For those who enjoy watching football games that flow, Friday night's contest against the Bears of Germantown was a grizzly display of unnecessary penalties. In the first period alone, we saw no less than 10 yellow flags. However, neither the flags nor the Bears could stop the Redskins from doing what they enjoy most - scoring points. Neshaminy displayed an offense that was balanced, spread out, and unstoppable on Friday night.

The depth of Neshaminy's scoring machine was made evident by the number of players involved in the scoring. Of the 7 Redskin touchdowns scored, 4 came from the offense and 3 from the defense. Further analysis reveals that Neshaminy Juniors Jason Ulmer and Dan Lyons accounted for 3 of the 7 touchdowns while Seniors Andrew Flogel, Mike Ellershaw, Austin Dahn and Ryan Evans combined for the other 4 trips to the end zone. In the last two weeks alone, Jason (Who is that kid?) Ulmer has reached the end zone 5 times. With Kitt Anderson getting closer to seeing game action, and the ever dangerous Andrew Flogel at the helm, opponents won't know which Redskin to key on. Also, Coach Schmidt spread out the play calling very nicely, keeping the Bears defense guessing which direction the ball might go.

But it was not just the offense who came to play on Friday night. The defense also had a huge role in the win over Germantown. The 'Skins Dee-Boys are again the stingy group we've grown accustomed to seeing out on the field. They gave up very little ground tonight, as they dug in and kept the Bears offense pinned down (giving up only 18 yards of total offense in the 2nd half). The secondary shadowed receivers while the line stifled Germantown's running game. Although Germantown did score 6 points, the 'Skins defense more than made up for it as they scored 21 points with 2 interceptions returned for TDs as well as a fumble recovery that was picked up and taken in for a score. That last TD was set up by a monster hit on Germantown's quarterback by 'Skins Junior Eric Brown. Brown leveled the Bears' play caller with a hit that knocked the ball loose, followed by Jason Ulmer's alert recovery and run all the way to the end zone for a touchdown (it was only a 2 yard run, but he still ran it all the way in).

And with the game coming to a close, Sophomore Quilan Arnold had a nifty run down the left side and took the ball to the 1 yard line. Coach Schmidt, however, did the right thing and "took a knee" to run out the clock and game.

Next week's game against Abington is at home on Thursday night, not Friday. See you then at the Ridge.