SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2011-11

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, November 5, the Mustangs of South Western visited the Rockets of Spring Grove and galloped to a 54-21 win, propelling them to the Division I title outright, their 13th league championship in the past 26-years. Temple bound Mike Felton scored 2 rushing touchdowns and returned a punt 85-yards for another touchdown.

The Rockets opened the game with a three-play drive that ended when Chad Kolper recovered a fumble for the Mustangs, who took over on the Rockets 43-yard line. Five plays later Dillon Thomas plunged in from the 3-yard line and Jake Tracy’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 7-0 with 8:26 to go in the first quarter. The rout was on and they never looked back.

The Rockets went three and out and punted. Bobby Wildasin fumbled the punt reception but Ryan Klinedinst recovered it for the Mustangs at the Rockets 42-yard line. Zach Gross threw a 16-yard pass to Brandon Krise, Felton ran for 7-yards, and Gross threw a picture perfect touchdown strike to Carnie Fryfogle in the back of the end zone. Tracy’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 14-0 at the 4:52 mark in the first quarter.

The Rockets drove 72-yards in 11 plays, featuring a 36-yard pass from Matthew Runge to Benjamin Inscore, only to turn the ball over on downs at the Mustangs 3-yard line. Undaunted, the Mustangs drove 97-yards in three plays, a 15-yard pass from Gross to Felton, a 62-yard run by Thomas, and a 20-yard touchdown jaunt by Felton. The Mustangs led 20-0 with 46 seconds left in the first quarter.

The Rockets went three and out and punted to the Mustangs 46-yard line. Gross threw a 2-yard pass to Thomas and then Felton sprinted 52-yards for a touchdown. Tracy’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 27-0 at the 9:00 minute mark in the second quarter.

The Rockets drove 18-yards in 5 plays, featuring a 19-yard pass from Runge to Austin Nee, and punted. Felton returned the punt 85-yards for a touchdown and Tracy’s extra point kick upped the score to 34-0 at the 7:14 mark in the second quarter.

The Rockets drove only 3-yards and attempted to punt but the snap went over the kickers head and the Mustangs took over on the Rockets 15-yard line. Four plays later Gross snuck in from the 2-yard line, upping the score to 40-0 with 3:37 left in the second quarter.

The Rockets started on their 42-yard line, drove to the 50 and were driven back to the 45 by a 5-yard sack by Ryan Dotson for the Mustangs. The Rockets then fumbled and Reid Cruz recovered it for the Mustangs at the Rockets 45-yard line. Thomas dashed off a 30-yard run to the 15 and Bobby Wildasin sprinted the last 15-yards for a touchdown. Tracy’s extra point kick upped the score to 47-0 with 1:58 to go in the half. It is believed that the 47 points scored in the first half is a school record.

The Mustangs had already started substituting near the end of the half and the bench was virtually cleared in the second half. Wildasin returned the second half kickoff for 24-yards to the 43-yard line, but the Mustangs went three and out and punted.

The Rockets drove 73-yards in five plays, aided by a 15-yard penalty and featuring a 12-yard run by Runge and a 12-yard run by Jeffrey Delaughter. Runge sprinted 26-yards for a touchdown. Dalton Hall’s extra point kick put the Rockets on the board and the score was 47-7 at the 7:00 mark in the third quarter.

The Mustangs then drove 70-yards in five plays, ending with Dillon Langenfeld’s 65-yard touchdown jaunt. Tracy’s extra point kick upped the score to 54-7 with 4:34 to go in the third quarter.

The Rockets then drove 63-yards in four plays, featuring a 55-yard pass from Runge to Nee, and ending with Runge’s 12-yard touchdown pass to Jeffrey Delaughter. Hall’s extra point kick made the score 54-14 at the 2:38 mark in the third quarter.

The Mustangs and the Rockets exchanged punts. Then the Rockets drove 90-yards in four plays, ending with Runge’s 73-yard touchdown strike to Nee. Hall’s extra point kick closed out the scoring in the game, with the final score of 54-21 coming with 8:27 left in the game.

Mike Felton kicked off 6 times for 276-yards, with the longest going for 58-yards, and Jake Tracy kicked off 3 times for 124-yards, with the longest going for 46-yards for the Mustangs. Gabe Morela punted 4 times for 133-yards, for an average of 33.25-yards, with the longest going for 37-yards. Bobby Wildasin returned 2 kickoffs for 36-yards, with the longest going for 24-yards, Jordan Markle returned 1 kickoff for 14-yards, and Wyatt Trostle returned 1 kickoff for 6-yards. Felton returned 1 punt for 85-yards and a touchdown, Jaelen Langenfeld returned 1 punt for 6-yards, and Wildasin returned 1 punt for no yards, for the Mustangs.

