SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2010-6

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, October 1, the Mustangs of South Western hosted the YAIAA Division II Bulldogs of West York at the Mustang Corral and were upended 34-19. The night belonged to Brett Campbell as his 2 pass receptions for touchdowns and his 100-yard return of an interception for another touchdown were the big difference in the game. The Mustangs actually out gained the Bulldogs by 63-yards for the game but 3 interceptions and 3 lost fumbles were just too much to overcome.

The Mustangs fumbled on the first play from scrimmage and Austin Whitehead recovered for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs drove 44-yards and attempted a field goal but it missed. The Mustangs went three and out and punted. Brett Campbell returned the punt for 55-yards to the Mustangs 26-yard line. Seven plays later Mike Felton intercepted a Bulldogs pass and the Mustangs took over on their own 9-yard line. They got out to the 42 and punted.

The Bulldogs put together a sustained drive from their 24-yard line to the Mustangs 29-yard line, only to turn the ball over on downs. The drive featured a 49-yard pass from Kaden Hepler to Campbell.

The Mustangs ended up punting and Brandon Krise intercepted a Bulldogs pass two plays later. Aaron James recovered a fumble on the next play and the Bulldogs had the ball back at the Mustangs 23-yard line. Workhorse Zach Trone got to the 10-yard line on 2 carries and Hepler threw a 10-yard touchdown strike to Campbell. Blake Shaffer’s extra point kick put the Bulldogs up 7-0 at the 4:20 mark in the second quarter.

The Mustangs drove 41-yards to the Bulldogs 24-yard line in six plays, only to have Jerrin Toomey intercept a pass for the Bulldogs. Hepler threw a 77-yard touchdown bomb to Campbell and Shafer’s extra point kick upped the score to 14-0 with 1:25 to go in the first half.

The Bulldogs launched a 61-yard drive early in the third quarter. Trone ran 10-yards for a touchdown only to have it called back due to a penalty. After an incomplete pass, Trone raced 19-yards for the touchdown. He fumbled at the goal line but recovered his own fumble in the end zone. Shaffer’s extra point upped the score to 21-0 at the 6:50 mark in the third quarter.

The Mustang punted again and Campbell returned it 53-yards to the Mustangs 17-yard line for the Bulldogs. The Mustang’s Jake Shaffer sack Hepler for a 7-yard loss. Hepler then launched a 27-yard touchdown strike to Leland Tate and the Bulldogs went up 27-0 at the 1:49 mark in the third quarter.

The Mustangs then drove 63-yards in four plays, featuring a 10-yard pass from Jesse Good to Mike Felton and a 37-yard pass from Good to Ryan Sexton. Felton jaunted 15-yards for a touchdown and his extra point made the score 27-7 with 27 seconds left in the third quarter.

The Mustangs launched a 78-yard thirteen-play drive, featuring a 17-yard run by Felton, and a 14-yard pass from Good to Felton. Unfortunately for the Mustangs Campbell intercepted a pass at the goal line and returned it 100-yards for a touchdown. Shaffer’s extra point kick upped the score to 34-7 in favor of the Bulldogs with 6:56 left in the game.

The never say die Mustangs drive 80-yards in five plays, featuring an 18-yard run by Ryan Sexton, a 20-yard run by Jeff Hacker. Hacker ended the drive with a 26-yard touchdown scamper with 4:08 left in the game.

Matt Funk recovered an onsides kick for the Mustangs and Mark Fox intercepted a pass for the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs ended up punting.

The Mustangs then drove 61-yards, featuring a 59-yard pass from Good to Felton, and Mike Pugh plunged in for a 6-yard touchdown. That made the final score 34-19 with 20 seconds left in the game.

Felton kicked off 1 time for 55-yards and he punted 5 times for 209-yards, for an average of 41.8-yards, with the longest going for 49-yards. Mike Pugh returned 6 kickoffs for 77-yards, with the longest going for 20-yards. Felton returned 1 punt for 8-yards, and Pugh returned a punt for no yards, for the Mustangs.

Jake Shaffer led the Mustangs defense with 12 tackles, a sack, and a pass defense, followed by Cody Kephart with 12 tackles, Matt Funk with 10 tackles, Leonard Sturgis with 9 tackles, Ryan Sexton with 8 tackles, and a sack, Aaron Bosley with 7 tackles, a sack and a pass hurry, Mike Felton with 6 tackles, an interception and a pass defense, Mike Pugh with 6 tackles, Brady Conroy and Keith Pappas with 4 tackles each, Carnie Fryfogle with 3 tackles, Zach Townsend with 2 tackles, and Brandon Krise with an interception.

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

The Mustangs gained 247-yards rushing and 156-yards passing for a total of 403-yards of offense. Jeff Hacker led the Mustangs rushing attack with 18 carries for 118-yards (including a 26-yard touchdown), followed by Mike Felton with 13 for 93-yards (including a 15-yard touchdown), Ryan Sexton with 5 for 29, Mike Pugh with 1 for a 6-yard touchdown, and Jesse Good with 5 carries for 1-yard. Quarterback Good completed 8 of 20 passes for 156-yards, 5 for 98-yards to Felton, 1 for 37-yards to Sexton, 1 for 11-yards to Cody Kephart, and 1 for 10-yards to Hacker, for the Mustangs. Felton kicked an extra point, Felton and Brandon Krise each intercepted a pass, and Aaron Bosley, Sexton, and Jake Shaffer each recorded a sack, for the Mustangs.

The Bulldogs gained 121-yards rushing and 219 yards passing for a total of 340-yards gained. Zach Trone led the Bulldogs rushing attack with 26 carries for 119-yards (including a touchdown when he fumbled in the end zone and recovered it himself), followed by Leland Tate with 1 for 14-yards and a touchdown, Brock Snellbaker with 3 for 6-yards, and Kaden Hepler with 7 for minus 18-yards. Quarterback Hepler completed 8 of 16 passes for 219-yards and 3 touchdowns, 4 for 152-yards to Campbell (including touchdowns of 10 and 77-yards), 3 for 41-yards to Jerrin Toomey, and 1 for 26-yards and a touchdown to Tate, for the Bulldogs. Mark Fox, Campbell, and Toomey each intercepted a pass, Aaron James, Isaiah Wallace, and Austin Whitehead each recovered a fumble, Aaron Tate recorded a sack, and Blake Shaffer kicked 4 extra points, for the Bulldogs.

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 homecoming night post-game 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 West York Bulldogs Marching Band put on a spirited half time show. The 24 gals, one guy and the Mustang Mascot, and the Bulldogs, Cheerleading squads excited the faithful with their rousing cheering. During the entire third quarter the Mustangs Cheerleaders were joined by those from all levels from the middle school on up to the junior varsity, to form a group in remarkable sync that was too large to count.

The Mustangs of South Western are 3-2-0 overall and 0-0-0 in York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play.

Don Seidenstricker has a 186-81-1 (.697) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 327-199-8. The results of the 534 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .622 winning percentage and a .627 non-losing percentage.

Next week the Mustangs visit the Wildcats of Dallastown (5-0 overall, 0-0 league). Dallastown is coming off of a 40-13 victory over the Bobcats of Northeastern. The Mustangs are looking to gallop their way back to the winning track. GO MUSTANGS GO.