SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2011-10

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, October 28, the Mustangs of South Western hosted the Bearcats of York High (William Penn) at the Mustang Corral and galloped to a 46-13 victory on the strength of Mike Felton’s fantastic performance. He scored five touchdowns, 2 rushing, 1 on a pass reception, 1 on an interception returned 99-yards, and 1 on a kickoff return for 85-yards. Sophomore sensation Dillon Thomas added two more touchdowns.

The Bearcats opened the game by going three and out and punting. The Mustangs then drove 55-yards in three plays, a 3-yard run by Thomas, a 7-yard run by Reid Cruz, and a 45-yard touchdown run by Felton. Jake Tracy’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 7-0 with 8:05 to go in the first quarter.

The Bearcats ran off a short five play drive and punted. The Mustangs drove 67-yards in ten plays, featuring a 21-yard run by Thomas and ending with a 3-yard touchdown jaunt by Thomas. The Mustangs led 13-0 with 41 seconds left in the first quarter.

The Bearcats returned the kickoff to their 43-yard line and drove to the 48, only to have Mike Duffy intercept a pass for the Mustangs. On the very next play Jomar Dickerson intercepted a pass for the Bearcats at the Mustangs 30-yard line. A 5-yard penalty and a 4-yard sack by Chad Kolper had the Bearcats punting from the 39.

The Mustangs then drove 67-yards in eight plays, featuring a 23-yard run by Thomas and ending with a 30-yard touchdown pass from Zach Gross to Felton. Tracy’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 20-0 with 5:26 to go in the first half.

Malcolm Tribuet returned the kickoff 38-yards to the Mustangs 47-yard line. The Bearcats drove 53-yards in six plays, featuring a 12-yard pass from Xavier Garcia-Wilson to Dakeem Dennison and ending with a 22-yard touchdown run by Garcia-Wilson. Thurman Fogleman kicked the extra point and the Mustangs were still up 20-7 with 2:49 left in the first half.

14 seconds later the Mustangs scored again as Felton returned the kickoff 85-yards for a touchdown. The Mustangs were up 26-7 with 2:35 to go in the half.

The Mustangs opened the second half with an 80-yard drive, featuring a 12-yard run by Felton, a 9-yard pass from Gross to Jerome Robinson, and a 50-yard pass from Gross to Felton. Thomas scored on a 2-yard run and Tracy’s extra point put the Mustangs up 33-7 with 8:35 to go in the third quarter.

The Bearcats then drove 57-yards in four plays, featuring a 53-yard run by Garcia-Wilson and ending with a 1-yard touchdown plunge by Kelvin Nieves. The Mustangs still led 33-13 with 6:29 to go in the third quarter.

The Mustangs then drove 67-yards in five plays, featuring a 25-yard pass from Gross to Logan Bowman and ending with a 27-yard touchdown run by Felton. Julian Johnson blocked the Mustangs extra point kick for the Bearcats and the Mustangs led 39-13 with 3:57 to go in the third quarter.

The Bearcats returned the kickoff to the Mustangs 43-yard line and drove 39-yards to the Mustangs 4-yard line. Then Felton intercepted a pass at the 1-yard line and returned it 99-yards for a Mustangs touchdown. Tracy’s extra point kick closed out the scoring with the Mustangs up 46-13 with 11:41 to go in the game. The Mustangs substituted liberally for the rest of the game.

Mike Felton kicked off 6 times for 256-yards, with the longest going for 50-yards. Jake Tracy kicked off 2 times for 79-yards, with the longest going for 49-yards. Jaelen Langenfeld returned 1 kickoff for 18-yards and 2 punts for 22-yards, with the longest going for 16-yards. Felton returned 1 kickoff for 85-yards and a touchdown for the Mustangs. The Mustangs never punted in the game.

Carnie Fryfogle led the Mustangs defense with 14 tackles (giving him a team leading 122 on the season), followed by Mike Felton with 10 tackles, a 99-yard interception return for a touchdown, an 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, and a pass defense, Rich Delea with 7 tackles and a pass hurry, Keith Pappas with 7 tackles, Reid Cruz with 6 tackles, Brandon Stremmel with 5 tackles, a sack, and a pass hurry, Devon Ackerman with 5 tackles and a sack, Jaelen Langenfeld with 5 tackles, Chad Kolper with 4 tackles, a sack and a pass hurry, Ryan Dotson with 4 tackles and a sack, Zach Townsend with 4 tackles, Logan Bowman with 3 tackles and a pass defense, Ryan Klinedinst and Bobby Wildasin with 3 tackles each, Mike Duffy with 2 tackles, an interception and a pass defense, Dillon Langenfeld with 2 tackles and a pass defense, Eddie Lane and Jeremy Loughlin with 2 tackles each, and Alex Baugher and Dillon Thomas with 1 tackle each.