Carnie Fryfogle led the Mustangs defense with 14 tackles (giving him a team leading 136 on the season and putting him 15 tackles behind the leader and in 4th place in the school record book) and a pass hurry, followed by Zach Townsend with 10 tackles, Chad Kolper with 6 tackles and a fumble recovery, Cruz Reid with 6 tackles and a fumble recovery, Ryan Dotson with 6 tackles and a sack, Jaelen Langenfeld with 6 tackles and a pass defense, Devon Ackerman, Rich Delea, and Keith Pappas with 6 tackles each, Dakotah Moses with 5 tackles and a sack, Brandon Stremmel with 5 tackles and a pass hurry, Gunner Holtz and Jeremy Loughlin with 5 tackles each, Mike Felton with 4 tackles and a pass defense, Mike Duffy with 3 tackles and a pass defense, Jerome Robinson with 3 tackles and a pass defense, Brady Stevenson with 3 tackles and a pass hurry, Aaron Uttley with 2 tackles, an interception returned for 22-yards, and a sack, Ryan Klinedinst with 2 tackles and the recovery of an fumble by the offense, Aaron Doll, Eddie Lane, Dillon Langenfeld, Brandon McMinn, Bobby Wildasin, with 2 tackles, Alex Jones with 1 tackle and a fumble recovery, and Ryan Lane, Jordan Markle, Jake Poe, Eric Roop, Shawn Secola, Dustin Shaffer with 1 tackle each.

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

The Mustangs gained 373-yards rushing and 53yards passing for a total of 426-yards of offense. Dillon Thomas led the Mustangs rushing attack with 7 carries for 120-yards (including a 3-yard touchdown), followed by Mike Felton with 5 for 96 yards (including touchdowns of 20 and 52-yards), Dillon Langenfeld with 3 for 71-yards (including a 65-yard touchdown), Dakotah Moses with 5 for 58-yards, Bobby Wildasin with 4 for 25-yards (including a 15-yard touchdown), Brady Stevenson with 3 for 5-yards, Zach Gross with 1 for 2-yards and a touchdown, Carnie Fryfogle with 1 for no yards, and Wyatt Trostle with 2 for minus 4-yards. Quarterback Zach Gross completed 5 of 5 passes for 52-yards and 1 touchdown, 1 for 19-yards and a touchdown to Carnie Fryfogle, 2 for 16-yards to Brandon Krise, 1 for 15-yards to Felton, and 1 for 2-yards to Dillon Thomas, and quarterback Tyler Sterner completed 1 of 4 passes to Moses for 1-yard, for the Mustangs. Felton returned a punt 85-yards for a touchdown, Jake Tracy kicked 6 extra points, Reid Cruz, Alex Jones and Chad Kolper each recovered a fumble, and Aaron Uttley intercepted a pass, for the Mustangs.

The Rockets gained 198-yards rushing and 243-yards passing for a total of 441-yards gained.
Matthew Runge led the Rockets rushing attack with 28 carries for 136-yards, followed by Jeffrey Delaughter with 9 for 26-yards (including a 12-yard touchdown), Austin Nee with 1 carry for 22-yards, Juwan Fitchett with 1 for 7-yards, Seth Hildebrand with 1 for 5-yards, and Ben Inscore with 1 carry for 2-yards. Quarterback Runge completed 6 of 16 passes for 243-yards and 2 touchdowns, 3 for 172-yards to Nee (including a 73-yard touchdown), 2 for 59-yards to Inscore, and 1 for 12-yards and a touchdown to Delaughter, for the Rockets. Dalton Hall kicked 3 extra points for the Rockets.

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 half time 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 Spring Grove Rockets Marching Band put on a great post game performance with their show “Ritual,” by Aaron Guidry. The Mustangs and Rockets Cheer Leading squads were very impressive as they roused the faithful.

The Mustangs of South Western are 8-2-0 overall and 5-0-0 in York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play.

Don Seidenstricker has a 195-87-1 (.691) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 336-205-8. The results of the 549 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .621 winning percentage and a .627 non-losing percentage.

The Mustangs are seeded 9 in a field of 30 class AAAA teams in district 3 and the top 16 make the playoffs. The Mustangs will travel to the number 8 seed Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 Blue Streaks of Manheim Township (8-2 overall, 6-1 league) in the first round of the AAAA playoffs, at 7PM on Friday, November 11. GO MUSTANGS GO.