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This site is currently dedicated to covering the fortunes of the South Western High School MUSTANGS football team in York County, Pennsylvania. SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON columns will be posted for a preseason review and following each game during the season. And we will follow my Alma Mater, the CUTTERS of Fair Lawn High School in Bergen County, New Jersey, with THE GRIDIRON columns by my twin brother Dick, the stadium announcer "Voice of the CUTTERS."

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Monday, September 28, 2015

York and Adams County Report – Week 4


By Bill Engelhardt
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Stat Stars of the Week

OFFENSE: 

Rushing: (200 yds or more)

247 yds - Jesse Nwabueze-Ogbo - Hershey

Passing: (200 yds or more)

291 yds – Ben Hurda – Biglerville
233 yds – Kyle Krout – Hanover

Touchdown Passes: (4 or more)

4 – Ben Hurda - Biglerville

Receiving: (100 yds or more)

132 yds – Jake Jansen – Dallastown
124 yds – Brad Smith – York Suburban
112 yds – Luke Brennan – York Catholic
112 yds – Terry Cains – West York
107 yds – Marquise Camel – Gettysburg

DEFENSE:

Fumble Returns for Touchdowns:

25 yds – Cole Jesmer - Dover
10 yds – Mike Messersmith – West York

Interception Returns for Touchdowns:

44yds – Andrew Swaisgood – Northern York

Interceptions: (2 or more)

2 – Andrew Swaisgood – Northern York

Tackles: (10 or More)

15 – Derek Cline – Red Land
13 – Zachary Hart – Delone Catholic
11 – Nathaniel Weber – Exeter Township
10 - William Reilly – Dallastown
10 - Ryan Sewell – York Catholic

Sacks: (3 or more)

3 Michal Menet – Exeter Township

SPECIAL TEAMS:

Kickoff Returns for Touchdowns:

94 yds – Jake Jansen - Dallastown

Kicking: Multiple Field Goals

2 – Vincent Paioletti - Hershey
2 – Drake Pew – Dallastown (32 & 22-yds)

Field Goals: 30 Yards or More:

32 yds – Drake Pew – Dallastown
30 yds – Alex Potts - Littlestown

District 3 Notes for York & Adams Counties – Week 4

York-Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I action:

The Mustangs of South Western (3-1 overall, 1-0 League) eked out a thrilling 21-6 victory over the Colonials of New Oxford (1-3 overall, 0-1 league) in league action.  The Mustangs gained 162-yards rushing and 70-yards passing for a total of 232-yards of offense. Senior quarterback Brock Geiman completed 5 of 15 passes for the 70-yards and 2 touchdowns, 2 for 31-yards to Noah Staub (including a 20-yard touchdown), 2 for 26-yards to Jeff Green (including a 27-yard touchdown), and 1 for 13-yards to Corbin Byers, for the Mustangs.  DeSean Crump led the Mustangs rushing attack with 7 carries for 47-yards, followed by Tyler Fulmore with 9 for 44, Green with 10 for 28, Zack Hughes with 4 for 23, Geiman with 5 for 18, Michael Johnson, Jr. with 1 for 2-yards, Jacob Muir with 1 for 1-yard, Nigel Williams with 2 carries for no yards, and a team loss of 1-yard.  Wes Sneeringer kicked 3 extra points, Staub intercepted a pass and returned it 30-yards and defended 2 passes, Kaiden Gaylord recovered a fumble, Carson Perry caused a fumble, Byers recorded a sack and 3 pass hurries, Skylar Bowman and Josh Zeroth each recorded a sack, Miles Francis and Nate VanCampen each defended a pass, and Fulmore recorded 1 pass hurry, for the Mustangs.  The Colonials gained 56-yards rushing and 56 yards passing for a total of 112-yards gained.  Quarterback Corban Czap completed 5 of 11 passes for the 56-yards to Trevon Brown for the Colonials.  Joshua Shultz led the Colonials rushing attack with 21 carries for 105-yards, followed by Brown with 3 for 16, Elijah Myers with 2 for 9, Corban Czap with 10 carries for 6-yards, Ferrious Ashford with 1 carry for minus 8-yards, and Benjamin Rivera with 2 carries for minus 58-yards due to bad snaps on attempted punts.  Ashford intercepted a pass and returned it 9-yards and Brown intercepted a pass and returned it 5-yards, for the Colonials.

