SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2011-3

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Monday evening, September 9, the Mustangs of South Western hosted the Mid-Penn Keystone Division Colts of Cedar Cliff at the Mustang Corral and were defeated 34-7. The quarterback and running back duo of Tyler Orris and Joel Chapman for the Colts was virtually unstoppable. Originally scheduled for Friday night, weather forced a postponement to Sunday night. Then, with 2:03 to go in the first half lightning stopped the game. After waiting about an hour it was called for the night and resumed where it left off late Monday afternoon.

The Colts took the opening kickoff and drove 65-yards in eight plays, featuring a 10-yard pass from Orris to William Hopkins, a 10-yard pass from Orris to Nol Aru, and a 15-yard pass from Orris to Aru. Orris ended the drive with a 10-yard touchdown run and Leon Van Buskirk’s extra point kick put the Colts up 7-0 at the 8:33 mark in the first quarter.

The Mustangs countered with a very impressive 13-play drive, featuring a 15-yard run by Mike Felton and a 9-yard pass from Zach Gross to Brandon Krise. Unfortunately it resulted in no points when Matt Sowers recovered a Mustangs fumble and the Colts took over on their 15-yard line.

The Colts then drove 85-yards in 12 plays, featuring a 19-yard run by Orris and his 16-yard touchdown pass to Adam Brenneman. Buskirk’s extra point kick made the score 14-0 with 10:09 to go in the second quarter.

The Mustangs again countered with another impressive drive, this time for 80-yards in 12 plays, featuring a 13-yard pass from Gross to Jerome Robinson and runs of 14 and 12-yards by Dillon Thomas. Unfortunately, this drive also ended with no points when Kyler Smith intercepted a Mustangs pass in the end zone.

The Colts then drove 80-yards in eight plays, featuring some fancy running by Joel Chapman and passes by backup quarterback Andrew Ford. Ford’s 9-yard touchdown pass to Aru (the speedster from the Sudan) and Buskirk’s extra point kick upped the score to 21-0 with 2:31 to go in the first half.

The Mustangs ran two plays for 1-yard and, with 2:03 to go in the half, lightening stopped the game and it wasn’t resumed until the next day. At which point finished the eight play 37-yard drive with a punt. This was the first punt by either team in the game and it came just at the end of the half.

The Mustangs took the second half kickoff and drove from their own 27-yard line to the Colts 43. They turned the ball over on downs when a run on a fake punt failed to gain a first down.

Five plays and 57-yards later, Orris ran in for a colts touchdown from the 3-yard line. Zac Collins extra point kick made the score 28-0 with 7:19 to go in the third quarter.

The Mustangs then drove from their own 38-yard line to the Colts 48 and punted.

The Colts then drove 85-yards in 12 plays, featuring a 10-yard pass from Jake Scott, a 14-yard pass to Brenneman, and some flashy running by Scott and Chapman. Orris threw a 33-yard touchdown bomb to William Hopkins to close out the Colt’s scoring with 11:44 to go in the game.

The Mustangs had a short drive end with Kyler Smith’s second interception for the Colts. The Colts failed to move the ball and a sack by Rich Delea and Brandon Stremmel cost them 10-yards. They punted and the Mustangs went three and out and punted. The Colts also went three and out and punted.

The Mustangs then drove 63-yards in nine plays, featuring a 10-yard run by Thomas and an 8-yard run by Reid Cruz with a 15-yard penalty tacked onto the end of it. Carnie Fryfogle plunged his way into the end zone from the 5-yard line for a Mustangs touchdown with 1:44 to go in the game. Jake Tracy kicked an extra point and the final score was 34-7 in favor of the Colts.

Felton kicked off 2 times for 114-yards, with the longest going for 60-yards and a touchback, and punted 3 times for 137-yards and a 45.67-yard average, with the longest going for 57-yards. Felton returned 5 kickoffs for 99-yards, with the longest going for 26, yards, and Carnie Fryfogle returned 1 kickoff for 3-yards. Jaelen Langenfeld returned 2 punts for 5-yards, with the longest going for 5-yards, for the Mustangs.

