SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2010-9

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, October 22, the Mustangs of South Western hosted the Lions of Red Lion at the Mustang Corral in YAIAA Division I action and the Lions came out on the top of a 28-10 score. The offensive and defensive lines of the Lions featured starters that were all over six feet tall and averaged over 250 pounds. That was combined with Tanner Klinefelter’s two long aerial touchdowns for the Lions to thwart the Mustangs.

Carnie Fryfogle got the Mustangs off to a good start b y returning the opening kickoff 22-yards to the Mustangs 42-yard line. They drove to the Lions 19-yard line in a four play drive, featuring 25-yards in penalties against the Lions and an 11-yard run by Mike Felton. That drive ended when Dalton Miller recovered a fumble for the Lions at the 18-yard line.

The Lions and the Mustangs exchanged punts and the Lions started a drive at the 50-yard line. Jeremy Knaub dashed 11-yards to the Mustangs 39-yard line and then 23-yards to the 16. Four plays later Klinefelter completed an 8-yard pass to Branden Kessler to the 1-yard line. Knaub plunged in form the 1-yard line and Pete Pitilis kicked the extra point to put the Lions up 7-0 with 40 seconds left in the first quarter.

Mike Pugh returned the ensuing kickoff 67-yards to put the Mustangs in business at the Lions 26-yard line. The Mustangs drove to the 5-yard line in five plays, featuring a 6-yard pass from Jesse Good to Jeff Hacker. Brendan Lawson then kicked a 22-yard field goal for the Mustangs, making the score 7-3 at the 9:17 point in the second quarter.

The Lions drove from their 27-yard line to the Mustangs 27-yard line, only to see Ryan Sexton recover the fumble of a Lions’ pitchout for the Mustangs. The Mustangs ended up punting and the Lions took over on the Mustangs 48-yard line. Five plays later, on a drive that featured a 26-yard run by Knaub, Klinefelter scored a touchdown on a 5-yard run. The extra point by Pitilis upped the score to 14-3 with 1:01 left in the second quarter.

The Lions and the Mustangs each punted in the third quarter. Then Matt Funk recovered a Lions fumble for the Mustangs, only to see them have to punt again. The Lions took over on the Mustangs 35-yard line and four plays later Klinefelter lofted a 34-yard touchdown pass to Erik Althoff. The Pitilis extra point kick upped the score to 21-3 with 3:58 left in the third quarter.

The Mustangs went three and out and punted again. The Lions dove 61-yards in five plays, ending with Klinefelter’s 44-yard touchdown strike to Joe Baublitz. The extra point kick by Pitilis upped the score to 28-3 with one second left in the third quarter.

The never say die Mustangs launched a ten play 81-yard drive that started with an 11-yard dash by Fryfogle and featured a 20-yard dash by Pugh, and a 25-yard dash by Pugh. Pugh then ended the drive with a 21-yard touchdown jaunt. Brendan Lawson’s extra point kick for the Mustangs made the final score 28-10 in favor of the Lions with 2:39 left in the game.

Brendan Lawson kicked off 3 times for 132-yards, with the longest going for 51-yards. Jeff Hacker punted 3 times for 91-yards, for an average of 30.33-yards, with the longest going for 33-yards, and Mike Felton punted 2 times for 75-yards, for an average of 37.5-yards, with the longest going for 40-yards, for the Mustangs.

Cody Kephart led the Mustangs defense with 19 tackles, followed by Jake Shaffer with 14, Ryan Sexton with 10, Matt Funk with 9 tackles and a fumble recovery, Tyler Frederick with 7, Aaron Bosley with 6, Marty Deal, Ryan Dotson, Mike Pugh and Leonard Sturgis with 5 tackles each, Carnie Fryfogle with 4 tackles and a pass hurry, Mike Felton and Keith Pappas with 4 tackles each, Brady Conroy, Rich Delea, Casey Froehlich, Brandon Krise, and Jeremy Loughlin with 2 tackles each, Dakotah with 1 tackle and a sack, and Derek Schneider with 1 tackle.

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

The Mustangs gained 135-yards rushing and 52yards passing for a total of 187-yards of offense. Jeff Hacker led the Mustangs rushing attack with 15 carries for 67-yards, followed by Mike Pugh with 4 for 66-yards (including a 21-yard touchdown), Mike Felton with 5 for 31 (before leaving the game with a hip pointer at the end of the first quarter), Carnie Fryfogle with 4 for 9, Ryan Sexton with 3 for 9-yards, and Jesse Good with 8 carries for minus 47-yards. Quarterback Good completed 2 of 6 passes for 52-yards, 1 for 46-yards to Fryfogle and 1 for 6-yards to Hacker, for the Mustangs. Brendan Lawson kicked a 22-yard field goal and an extra point and Matt Funk and Sexton each recovered a fumble for the Mustangs.

The Lions gained 201-yards rushing and 131-yards passing for a total of 332-yards gained. Jeremy Knaub led the Lions rushing attack with 13 carries for 98-yards (including a 1-yard touchdown), followed by Tanner Klinefelter with 12 for 54 (including a 5-yard touchdown), Jason Milton with 9 for 43, Erick Toscano with 2 for 9-yards, and Mike Gray with 2 carries for minus 3-yards. Quarterback Klinefelter completed 8 of 14 passes for 131-yards and 2 touchdowns, 4 for 73-yards to Joe Baublitz (including a 44-yard touchdown), 3 for 34-yards to Branden Kessler, and 1 for 34-yards and a touchdown to Erik Althoff, for the Lions. Pete Pitilis kicked 4 extra points.

Kessler led the Lions defense with 9 tackles, followed by Gray and David Telp with 5, Brooks Arnold, Mitch Fisher, Johnson, and Miller with 4, Harry Darrah, Toscano, and Zeller with 3, Althoff, Knaub, and Kocman with 2 tackles, and Tyler Hoover, Pitilis, Cody Tyson, Adam Weigle, and Dwayne Wolfe with 1 tackle each. Dalton Miller recovered a fumble, Kessler intercepted a pass, Telp and Andrew Zeller each recorded 2 sacks, Warren Johnson and Nick Kocman each recorded 1 sack, and Toscano recorded a half sack, for the Lions.

It was Band Night at the Mustang Corral and the 105 member Emory H Markle Middle School Band performed their pre-game program “Aztec Fire,” after which they were joined by the Mustangs Marching Band for a stirring performance of “This Is My Country.” 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 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 Red Lion Marching Band put on a spirited half time show entitled “Silence Is Golden.” The Mustangs 25 gals, and a guy, and the Lions cheerleaders excited the faithful with their cheers.

The Mustangs of South Western are 4-4-0 overall and 1-2-0 in York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play.

Don Seidenstricker has a 187-84-1 (.690) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 328-201-8. The results of the 537 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .620 winning percentage and a .626 non-losing percentage.

Next week the Mustangs will visit the den of the Bearcats of York High (William Penn) (3-5 Overall, 0-3 league). The Bearcats are coming off of a 43-20 loss to the Rockets of Spring Grove. The Mustangs are looking to gallop their way back to the winning track. GO MUSTANGS GO.