SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2010-3

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Thursday evening, September 9, the Mustangs of South Western visited the Mid-Penn Keystone Division Colts of Cedar Cliff at West Shore Stadium and were defeated 37-14. The quarterback duo of Tim Kelly and Tyler Orris for the Colts was virtually unstoppable. They alternated series without missing a beat and both of them put on a display of precision passing.

The Colts drove 77-yards in 11 plays, featuring Kelly’s 5 completions for 46-yards. Kelly topped off the drive with a 13-yard touchdown run. His extra point kick put the Colts up 7-0 at 7:28 in the first quarter.

Mike Felton returned the kickoff 41-yards to the 47-yard line for the Mustangs. They drove to the Colts 21-yard line in 9 plays, featuring a 15-yard run by Felton and some nice runs by Jeff Hacker, only to give up the ball when Joel Chapman intercepted a Jesse Good pass for the Colts.

The Colts drove 72-yards in 8 plays, ending with Orris throwing a 19-yard touchdown pass to Nol Aru. Kelly kicked the extra point and the Colts went up 14-0 at 11:50 in the second quarter.

The Mustangs went three and out, gaining 14-yards but losing 10-yards on two penalties, and punted. The Colts then drove 60-yards in 6 plays, featuring a 33-yard pass from Kelly to Ryan Smith, and ending with a 15-yard touchdown pass to Aru. Kelly’s extra point kick upped the score to 21-0 at 7:59 in the second quarter.

After an exchange of punts, the Mustangs came alive and started on the Colts 36-yard line after a 26-yard punt return by Felton. Six plays later Jeff Hacker sprinted 11-yards for a touchdown and Felton kicked the extra point, for a score of 21-7 with 1:24 left in the half.

The Mustangs opened the second half with a three and out but Ryan Sexton recovered the punt after it hit a Colts player. Joel Chapman soon returned the favor by recovering a Mustangs fumble at the Colts 23-yard line. With Orris at the helm, the Colts drove 77-yards in 10 plays to the Mustangs 28-yard line. Kelly kicked a 39-yard field goal to put the Colts ahead 24-7 with 3:13 left in the third quarter.

With Kelly at the helm, the Colts drove 52-yards in six plays, ending in Kelly’s 13-yard touchdown pass to Smith. The extra point kick was no good and the score went to 30-7 with 11:13 left in the game.

The Mustangs then drove 71-yards in two plays, a 22-yard run by quarterback Jesse Good and a 49-yard touchdown jaunt by Felton. Felton’s extra point kick put the score at 30-14 with 10:25 left in the game.

With Orris at the helm, the Colts drove 56-yards in 10 plays, ending with a 3-yard touchdown plunge by Xavier Baney. Matt Funk recorded a sack for a 6-yard loss, for the Mustangs, but that didn’t stop the drive. Kelly’s extra point kick closed out the scoring at 37-14 with 5:13 left in the game.

Felton kicked off 4 times for 205-yards, with the longest going for 59-yards, and punted 3 times for 79-yards (for an average of 26.33-yards), with the longest going for 37-yards. Jeff Hacker punted 2 times for 81-yards, with the longest going for 48-yards, for the Mustangs. Felton returned 6 kickoffs for 143-yards, with the longest going for 41, yards, and 1 punt for 26-yards for the Mustangs.

Mike Felton, who had 15 tackles and 3 pass defenses for the night, led the Mustangs defense, followed by Jake Shaffer with 11 tackles, 2 pass hurries and 2 pass defenses, Ryan Sexton with 10 tackles and a fumble recovery, Cody Kephart with 10 tackles, a pass hurry and a pass defense, Matt Funk with 9 tackles and a sack, Keith Pappas with 9 tackles, Carnie Fryfogle with 6 tackles and a pass hurry, Aaron Bosley, Mike Pugh and Leonard Sturgis with 5 tackles each, Brandon Krise with 4 tackles and a pass defense, Brady Conroy, Casey Froehlich, and Jeff Hacker with 3 tackles each, and Marty Deal and Rich Delea with 1 tackle each.

Aaron Bosley, Brady Conroy, Carnie Fryfogle, Matt Funk, Josh Hertz, Jeff Hacker, Cody Kephart, Keith Pappas, Ryan Sexton, Jake Shaffer, and Leonard Sturgis, manned the offensive and defensive line and linebacker positions. Marty Deal, Mike Felton, and Mike Pugh, patrolled the secondary, with help from Casey Froehlich, for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs gained 218-yards rushing and 10-yards passing for a total of 228-yards of offense. Quarterback Jesse Good completed 1 of 9 passes to Mike Felton for the 10-yards. Mike Felton led the Mustangs rushing attack with his 10 carries for 96-yards (including a 49-yard touchdown), followed by Jeff Hacker with 11 carries for 60-yards, Ryan Sexton with 7 carries for 29-yards, Jesse Good with 3 carries for 28-yards, and Mike Pugh with 3 carries for 5-yards. Felton kicked 2 extra points and Sexton recovered a fumble for the Mustangs.

The Cedar Cliff Colts rang up 183-yards rushing and 270 yards passing for a total of 453 yards gained. Tim Kelly completed 11 of 17 passes for 147-yards and 2 touchdowns and Tyler Orris completed 13 of 17 passes for 123-yards and a touchdown. Ryan Smith caught 7 passes for 102-yards (including a 13-yard touchdown from Kelly), Adam Breneman caught 7 passes for 65-yards, Nol Aru caught 4 passes for 50-yards (including a 19-yard touchdown from Orris and a 15-yard touchdown from Kelly), William Hopkins caught 3 passes for 34-yards, and Josh Lobo caught 2 passes for 13-yards, for the Colts. Xavier Baney led the Colts rushing attack with 12 carries for 74-yards (including a 3-yard touchdown), followed by Kelly with 8 carries for 79-yards (including a 13-yard touchdown), Joel Chapman with 3 carries for 17-yards, and Orris with 4 carries for 13-yards. Kelly also kicked a 37-yard field goal and 4 extra points for the Colts.

The 9-time Cavalcade of Bands Champions, Tournament of Bands Group IV Champion and US Scholastic Band Champion South Western Mustangs Marching Band proudly made a pregame presentation of its 2010 field show “Los Sonidas de España.” The show opened with “Grenada,” followed by John Tesh’s “Barcelona,” and “The Toreador Song” from Bizet’s opera Carmen. The show closed with an arrangement of Michael Daugherty’s Candelabra Rhumba and the traditional España Cañi. The Cedar Cliff Colts Marching Band out on a spirited half-time show. The 25 gals and 1 guy Mustangs Cheer Leading squad and the 21 member Colts cheerleading squad really kept the crowd in a spirited mood as they roused the faithful.

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

Don Seidenstricker has a 184-80-1 (.697) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 325-198-8. The results of the 531 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .621 winning percentage and a .627 non-losing percentage.

Next week the Mustangs host the Falcons of Lower Dauphin (0-2 overall, 0-0 Mid-Penn Keystone Division). Lower Dauphin is coming off of a 27-6 loss to the Thundering Herd of Carlisle. The Mustangs are looking to return to their winning tradition. GO MUSTANGS GO.