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North 20 Memorial 23 - Central Stadium Sep 24, 2010

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Offense

Sept 24 NORTH vs Memorial VARSITY Offensive Stats
             
Passing              
Player Att Com % Yards TD INT Notes:
BLANKENSHIP 12 7 58% 69 0 1  
  0 0  -- 0 0 0  
TOTAL 12 7 58% 69 0 1  
             
Rushing              
Player Att Yds Avg TD Long Fum Notes:
COMPTON 17 109 6.4 2 24 0 1-17 yd TD; 2-9 yd TD
HOWELL 10 91 9.1 1 51 0 1-3 yd TD
BLANKENSHIP 6 22 3.7 0 10 0  
LANE 4 17 4.3 0 12 0  
JOHNSON 3 10 3.3 0 7 0  
KINNAIRD 1 4 4.0 0 4 0  
TOTAL 41 253 6.2 3 51 0  
             
Receiving              
Player Rec To " Yds Avg TD Long Notes:
KINNAIRD 3 5 47 15.7 0 43  
LANE 1 2 11 11.0 0 11  
COMPTON 2 2 10 5.0 0 7 fumble
HOWELL 1 1 1 1.0 0 1  
HARDIN 0 2 0  -- 0 0  
TOTAL 7 12 69 9.9 0 23  
  * thrown to        
             
Returns              
Player Type No. Yds Avg. TD Long Notes:
WILLIAMS KO 3 54 18.0 0 20  
WILLIAMS Punt 1 7 7.0 0 7  
TOTAL   4 61 15.3 0 20  
             
Kicks              
Player Type No. Yds Avg. Long   Notes:
PATTON KO 4 191 47.8 57    
OMBERGER Punt 1 43 43.0 43    
TOTAL   5 234 46.8 57    
             
Scoring              
Player Total TD rush TD rec TD ret 2pt XP XP kick FG
COMPTON 12 2 0 0 0 0  
HOWELL 6 1 0 0 0 0  
PATTON 2 0 0 0 0 2  
TOTAL 20 3 0 0 0 2  

Team Stats

Sept 24 NORTH vs MEMORIAL Team Stats  
       
  NORTH   MEMORIAL  
13 FIRST DOWNS 17  
11 Rushing 4  
2 Passing 10  
0 Penalty 3  
253 RUSHING YARDS 52  
41 Rushing attempts 29  
6.2 Avg yds per rush 1.8  
69 PASSING YARDS 254  
12 Attempts 31  
7 Completions 20  
58% Completion % 65%  
9.9 Avg yds per completion 12.7  
0 / 0 Sacked / Yards Lost 3 / -14  
322 TOTAL YARDS 306  
53 Plays 60  
6.1 Avg yds per play 5.1  
2 TURNOVERS 1  
1 Fumbles lost 1  
1 Passes HAD intercepted 0  
6 Points scored off turnovers 7  
10 / 70 PENALTIES / YARDS 4 / 28  
5 / 10 3rd down conversions 4 / 10  
2 / 4 4th down conversions 3 / 5  
       
SCORING        
QTR TIME PLAY SCORE  
1st 8:41 Lueken 42 yd TD reception 0 - 6  
    Stuckey XP kick 0 - 7  
  5:35 Compton 17 yd TD run 6 - 7  
    Patton XP kick 7 - 7  
  0:01 #27 1 yd TD run 7 - 13  
    Stuckey XP kick 7 - 14  
2nd 8:56 Compton 9 yd TD run 13 - 14  
    Patton XP kick 14 - 14  
  4:39 Stuckey 20 yd FG 14 - 17  
  0:45 Lueken 13 yd TD reception 14 - 23  
    XP kick missed 14 - 23  
3rd 0:47 Howell 3 yd TD run 20 - 23  
    XP kick blocked 20 - 23  
       

