Football: Conrad Science 47, Morrisville 18Morrisville loses big in Delaware
Posted: Sunday, September 25, 2011 12:00 am | Updated: 6:09 am, Sun Sep 25, 2011.
WILMINGTON, Del. — The Morrisville Bulldogs enjoyed a winning season in 2010, including a shutout victory over Conrad Science.
The 2011 campaign hasn’t started well for the Bulldogs, who were hoping to break into the win column Saturday against Conrad Science.
That didn’t happen, as Raquan Womack rushed for three touchdowns to lead the Redskins to a 47-18 victory.
“They have definitely improved from last year,” said Morrisville coach Bill Quill.
Quill succeeded Jim Gober in the offseason and had a chance to see Conrad Science on film. The Redskins didn’t look like world-beaters on video, having lost their first two games by shutout (34-0 to Tatnall and 28-0 to Dickinson).
Morrisville (0-4) never led in the game. The Bulldogs scored on two long runs by Uriel Savage and a long run by quarterback Elighar Rankins.
At the end of the third quarter, Morrisville was in contention, trailing 33-18.
But Anferne Evans scored on a 35-yard run to make it 40-18. The Bulldogs fumbled, and Mike McCracken made them pay with a 20-yard TD run to increase the Redskins’ pad to 47-18.
Morrisville had a punt blocked, and Conrad Science drove to the Bulldogs’ 4-yard line before taking a knee on fourth down.
Rankins took a knee to end the game, and Morrisville was glad to leave the Diamond State.
“We ran some inside plays and mixed in passing, and it worked to our advantage,” said Conrad Science coach Bob Wolford, whose team also scored on a pair of TD passes from Isaac Avilez to Kyle Hamilton.
The Conrad Science football program is in its fifth year, including three at the varsity level.
In a 2009 home-and-home series, the Bulldogs punished the Redskins by scores of 47-0 and 32-6. They followed that up with a 39-0 rout last year.
Quill believes his players might have been overconfident.
“They had the game won before they even got on the bus,” he said.
When Wolford went to scout Morrisville last week against Springfield-Montco, he saw that quarterback Matt Cookson had graduated and the Bulldogs were more of a running team.
Though Conrad Science dominated, one bright spot for Morrisville was Savage, a sophomore who rushed for about 140 yards.
“He ran the ball hard,” Quill said.
The Bulldogs will get a much-needed week off before facing Bicentennial Athletic League foe Calvary Christian on Oct. 8.
The coach wants his players to attend practice on a more regular basis, and Savage, who also plays safety, agrees that the commitment can make a difference.
“We can be a great team. It’s all there,” he said. “We have to practice harder and do the little things. It all starts in practice.”
Morrisville lost a lot more than Cookson to graduation, with almost the whole offense and defense gone.
“We’re very young, but that’s no excuse,” Quill said. “We have some real tough games coming up.
“The BAL is very competitive, and we look like a team that is at the bottom of the pile. We have to get better as players and coaches.”
Note: Morrisville defensive coordinator Jason Bresnen did not coach Saturday, while the Morrisville School Board considers his case. A final decision will be made Wednesday. Bresnen resigned following the Bulldogs’ Week 2 loss to New Hope-Solebury, after he was accused of telling his team that he would pay $100 to anyone who knocked a specific New Hopey player out of the Sept. 10 game. The board, however, decided last week to not accept resignation until it speaks to Bresnen.
3 comments:
Stay strong boys, you have much to go through this year as a new team with new coaching but you have everyone in your community behind you win or lose as we will forever be Bulldogs.
Absolutely!
I am proud of you boys for going out and giving it your all. You are Bulldogs. Stand proud, work hard and your time to shine will come. I will proudly stand by and cheer you and your coaches on.
Once a Morrisville Bulldog.....ALWAYS a Morrisville Bulldog!
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