SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2010-10

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, October 22, the Mustangs of South Western visited the den of the Bearcats of York High (William Penn) and lost 48-26 in a donnybrook that saw 909-yards of offense pretty evenly spread between the two teams (486-yards for William Penn and 423-yards for South Western). The speed of Kelvin Parker, with 2 long touchdown runs and a shorter one was the main difference for the Bearcats but the aerial bombardment of Zach Gross and Jesse Good went a long way for the Mustangs.

Ryan Sexton got the Mustangs off to a great start by returning the opening kickoff 45-yards to the Bearcats 36-yard line. Seven plays later they turned the ball over on downs at the Bearcats 29. Then the Bearcats and the Mustangs exchanged punts.

The Bearcats drove 72-yards in three plays, ending with Dontae Davis throwing a 51-yard touchdown pass to Jordan Zachary. Ethan Fair’s extra point kick put the Bearcats up 7-0 with 5:21 left in the first quarter.

Jeff Hacker returned the kickoff 38-yards for the Mustangs, putting them at the Bearcats 32-yard line. Hacker then rushed to the 29 and Good threw a 29-yard touchdown strike to Mike Felton, leaving the Bearcats up 7-6 with 4:35 left in the first quarter.

The Bearcats responded with an eight play 61-yard drive, featuring a 13-yard pass from Dontae Davis to Jordan Zachary and ending with an 11-yard touchdown scamper by Tim Hibner. Fair’s extra point kick put the Bearcats up 14-6 with 38 seconds left in the first quarter.

The Mustangs drove from their 31-yard line to the Bearcats 5-yard line, mainly on Felton’s 58-yard scamper to the Bearcats 11. However, Zachary stripped the ball from Ryan Sexton at the 5 and returned it 86-yards to the Mustangs 11-yard line for the Bearcats. Tim Hibner than scored on an 11-yard run and Fair’s extra point kick put the Bearcats up 21-6 as the first quarter ended.

The Mustangs then drove 14-yards in six plays, including a 2-yrd run for a first down by Felton on a fake punt play, but had to punt. The Bearcats soon gave up the ball as Aaron Bosley recovered a fumble for the Mustangs, but the Mustangs turned the ball over on downs at the Bearcats 20-yard line. Parker then sprinted 80-yards for a touchdown and Fair’s extra point kick upped the score to 28-6 in favor of the Bearcats with 6:22 left in the first half.

The Bearcats opened the second half at the Mustangs 46-yard line. Hibner ran to the 40 and then he scampered 40-yards for a Bearcats touchdown. Fair’s extra point kick upped the score to 35-6 only 47 seconds into the third quarter.

The never say die Mustangs then drove 64-yards in seven plays, featuring a 37-yard pass from Gross to Casey Froehlich to the Bearcats 11-yard line. Felton ended the drive with a 6-yard touchdown jaunt, making the score 35-12 with 9:05 left in the third quarter.

The Bearcats were forced to punt and the Mustangs drove 80-yards in eight plays, featuring Felton’s 3-yard run for a first down on another fake punt play. Gross ended the drive with a picture perfect 25-yard touchdown pass to Sexton, and his 2-point conversion pass to Felton made the score 35-20 with 4:13 left in the third quarter.

Parker’s 72-yard touchdown run ended a three-play drive and Hibner’s 46-yard touchdown run ended another three-play drive, and Fair’s extra point kick for the Bearcats upped the score to 48-20 by the end of the third quarter.

The Mustangs closed out the scoring with a seven play 55-yard drive, featuring a 14-yard pass from Gross to Felton and a 14-yard run by Hacker. The drive ended with another beautiful touchdown pass from Gross, this time a 26-yarder to Mike Pugh. This made the final score 48-26 in favor of the Bearcats.

Mike Felton kicked off 4 times for 155-yards, with the longest going for 60-yards and a touchback. Casey Froehlich punted 3 times for 98-yards, for an average of 32.67-yards, with the longest going for 36-yards, for the Mustangs. Ryan Sexton returned 2 kickoffs for 52-yards (with the longest going for 45-yards), Jeff Hacker returned 1 for 38-yards, Mike Pugh returned 1 for 14-yards, Carnie Fryfogle returned 2 for 6-yards (with the longest going for 4-yards), and Tommy Nicklas returned 1 kickoff for 1-yard, for the Mustangs. Pugh returned 2 punts for 1-yard for the Mustangs.