Defense

  NORTH VS MEMORIAL  9/24/2010 - DEFENSIVE STATS  
                   
PLAYER SOLO ASST. T-FL SACK C FUM R FUM INT BK POINTS
KYLE HOLLAND 7 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 18
RYAN WICKHAM 8 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 18
RICHARD COMPTON 5 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 13
DEWAYNE WILLIAMS 5 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 12
DAMIEN JACKSON 3 1 0 2 0 0 0 0 11
TYLER MAY 2 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 7
DEVIN RIOS 2 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 6
DAMON BYERS 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 6
MIKE JOHNSON 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 4
JACOB EMBREY 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 3
COLTON LORD 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
JARROD HAWKINS 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2
DUVANTE' LANE 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 2
AUSTIN MOLL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
BLAKE HOWELL 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2
TOTALS 40 12 4 3 0 1 0 0 108

Game Recap

HUSKIES OUTPLAY TIGERS IN 23-20 LOSS

The Huskies might’ve been the best team on the field Friday night at Central Stadium in their 23-20 loss to Memorial.  Unfortunately, an odd stretch of penalties kept that fact from being verified on the scoreboard.

1ST QUARTER

The early portion of the game resembled a track meet.  On their first possession, Memorial alternated running and passing plays to get to midfield.  The drive, however, appeared to stall when LB Tyler May correctly read a quarterback draw play and stopped the Tiger QB for no gain.

Rather than punt, however, Memorial lined up in shotgun formation and began to bark out signals.  Using a change of volume in his voice just as he turned to check his sideline for late instructions, the quarterback managed to draw the entire Husky front seven offsides.

The resulting penalty gave Memorial a first down at the North 42 yard line.  It was a penalty that would haunt the Huskies over and over and over throughout the game.  Seven times during the course of the evening, North’s defense would be penalized for jumping offsides.

In this particular case, the penalty led directly to a touchdown since on the very next play, the Tigers turned a screen pass into a 42 yard score.  At 8:41 to go in the first quarter, North trailed 7-0.

The Huskies aren’t without their own tools, however, and the Green and White were quick to even the score.

Despite a holding penalty that caused the offense to start in the shadow of its goal post, three running plays moved the line of scrimmage to the 27.  On first down and with the Tigers reading ‘run’, QB Luke Blankenship faked a handoff to the running back and the defense “bit” on the fake.  With the defensive backs stopped in their tracks and reacting to the fake, WR Caleb Kinnaird streaked past the defender assigned to him.  Blankenship let fly a perfect spiral that hit Kinnaird square in the hands 43 yards downfield.  Only a stumble prevented the lanky wide receiver from scoring and he rolled out of bounds at the Memorial 28.

Another play-action fake freed up FB Duvante Lane for an 11 yard reception from Blankenship as he rolled to his left and threw back to his right.  Because of the two successful passing plays, the Tiger defense backed off the line of scrimmage on first and ten at the 17 and North made them pay.

Handing the ball to RB Richard Compton, the running back banged his way between G Damon Byars and T Austin Moll, quickly side stepped a linebacker, and broke free into open space to his right.  He angled toward the flag at the corner of the end zone and sprinted to get there before two defenders could run up to meet him.  In less than three minutes of play and following K David Patton’s extra-point kick, North had evened the score at 7-7.

North bottled up the Memorial running game on their next possession and the Tigers turned to the passing game.  Utilizing the screen pass to offset Husky blitzes, Memorial moved downfield on 11 plays and went back ahead by a score of 14-7 as the first quarter ended.

2ND QUARTER

The Husky rushing attack has had many weapons this season.  Alternately, several players have stepped into the spotlight and put on a show.  On North’s next drive, it was sophomore Blake Howell’s turn to shine.

With Compton and Lane alternating carries as C Sam Jones, G Damien Jackson, and T Jarrod Hawkins battered the undersized Memorial defensive line, the Huskies generated a first down at the 38. 

After hammering away at the left side, the call came in from the sidelines for a sweep to the right hand side of the Memorial line.  Howell took a pitch from Blankenship, quickly got outside the end, and galloped deep into the Tiger secondary.  Faking out one defender, he cut back inside, weaved through some traffic, and wasn’t pulled down until he’d gone 51 yards to the Memorial eleven yard line.

Two plays later, following a great block from TE Drew Watters, Compton swept around left for a game tying nine yard touchdown.  In less than twelve minutes of game time, the two teams had combined for four touchdowns.

The Tigers took Patton’s short kick off and returned it to their 39.  An 11 yard run and their fourth successful screen pass of the half brought the ball to the North 29 in a matter of seconds.  The Husky defense then appeared to make a stand.

