Football Essay

Last night at Northridge high school the Newark Catholic Green Wave rolled in Johnstown looking to sing the hometown Northridge Vikings. So far this season for Newark Catholic it has been a very up and down season, where injuries have hurt this team but caused the coaching staff to build depth and for the Vikings it has been a season that have seen get a win over a,5-4 Minford team and posting two other wins.

Last night in Zanesville at Sulsberger John D Stadium, Newark Catholic and Fort Frye battled in a third round playoff game. Fort Frye came in 12-0, while the Green Wave came in with a,8-4record. During the regular season the teams Fort Frye anihlated had a combined record of, 39-63 and the biggest schoo they faced was, division five Northridge, a team Newark Catholic hammered by,28. Fort Frye got them by 17.

Last night in Dayton, at Welcome stadium the Belmont Bison hosted the Bulldogs from Woodward high school, out of Cincinnati. Belmont has shown a very high octane running offense at times this season, while the Bulldogs has been up and down not only only offense but defense as well.

It was the final play of the game with the other team winning

It seemed as though hope had been revived in the fourth quarter when an 80-yard run by Baldiviez put some points up on Dana’s end of the board. With 49 seconds remaining, Junior Corey Cisowski found Senior Ryder Lynch who finished off the game with a 6-yard touchdown.

Last night I made my first ever trip to Orrville, Ohio to catch the semifinal game between undefeated Cuyahoga Heights and the Newark Catholic Green Wave. The game was won by the team I felt would win, but it did not play out the way I thought it would.

A kick from Anderson started the game, not long after, QB Lucas Smith runs a 18yd touchdown, starting the game out with a 7-0 Turpin lead. The Redskins’ Kyle Blaha soon persevered through the unforgiving Turpin defense and ran a 2 yd touchdown, evening out the score out 7-7. “Our offense and defense did well, but there’s always room for improvement.” Coach Kenter explained after Turpin gave up 21 points in the first half. “But I think this was one of better games of the entire season, the team really brought it.” Second quarter brought both the Spartans and Redskins 2 new touchdowns each and an exciting 65 yard pass Turpin touchdown, Smith to Will Hausfeld. Halftime stopped the intense game at a suspenseful score of 21-21.

At this point, the wheels came off of the Panthers wagon and GSU scored 16 unanswered points. GSU got things going and the momentum changed in their favor. Kincade connected with Chad Williams on a 13 yard passed to make the score 16-7 with PAT by Jonathon Wallace with 2:42 in the first quarter. At this point, both teams were going back and forth. Several turnovers occurred. Until, Kincade and GSU got their groove on with an 11 yard run for pay dirt. Jonathon Wallace successfully completed the PAT to make the score 16-14 in favor of PVAMU at the 10:39 in the second quarter. GSU would score again before the half when PVAMU’s Lorin Winston couldn’t handle a high snap and push the ball out of the back of the end zone for a safety. That tied the score at 16-16 all with 2:00 minutes left in the half.

The Rams racked up 427 of offense to the Patriots 214 of offence. Patriots planted 8 times out of their first to drivers, and had been inside the Rams 25 yard line only once. However it was still a game. With 1:21 left to go in the fame Tom Brady with no time outs lead his team to the Rams 38 yard line to set up the winning 48 yard field goal from Adam Vinatieri. (YouTube)

Facing a 4th and five with 4:47 left in the third quarter,the Indians elected to go for it. Jack Beeler was sacked for an 12-yard loss by #8 Marcus Jones. The Cougars carried that momentum with them on the ensuing drive. It tool 8-plays to cover the 49-yards for the score, with the score coming in the shape of a 4-yard run from Bailey. The point after kick locked this one up once again, at 14 apiece with 1:22 left in the quarter.

Illinois players with the fancy navy blue jersey with orange pants started to get the crowd pumped as they were lining up for kickoff. The game was over at the start, during kickoff the kick returner was shaking and dropped the ball and was leveled by Illinois players. Following the drop ball, Murray State went three and out and punted the ball. The Illinois punt returner got great yardage and soon after the offense scored.

Students, parents, and siblings filling up the block with cheers, everyone screaming out their preferred High School team’s name. I went straight to the student section upon arriving, it was quickly filling up, hardly any space to move. The football teams then got on the field and the Palm Desert side went wild, water flying everywhere and students stomping to add noise. La quinta were the first to score, running the ball with very few 9 yards to go, scoring in the first quarter. Although, Palm Desert tried their best to get back in the game shortly after intercepting the ball to make the Palm Desert side get overwhelmed with excitement and have the coach run and hug the player who intercepted. Halftime came with La Quinta leading 7-0, close

Cornish threw a great pass for Gus Aiga to score the first try of the afternoon, and then were immediately gifted field position when the kickoff went out on the full.

The first game started out close leading up to a tied score of, 11-11, but Lions caught momentum and scored seven more points, while Illini could only score one,18-12. A timeout was called for Illini. They battled their way to 16 points, but they did not keep their streak alive, ending the

When the game got started Taft's defense gave up a 17-yard catch by Blayze Taylor, on a nicely thrown ball from