The Wildcats of Dallastown (4-0 overall, 1-0 league) defeated the Rockets of Spring Grove (1-3 overall, 0-1league) 20-10 in league action.  Zion DeVance led the Wildcats rushing attack with 34-yards, followed by Dillon Callahan with 28, Cade Gold with 18 (including a 2-yard touchdown), and Jack Marks with 7-yards.  Quarterback Gold completed 15 of 18 passes for 193-yards, 9 for 132-yards to Jake Jansen, 2 for 32-yards to Jawaun McMillian, 2 for 22-yards to Connor Moore, and 1 for 7-yards to Edgar Centeno, for the Wildcats.  Drake Pew kicked 2 field goals (for 32 and 22-yards) and 1 extra point, Jansen returned a kickoff 94-yards for a touchdown, and Jordan Burns and Jake Garrity each intercepted a pass and recorded a sack, Robert Paulis recorded a sack, Tyler Ingoe, Jack Lehr, Jack Marks, and Brice Register each recorded a half sack, and Max Teyral defended a pass, for the Wildcats.  Nick Erickson led the Rockets rushing attack with 37-yards, followed by LJ Chisolm with 2-yards, Ryan Daugherty with no yards, and Jake Messersmith with minus 15-yards.  Quarterback Messersmith completed 10 of 17 passes for 150 and 1 touchdown, 2 for 46-yards to Brady Stein, 3 for 24-yards to Erickson, 2 for 31-yards to Anthony Beddia, 1 for 31-yards to Daugherty, 1 for 13-yards and a touchdown to Connor Reed, and 1 for 5-yards to Seth Snively, for the Rockets.  Andrew Luckenbaugh kicked a 28-yard field goal and 1 extra point and Owen Jacobs recovered a fumble for the Rockets.

The Bobcats of Northeastern (4-0 overall, 1-0 League) shut out the Panthers of Central York (1-3 overall, 0-1 league) defeated the 42-0 in league action.  Anu Johnson lead the Bobcats rushing attack with 110-yards (including a 1-yard touchdown), followed by Chris Whack with 91, Shannon Valenti, Jr. with 53 (including a 20-yard touchdown), Kody Reeser with 29 (including touchdowns of 3 and 5-yards), David Ankney with 22, Alex Seaforth with 17, Taemer Willis with an 11-yard touchdown, and Wyatt Hughes with 6-yards.  Quarterback Valenti, Jr. completed 3 of 11 passes for 68-yards and 1 touchdown, 1 for 32-yards and a touchdown to Jonathan Butler, 1 for 19-yards to Dezmend Wigginton, and 1 for 17-yards Jordan Zirkle, for the Bobcats.  Cameron Artman kicked 6 extra points for the Bobcats.  Shyheim Goff led the Panther rushing attack with 106-yards, followed by Will Van Dyke with 2-yards, Elzir Stroman with 1-yard, Nik Strine with minus 2-yards, and Cade Pribula with minus 7-yards.  Quarterback Strine completed 2 of 10 passes for 11-yards and quarterback Pribula completed 3 of 8 passes for 24-yards, for the Panthers.  Drew Anderson caught 1 pass for 18-yards, Shawn Johnston caught 2 passes for 9-yards, and Brandon Falkenstein caught 2 passes for 8-yards, for the Panthers.

The Lions of Red Lion (3-1 overall, 1-0 league) defeated the Bearcats of William Penn, York High, (0-4 overall, 0-1 league) 70-6 in league action.  Alex Keough led the Lions rushing attack with 151-yards (including a 15-yard touchdown), followed by Dylan Gurreri with 105 (including touchdowns of 6 and 3-yards), Dalton Grove with 19, Rodney Scott with 18 (including a 5-yard touchdown), Jamel Foster with 11, Sam Emig with a 9-yard touchdown run, and Patrick Daugherty with 7-yards (including touchdowns of 3 and 4-yards).  Quarterback Grove completed 4 of 5 passes for 107-yards and 3 touchdowns, 1 for 74-yards and a touchdown to James Jackson, 1 for 14-yards and a touchdown to Cole Snyder, 1 for 11-yards to Taylor Uberti, and 1 for 8-yards and a touchdown to Kendrick Boyd-Gillespie, for the Lions.  Emig kicked 8 extra points and threw a 2-point conversion pass to Josh Donaldson for the Lions.  Andrew Radzik led the Bearcats meager rushing attack (they were held to 30-yards for the game) with 15-yards, followed by Khalid Dorsey with 14, Angel DeJesus with 4 (including a 3-yard touchdown), Ruben Mendez with 2-yards, and Jyaire Beverly with minus 3-yards.  Quarterback DeJesus completed 7 of 17 passes for 63-yards and Beverly completed 1 pass for 4-yards for the Bearcats.  Jose Santiago caught 3 passes for 52-yards, Nyshaun Ritter caught 2 passes for 18-yards, Markeis Cash caught 2 passes for 3-yards, and Radzik caught 1 pass for minus 6-yards, for the Bearcats.

