The fans who came to the Ridge last night saw two very different football games. They saw a first half where Neshaminy really struggled to get going offensively, and then an explosive second half when the offense really began to click and showed us all that they can put points up on the board in a hurry.

The Redskins defense played strong in the opening period and kept the Raiders from picking up any meaningful yardage, as well as keeping them off the scoreboard. Following a touchdown late in the second period, Ryan appeared poised for a second quick strike when a Neshaminy fumble gave them the ball inside our own 6 yard line. The Redskin defense came up with a huge stop, snubbing Ryan 2 times inside the 1-yard line. That was enough to allow the half to expire before Ryan could get off another play.

The Redskins came out in the second half with a resolve that no one could deny. Neshaminy scored touchdowns on 4 of their first 5 drives of the second half. Andrew Flogel started it off with a 65 yard jaunt to the end zone to make it 6-7. On their next possession Neshaminy reeled off runs of 13, 26 & 31 yards to take them to the Raiders 6 yard line. On the very next play Jason Ulmer ran the ball in for a 12-7 lead and Neshaminy would never look back. A few minutes later, Jason Ulmer scored his second TD of the evening on a 38 yard screen pass with 43 seconds left in the third period. The 20-7 lead gave Neshaminy the breathing room they needed to take command of the game. Ian Capanna closed out the scoring with a 70 yard TD run midway through the fourth period. That TD run came as the result of a beautiful Matt Harker block, taking out the only defender between Ian and the goal line.

Neshaminy again got big performances from Roland Wensae who stopped Ryan runners all night and Mike Ellershaw who had another strong game at the tailback position.

 

Scoring Summary
	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	Final
Neshaminy	0	0	20	7	27
Archbishop Ryan	0	7	0	0	7

 

Player of the Week:

Jason Ulmer

This is Jason's first year as a starter on Varsity and he had a great game
on both sides of the ball. Offensively, Jason scored 2 touchdowns, a
rushing touchdown forcing his way through Archbishop Ryan's defense and a
38 yard touchdown reception off a screen pass. Defensively, he led a very
aggressive Redskins defense with 6 tackles, 2 tackles for a loss and 1
fumble recovery. Great game Jason!

 

Ian Capanna

 

Jason Ulmer