SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2010-8

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, October 15, the Mustangs of South Western visited the den of the Panthers of Central York in YAIAA Division I action and, in the second overtime game in the 51-year history of the school, won the game 20-14 in the first overtime period. The Mustangs are batting 1.000 in overtime games, having defeated Carlisle in overtime in 1999.

The Mustangs went three and out and punted to open the game. Jalil Ford returned the kickoff 44-yards to the Mustangs 23-yard line and Marques Fells scored on a 17-yard run six plays later. Aaron Goodyear’s extra point kick put the Panthers up 7-0 at the 8:17 mark of the first quarter.

The Mustangs held the ball for 6 plays, including a successful fake punt on fourth down, and punted. The Panthers muffed the punt and Rich Delea recovered for the Mustangs at the Panthers 31-yard line. Jesse Good threw a nifty 25-yard pass to Mike Felton to the 6-yard line. He followed that with a 5-yard pass to Ryan Sexton to the 1-yard line and then Good ran in for the touchdown himself. Felton’s extra point kick tied the game at 7 with 3:39 left in the first quarter.

Seven punts later, three by the Mustangs and four by the Panthers, the last into a stiff wind, the Mustangs had the ball at the Panthers 30-yard line. Jeff Hacker darted the 30-yards for a touchdown. Felton’s extra point put the Mustangs up 14-7 with 4:16 left in the first half.

The Mustangs received the kickoff to start the second half and went three and out and punted. The Panthers started at the Mustangs 30-yard line and Saladin Dickson scored a touchdown on a 2-yard run nine plays later. Goodyear’s extra point kick tied the score at 14 with 6:19 left in the third quarter. And that’s the way the score remained throughout the rest of regulation time.

The Panthers got first crack at scoring in overtime. After three incomplete passes, Goodyear attempted a 20-yard field goal and it went wide.

The Mustangs started at the 10-yard line and Felton darted to the 2-yard line on the first play. Then Jeff Hacker won the game for the Mustangs with a 2-yard touchdown plunge.

Felton kicked off 2 times for 105-yards, with the longest going for 55-yards, and he punted 10 times for 384-yards, for an average of 38.4-yards, with the longest going for 48-yards. Mike Felton returned 2 kickoffs for 13-yards, with the longest going for 18-yards, and Mike Pugh returned 2 punts for 4-yards, with the longest going for 5-yards, for the Mustangs.

Jake Shaffer led the Mustangs defense with 18 tackles and 3 pass hurries, followed by Carnie Fryfogle with 15 tackles and a pass defense, Ryan Sexton with 13 tackles and 3 pass hurries,
Leonard Sturgis with 10 tackles, Aaron Bosley with 9 tackles, a fumble recovery, and 3 pass hurries, Matt Funk with 9 tackles and a fumble recovery, Mike Pugh with 7 tackles, Mike Felton with 6 tackles and a pass defense, Casey Froehlich with 5 tackles, Jeff Hacker with 4 tackles and a pass defense, Ryan Dotson with 2 tackles and a fumble recovery, Rich Delea with 1 tackle and a fumble recovery, and Brady Conroy, Dakotah Moses, Tommy Nicklas, and Mike Trish with 1 tackle each.

Aaron Bosley, Brady Conroy, Ryan Dotson, Carnie Fryfogle, Matt Funk, Josh Hertz, Jeff Hacker, Ryan Sexton, Jake Shaffer, and Leonard Sturgis, manned the offensive and defensive line and linebacker positions. Mike Felton, Casey Froehlich, Jeff Hacker, Tommy Nicklas and Mike Pugh, patrolled the secondary for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs gained 140-yards rushing and 37yards passing for a total of 177-yards of offense. Jeff Hacker led the Mustangs rushing attack with 14 carries for 72-yards (including touchdowns of 30 and 2-yards), followed by Mike Felton with 10 for 37-yards, Jesse Good with 10 for 22, Mike Pugh with 2 for 9, Ryan Sexton with 3 carries for 2-yards, and a team loss of 2-yards. Quarterback Good completed 5 of 14 passes for 37-yards, 1 for 25-yards to Felton, 2 for 9-yards to Hacker, and 2 for 3-yards to Sexton, for the Mustangs. Felton kicked 2 extra points, and Aaron Bosley, Rich Delea, Ryan Dotson and Matt Funk each recovered a fumble, and for the Mustangs.

The Panthers gained 102-yards rushing and 65-yards passing for a total of 167-yards gained. Saladin Dickson led the Panthers rushing attack with 17 carries for 47-yards (including a 2-yard touchdown), followed by Marques Fells with 15 for 25-yards (including a 17-yard touchdown), Jalil Ford with 4 for 15-yards, Brandon Baker with 3 for 14-yards, and Jonah Plymire with 1 carry for 1-yard. Quarterback Baker completed 8 of 23 passes for 65-yards, 5 for 38-yards to Ford, 1 for 15-yards to Lialdon Donovan-Greene, and 2 for 12-yards to Dickson, for the Panthers. Aaron Goodyear kicked 2 extra points, Travis Shaffer intercepted a pass, Logan Neff recorded 2 sacks, Kwe Parker recorded 1.5 sacks, Ryan Troup recorded a sack, and Kevin O’Grady recorded a half sack, 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 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 Central York Marching Band put on a spirited post game show. The Mustangs 24 gals, one guy and Mustang Mascot, and the Panthers cheerleaders and mascot excited the faithful with their cheers.

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

Don Seidenstricker has a 187-83-1 (.693) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 328-200-8. The results of the 536 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 will host the Lions of Red Lion (5-2 Overall, 1-1 league) at the Mustang Corral. The Lions are coming off of a 36-14 loss to the Rockets of Spring Grove. The Mustangs are looking to gallop their way along on the winning track. GO MUSTANGS GO.