York-Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division II action:

The Eagles of Dover (2-2 overall, 1-0 league) defeated the Warriors of Gettysburg (1-3 overall, 0-1 league) 25-14 in league action.  Brett Mohn led the Eagles rushing attack with 72-yards (including touchdowns of 24 and 11-yards), followed by Durran Ledbetter with 49, Tad Pequignot 42 (including a 1-yard touchdown), Joey Zutell with 25, Tyler Blazosky with 12-yards, and a team loss of 28-yards.  Quarterback Blazosky completed 4 of 9 passes for 57-yards before leaving the game with an injury in the second quarter and quarterback Pequignot completed 3 of 8 passes for 39-yards, for the Eagles.  Derek Breneman caught 4 passes for 57-yards, Caden Snyder caught 1 pass for 25-yards, Andrew Hoffman caught 1 pass for 8-yards, and Zutell caught 1 pass for 6-yards, for the Eagles.  Cole Jesmer recovered a fumble and returned it 25-yards for a touchdown, Josh Bradley kicked 1 extra point, Amari Peterson intercepted a pass, and Ledbetter recovered a fumble, for the Eagles.  Edney Celius led the Warriors rushing attack with 149-yards, followed by Kahlil Hill with 7-yards, Wesley Gayle with minus 1-yard, and Tyler Wilt with minus 13-yards (including a 1-yard touchdown).  Quarterback Wilt completed 2 of 8 passes for 107-yards (including an 84-yard touchdown) to Marquise Camel for the Warriors.  The Warriors also recorded a safety when a Dover snap went out of the end zone.

The Bulldogs of West York (1-3 overall, 1-0 league) defeated the Golden Knights of Eastern York (2-2 overall, 0-1 League) 42-21 in league action.  Ryan Narber led the Bulldogs rushing attack with 122-yards (including touchdowns of 6, 36, an 6-yards), followed by Ay’Jaun Marshall with 43, Anthony Kahley with 7, Tyler Folk with 3, Mason Burcik with 2-yards, and Ramell Baldwin and Nick Spadafora with no yards each.  Quarterback Folk completed 8 of 14 passes for 151-yards and 2 touchdowns, 4 for 112-yards to Terry Cains (including a 33-yard touchdown), 1 for 34-yards and a touchdown to Thomas Bentzel, 1 for 6-yards to Dante Dorm, 1 for no yards to Marshall, and 1 for minus 1-yard to Kahley, for the Bulldogs.  Mike Messersmith recovered a fumble and returned it 10-yards for a touchdown, Folk ran in for a 2-point conversion and threw a 2-point conversion pass to Cains, and Ryan Keim kicked 1 extra point, for the Bulldogs.  Sam Pollock led the Golden Knights rushing attack with 95-yards (including touchdowns of 78 and 9-yards), followed by Logan Kline with 39, Jordan Weaver with 12, Brennen Shank with 7 (including a 9-yard touchdown), and Ryan Kalke with 7-yards.  Quarterback Kalke completed 3 of 17 passes for 34-yards, 2 for 34-yards to Jimmy Kurnick, and 1 for no yards to Kline, and Jahshim Snyder completed 1 pass for 30-yards to Seth Bernstein, for the Golden Knights.  Keegan Corwell kicked 3 extra points and Kalke recovered a fumble for the Golden Knights.

The Trojans of York Suburban (2-2 overall, 1-0 league) defeated the Rams of Kennard-Dale (1-3 overall, 0-1 league) 34-12 in league action.  Jadon Haynes led the Trojans rushing attack with 94-yards, followed by Teague Hoffman with 85 (including a 1-yard touchdown), Dajour Henderson with 63 (including a 21-yard touchdown), Travis Edwards with 24 (including a 1-yard touchdown), Thomas Merkle with 10, and Collin Mailman with 5-yards.  Quarterback Merkle completed 15 of 26 passes for 191-yards and 2 touchdowns, 9 for 124-yards to Brad Smith, 2 for 38-yards to Mailman (including a 30-yard touchdown), 1 for 14-yards to Henderson, 2 for 5-yards to Colin Deardorf (including an 8-yard touchdown, 1 for 5-yards to Edwards, and 1 for 5-yards to Hoffman, for the Trojans.  Jonas Atkison kicked 4 extra points for the Trojans.  Chase Carlisle led the Rams rushing attack with 113-yards (including a 19-yard touchdown), followed by Nick Workinger with 73, Dalton Stike with 6 (including a 1-yard touchdown), and Shawn Ellis with 3-yards.  Quarterback Stike completed 9 of 17 passes for 181-yards, 2 for 80-yards to Kyle Woolridge, 4 for 47-yards to Carlile, 2 for 47-yards to Connor Stokes, and 1 for 7-yards to Ellis, for the Rams.

