score to 35-0 at the 10:03 point in the third quarter.

Karl Maynor returned the kickoff 72-yards for the Mustangs, but they turned the ball over on downs at the Panthers 21-yard line. An Andrew Sells sack of Workinger for the Mustangs forced a Panthers punt but Munchel recovered a Mustangs fumble for the Panthers. Shortly thereafter Fells ripped off a 43-yard touchdown jaunt and Kelly’s extra point kick upped the score to 42-0 at the 1:44 point in the third quarter.

Seth Barnes returned the Panthers kickoff 85-yards for a Mustangs touchdown at 1:26 in the third quarter, averting a shutout, and the score was 42-6. After a Panthers punt, the Mustangs launched a 7 play 47-yard touchdown drive, featuring a 7-yard run by Zac Scott, 2 and 4-yard runs by Mummert, and a 38-yard touchdown pass from Sager to Marty Kefauver. Zac Kruger’s extra point kick made the final score 42-13 in favor of the Panthers with 6 minutes to go in the game.

John Bingham led the Mustangs with 15 tackles, followed by Drew Sneeringer with 10 tackles. Then followed Duane Rowlette with 6, Adam Day, Corwyn Gordon, Josh Rummel and Andrew Sells with 5 each, Zach Hagerman, Brandon Nicastro and Derek Supel with 4 each, Jordan Gall and Blair Messinger with 3 each, Seth Barnes, Chris Helwig and Zac Scott with 2 each, and Dan Laird, Karl Maynor and Jake Myers with 1 tackle each. Sells had a sack, Barnes was credited with 2 pass defenses, and Duane Rowlette and Karl Maynor were each credited with a pass defense for the Mustangs.

Seth Barnes returned 1 punt for 5-yards and 4 kickoffs for 130-yards, with the longest going for 85-yards. Karl Maynor returned a kickoff for 72-yards and Chris Helwig returned a kickoff for 22-yards. Zac Kruger kicked off 4 times for 197-yards, including 1 touchback. Daryl Grubb punted 3 times for 109-yards for a 36.3-yard average, with the longest going for 37-yards, for the Mustangs.

John Bingham, Adam Day, Jordan Gall, Corwyn Gordon, Daryl Grubb, Zach Hagerman, Chris Helwig, Dan Laird, Blair Messinger, Josh Rummel, Zac Scott, Andrew Sells, Drew Sneeringer, Derek Supel and Wes Trostle manned the offensive and defensive line and linebacker positions. Seth Barnes, Karl Maynor, Cody Mundorff, Duane Rowlette, and Travis Scott patrolled the secondary for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs gained 58-yards rushing and 93-yards passing for 151-yards of offense. Seth Barnes led the Mustangs rushing attack with 28-yards, followed by J. R. Mummert with 22-yards, John Bingham with 7-yards, Zac Scott with 7-yards, and David Sager with minus 6-yards. Quarterback Sager completed 8 passes for 93-yards and a touchdown, 3 for 64-yards to Marty Kefauver (including his 38-yard touchdown), 1 for 9-yards to Drew Sneeringer, 1 for 8-yards to Cody Mundorff, 1 for 5-yards to Barnes, 1 for 5-yards to Bingham, and 1 for 2-yards to Chris Helwig, for the Mustangs. Seth Barnes has 443-yards rushing, 190-yards receiving, and 446-yards in kick returns, for a total of 1,099 all-purpose yards for the season for the Mustangs. Barnes leads the Mustangs in rushing yards and Marty Kefauver leads in receiving yards with 198.

The Central York Panthers gained 225-yards rushing and 151-yards passing for a total offense of 376-yards. Parrish Fells led the Panthers rushing attack with 89-yards (including his 43-yard touchdown), followed by Tly Schildt with 80-yards (including his 10-yard touchdown), T. J. Shaffer with 33-yards (including his 1-yard touchdown), Ryan Wolf with 21-yards, Aaron Plymire with 3-yards, Charles Anderson with 0-yards, and Brandon Workinger with minus 1-yard. Quarterback Workinger completed 9 passes for the 151-yards and 2 touchdowns, 2 for 90-yards to Wolf (including his 60-yard touchdown), 2 for 23-yards to Fells, 3 for 20-yards to Liggins, 1 for the 19-yard touchdown to Nick Petry, and 1 for minus 1-yard to Kyle Baublitz, for the Lions.

L’Mar Calhoun returned a kickoff for minus 2-yards and he returned 2 punts for 17-yards, with the longest going for 13-yards, for the Panthers. D. J. Harrison returned a kickoff for 21-yards and Blaine Liggins returned a kickoff for 20-yards for the Panthers. Alex Kelly punted 5 times for 200-yards, for a 40-yard average, and he kicked off 7 times for 368-yards, with the longest going for 58-yards, for the Panthers.

The 9-time Cavalcade of Bands Champions, Tournament of Bands Group IV Champion and US Scholastic Band Champion South Western Mustangs Marching Band put on a stirring post game show, entitled “City Symphonique: The Sights and Sounds of New York City.” The show featured opening themes depicting the “hustle and bustle” of the city, followed by “New York, New York,” “Wonderful Town,” “On Broadway,” and Lullaby on Broadway.” The Panthers Marching Band entertained at half time with a rousing performance. The Mustangs cheerleaders enthusiastically roused the faithful, especially in the third quarter when the JV and Junior high squads swelled the varsity ranks from 21 to 45 cheerleaders.

The Mustangs of South Western are 2-5-0 overall and 1-2-0 in York Area Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play.

Don Seidenstricker has a 168-69-1 (.709) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 309-187-8. The results of the 504 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .623 winning percentage and a .629 non-losing percentage.

Next week the Mustangs continue league play and host the Colonials of New Oxford, 3-4 overall, 0-3 YAIAA Division I. The Colonials are coming off of a 29-27 loss to the Lions of Red Lion. From here it looks like the Mustangs again have their work cut out for them but look to register another win in the Division. GO MUSTANGS GO.