SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2010-7

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, October 8, the Mustangs of South Western visited the den of the Wildcats of Dallastown to begin YAIAA Division I action for the 2010 season and were defeated 21-7 in a hard fought contest. The teams played to a 7-7 tie in the first half the Wildcats won the second half and the game.

The Wildcats fumbled the opening kickoff and Keith Pappas recovered it for the Mustangs at the Wildcats 24-yard line. The Mustangs turned the ball over on downs at the 11 eight plays later. The Wildcats then drove to the Mustangs 44-yard line and punted. Ryan Behrmann racked up big chunks of yardage and two penalties erased a lot of it.

The Mustangs drove from their 20 to the Wildcats 46-yard line. Then George Christas made the first of his two interceptions for the Wildcats. The Wildcats started at the Mustangs 49-yard line and ended up punting from the 38. The Mustangs then drove from their own 8-yard line to the 23 and punted.

Andrew Heird returned that punt 64-yards for a touchdown. Behrmann’s extra point kick put the Wildcats up 7-0 with 8:28 left in the second quarter.

Mike Felton returned the Wildcats kickoff for 57-yards, setting up the Mustangs on the Wildcats 41-yard line. They turned the ball over on downs at the 24. Three plays later Brady Conroy recovered a Wildcats fumble for the Mustangs at the Wildcats 35-yard line. A penalty moved the ball back to the 40 and quarterback Jesse Good launched a 33-yard pass to Mike Felton to the 7-yard line. Three plays later Jeff Hacker plunged in from the 1-yard line. Brendan Lawson kicked the extra point to tie the game at 7 with 6:38 left in the first half.

The Mustangs went three and out and punted to open the second half. The Wildcats drove 69-yards in eight plays, ending with Adam Lawicki’s 3-yard touchdown run. Behrmann’s extra point kick put the Wildcats on top 14-7 with 6:38 left in the third quarter.

The Mustangs then drove 26-yards to the Wildcats 41-yard line but a penalty knocked them back to their own 47. They punted and the Wildcats drove 73-yards in seven plays, topped off with Ben Kline’s 49-yard touchdown jaunt. Behrmann’s extra point kick closed out the scoring with the Wildcats up 21-7 with 10:52 left in the game.

The Mustangs last opportunity vanished when Christas had his second pass interception and the Wildcats ran out the clock.

Felton kicked off 2 times for 84-yards, with the longest going for 44-yards, and he punted 4 times for 158-yards, for an average of 39.5-yards, with the longest going for 41-yards. Mike Felton returned 1 kickoff for 57-yards, Carnie Fryfogle returned 2 kickoffs for 37-yards with the longest going for 19-yards, and Mike Pugh returned 1 kickoff for 19-yards, for the Mustangs.

Mike Felton led the Mustangs defense with 14 tackles and a pass defense, followed by Jake Shaffer with 12 tackles, Cody Kephart with 11 tackles, Matt Funk with 9 tackles and a sack, Mike Pugh with 9 tackles, Aaron Bosley with 8 tackles and a pass hurry, Carnie Fryfogle and Ryan Sexton, each with 7 tackles and a sack, Ryan Dotson and Leonard Sturgis with 6 tackles each, Brady Conroy with 3 tackles and a fumble recovery, Keith Pappas with 2 tackles, a fumble recovery and a pass defense, Rich Delea, Jeff Hacker , and Jeremy Loughlin with 2 tackles each, and Zach Townsend with 1 tackle.

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, Jeff Hacker and Mike Pugh, patrolled the secondary, with help from Brandon Krise, for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs gained 135-yards rushing and 52yards passing for a total of 187-yards of offense. Mike Felton led the Mustangs rushing attack with 11 carries for 50-yards, followed by Jeff Hacker with 11 for 46-yards (including a 1-yard touchdown), Jesse Good with 7 for 33, Mike Pugh with 1 for 4, and Ryan Sexton with 3 carries for 2-yards. Quarterback Good completed 7 of 15 passes for 52-yards, 3 for 36-yards to Felton, 1 for 12-yards to Keith Pappas, 1 for 9-yards to Casey Froehlich, 1 for minus 2-yards to Ryan Sexton, and 1 for minus 3-yards to Mike Pugh, for the Mustangs. Brendan Lawson kicked an extra point, Brady Conroy and Keith Pappas each recovered a fumble, and Carnie Fryfogle, Matt Funk, and Ryan Sexton each recorded a sack, for the Mustangs.

The Wildcats gained 270-yards rushing and no yards passing for a total of 270-yards gained. Ryan Behrmann led the Wildcats rushing attack with 22 carries for 112-yards, followed by Ben Kline with 5 for 73-yards (including a 49-yard touchdown), Adam Lawicki with 11 for 59-yards (including a 3-yad touchdown), Josh Luckenbaugh with 10 for 22-yards, and Austin Quinones with 1 carry for 4-yards. Quarterback Luckenbaugh failed to complete a pass in 3 attempts. Andrew Heird returned a punt 64-yards for a touchdown, Behrmann kicked 3 extra points, George Christas intercepted 2 passes, Bobby Esiaba recorded 1.5 sacks, and Jesse Davis and Kline each recorded a half sack, for the Wildcats.

Ben Kline led the Wildcats defense with 14 tackles, followed by Bobby Esiaba with 12, George Christas with 9 tackles and 2 interceptions, Brooks Morrison with 8 tackles, Garrett Hartman and Jake Margavitch with 6 tackles each, Jesse Davis and Adam Lawicki with 5 tackles each, Derrick Mayfield with 3 tackles, Nick Reed and Ford Reinalda with 2 tackles each, and Isaiah Haugh, Andrew Heird, Austin Quinones, and Zach Rittle with 1 tackle each.

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 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 Dallastown Marching Band put on a spirited post-game show. The Mustangs 24 gals, one guy and Mustang Mascot, and the Wildcats 22 gals and Willie & Wilma the Wildcat Mascots excited the faithful with their rousing cheers.

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

Don Seidenstricker has a 186-83-1 (.692) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 327-200-8. The results of the 535 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .621 winning percentage and a .626 non-losing percentage.

Next week the Mustangs visit the Panthers of Central York (4-2 overall, 1-0 league). Central York is coming off of a 31-12 victory over the Rockets of Spring Grove. The Mustangs are looking to gallop their way back to the winning track. GO MUSTANGS GO.