Devon Ackerman, Alex Baugher, Logan Bowman, Reid Cruz, Rich Delea, Ryan Dotson, Carnie Fryfogle, Matt Hawn, Chad Kolper, Jeremy Loughlin, 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, and Jerome Robinson patrolled the secondary for the Mustangs, with help from Brandon Krise and the Langenfeld twins, Dillon and Jaelen.

The Mustangs gained 295-yards rushing and 117yards passing for a total of 412-yards of offense. Mike Felton led the Mustangs rushing attack with 10 carries for 115-yards (including touchdowns of 45 and 27-yards), followed by Dillon Thomas with 14 for 97-yards (including touchdowns of 3 and 2-yards, Bobby Wildasin with 3 for 51-yards, Reid Cruz with 4 for 20-yards, Dakotah Moses with 2 for 12-yards, Carnie Fryfogle with 1 for 4-yards, and Dillon Langenfeld with 1 carry for minus 2-yards. Quarterback Zach Gross completed 5 of 10 passes for 117-yards and 1 touchdown, 2 for 80-yards to Felton (including a 30-yard touchdown), 1 for 25-yards to Logan Bowman, 1 for 9-yards to Jerome Robinson, and 1 for 3-yards to Fryfogle, for the Mustangs. Jake Tracy kicked 4 extra points, Mike Duffy and Felton each intercepted a pass, and Devon Ackerman, Ryan Dotson, Chad Kolper, and Brandon Stremmel each recorded a sack, for the Mustangs.

The Bearcats gained 156-yards rushing and 154-yards passing for a total of 310-yards gained.
Xavier Garcia-Wilson led the Bearcats rushing attack with 17 carries for 120-yards (including a 22-yard touchdown), followed by Kelvin Nieves with 5 for 18-yards (including a 1-yard touchdown), Darryl Simmons with 2 for 8-yards, Loren Lutzinger with 3 for 6-yards, and Dakeem Dennison with 2 carries for 4-yards. Quarterback Garcia-Wilson completed 16 of 25 passes for 154-yards, 7 for 69-yards to Lutzinger, 5 for 38-yards to Dereck Wilson, 3 for 27-yards to Dennison, and 1 for 20-yards to Joseph Smith, for the Bearcats. Thurman Fogelman kicked an extra point for the Bearcats.

Daiquan Dewitt led the Bearcats defense with 8 tackles, followed by Luis Dowling with 7, Kelvin Nieves with 4, Emmanuel Torres with 3, Eliel Flores, Anderson Novalin, and Jared Posey with 2 tackles each, and Xavier Garcia-Wilson with 1 tackle.

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 post 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 William Penn Bearcats Marching Band put on a great half time performance with their show “Beatles,” featuring “Magical Mystery Tour,” “A Hard Days Night,” “Hey Jude,” “Eleanor Rigby,” and “Yesterday.” The Mustangs and Bearcats Cheer Leading squads were very impressive as they roused the faithful.

The Mustangs of South Western are 7-2-0 overall and 4-0-0 in York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play.

Don Seidenstricker has a 194-87-1 (.690) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 335-205-8. The results of the 548 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .620 winning percentage and a .626 non-losing percentage.

After 9 weeks of play the Mustangs are seeded 9 in a field of 30 class AAAA teams in district 3 and only the top 16 make the playoffs. As of now the Mustangs would visit the number 8 seeded Blue Streaks of Manheim Township in the first round of the District 3 playoffs.

Next week the Mustangs will close out the regular season by visiting the Rockets of Spring Grove (1-9 Overall, 0-5 league). The Rockets are coming off of a 27-6 loss to the Wildcats of Dallastown (4-5 overall, 2-2 league). The Mustangs are looking to gallop their way to a regular season ending win and move on to the playoffs. GO MUSTANGS GO.