SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2014-2
By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, August 29, the Mustangs of South Western hosted the Warriors of Gettysburg, the newest member of the York Adams Interscholastic League (YAIAA), at the Mustang Corral and were edged 44-41 in a donnybrook. The Mustangs are in Division I and the Warriors are in Division II so this was a non-league encounter. Gettysburg joined the YAIAA in fine fashion as Kobe Wansel returned the opening kickoff 93-yards for a touchdown. Michael Heeschen’s extra point kick put the Warriors on top 7-0 fourteen seconds into the game.
Next
week the Mustangs visit the Colts of Cedar Cliff. Cedar Cliff opened the season with a 27-20
loss to the Comets of Penn Manor in a game played in Dublin, Ireland. The Mustangs played their hearts out in the
heartbreaking opening loss. They are
looking to resume their winning tradition and make this a memorable
season. GO MUSTANGS GO.
The Mustangs
went three and out and punted and the Warriors drove 50-yards in six plays,
ending with Wade Laudeman’s 30-yard touchdown run. Michael Heeschen’s extra point attempt was
blocked by Corbin Byers, leaving the Warriors up 13-0 at the 7:02 mark in the
first quarter.
Drew Hartlaub
then ran the Warriors kickoff back 91-yards for a touchdown. Andrew Slater’s extra point kick made the
score 13-7 with 6:49 left in the first quarter.
After a 63-yard
kickoff return by the Warriors, the Warriors drove 32-yards in four plays,
ending with a 15-yard touchdown run by Nathan Sharrah. Heeschen’s extra point kick made the score
20-7 with 5:20 to go in the first quarter.
The Mustangs
then drove 64-yards in six plays, featuring a 20-yard scamper by Brock Geiman
and an 11-yard pass from Geiman to Brady Thayer. Robby Harbison scampered in for a 12-yard
touchdown run and Slater’s extra point kick made the score 20-14 in favor of
the Warriors with 3:10 left in the first quarter. The two teams combined scored 34 points in 8
minutes and 50 seconds.
Miles Francis
returned a Warriors punt for 28-yards to the Warriors 44-yard line. The drive then included runs of 11, 13, 3,
and 2-yards by Harbison, with a 12-yard run by Hartlaub. Harbison scored on a 2-yard run and Slater’s
extra point kick put the Mustangs up 21-20 at the 10:59 mark of the second
quarter.
The Warriors
then drove 86-yards in nine plays, ending with Laudeman’s 60-yard touchdown
run. Jake Myers’ 2-point conversion pass
to Tyler Lampe put the Warriors on top 28-21 with 7:05 to go in the first half.
The Mustangs
stormed back with an 11 play 73-yard drive, featuring an 18-yard run by Hartlaub,
a 14-yard pass from Geiman to Noah Staub, and a 9-yard pass to Francis. Geiman scored on a 2-yard plunge and Slater’s
extra point kick tied the score at 28 with two minutes left in the first half.
The Warrior then
drove 64-yards in six plays, featuring runs of 15 and 11-yards by Elijah
Jackson and runs of 14 and 4-yards by Laudeman.
Laudeman scored on a 3-yard run with 28 seconds left in the first half,
putting the Warriors up 34-28 at the half.
The Mustangs
went three and out to open the second half and the Warriors drove 74-yards in 14
plays. Heeschen kicked a 33-yard field
goal and the Warriors were up 37-28 at the 3:37 mark of the third quarter.
Jeff Green
returned the Warriors kickoff 45-yards to the Warriors 46-yard line. Six plays later, featuring a 23-yard run by
Harbison, Geiman threw a 9-yard touchdown pass to Hartlaub and the Mustangs closed to within three points,
37-34.
The Warriors
next drive was thwarted when Corbin Byers batted down a pass and Francis
intercepted it for the Mustangs. The
Mustangs drove to the Warriors 10-yard line, only to turn the ball over on
downs. The Warriors then ended up
punting and the Mustangs drove 36-yards in seven plays, ending with Hartlaub’s
5-yard touchdown run. Slater’s extra
point kick put the Mustangs on top 41-37 with 4:05 left in the game.
The Warriors
then drove 75-yards in five plays, ending with Myers’ 46-yard touchdown pass to
Wansel. Heeschen’s extra point kick put
the Warriors back on top 44-41 with 1:56 left in the game.
The Mustangs
final drive ended when they had a 4th and 12 at their own 46 and Geiman’s pass
to Brady Thayer netted 11-yards. The
turnover on downs enabled the Warriors to run out the clock.
Andrew
Slater kicked off 7 times
for 328-yards, with the longest going for 55-yards, and Brock Geiman punted 2
times for 63-yards (for an average of 31.5-yards) with the longest going for 35-yards. Miles Francis returned 1 punt for 28-yards. Drew Hartlaub returned 4 kickoffs for 140-yards
(for an average of 35-yards), with the longest going for 91-yards and a
touchdown, and Jeff Green returned 2 kickoffs for 45-yards (for an average of
22.5-yards), with the longest going for 30-yards, for the Mustangs.