The Warriors of Susquehannock (1-3 overall, 0-0 League) were shut out by the Berks Inter-County Section 1 Eagles of Exeter Township (4-0 overall, 0-0 league) 35-0 in non-league action.  Chris Scott led the Eagles rushing attack with 131-yards (including a 92-yard touchdown), followed by Brandon Unterkoefler with 50, Nick Sarangoulis with 46 (including touchdowns of 17 and 4-yards), Leroy Longenecker with 29, Naythan Beltron with 23, Jack Fiucci with 13, Hector Roman with 10-yards, and Michael Stout with minus 10-yards.  Quarterback Unterkoefler completed 6 of 8 passes for 131-yards and 2 touchdowns, 1 for 48-yards and a touchdown to Connor McGarry, 2 for 41-yards to Longenecker, 2 for 23-yards to Gabe Shappell, and 1 for 19-yards and a touchdown to Scott, for the Eagles.  Nick Bentz kicked 3 extra points, Unterkoefler ran in for a 2-point conversion, Jason Schramn intercepted a pass, Michal Menet recorded 3 sacks, and Ryan Barzd, Kordel Davis, McGarry, and Brett Moyer each recorded 1 sack, for the Eagles.  Kevin Clapp led the Warriors meager rushing attack with 18-yards, followed by Myles Moultrie with 9, Dorian Faster with 7, Kyle Orndorff with 6, Alex Kramer with 2-yards, Josh Stoneberg with minus 5-yards, and Chase Summers with minus 9-yards.  Quarterback Stoneberg completed 8 of 15 passes for 109-yards, 6 for 98-yards to Nick Tannura, and 2 for 11-yards to Ethan Schammel, for the Warriors.

York-Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division III action:

The Nighthawks of Hanover (4-0 overall, 1-0 league) defeated the Eagles of Bermudian Springs, (0-4 overall, 0-1 league) 22-14 in league action.  Jordan Laughman led the Nighthawks rushing attack with 56-yards (including a 6-yard touchdown), followed by Deandre Kerr with 28 (including a 23-yard touchdown), Nick Seymour with 4-yards, Colton Ehrhart with no yards, Devon Bell with minus 3-yards, and Kyle Krout with minus 15-yards.  Quarterback Krout completed 13 of 2o passes for 233-yards and 1 touchdown, 5 for 75-yards to Resean Williams (including a 35-yard touchdown), 2 for 61yards to Luis Lara, 2 for 34-yards to Seymour, 1 for 32-yards to Hunter Martz, 2 for 27-yards to Bill Morris, and 1 for 4-yards to Ehrhart, for the Nighthawks.  Justin Barnes kicked kicked 2 extra points for the Nighthawks and they were awarded a safety when the Eagles were assessed an intentional grounding penalty in the end zone.  Chase David led the Eagles rushing attack with 37-yards, followed by Ashton West with 22, and Chase Dull with 13-yards.  Quarterback Dull completed 12 of 20 passes for 156-yards and 2 touchdowns, 4 for 47-yards to West, 4 for 42-yards to Devon Hodgen (including touchdowns of 27 and 17-yards), 2 for 42-yards to Trevor Grim, 1 for 18-yards to Brandon Jackson, and 1 for 7-yards to Quinton Nace, for the Eagles.  Noah Aeppli kicked 2 extra points for the Eagles. 

The Canners of Biglerville (2-2 overall, 1-0 league) shutout the Knights of Fairfield (1-3 overall, 0-1 league) edged the 47-0 in league action.  Malakai Curtis led the Canners rushing attack with 81-yards (including a 10-yardtouchdown), followed by Dayne Showers with 37 (including a 37-yard touchdown), Josh Brandt with 26, Colton Sentz with 23, Seth Getz with 15, Scott Cooper with 14 (including a 6-yard touchdown), Hunter Getz with 4-yards, and Ben Hurda and Gabe May with no yards each.  Quarterback Hurda completed 10 of 14 passes for 291-yards and 4 touchdowns, 1 for 81-yards and a touchdown to Sentz, 1 for 75-yards and a touchdown to Gage McAuliffe, 2 for 55-yards to Cooper (including a 47-yard touchdown), 1 for 26-yards to Brandt, 1 for 24-yards to Nick Bell, and 1 for 11-yards and a touchdown to Nate Newberry, for the Canners.  Sentz kicked 5 extra points for the Canners.  Darian Mort led the Knights rushing attack with 37-yards, followed by Tyler Karstetter with 26-yards, and Matt Petrie with minus 3-yards.  Quarterback Mort completed 12 of 29 passes for 145-yards, 6 for 87-yards to Aaron Moore, 3 for 29-yards to Petrie, 1 for 18-yards to Jordan Angerette, 1 for 10-yards to Karstetter, and 1 for 1-yard to Jonas Holtz, for the Knights.

The Thunderbolts of Littlestown (1-3 overall, 1-0 league) defeated the Spartans of York County Tech (1-3 overall, 0-1 league) 23-6 in league action.  Wesley Story led the Thunderbolts rushing attack with 168-yards (including a 56-yard touchdown), followed by Dylan Sizemore with 56, Cody Boyd with 31 (including a 5-yard touchdown), Austin Watters with 25 (including a 4-yard touchdown), and Andrew Matthews with 21-yards.  Quarterback Boyd completed 5 of 12 passes for 62-yards, 1 for 27-yards to Alex Potts, 2 for 18-yards to Brandon Pittinger, 1 for 10-yards to Jackson Hornbrook, and 1 for 7-yards to Ben Snouffer, for the Thunderbolts.  Alex Potts kicked a 30-yard field goal 2 extra points for the Thunderbolts.  Kahliek Savery led the Spartans rushing attack with 99-yards (including a 45-yard touchdown), followed by Matthew Rossi with 27, Damarius Wiggins with 17, JD Miles with 12, Josiah Smallwood with 5-yards, and Maurice James with no yards.  Quarterback Wiggins completed 3 of 13 passes for 46-yards, 1 for 19-yards to James, 1 for 18-yards to Luis Deleon, and 1 for 9-yards to Curtis Smith, and Smallwood completed 1 of 2 passes for 1-yard to Savery, for the Spartans.

