SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2011-5

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, September 23, the Mustangs of South Western hosted the YAIAA Division II Warriors of Susquehannock at the Mustang Corral and galloped and passed their way to a 40-0 shutout victory. Temple University bound Mike Felton led the way again, this time with two rushing and 2 receiving touchdowns.

Jeremy Loughlin set the Mustangs up in good field position by recovering the Warriors opening squib kick at the Mustangs 42-yard line. Five plays later Felton scored on a nifty 32-yard run and Jake Tracy kicked the extra point to put the Mustangs up 7-0 at 10:14, just one minute and 46 seconds into the game.

The Warriors got two plays in before Felton intercepted a pass and returned it 20-yards to the Warriors 10-yard line for the Mustangs. Joshua Mueller sacked Zach Gross at the 18-yard line and then Gross threw an 18-yard touchdown pass to Felton. Tracy’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 14-0 at the 7:01 mark in the first quarter.

The Warriors again got off just two plays before Reid Cruz intercepted a pass and returned it 5-yards to the Warriors 33-yard line. Gross immediately threw a picture perfect 33-yard touchdown pass to Keith Pappas and Tracy’s extra point kick upped the score to 21-0 with 5:15 still left in the first quarter.

The Warriors went three and out and punted. The Mustangs then drove 60-yards in nine plays, featuring an 8-yard run by Carnie Fryfogle, a 10-yard run by Dillon Thomas, an 11-yard pass from Gross to Fryfogle, and a 23-yard pass from Gross to Pappas. The drive ended with Felton’s 8-yard touchdown run and Tracy’s extra point kick upped the score to 28-0 with 10:04 to go in the second quarter.

The Warriors then put on a 12 play, 42-yard drive, only to turn the ball over on downs at the Mustangs 26-yard line. The Mustangs then drove 74-yards in nine plays, featuring six passes from Gross, a 10-yard pass to Brandon Krise, a 12-yard pass to Dakotah Moses, a 15-yard pass to Felton, a 14-yard pass to Felton, an 8-yard pass to Logan Bowman, and a 19-yard touchdown pass to Felton. That upped the score to 34-0 with 12 seconds left in the first half.

The Warriors opened the second half and moved only 4-yards before punting. The Mustangs then drove 58-yards in four plays, ending with a Dillon Thomas 46-yard touchdown jaunt. That upped the score to 40-0 at the 7:44 mark in the third quarter.

The Mustangs kicked off to the Warriors and then the Mustangs varsity defense came off the field in mass. The Mustangs substituted liberally on offense and defense for the rest of the game.

Felton kicked off 7 times for 352-yards, with the longest going for 57-yards. Jaelen Langenfeld returned 3 punts for 19-yards, with the longest going for 11-yards for the Mustangs.

Carnie Fryfogle, who had 13 tackles, led the Mustangs defense, followed by Reid Cruz with 5 tackles and an interception, Rich Delea and Keith Pappas with 5 tackles each, Zach Townsend and Wyatt Trostle with 4 tackles each, Mike Felton with 3 tackles, an interception and a pass defense, Brandon Stremmel with 3 tackles and 2 pass hurries, Ryan Dotson, Eddie Lane, and Dillon Langenfeld with 3 tackles each, Devon Ackerman, Alex Baugher, Aram Moffit, Zach Osborne, Jerome Robinson, and Dillon Thomas with 2 tackles each, Jeremy Loughlin with 1 tackle and a pass hurry, and Rick Bosse, Domnick Holcombe, Jake Hunt, Daulton James, Alex Jones, Ryan Klinedinst, Jaelen Langenfeld, Jordan Markle, Dakotah Moses, David Schaub, Shawn Secola, and Bobby Wildasin with 1 tackle each.

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

The Mustangs gained 180-yards rushing and 191-yards passing for a total of 371-yards of offense. Dillon Thomas led the Mustangs rushing attack with 4 carries for 60-yards (including a 46-yard touchdown), followed by Mike Felton with 5 for 54-yards (including touchdowns of 32 and 8-yards), Dakotah Moses with 6 for 21-yards, Reid Cruz with 3 for 19-yards, Bobby Wildasin with 4 for18-yards, Jon Hoover with 2 for 13-yards, Carnie Fryfogle with 1 for 8-yards, Brady Stevenson with 1 for no yards, Daulton James with 4 for minus 1-yard, Mike Duffy with 1 for minus 3-yards, and Zach Gross with 1 carry for minus 9-yards. Quarterback Gross completed 12 of 13 passes for 164-yards and 3 touchdowns, 2 for 56-yards to Keith Pappas (including a 33-yard touchdown), 3 for 50-yards to Felton (including touchdowns of 18 and 19-yards), 2 for 18-yards to Cruz, 1 for 11-yards to Fryfogle, 1 for 10-yards to Brandon Krise, 1 for 8-yards to Logan Bowman, 1 for 8-yards to Moses, and 1 for 3-yards to Thomas, for the Mustangs. Quarterback Mike Duffy completed 2 of 2 passes for 27-yards, 1 for 18-yards to James and 1 for 9-yards to Ben Bynaker, for the Mustangs. Jake Tracy kicked 4 extra points, Felton intercepted a pass and returned it 20-yards, Cruz intercepted a pass and returned it 5-yards, and Fryfogle registered 13 tackles, for the Mustangs.

The Warriors rang up 115-yards rushing and minus 2-yards passing for a total of 113 yards gained. Phillip Norris led the Warriors rushing attack with 10 carries for 56-yards, followed by Austin Sauble with 9 for 33, Samuel H. Miller with 4 for 13, Bryan Kerr with 4 for 5, Stephen Ward with 3 for 4, and Josh Mueller with 2 for 4-yards. Quarterback Norris completed 1 of 4 passes for minus 1-yard to Kyle Miller and quarterback Kerr completed 1 of 3 passes for minus 1-yard to Sauble for the Warriors.

The 9-time Cavalcade of Bands Champions, Tournament of Bands Group IV Champion and US Scholastic Band Champion South Western Mustangs Marching Band put on a stirring pre-game performance, presenting their 2011 field show “The Colors of Dreams.” The relaxing mallet introduction led to the haunting sound of “The Dream is Collapsing” from Inception, followed by “Zooster’s Rebellion” from Madagascar, the sorrowful longing of “Hummel Gets the Rockets,” from the Rock, and the show closed with “The Burning Bush,” from Prince of Egypt. The Susquehannock Marching Band put on a rousing half time performance. Unfortunately, due to the weather and field conditions, both bands played their music while standing on the track so we missed out on their precision marching. The Mustangs and Warriors Cheer Leading squads were very impressive as they roused the faithful.

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

Don Seidenstricker has a 190-86-1 (.688) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 331-204-8. The results of the 543 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .619 winning percentage and a .624 non-losing percentage.

Next week the Mustangs visit the Division II Bulldogs of West York (3-1 overall, 0-0 league). West York is coming off of a hard fought 21-13 victory over the Wildcats of Dallastown. The Mustangs are looking to gallop along in their winning tradition. GO MUSTANGS GO.