Our Mules start District 27-4A play with a workman-like win...
ALAMO HEIGHTS 24 and FREDERICKSBURG 17
For any Mule Fans that did not make it to Orem Stadium in Alamo Heights this past Friday, October 12th, let me tell ya folks that the Fredericksburg "Battl'n Billies" grow some big country boys with an obvious zeal for playing old fashion "smash mouth football."
In the pre-game analysis of this reporter's last posting, I very calmly reported the Billies had a 260 lbs Fullback... well the other Fredericksburg Running Backs were not much smaller, and the Billies' Offensive line had obviously not been short changed in either the hereditary growth hormone pool, or at the family dinner table... their Offense was BABOOM BIG!!! This was what made the night so special on Mules defensive side of the ball. Try on the facts that our Mules' "D" held this power rushing team to 75-yards on 39 carries and only 13 first downs (while our Mules"O" had a very respectable 20)... I'm talking some SERIOUS STOUT DEFENSE, YAAAAAA MUN!!!!! A couple of memorable defensive highlights were:
- When Fredericksburg resorted to a "gadget play" play in the 1st half on 4th down with a "concealed in motion receiver" that was masking his in motion status by play acting as a confused late substitution (with him looking at his coaches with a questioning hands up in the air), and then a quick-snap and pass that was in-the-end, well covered by Team Captain #19 Craig Thompson who caused a dropped ball.
- When the Billies had the ball in the 4th Quarter with 1st down and 3-yards to go for a TD, where as a D-Unit the achievement was holding the Billies to just a Field Goal... STOUT!
- When our Mules "D" had to produce a 4th down stop to seal the win with about 2-minutes remaining, the Billies resorted to a well-executed reverse with 3-full-tilt-200-pound-plus Goats running at Sophomore DB Phillip Massari (whom I'm guessing is 5-9 145 lbs), who artfully split the blockers and made a picture perfect open field tackle for a loss... A THING OF BEAUTY!
Part of the reason I categorized this game as "workman-like win" centers on the fact that our beloved Mules turned the ball over five times. Due to the fact we gave the Billies the ball more than what we would like, our gridiron gladiators had to "work" for their win through this adversity. This is WHY I was so proud of our Offense. Its continued ability to stick together, not drop their heads, and lift each other up TO GET THE JOB DONE. Yep, Yep. Winners get tough when the going is rough... just so for the Mules "O."
How did our "O" grind it out, try on that Quarterback Drew Allen had 300-yards passing, that Running Back Sergio Acosta bulled his way to 100-yards rushing, and that SIX different receivers contributed to this win with "sticky hands" in the form of Team Captain Bobby Broadnax (1 TD, 4 catches for 75-yards), Team Captain Cody "Circus Catch" Courtney (2 TD, 8 catches for 156-yards), Stephen "Hollywood" West (2 catches for 34-yards), Sergio "Glide" Acosta (2 catches for 17-yards), Thomas "Doctor" King (1 catch for 14-yards), and Victor Givens (1 catch for 4-yards).
My favorite Offensive play was an 80-yard gem of a pass-catch-and-run that openned the showcase doors to four team-play attributes:
Showcase Door #1) - Beautifully executed pass blocking by our always overachieving Offensive Line that give our passing QB time to "do his thing";
Showcase Door #2) - A wonderful on the mark spot pass by QB Drew Allen traveling about 20-yards of air-travel into the hands of Cody Courtney;
Showcase Door #3) - Cody Courtney then cutting, and weaving his way through four Goat defenders, who ultimately gave chase and appeared to have a bead on Captain Courtney, WHEN....
Showcase Door #4) - .... WHEN a speedy fellow Captain Broadnax accelerated from behind the pursuing Goats, passing them, and then with incredible balance, turned around at full speed to provide blocking for the ball-carrying-Circus-Catch-Cody, thus allowing him to run in for the TD... SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!
Here is a link to this week's Album:
ALAMO HEIGHTS 24 and FREDERICKSBURG 17
For any Mule Fans that did not make it to Orem Stadium in Alamo Heights this past Friday, October 12th, let me tell ya folks that the Fredericksburg "Battl'n Billies" grow some big country boys with an obvious zeal for playing old fashion "smash mouth football."
In the pre-game analysis of this reporter's last posting, I very calmly reported the Billies had a 260 lbs Fullback... well the other Fredericksburg Running Backs were not much smaller, and the Billies' Offensive line had obviously not been short changed in either the hereditary growth hormone pool, or at the family dinner table... their Offense was BABOOM BIG!!! This was what made the night so special on Mules defensive side of the ball. Try on the facts that our Mules' "D" held this power rushing team to 75-yards on 39 carries and only 13 first downs (while our Mules"O" had a very respectable 20)... I'm talking some SERIOUS STOUT DEFENSE, YAAAAAA MUN!!!!! A couple of memorable defensive highlights were:
- When Fredericksburg resorted to a "gadget play" play in the 1st half on 4th down with a "concealed in motion receiver" that was masking his in motion status by play acting as a confused late substitution (with him looking at his coaches with a questioning hands up in the air), and then a quick-snap and pass that was in-the-end, well covered by Team Captain #19 Craig Thompson who caused a dropped ball.