The Fighting Irish of York Catholic (1-3 overall, 1-0 league) edged the Squires of Delone Catholic (1-3 overall, 0-1 league) 29-24 in league action.  Jakkar Kinard led the Fighting Irish rushing attack with 157-yards (including touchdowns of 77 and 21-yards), followed by Daniel Yokemick with 25-yards, and Sean Lamont with minus 1-yard.  Quarterback Yokemick completed 9 of 13 passes for 178-yards and 2 touchdowns, 4 for 112-yards to Luke Brennan (including a 57-yard touchdown), 4 for 61-yards to Joseph Bauhoff (including a 26-yard touchdown), and 1 for 5-yards to Brandon Creisher, for the Fighting Irish.  The Fighting Irish were awarded a safety when the Squires were assessed an intentional grounding penalty in the end zone, Brennan kicked 3 extra points and Yokemick intercepted a pass, for the Fighting Irish.  Sean Sneeringer led the Squires rushing attack with 140-yards (including touchdowns of 71 and 25-yards), followed by Tavian Dorsey with 67 (including a 3-yard touchdown), Zachary Hart with 17, (including a 3-yard touchdown), Brian Shermeyer with 7, and Ryan Hart with 7-yards.  Quarterback Shermeyer completed 4 of 13 passes for 33-yards, 3 for 24-yards to Sneeringer and 1 for 9-yards to Brandon Zumbrum, for the Squires.  Dorsey intercepted a pass and returned it 5-yards, Bryce Perkins intercepted a pass with no return, and Wade Neiderer and Logan Panzer each recorded a sack, for the Squires.

Mid-Penn Conference action:

The Mid-Penn Keystone Division’s Patriots of Red Land (2-2 overall, 0-1 league) were defeated by the Trojans of Hershey (2-2 overall, 1-0 league) 34-7 in league action.  Jesse Nwabueze-Ogbo led the Trojans rushing attack with 247-yards (including 2 touchdowns), followed by Ryan Nerino with 98-yards (including 1 touchdown), and a team loss of 17-yards.  Quarterback Nerino completed 8 of 18 passes for 53-yards and 1 touchdown, 1 for 21-yards and a touchdown to Aaron Gethers, 2 for 14-yards to Elijah McNelley, 2 for 13-yards to James Sheehan, 1 for 4-yards to Stone Musser, 1 for 2-yards to Joe Brittain, and 1 for minus 1-yard to Nwabueze-Ogbo, for the Trojans.  Vincent Paioletti kicked 2 field goals and 4 extra points for the Trojans.  Hunter Briner led the Patriots rushing attack with 49-yards, followed by Jake Radic with 31, Justin Johnson with 27 (including 1 touchdown), Jordan Weldon with 14-yards, and Josiah Espinosa with minus 3-yards.  Quarterback Radic completed 6 of 24 passes for 49-yards and Briner completed 2 of 4 passes for 26-yards for the Patriots.  Briner caught 2 passes for 30-yards, Jake Rollman caught 2 passes for 21-yards, Kyle Campbell caught 1 pass for 14-yards, Zi Reevy caught 1 pass for 9-yards, Joe Crocenzi caught 1 pass for 2-yards, and Johnson caught 1 pass for minus 1-yard, for the Patriots.   Chad Stout kicked 1 extra point, Crocenzi intercepted a pass and recorded a sack, Cline recorded a sack and caused 2 fumbles, Weston Brantner recorded a sack, Espinosa caused a fumble, and Justin Bugey and Jaelyn Gaither each defended a pass, for the Patriots.

