West Ranch Wildcats 2, Lancaster Eagles 0
Yes, reader, you read that right. 2-0.
The lowest scoring game possible that still results in a winner.
From the defensive side of things, what more can a coach ask for? We not only held them scoreless but scored on defense. Lonnie Walker scored the safety with just over 5:00 to play in the contest. We picked the ball off twice (both by Zak Snell) and had good returns on them. Lancaster has a lot of breakway potential, and we contained it all night (their only big run was called back on a penalty).
Offensively, we weren't hopeless: we had around 180 yards of total offense, which is not embarassing. We ran the ball reasonably well when we were between the twenties with Snell, Choi, and Cisneros providing the gains. We were adequate in the offensive line, but we need to do a lot better with the front six. Our major issue was that when we needed gains, we usually didn't get them unless a back got it himself. We need to do major work on the throwing game, in protection and in accuracy.
Special teams performed well, though some costly running into the kicker penalties for Lancaster gave them life. We out kicked them, which is no small feat. Our lone kickoff went into the end zone both because Oscar Martinez' leg and the Lancaster return man mishandling the ball. Our return unit gave us the ball in good field position.
All in all, we won two of the three parts of the game (our defense beat their offense, our kicking unit beat theirs) which was enough to get it done Friday.
Barely.
Next Week: Cornoa (Saturday 4:00)
The lowest scoring game possible that still results in a winner.
From the defensive side of things, what more can a coach ask for? We not only held them scoreless but scored on defense. Lonnie Walker scored the safety with just over 5:00 to play in the contest. We picked the ball off twice (both by Zak Snell) and had good returns on them. Lancaster has a lot of breakway potential, and we contained it all night (their only big run was called back on a penalty).
Offensively, we weren't hopeless: we had around 180 yards of total offense, which is not embarassing. We ran the ball reasonably well when we were between the twenties with Snell, Choi, and Cisneros providing the gains. We were adequate in the offensive line, but we need to do a lot better with the front six. Our major issue was that when we needed gains, we usually didn't get them unless a back got it himself. We need to do major work on the throwing game, in protection and in accuracy.
Special teams performed well, though some costly running into the kicker penalties for Lancaster gave them life. We out kicked them, which is no small feat. Our lone kickoff went into the end zone both because Oscar Martinez' leg and the Lancaster return man mishandling the ball. Our return unit gave us the ball in good field position.
All in all, we won two of the three parts of the game (our defense beat their offense, our kicking unit beat theirs) which was enough to get it done Friday.
Barely.
Next Week: Cornoa (Saturday 4:00)