- When the Billies had the ball in the 4th Quarter with 1st down and 3-yards to go for a TD, where as a D-Unit the achievement was holding the Billies to just a Field Goal... STOUT!
- When our Mules "D" had to produce a 4th down stop to seal the win with about 2-minutes remaining, the Billies resorted to a well-executed reverse with 3-full-tilt-200-pound-plus Goats running at Sophomore DB Phillip Massari (whom I'm guessing is 5-9 145 lbs), who artfully split the blockers and made a picture perfect open field tackle for a loss... A THING OF BEAUTY!
Part of the reason I categorized this game as "workman-like win" centers on the fact that our beloved Mules turned the ball over five times. Due to the fact we gave the Billies the ball more than what we would like, our gridiron gladiators had to "work" for their win through this adversity. This is WHY I was so proud of our Offense. Its continued ability to stick together, not drop their heads, and lift each other up TO GET THE JOB DONE. Yep, Yep. Winners get tough when the going is rough... just so for the Mules "O."
How did our "O" grind it out, try on that Quarterback Drew Allen had 300-yards passing, that Running Back Sergio Acosta bulled his way to 100-yards rushing, and that SIX different receivers contributed to this win with "sticky hands" in the form of Team Captain Bobby Broadnax (1 TD, 4 catches for 75-yards), Team Captain Cody "Circus Catch" Courtney (2 TD, 8 catches for 156-yards), Stephen "Hollywood" West (2 catches for 34-yards), Sergio "Glide" Acosta (2 catches for 17-yards), Thomas "Doctor" King (1 catch for 14-yards), and Victor Givens (1 catch for 4-yards).
My favorite Offensive play was an 80-yard gem of a pass-catch-and-run that openned the showcase doors to four team-play attributes:
Showcase Door #1) - Beautifully executed pass blocking by our always overachieving Offensive Line that give our passing QB time to "do his thing";
Showcase Door #2) - A wonderful on the mark spot pass by QB Drew Allen traveling about 20-yards of air-travel into the hands of Cody Courtney;
Showcase Door #3) - Cody Courtney then cutting, and weaving his way through four Goat defenders, who ultimately gave chase and appeared to have a bead on Captain Courtney, WHEN....
Showcase Door #4) - .... WHEN a speedy fellow Captain Broadnax accelerated from behind the pursuing Goats, passing them, and then with incredible balance, turned around at full speed to provide blocking for the ball-carrying-Circus-Catch-Cody, thus allowing him to run in for the TD... SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET!!!!
Here is a link to this week's Album:
OK, so this was a nice win. Now on to Boerne...
BOERNE INTELLIGENCE REPORT
On this coming Friday, October 19th, we play the Boerne "Greyhounds" away for our 2nd District 27-4A game of this season. For those unawares of the annual challenges our beloved Mules face when playing Boerne (for non-Texan Mule Fans, this Hill Country town's name is pronounced "burn-ee") let me count off a few:
- Boerne and Alamo Heights typically have the most heated district rivalry... no love lost here as both the Mules and the Greyhounds have winning programs across a plethora of sports with solid coaching and actively involved parents... we both have first class school operations;
- The Greyhounds are the very largest of 4A schools with 1900 students enrolled in at Boerne High School... the Mules have ~1400 students. Hence, with a larger well to draw from, Boerne is big and talented, almost always qualifying for the State Playoffs, not only in Football, but across all H.S. sports;
- Relative to Football, no matter what each team's winning record, the Mules and Greyhounds "get up" to play each other... count on a hard fought game.
This year the Greyhounds are 3 wins and 3 losses coming into this game. One need only to look at Boerne's win against fellow District 27-4A foe Memorial this past week to understand this is a "running football team. " The Greyhounds had 229-yards running and only 42-yards passing against Memorial. RUN FOREST RUN!
If our Mules' "D" can stop the Greyhounds running game, and our "O" can begin rolling up the TDs forcing Boerne into a passing game that they are un-equipped to execute... well, let me tell ya Mule Fans this could turn the game into a serious AHHS spanking of BHS. Nuff' said.
OTHER NEWS
Texas Tech Offensive Lineman, Stephen Hamby, a former Mule Class of 2004, has earned his way into the starting rotation of the Red Raiders. Congratulations Stephen! Please see:
http://texastech.cstv.com/sports/m-footbl/mtt/hamby_stephen00.html
Rice University Quarterback, Chase Clement, a former Mule Class of 2003, had himself one whale of a game against University of Houston this past Saturday, setting a personal single-game passing record of 355-yards on 24 completions over 44 passing attempts with 1 interception (24-44-1). The personal angst for Chase, this reporter is quite sure, comes over the fact his personal achievement came in a narrow heartbreaker of a loss, 56-48, where Houston had 21-come-from-behind points in the 4th quarter to win.
University of North Texas (UNT) Quarterback, #15 Giovanni Vizza, a former Mule Class of 2006, earned his first win as a starting Division I quarterback with UNT' defeating Louisiana-Monroe 31-21, please see:
http://www.meangreensports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=1800&ATCLID=1280421
Until next time... GO MULES, BEAT BOERNE!!!!
No comments:
Post a Comment
The Mule Fan would like to hear your thoughts and comments!