The Mid-Penn Colonial Division’s Polar Bears of Northern York (3-1 overall, 1-0 league) shut out the Rockets of James Buchanan (0-4 overall, 0-1 league) 51-0 in league action.  Robert Shelly led the Polar Bears rushing attack with 83-yrds (including a 26-yard touchdown), followed by Michael Kearney with 51 (including touchdowns of 1 and 1-yards), Jordan Eutzy with 19, Ray Avila with 17 (including a 5-yard touchdown), Hunter Hrinda with 14, Justin Markle with 11-yards, Jake Cromer with minus 2-yards, and Curtis Robison with minus 14-yards.  Quarterback Robison completed 5 of 10 passes for 105-yards and 2 touchdowns, 2 for 51-yards to Andrew Swaisgood (including a 34-yard touchdown), 1 for 22-yards and a touchdown to Jared Sutch, 1 for 16-yards to John Kearney, and 1 for 16-yards to Joey Razzano, and Markle completed 1 of 2 passes for 23-yards to John Kearney, for the Polar Bears.  Aidan Alves kicked 6 extra points, Jake Coover kicked 1 extra point, Swaisgood intercepted 2 passes and returned one 44-yards for a touchdown, John Kearney intercepted 1 pass, Noah Smith recovered 1 fumble and caused 1 fumble, Shelly caused a fumble, and Ray Avila defended a pass, for the Polar Bears.  Remi Spoonhour led the Rockets non existent rushing attack (held to minus 6-yards for the game) with 6-yards, followed by Dillon Sanders with 4, Seth Carbaugh with 2-yards, Caden Ficks with 1-yard, Kenny Gordon with 1-yard, Evan Stoner with no yards, Clay Sanders with minus 4-yards, and a team loss of 16-yards.  Quarterback Spoonhour completed 2 of 13 passes for 18-yards, 1 for 15-yards to Carlos Rauch and 1 for 3-yards to Stoner, for the Rockets.

Saturday, September 26, 2015

SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2015-5


By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, September 25, the Mustangs of South Western visited the Colonials of New Oxford in YAIAA Division II action and came away with a 21-6 victory.  Two touchdown passes by senior quarterback Brock Geiman put the Mustangs out front and his 1-yard touchdown plunge sealed the deal.


The Mustangs opened the game with a 30-yard kickoff return by Michael Johnson, Jr. to the 50-yard line.  The Mustangs drove to the Colonials 30-yard line, only to turn the ball over on downs.  Four plays later the Colonials attempted to punt and a bad snap sailed over the punter’s head and the resulting 31-yard loss set the Mustangs up on the Colonials 15-yard line.  On the next play Trevon Brown intercepted a Mustangs pass, giving the ball back to the Colonials at their 20-yard line.

The Colonials then drove 35-yards in seven plays and again attempted to punt.  Again the snap sailed over the punter’s head, and the resulting 26-yard loss set the Mustangs up on the Colonials 24-yard line.  Three plays later Geiman threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Staub and Wes Sneeringer’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 7-0 with 1:49 left in the first quarter.

Brown returned the Mustangs kickoff 25-yards to the Colonials 37-yard line.  The Colonials drove to the Mustangs 39-yard line in six plays, featuring a 17-yard run by Josh Shultz, only to turn the ball over on downs.  Two plays later the Colonials got the ball back when Ferrious Ashford intercepted a Mustangs pass and returned it 12-yards to the Mustangs 31-yard line.  Six plays later the Colonials turned the ball over on downs at the Mustangs 24-yard line.

The Mustangs then drove 51–yards in 13 plays, featuring a fake punt that the punter, Geiman, ran 6-yards for a first down, and turned the ball over in downs at the Colonials 25-yard line.

The Colonials went 3 and out and punted and DeSean Crump returned it 12-yards to the Colonials 27-yard line.  Then Geiman threw a picture perfect 27-yard touchdown pass to Jeff Green.  Sneeringer’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 14-0 with 22 seconds left in the first half.

The Colonials opened the second half with a nine play 60-yard drive, featuring a 13-yard run by Corban Czap and an 11-yard run by Josh Shultz.  The drive ended with a 5-yard touchdown plunge by Shultz.  The extra point was missed and the Mustangs still led 14-6 at the 7:49 mark of the third quarter.

The Mustangs and the Colonials then exchanged punts.  Then the Mustangs drove 56-yards in nine plays, featuring an 11-yard pass from Geiman to Staub and a 10-yard run by Crump.  The drive ended with Geiman’s 1-yard touchdown plunge.  The reliable Sneeringer kicked the extra point and the Mustangs increased their lead to 21-6, closing out the scoring with 9:08 left in the game.

Kaiden Gaylord recovered a Colonials fumble for the Mustangs at the Colonials 23-yard line.  The Mustangs suffered a 15-yard penalty and got back to the 28-yard line.  Sneeringer’s 45-yard field goal attempt failed.  That was only his first miss after kicking 12 extra points and 2 field goals for the season to date.  His successful field goals were for 34 and 26-yards.

Wes Sneeringer kicked off 4 times for 155-yards, for an average of 38.8-yards, with the longest going for 53-yards, and Brock Geiman punted 1 time for 33-yards.  Michael Johnson, Jr. returned 1 kickoff for 30-yards, DeSean Crump returned 1 kickoff for minus 9-yards and 1 punt for 12-yards, and Miles Francis returned 1 punt for 5-yards, for the Mustangs.

