With triple digit heat bearing down on the artificial turf in Oakley, Coach Murphy and the Amador Freshman faced the Freedom Falcons for the season opener. Team captains Clayton, Hoffman and Worsey joined Freedom at midfield for the coin toss. Amador’s kicking team led by Johns took the field. The Falcons fast paced offense took control of the ball with a heads-up style of football. Amador defense led by Comensque, Kim, Gum, Hildebrand, Naveres and Worsey each had tackles in the first quarter. That alone was not sufficient to stop the Freedom drive. First quarter ended 8-0 with Freedom scoring their 2 point conversion in a sweep around the right end.
From the Amador 36, going from right to left the Amador Offense took the field under the helm of quarterback Cummings. At running back, Graves gained 12 yards and Cummings 9 but a series of penalties and an incomplete pass to Wessel forced a turnover on downs at the Amador 46 leaving the Falcons with a short field.
The Amador defense shutdown the next possession by Freedom in a 4 yard sack by Naveres and a blocked punt at 4th and 14 on the 35 yard line. More offensive penalties and some mixups with the snap, the Dons were four and out.
Naverez chipped in with two more sacks and Tadevich counted one for good measure. The Falcon sweep appeared again and the tally at half-time was 20-0 Falcons. Offensive production was heavily tilted in favor of the Falcons with 162 yards to Amador’s 30.
“They’re physical but you can absolutely handle them. We need to take away the sweep, and play our game. Win the battle one play at a time”, said Coach Murphy at the half.
From left to right, the Amador kickoff return team took the field and Chun recieved the kick at the Amador 2 and catapulted to the 35 before being brought down by the Falcons. On 4th and 12 from the 46 Amador turned over the ball on an interception.
Fired up, the Amador defense hit the field again. They held the Falcon’s to 13 yards forcing a punt from the 48 yard line. In the second offensive drive of the half, Graves and Cummings each delivered 11 yards rushing. Closing the third quarter the score stood 20-0.
Chun, Graves and Hildebrand each chipped in for tackles on defense. Missed tackles in the red zone led to the final touchdown by Freedom putting the deficit at 28-0. Graves returned the kick 20 yards to the 40. At quarterback, Seals gained 6 yards on 2 carries. Another missed snap led to a 9 yard setback and Amador was forced to turnover possession to the Falcons at midfield.
Final score: Freedom, 28, Amador 0.
In 5th quarter action, Amador Freshman shined through. Clayton stopped an end around sweep at the 10 yard line and a tough d-line stand shutdown the Falcon offense. On offense, Gathier had an 18 yard carry and Jamaca chipped in with a sweep for 5 yards. With twins right, quarterback Hill hit Papageorge on the last play of the game for the first Amador touchdown.
Following the game, Coach Murphy concluded, “We just need to pull the all pieces together and it starts with drills.”
Thursday, September 04, 2008
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