Corbin Byers,
with 9 tackles, a blocked field goal attempt, a caused fumble, and a pass
defense, led the Mustang defense, followed by Ryan Krebs with 9 tackles, Bret
Hertzog with 8 tackles, Seth Janney with 7 tackles (including one for a loss),
Tyler Jachelski with 7 tackles and a pass defense, Hunter Palmer with 5
tackles, Skylar Bowman and Marcus Jones with 4 tackles each, Miles Francis with
3 tackles and an interception returned for 5-yards, Brady Thayer with 2 tackles
and a pass defense, Chris Steckel with 2 tackles (including one for a loss) and
a pass hurry, Mike Farace, Zach Hughes, Josh Martin, and Matt Smolko with 2
tackles each, Josh Zeroth with 1 tackle and a pass hurry, and Jeff Green, Matt
Helwig, Tyler Fulmore, Carson Perry, and Andrew Slater with 1 tackle each.
Luke Baugher, Skylar Bowman, Corbin Byers, Scotty Dickmyer,
Mike Farace, Miles Francis, Tyler Fulmore, Matt Helwig, Bret Hertzog, Tyler
Jachelski, Marcus Jones, Seth Janney, Josh Martin, Matt Smolko, Chris Steckel,
and Josh Zeroth manned the offensive and defensive line and linebacker
positions.
Zach Hughes, Ryan Krebs, Hunter Palmer, and Brady
Thayer patrolled the secondary for the Mustangs.
The
Mustangs gained 186-yards rushing and 87-yards passing for a total of 273-yards
of offense. Junior quarterback Brock Geiman completed 8 of 18 passes for the 87-yards and 1 touchdown,
2 for 41-yards to Noah Staub, 2 for 18-yards to Brady Thayer, 2 for 13-yards to
Drew Hartlaub (including a 9-yard touchdown), 1 for 9-yards to Miles Francis,
and 1 for 6-yards to Zach Hughes, for the Mustangs. Robby Harbison led the Mustangs rushing
attack with 17 carries for 96-yards (including touchdowns of 12 and 2-yards),
followed by Hartlaub with 8 for 40 (including a 5-yard touchdown), Geiman with
6 for 27 (including a 2-yard touchdown), Hughes with 2 for 16-yards, and Francis
with 2 carries for no yards.
Hartlaub
returned a kickoff 91-yards for a touchdown, Andrew Slater kicked 5 extra
points, Miles Francis intercepted a pass, Corbin Byers blocked a field goal
attempt, defended a pass and caused a fumble, Tyler Jachelski and Brady Thayer
each defended a pass, and Chris Steckel and Josh Zeroth each recorded pass
hurry, for the Mustangs.
The
Gettysburg Warriors rang up 295-yards rushing and 83-yards passing for a total
of 378-yards gained. Quarterback Jake Myers completed 4 of 10
passes for the 83-yards and 1 touchdown, 1 for 46-yards and a touchdown to Kobe
Wansel, 1 for 22-yards to Nathan Sharrah, 1 for 13-yards to Tyler Lampe, and 1
for 2-yards to Lane Sherman, for the Warriors.
Wade Laudeman led the Warriors rushing attack with 9 carries for
122-yards (including touchdowns of 30, 60, and 3-yards), followed by Myers with
11 for 48, Lampe with 14 for 40, Elijah Jackson with 6 for 30, Sharrah with 3
for 23 (including a 15-yard touchdown), Sherman with 4 for 11-yards, and Mitchell
Hoffman with 1 carry for 1-yard.
Wansel returned
a kickoff 93-yards for a touchdown, Michael Heeschen kicked a 33-yard field
goal and 3 extra points, and Myers completed a 2-point conversion pass to
Lampe, for the Warriors.
The
10-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 2014 field show “Nevermore,”
based on “The Raven” by Edgar Allen Poe.
The show opened with the Overture from “Sweeney Todd” by Stephen
Sondheim. Mozart’s 25th Symphony
provided the musical material for the first impact before melding into a minor
treatment of the “Johanna” theme. The
madness continued with a return to the Overture that dissolved into a final
solution. The Gettysburg Warriors
Marching Band performed a medley of tunes from “The Wizard of Oz” and Oz for
their show entitled “The Wizard of Oz Meets Oz.”
The
27 member Mustangs Cheer Leading Squad (26 girls and a guy) and the Warriors Cheer
Leading squad were both very impressive as they roused the faithful on both
sides of the field.
The
Mustangs of South Western are 0-1-0 overall and 0-0-0 in York Adams
Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play.
The
Mustangs have a career record of 341-210-8.
The results of the 559 games played in the history of the South Western
Mustangs are a career .619 winning percentage and a .624 non-losing percentage
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