Skylar Bowman, with 9 tackles and 1 sack for a 4-yard loss, led the Mustang defense, followed by Corbin Byers with 7 tackles, 1 sack for a 4-yard loss, and 3 pass hurries, Mike Farace with 7 tackles, Nate VanCampen with 6 tackles and 1 pass defended, Zack Hughes, Quan Marshall, and Matt Smolko with 6 tackles each, Josh Zeroth with 4 tackles and 1 sack for a 2-yard loss, Miles Francis with 4 tackles and 1 pass defended, Bubba Carbaugh with 3 tackles, Noah Staub with 2 tackles, 1 interception with a 30-yard return, and 2 defended passes, Tyler Fulmore with 2 tackles and 1 pass hurry, Carson Perry with 1 tackle and 1 caused fumble, Michael Johnson, Jr., Chris Steckel, Cole Stremmel, and Nigel Williams with 1 tackle each, and Kaiden Gaylord with 1 recovered fumble.

Skylar Bowman, Corbin Byers, Bubba Carbaugh, Scotty Dickmyer, Mike Farace, Tyler Fulmore, Zach Hughes, Quan Marshall, Austin Reusing, Matt Smolko, Chris Steckel, and Josh Zeroth manned the offensive and defensive line and linebacker positions.

DeSean Crump, Miles Francis, Brock Geiman, Jeff Green, Noah Staub, and Nate VanCampen patrolled the secondary for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs gained 162-yards rushing and 70-yards passing for a total of 232-yards of offense. Senior quarterback Brock Geiman completed 5 of 15 passes for the 70-yards and 2 touchdowns, 2 for 31-yards to Noah Staub (including a 20-yard touchdown), 2 for 26-yards to Jeff Green (including a 27-yard touchdown), and 1 for 13-yards to Corbin Byers, for the Mustangs.  DeSean Crump led the Mustangs rushing attack with 7 carries for 47-yards, followed by Tyler Fulmore with 9 for 44, Green with 10 for 28, Zack Hughes with 4 for 23, Geiman with 5 for 18, Michael Johnson, Jr. with 1 for 2-yards, Jacob Muir with 1 for 1-yard, Nigel Williams with 2 carries for no yards, and a team loss of 1-yard.  Wes Sneeringer kicked 3 extra points, Staub intercepted a pass and returned it 30-yards and defended 2 passes, Kaiden Gaylord recovered a fumble, Carson Perry caused a fumble, Byers recorded a sack and 3 pass hurries, Skylar Bowman and Josh Zeroth each recorded a sack, Miles Francis and Nate VanCampen each defended a pass, and Fulmore recorded 1 pass hurry, for the Mustangs.

The Colonials gained 56-yards rushing and 66 yards passing for a total of 122-yards gained.  Quarterback Corban Czap completed 6 of 12 passes for the 66-yards, 5 for 57-yards to Trevon Brown and 1 for 9-yards to Bret Saveleski, for the Colonials.  Joshua Shultz led the Colonials rushing attack with 22 carries for 95-yards, followed by Brown with 1 for 12, Elijah Myers with 2 for 8-yards, Corban Czap with 13 carries for minus 1-yard, and Benjamin Rivera with 2 carries for minus 58-yards due to bad snaps on attempted punts.  Ferrious Ashford and Brown each intercepted a pass for the Colonials.

The10-time Cavalcade of Bands, 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 2015 field show “What If,” a musical and visual depiction of the process of implementing a change and making a difference.  The music is based on Michael Kamen’s “The New Moon in the Old Moon’s Arms.”  The show began with the inception of the idea or change, represented with the theme played by trumpet soloist Veronica Hurst.  Further numbers reflected the encountering of obstacles and challenges standing in the way of goals and a moment of reflection on the purpose and nature of change.  The closer continued to build upon the hope of this change and reached a climax where the change was successful.  The show ended with the fleeting sounds of the musical theme played by trumpet soloist John Dyson.

In a pregame performance, the 68 member Colonials Marching Band put on their field show “”Steam.”  The Middle School Band also put on a nice show.

The 21 member Mustangs Cheer Leading Squad and the Colonials Cheer Leading squad were both very impressive as they roused the faithful.

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

The Mustangs have a career record of 349-215-8.  The results of the 572 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 host the Panthers of Central York (1-3 overall, 0-1 league) in league action.  Central York is coming off of a 42-0 shut out by the Bobcats of Northeastern.  The Mustangs are looking to remain on their winning tradition.  GO MUSTANGS GO.

THIS WEEK IN FLHS GRIDIRON HISTORY – Week 5 Yrs Ending In 5


By Dick Engelhardt

Fair Lawn High School opened September 13th, 1943. This record covers years ending in 5. 

1945 – Frank Bennett’s CUTTERS went outside their Bergen-Passaic Interscholastic League (B-PIL) to play a scoreless tie against the HORNETS of Passaic Valley Regional High School of Little Falls. During 1944-46 and 1966 independently and 1967- 81 and 83 in the Northern New Jersey Interscholastic League (NNJIL) the HORNETS went 13-6-2 (.684) over our CUTTERS including a 20-0 shut out victory in the 1980 State playoff finals at GIANTS STADIUM after Fair Lawn had beaten the INDIANS of Passaic 27-18 in the first round. Fair Lawn had edged PV 7-6 in NNJIL play during the regular season. 

