Post by davecisar on Oct 17, 2011 6:07:14 GMT -6
Game 9 Results
My 5-6th grade team ended a very successful season at 7-2 with a 40-24 win over a team that was 6-1 coming in. We were ahead 40-16 very early in the 3rd quarter. We had one 5 yard penalty and no turnovers. We scored on our first 5 possessions including 2 TD passes. This team only had 19 kids to start with, with just 2 stripers and very little speed and athleticism. We lost all but 3 starters on offense and 2 on defense from an 11-1 team. Our starting QB is only 72 lbs and he couldn’t get the edge. His Pee Wee coach said he couldn’t throw and early on we dropped most of his better throws and endured some horrendous sacks- lots of bruised ribs. He ended up with 10 TD passes and 2 Ints, so not as many as the 16 we had last season, but enough of a threat to make our offense go. Defensively we struggled early and had an awful time tackling in space- but got better as the season progressed, never great but enough to keep us in games and allow our offense to stay on the field and eat the clock. Fortunately we only played 5 Spread teams, luck of the draw I guess. The Spread team we played yesterday had a QB with great speed and athleticism and he scored 2 times from over 30 yds out and threw a 25 yd pass for a score, had a select team we beat that hadn’t lost in 3 years score 4 TDs from 30+ yds out and we lost to the team that will probably win the league, they scored all 4 of their TDs from 40+ yds including a 70 yd run on the first play of game etc
The goal was to retain all the kids, compete in every game and go .500 or better. We lost 1 kid- dad didn’t like that I moved him from starting DE and WB to starting DE and TE. We only lost 2 games and 1 loss was by 6 pts to a team we had twice as many yards AND we fumbled a punt inside our 15 and blew coverage on 4th down to kind of give it away. We got better each week but 1 and lost 2 kids to broken bones, one was a 2 way starter and our designated “speed” guy. We were co-champions of our 7 team Division, but with 40 teams in this Age Grouping we didn’t make the playoffs due to tie-breakers. We wont play any extra games, or out state tourneys with this group, limping to the finish line. So we ended up 1 mistake from going 8-1 and I’m almost positive all the kids are coming back to play next season. Tickled to say the least with this bunch, great kids, almost all with perfect attendance.
My 7-8th grade team is hitting on all cylinders now and won 52-14 in the first round of the playoffs. Up next is an undefeated team with 3 backs all over 150 lbs and all much faster than our fastest player. It will be quite a challenge to say the least.
My 5-6th grade team ended a very successful season at 7-2 with a 40-24 win over a team that was 6-1 coming in. We were ahead 40-16 very early in the 3rd quarter. We had one 5 yard penalty and no turnovers. We scored on our first 5 possessions including 2 TD passes. This team only had 19 kids to start with, with just 2 stripers and very little speed and athleticism. We lost all but 3 starters on offense and 2 on defense from an 11-1 team. Our starting QB is only 72 lbs and he couldn’t get the edge. His Pee Wee coach said he couldn’t throw and early on we dropped most of his better throws and endured some horrendous sacks- lots of bruised ribs. He ended up with 10 TD passes and 2 Ints, so not as many as the 16 we had last season, but enough of a threat to make our offense go. Defensively we struggled early and had an awful time tackling in space- but got better as the season progressed, never great but enough to keep us in games and allow our offense to stay on the field and eat the clock. Fortunately we only played 5 Spread teams, luck of the draw I guess. The Spread team we played yesterday had a QB with great speed and athleticism and he scored 2 times from over 30 yds out and threw a 25 yd pass for a score, had a select team we beat that hadn’t lost in 3 years score 4 TDs from 30+ yds out and we lost to the team that will probably win the league, they scored all 4 of their TDs from 40+ yds including a 70 yd run on the first play of game etc
The goal was to retain all the kids, compete in every game and go .500 or better. We lost 1 kid- dad didn’t like that I moved him from starting DE and WB to starting DE and TE. We only lost 2 games and 1 loss was by 6 pts to a team we had twice as many yards AND we fumbled a punt inside our 15 and blew coverage on 4th down to kind of give it away. We got better each week but 1 and lost 2 kids to broken bones, one was a 2 way starter and our designated “speed” guy. We were co-champions of our 7 team Division, but with 40 teams in this Age Grouping we didn’t make the playoffs due to tie-breakers. We wont play any extra games, or out state tourneys with this group, limping to the finish line. So we ended up 1 mistake from going 8-1 and I’m almost positive all the kids are coming back to play next season. Tickled to say the least with this bunch, great kids, almost all with perfect attendance.
My 7-8th grade team is hitting on all cylinders now and won 52-14 in the first round of the playoffs. Up next is an undefeated team with 3 backs all over 150 lbs and all much faster than our fastest player. It will be quite a challenge to say the least.