LB Kyle Holland shot through the center of the Tiger line and sacked the opposing quarterback for a four yard loss on 1st down.  DT Damien Jackson abused Memorial’s guard on the next snap, sweeping him to the ground and then diving to grab hold of the quarterback.  Jackson slammed him to the ground as well and it set up 3rd an un-makeable 21 at the North 35.

And then… the Husky defense jumped offsides for the third time. 

On the next play, Memorial ran their fifth successful screen pass of the half to pick up the first down.

Facing first and goal, DB Richard Compton and LB Tyler May combined to throw the Tiger runner for a 3 yard loss.  On second and goal, DB Colton Lord made a great play in the left hand corner of the end zone to bat away what could have easily been another touchdown.  On third and goal, DB DeWayne Williams finally stopped the screen play for a one yard gain and Memorial had to settle for a field goal that made the score 17-14.

The track meet continued when North quickly shot back up the field on its next possession.  With the clock running down on the first half, QB Luke Blankenship ran twice to pick up nearly 20 yards.   Following a swing pass to Compton, North was well out past midfield and into Memorial territory when disaster struck.

On 2nd and 7 with just over a minute remaining to play, Blankenship dropped back to pass and came under heavy rush from his right.  He eluded one tackler and broke the grasp of another.  Dashing toward the opponent sideline in search of a safety valve, none was forthcoming.  Running out of room, the North quarterback planted his foot as defenders closed in and threw the ball downfield into a crowd of jerseys.

A blue-and-white jersey came away with the football and took off in the direction of North territory.  He made it all the way to the Husky 5 yard line before he could be forced out of bounds by a fast closing Blake Howell

Two plays later, the bubble screen paid off for the sixth time in the game and the Huskies trailed 23-14 at half time.

SECOND HALF

North’s coaches made several adjustments during the break and the troublesome screen pass would not be a problem for the remainder of the game.  The Tigers would never again use the play to gain more than a yard or two, but the damage was already done.

North’s defense held Memorial to three short possessions in the third quarter and the Huskies dominated the game from a statistical perspective.

Sticking with the ground game, the Huskies strung together a fourteen play drive that ate up most of the final eight minutes of the quarter.  The Big Green offensive line lead the way as Compton, Lane, Howell, and Mike Johnson carried the ball on 13 of the 14 plays. 

Eight of those running plays went behind G Damien Jackson and Memorial had no answer for the big senior guard.  With Howell carrying the ball on the final five plays, Jackson and Company battered holes in classic “smash mouth” football style and North scored to bridge the gap to 23-20.  The extra point kick was blocked and, although no one knew it at the time, the final score had been reached.

FOURTH QUARTER

Following the ensuing kickoff, Memorial was twice more aided by penalties on their drive.  On third and 17 at their 26, it appeared that the Huskies had held when a Tiger pass was limited to just 11 yards.  Unfortunately, a North blitzer was called for roughing the passer and a 15 yard penalty was tacked on to the end of the play.

Despite being in North territory, the defense again forced a third down and “long”.  The sixth defensive offside penalty on the Huskies quickly made it third and “short”.  DeWayne Williams forced Memorial’s big wide receiver out of bounds short of the first down marker and it set up fourth down and one at North’s 41.

The Tigers decided to go for it.

DE Austin Moll answered the call and put a ferocious rush on Memorial’s QB and forced a hurried throw to avoid a sack that resulted in an incomplete pass.

THE FINAL DRIVE

North took over in great field position with 10:30 on the clock and a chance to take control of the game.

Having already found the formula for victory in the previous drive, the Huskies again pounded out yards on the ground.  Howell, Johnson, and Compton alternated carries on six straight plays and drove the ball down to the Memorial 19 yard line.  The key play in the early part of the series was a 24 yard run by Compton around right end where Jarrod Hawkins and Drew Watters gave him room to run and Compton scurried down the opponents sideline for the big gain.

On 3rd and four from the 18, Compton went straight into the line on a dive play that looked to pick up the first down.  The spot of the ball certainly looked close enough to merit a measurement, but none was forthcoming.  The officials “eye balled” the situation and declared four down.

