Holley's Hills too tough for Barker

By John D'Onofrio
Lockport Union-Sun & Journal



BARKER — The Holley Hawks more than made up for a winless 2008 by dominating both sides of the football Saturday in their opening day 30-6 Section V victory over the Barker Raiders.

Under bright sunny skies, Hawks senior quarterback Guy Hills rushed for daylight, scoring three touchdowns, as head coach Chad DeRock’s team pounded the ball successfully on the ground throughout, dominating offensive time-of-possession by almost four-to-one (37:26 to 10:34).

“Offensively, we didn’t get a lot going today,” Barker coach Bill Bruning said. “Defensively we had a lot of missed tackles and some dumb mistakes that hurt us. They ran the ball well and they kind of wore us out there at the end.”

Hills was 0-for-3 passing on the day, but countered — literally — with 75 rushing yards. Fellow seniors Sean Baylor (82 yards, 16 carries) and Mike Pernicano (65 yards, 12 carries, TD) also kept the chains moving. The Hawks out-rushed the Raiders 299-28 and earned 17 first downs in the contest, compared to Barker’s five.

“This is a big win for us. We’ve worked extremely hard in the offseason to get to this point. Good teams just don’t appear at game time,” said Hawks head coach Chad DeRock.

“We’re obviously a pound-the-ball team and we spent a lot of time in the weight room over the summer to maintain that. We came in today with an attitude that if we couldn’t run the ball then we couldn’t win.”

One of the Raiders’ only bright spots came on the opening kickoff of the second half as sophomore Austin Blackley took the ball on his own 18, started right, cut up the middle, then turned left and was gone for an 88-yard touchdown.

Barker quarterback Ethan Dewart completed his first three passes, finishing 4-of-8 for 13 yards, and led his team in rushing with 24 yards on five carries.

Defensively for the Raiders, Junior Jacob Greenwald had 20 tackles (13 solo, seven assisted), Asaad Smider had 14 tackles (seven solo), Cody Blackley contributed 12 tackles (five solo) and Joshua Sonberg chipped in with 10 tackles (four solo).


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Sabers survive Central

Shakopee juniors Scott Hauer and Dylan Ulferts hooked up for a late fourth quarter touchdown as the Sabers defeated St. Paul Central 28-21 on Friday night.

The game was tied at 14-14 at halftime when Shakopee's Jake Weber scored a 1-yard touchdown on fourth down in the third quarter. The Sabers mixed the extra point to go up 20-14.

Central answered right back on the next drive to take a 21-20 lead.

That's when Ulferts and Hauer hooked up for the go ahead touchdown. They teamed up for the two point conversion to take the 28-20 lead.


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Spread, Wildcat, Pistol, and Yes, the Single-Wing

Bama football has definite Gator flavor to it

Matt Hayes
Sunday, Sep. 6, 2009 - 1:30 a.m. ET


Yep, the fifth-ranked Tide joined the 21st Century Saturday night in a convincing 34-24 victory over No.7 Virginia Tech. Even Tim Tebow would've been proud.

"This is the first step in trying to create an identity for this team," said Alabama coach Nick Saban.


How's this for an identity: the zone read option, the Wildcat formation, the Pistol formation, the running game from the shotgun. If you didn't know any better, you'd swear the Florida Gators were running around the Georgia Dome.

"A little something different," said Alabama tailback Mark Ingram. "Maybe we'll keep using it."

You better believe they will. The last time the Tide was in this building, they were a handful of plays away from winning the SEC championship and playing for a national title.

Revamped Alabama has a new quarterback (better than the old one), a new running game (more dynamic than the old one) and the same nasty defense. The only question on this team – a rebuilt offensive line – has eased into the transition with the help of the spread option principles.

The Alabama offensive philosophy the past two years under Saban was fairly basic: line up under center, run it down your throat and throw over the top. Nothing freaky, fancy or forced.

The spread principles now allow this team to block more efficiently, yet still have an aggressive attitude at the point of attack. The misdirection and deception allows the line to peel off blocks quicker, instead driving and sustaining blocks with a power running game.

The first play of the game was Ingram running the Wildcat, and there were many more that followed. By the time Ingram scored on an 18-yard pass from Greg McElroy to finish the scoring, Alabama had nearly 500 yards off offense against one of the nation's best defenses -- including 268 yards rushing.

McElroy is more talented than last year's starter John Parker Wilson. Ingram and Roy Upchurch are just as potent – and more dynamic -- as Glenn Coffee. But no matter who Alabama throws out on the line, they're not close to what they lost in All-Americans Andre Smith and Antoine Caldwell.

So the change in philosophy really wasn't so much of a drastic step as it was a logical move in finding a way to make the offensive line more of a strength than a liability.

"We're still a physical line," said Alabama guard Mike Johnson. "This is the first game; we're going to grow with this with each week. There's no telling where it can takes us."

Maybe right back to the Georgia Dome in December for the SEC Championship game. With You Know Who on the other sideline.


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St. Charles goes back in time and runs over opponents with the single-wing offense

by Hugh Bernreuter The Saginaw News
Sunday September 06, 2009, 6:04 AM


St. Charles is 2-0 and has piled up some impressive rushing yardage in wins over New Lothrop and Merrill. Against Merrill, three Bulldogs ran for at least 100 yards, with Tyler Nieman running for 176, Travis Crane for 155 and Dugan Roosa for 109.

highschoolsports.mlive.com: Every football game is a "throwback" night at St. Charles.
The Bulldogs use the Single-Wing, an offense that evokes memories of leather helmets and clouds of dust.

Mock them if you want, but it's working. The Bulldogs are 2-0 and have run circles around both New Lothrop and Merrill. St. Charles ran for 346 yards in a 36-14 win over New Lothrop, then followed with 430 in its 34-12 win Thursday over Merrill.

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