Carnie Fryfogle led the Mustangs defense with 9 tackles, a fumble recovery, a sack, and a pass hurry followed by Cody Kephart with 8 tackles and a sack, Matt Funk with 7 tackles and a sack, Casey Froehlich with 6 tackles and a pass defense, Mike Felton and Leonard Sturgis with 6 tackles each, Aaron Bosley with 5 tackles and a fumble recovery, Tyler Frederick with 5 tackles and a pass defense, Mike Pugh and Ryan Sexton with 5 tackles each, Ryan Dotson with 3 tackles and a sack, and Brady Conroy and Keith Pappas with 1 tackle each.

Aaron Bosley, Brady Conroy, Ryan Dotson, Tyler Frederick, Carnie Fryfogle, Matt Funk, Josh Hertz, Jeremy Loughlin, Ryan Sexton, and Leonard Sturgis, manned the offensive and defensive line and linebacker positions. Mike Felton, Casey Froehlich, Brandon Krise, and Mike Pugh, patrolled the secondary for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs gained 262-yards rushing and 161yards passing for a total of 423-yards of offense. Mike Felton led the Mustangs rushing attack with 18 carries for 149-yards (including a 6-yard touchdown), followed by Mike Pugh with 10 for 63, Jeff Hacker with 13 for 46, Ryan Sexton with 3 for 17-yards, Zach Gross with 1 for minus2-yards, and Jesse Good with 2 for minus 11-yards. Quarterback Gross completed 6 of 16 passes for 116-yards and 2 touchdowns and quarterback Good completed 5 of 11 passes for 45-yards and a touchdown for the Mustangs. Felton caught 4 passes for 41-yards (including a 29-yard touchdown from Good), Casey Froehlich caught 1 pass for 37-yards, Pugh caught 2 passes for 28-yards (including a 26-yard touchdown from Gross), Sexton caught 1 pass for 25-yards and a touchdown from Gross, Cody Kephart caught 2 passes for 18-yards, and Brandon Krise caught 1 pass for 12-yards, for the Mustangs. Gross threw a 2-point conversion pass to Felton and Aaron Bosley and Carnie Fryfogle each recovered a fumble for the Mustangs.

The Bearcats gained 394-yards rushing and 92-yards passing for a total of 486-yards gained. Kelvin Parker led the Bearcats rushing attack with 11 carries for 189-yards (including touchdowns of 11, 80, and 72-yards), followed by Tim Hibner with 14 carries for 153-yards (including touchdowns of 11, 40, and 46-yards), Jordan Zachary with 6 for 48, Steffonte Doby with 6 for 23, and Dontae Davis with 3 carries for minus 13-yards. Davis completed 4 of 6 passes for 85-yards and a touchdown, 2 for 62-yards to Zachary (including a 51-yard touchdown) and 2 for 23-yards to Parker, and Parker completed 1 pass for 7-yards to Thompson, for the Bearcats. Ethan Fair kicked 6 extra points for the Bearcats.

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 terrific half time 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 Rumba and the traditional España Cañi. The William Penn Marching Band put on a spirited post game show.” The Mustangs and the Bearcats cheerleaders excited the faithful with their cheers.

The Mustangs of South Western are 4-5-0 overall and 1-3-0 in York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play.

Don Seidenstricker has a 187-85-1 (.688) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 328-202-8. The results of the 538 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .619 winning percentage and a .625 non-losing percentage.

After 9 weeks of play the Mustangs are seeded 17 in a field of 30 class AAAA teams in district 3 and only the top 16 make the playoffs.

Next week the Mustangs will close out the regular season by hosting the Rockets of Spring Grove (5-4 Overall, 2-2 league) at the Mustang Corral. The Rockets are coming off of a 21-0 loss to the undefeated Wildcats of Dallastown. The Mustangs are looking to gallop their way back to the winning track and a .500 season. GO MUSTANGS GO.