On 4th and inches from the 15, it was Compton again who drove into the line, this time behind Jackson.

And for the first time in the game, the Tigers held.

The sticks were brought out, the measurement was made, and the ball was awarded to the Tigers.

Still unable to run the ball against the North defense, Memorial used short possession type passes to nibble for bits of yardage and eat up the clock.  Staying in bounds and stringing together just enough yards to move the chains, the Tigers strung together three first downs and wound the clock down until stalling at the North 22.

With the ball and 2:49 remaining, the outcome was still in doubt when North took over.

A fumble on a pass completion that would have picked up a first down at the 40 yard line with 2 minutes to play effectively ended North’s hopes.

CONCLUSION

The Tigers were out gained, had substantially less time of possession, and could not run the ball.  With the exception of the “screen” play, they seldom executed any play with precision.  Twice they had scoring drives that would have otherwise stalled had North not committed offside penalties to either generate a first down or shorten the yardage to a make-able distance.

The Huskies are better than their record.  The last two games have shown that this is a team that does not quit.

Travelling to The Bowl is never an easy task and next Friday night’s journey will be as tough as any.

But if the other guys judge North by its record rather than its talent, they could be in for a surprise.

 

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POSSESSIONS:

Sept 24 NORTH vs Memorial Possessions  
2010                
FIRST QUARTER            
NORTH                
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
N28 3 1 2 5 0 1:15 Punt   0 - 0
                 
MEMORIAL              
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
M24 8 4 4 76 3 2:00 TD Lueken 42 yd TD on ND screen; North offside penalty on 4th and 5 keeps drive alive 0 - 7
                 
NORTH                
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
N18 6 4 2 82 3 3:00 TD Compton 17yd TD run; Kinnaird 43 yd reception moves ball into Memorial territory 7 - 7
                 
MEMORIAL              
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
M26 11 5 6 74 4 5:20 TD #27 1yd TD run; Convert 4th and 3 at NHS 20 on drive 7 - 14
                 
NORTH--2ND QUARTER          
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
N20 7 6 1 80 2 3:05 TD Compton 9 yd TD run; Howell 51 yd run moves ball to MHS 11 yd line. 14 - 14
                 
MEMORIAL              
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
M39 10 4 6 61 3 4:10 FG Stuckey 20 yd FG; 33 yd bubble screen play on 3rd and 16 at own 35 keeps drive alive. 14 - 17
                 
NORTH                
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
N33 8 5 3 23 2 3:30 INT Convert 4th and 4 to keep drive alive.  INT returned 55 yds. 14 - 17
                   
MEMORIAL              
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
N5 1 0 1 5 0 0:20 TD Lueken 5 yd TD reception 14 - 23
                XP kick failed
NORTH                
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
N35 1 1 0 -4 0 0:45 Half   14 - 23
                 
SECOND HALF            
MEMORIAL              
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
M15 3 1 2 2 0 1:30 Punt Stop bubble screen for 1st time in game to force punt 14 - 23
                 
NORTH                
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
M37 4 2 2 2 0 2:10 downs   14 - 23
                 
MEMORIAL              
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
M35 3 2 1 28 1 0:45 FUMBLE Lane recovers fumble at 37 14 - 23
                 
NORTH                
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
N37 14 13 1 67 4 6:50 TD Howell 3 yd TD run; Convert one 4th down and two 3rd downs on drive. 20 - 23
                XP kick blocked
MEMORIAL--final 6 plays begin 4TH QUARTER  
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
M33 7 1 6 26 1 1:50 Downs Holland personal foul moves ball into NHS territory; Moll big pass rush on 4th down stalls drive. 20 -23
                 
NORTH                
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
N42 7 7 0 39 2 2:25 Downs Compton stopped no gain on 4th and inches at 15 20 - 23
                 
MEMORIAL              
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
C34 13 6 7 62 4 5:40 Downs Convert two 3rd & 6 situations to keep drive alive 20 - 23
                 
NORTH                
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
n22 3 2 1 10 0 0:50 Fumble Compton fumble on 3rd down reception 20 - 23
                 
MEMORIAL              
Start Plays Run Pass Yards 1st Down Time Result Notes Score
N32 3 3 0 12 1 2:00 Game   20 -23

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