Carnie Fryfogle, who had 17 tackles, led the Mustangs defense, followed by Rich Delea with 7 tackles, Dillon Langenfeld with 6 tackles, Mike Duffy with 5 tackles and a pass defense, Reid Cruz, Mike Felton, Brandon Krise, and Keith Pappas with 5 tackles each, Dillon Thomas with 4 tackles and a pass hurry, Alex Baugher with 4 tackles, Jeremy Loughlin, Mike Mooradian, and Zach Townsend with 3 tackles each, Devon Ackerman, Ryan Dotson, Jaelen Langenfeld, Aram Moffit, and Jerome Robinson with 2 tackles each, and Logan Bowman with 1 tackle.

Devon Ackerman, Alex Baugher, Logan Bowman, Reid Cruz, Rich Delea, Ryan Dotson, Carnie Fryfogle, Matt Hawn, Jeremy Loughlin, Aram Moffit, Mike Mooradian, Keith Pappas, Zach Townsend, manned the offensive and defensive line and linebacker positions, with help from Ryan Klinedinst, Chad Kolper, and Dillon Thomas. Mike Duffy, Mike Felton, Brandon Krise, Dillon Langenfeld, Jaelen Langenfeld, Jerome Robinson, and Brandon Stremmel, patrolled the secondary for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs gained 177-yards rushing and 79-yards passing for a total of 256-yards of offense. Quarterback Zach Gross completed 9 of 19 passes for 79-yards, 2 for 24-yards to Jerome Robinson. 2 for 23-yards to Mike Felton, 2 for 14-yards to Brandon Krise, 1 for 7-yards to Jaelen Langenfeld, 1 for 6-yards to Keith Pappas, and 1 for 5-yards to Reid Cruz, for the Mustangs. Dillon Thomas led the Mustangs rushing attack with 12 carries for 77-yards, followed by Dakotah Moses with 10 carries for 49-yards, Mike Felton with 11 carries for 47-yards, Reid Cruz with 4 carries for 15-yards, Carnie Fryfogle with 2 carries for 5-yards (including a 5-yard touchdown), and Zach Gross with 6 carries for minus 16-yards. Jake Tracy kicked 1 extra point for the Mustangs.

The Cedar Cliff Colts rang up 177-yards rushing and 175 yards passing for a total of 352 yards gained. Tyler Orris completed 10 of 14 passes for 132-yards and 1 touchdown and Andrew Ford completed 5 of 5 passes for 43-yards and 2 touchdowns. Adam Breneman caught 5 passes for 55-yards, Nol Aru caught 5 passes for 50-yards, William Hopkins caught 2 passes for 44-yards, Jake Scott caught 2 passes for 22-yards, and Jaquan McIntyre caught 1 pass for 4-yards, for the Colts. Joel Chapman led the Colts rushing attack with 15 carries for 119-yards (including), followed by Orris with 11 carries for 52-yards (including), DeShaun Woodson with 4 carries for 6-yards, Youssef Ajlane with 2 carries for 5-yards, Scott with 1 carry for 5-yards, Noah Malone with 1 carry for minus 3-yards, and Ford with 1 carry for minus 7-yards. Leon Van Buskirk kicked 3 extra points, Zac Collins kicked 1 extra point, Kyler Smith intercepted 2 passes, and Matt Sowers recovered a fumble, for the Colts.

Due to the weather conditions and the split night/next day completion of the game, neither great band performed this week. The 23-member (plus Mustangs Mascot) Mustangs Cheer Leading squad was very impressive as they roused the faithful.

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

Don Seidenstricker has a 188-86-1 (.686) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 329-204-8. The results of the 541 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .617 winning percentage and a .623 non-losing percentage.

Next week the Mustangs visit the Falcons of Lower Dauphin (1-0 overall, 0-0 Mid-Penn Keystone Division) at the beautiful Hershey Park Stadium. Lower Dauphin is coming off of a 27-0 shutout over the Thundering Herd of Carlisle. The Mustangs are looking to return to their winning tradition. GO MUSTANGS GO.