1955 – Bennett’s CUTTERS beat the RAMS of Ramsey 19-7 in B-PIL action on their way to the title.. The league would become the Northern Bergen Interscholastic League (NBIL) in ’56. Fair Lawn took the 1945-58, 1984-99 and 2002-06 rivalry against the RAMS by an astounding 28 games to 7 (.800) in B-PIL and NBIL action!

1965 – Frank Devens’ CUTTERS, on their way to the NNJIL title, went outside the league to shutout the RAMS of Lodi 14-0. During 1964-66 Fair Lawn went 3-0 (1.000) over Lodi. Fair Lawn’s first football game in 1943 saw Coach Marty Fischbein’s brand new CUTTERS lose 7-6 to Lodi in JV action.

1975 – Rich Szura’s CUTTERS were edged 14-13 by the INDIANS of Wayne Valley in NNJIL action. During 1967-80 the INDIANS went 9-5 (.643) over our CUTTERS in the (NNJIL). They left the NNJIL for the Northern Hills Conference (NHC) Skyline Division in 1981 and Fair Lawn left the NNJIL to return to the NBIL in 1984. The INDIANS’ 38-0 victory in Consolation Game action in 2014 brought their record against Fair Lawn to 10-5 (.667).

1985 – Pete Natale’s CUTTERS, on their way to the NBIL Division 1 title, mauled the BEARS of Bergenfield 33-9. Fair Lawn took the 1945-48 and 1962-2008 rivalry 35-16 (.686) and the 1994-2008 Turkey Day rivalry 11-4 (.733). The teams squared off 1945-48 in the B-PIL, 1962-83 in the NNJIL and 1984-2008 in the NBIL. State realignment has ended the 51 season rivalry, which remains the longest in either school’s history.  

1995 – Mike Alberque’s CUTTERS were beaten 28-12 by the PATRIOTS of Wayne Hills in NBIL Division 1 action. The PATRIOTS took the 1984-2008 NBIL and 2009 North Jersey Tri-County Conference (NJTCC) rivalry 20-5 (.800). Fair Lawn’s last victory was in 1989 when Mike Alberque’s NBIL Division 1 champion and playoff bound CUTTERS thrashed Wayne Hills 35-8.

2005 – Greg Tanzer’s CUTTERS drew a BYE. 

THE GRIDIRON 5-2015

By Dick Engelhardt 

Last Friday evening the CUTTERS of Fair Lawn High ran into a buzz saw in the BRAVES of Indian Hills in Big North Conference (BNC) crossover action. The BRAVES went on the warpath right away and led 14-0 at the end of the 1st quarter. Then QB Dominick Barbarulo threw a 35 yard TD pass to Bradley Ramirez. Ramirez’s 2 point conversion run had the score 14-8 and Fair Lawn fans feeling hopeful. The BRAVES rolled right down the trail though and led 42-8 at the half. They would finish off the action with 7 more points in the second half. Fair Lawn leads the 1984-97, 2000-08 and 2014-15 series 13-12 (.520).

Make no mistake about it, to paraphrase an old saying, “These BRAVES are not your grandfather’s BRAVES!” With the open enrollment policy in the Ramapo-Indian Hills district for Franklin Lakes, Oakland and Wyckoff, Indian Hills has become the bigger school. The Braves are now in Group IV while, sister school Ramapo Regional, which opened first in 1956, is now a Group III school. The Braves are highly regarded and on the top 20 public school teams list. 

Fair Lawn’s BNC Liberty Division went 2-2 (.500) in crossover action. In addition to Fair Lawn’s loss, the GHOSTS of Paterson Eastside were beaten 48-7 by the MAROONS of Ridgewood while the defending champion BULLDOGS of Passaic County Technical Institute beat the KNIGHTS of JFK of Paterson 29-8 and the FIGHTING MUSTANGS of Clifton High beat the TIGERS of Memorial of West New York (a team our CUTTERS mauled in scrimmage action) 40-7. The BNC Liberty Division is 5-3 (.625) against outside opposition so far.

This Saturday at 2:30 our CUTTERS have their home opener At SASSO FIELD against those GHOSTS of Paterson Eastside. During 1947-54 and 1983 Fair Lawn went 5-4 (.556) over Eastside. This was sweetened by the fact that, until FLHS opened in 1943, most Fair Lawn students attended Eastside. A few students from the Columbia Heights section went to Hawthorne and the Radburn section students went to Ridgewood. Fair Lawn is 1-4 (.200) against the GHOSTS in BNC Liberty Division action in 2010-14 and Eastside leads the series 8-6 (.571). The GHOSTS are 1-2-1 (.333)   and have been outscored 125-56 for an average 31-14 loss. Fair Lawn is 1-3 (.250) and has been outscored 124-67 for an average 31-17 loss. Our heroes will face another team with a much larger roster but I know they will go all out. From here it looks like Fair Lawn 17 – Eastside 14. GO CUTTERS GO!!!