Setback? Speak for yourself! This is from the Delco Times, so it's from the other guy's perspective...
H.S. Football: Delco Christian can’t answer Morrisville’s Burst in Setback
NEWTOWN SQUARE — Ron Burrell captured the game’s momentum in its opening seconds, storming down the field basically untouched for a touchdown, but that was just about the only cause for celebration in the first half for Delco Christian.
After Morrisville scored 31 unanswered points, Delco Christian’s comeback attempt fell short in a 31-20 loss in Saturday afternoon’s Bicentennial League game at The Episcopal Academy. The offensive output was the highest of the season for the Knights (3-3, 2-3), but it came too little and too late.
“The second half we came very prepared,” said junior Gator Grim, the Knights quarterback. “It just took us like a half to really get into the game, which hurt us. We just need to work on starting in the beginning of the game like we did the second half and coming out ready from the start.”
Morrisville’s superior ground attack was the biggest difference in the run-dominated game. Zjamir Ibazim rushed for 142 yards on 15 carries with two touchdowns and Jimmie Miller added 107 yards on 19 attempts. Six ball carriers combined for 323 rushing yards for Morrisville (4-3, 4-2).
“We practiced against it all week. We just couldn’t stop it,” Delco Christian coach Jim Favino said. “They deserved to win. They ran well.”
Three lost fumbles and an interception didn’t help the Knights’ cause. One turnover, in particular, was especially costly.
With the clock winding down in the first half, Grim dropped back for one of what would be only a half-dozen pass attempts. An unblocked defender hit him from his blind side and caused the ball to pop loose. A Morrisville player picked it up, evaded a tackle and tiptoed down the sideline and into the end zone as the first half expired. That put Delco Christian in a 25-point hole at the midway point.
The Knights responded after the break, blocking a punt to set up a 1-yard sneak for a touchdown by Grim. Then, early in the fourth quarter, after recovering a fumble near midfield, senior running back Caleb Favino ran through the middle of the field and burst past defenders and into the end zone for a 38-yard touchdown to narrow the deficit to 11.
But that was as close as the game would get, as Grim lost another fumble that halted one final scoring attempt.
“We need to develop our offensive potential,” Jim Favino said. “I think our line has improved and we just have to make the plays. Defensively, I think we tightened up a lot the second half… We’ve just got to get it going early. That’s the big thing.”
After Morrisville scored 31 unanswered points, Delco Christian’s comeback attempt fell short in a 31-20 loss in Saturday afternoon’s Bicentennial League game at The Episcopal Academy. The offensive output was the highest of the season for the Knights (3-3, 2-3), but it came too little and too late.
“The second half we came very prepared,” said junior Gator Grim, the Knights quarterback. “It just took us like a half to really get into the game, which hurt us. We just need to work on starting in the beginning of the game like we did the second half and coming out ready from the start.”
Morrisville’s superior ground attack was the biggest difference in the run-dominated game. Zjamir Ibazim rushed for 142 yards on 15 carries with two touchdowns and Jimmie Miller added 107 yards on 19 attempts. Six ball carriers combined for 323 rushing yards for Morrisville (4-3, 4-2).
“We practiced against it all week. We just couldn’t stop it,” Delco Christian coach Jim Favino said. “They deserved to win. They ran well.”
Three lost fumbles and an interception didn’t help the Knights’ cause. One turnover, in particular, was especially costly.
With the clock winding down in the first half, Grim dropped back for one of what would be only a half-dozen pass attempts. An unblocked defender hit him from his blind side and caused the ball to pop loose. A Morrisville player picked it up, evaded a tackle and tiptoed down the sideline and into the end zone as the first half expired. That put Delco Christian in a 25-point hole at the midway point.
The Knights responded after the break, blocking a punt to set up a 1-yard sneak for a touchdown by Grim. Then, early in the fourth quarter, after recovering a fumble near midfield, senior running back Caleb Favino ran through the middle of the field and burst past defenders and into the end zone for a 38-yard touchdown to narrow the deficit to 11.
But that was as close as the game would get, as Grim lost another fumble that halted one final scoring attempt.
“We need to develop our offensive potential,” Jim Favino said. “I think our line has improved and we just have to make the plays. Defensively, I think we tightened up a lot the second half… We’ve just got to get it going early. That’s the big thing.”
After a brief post-game team meeting on the field, the coach pulled his five captains aside. Teams either get a win or a lesson, he told them, and on this day they received the latter. There is plenty of season left for the Knights, who play New Hope-Solebury Friday.
“We got a lesson,” Favino said, “and now we’ve got to learn.”
“We got a lesson,” Favino said, “and now we’ve got to learn.”
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Good win Dogs!
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