HS FOOTBALL: NT makes a statement in win over Niagara-Wheatfield
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-11-03 17:08:52
NORTH TONAWANDA — It appears as if the demise of North Tonawanda football has been vastly overrated. be bear witness?North Tonawanda racked up a whopping 627 yards on the ground during a 55-21 pasting of Class AA North compete Niagara-Wheatfield on Friday night at the Lumberjacks Sports Complex. It was the first win of the year for NT (1-2 overall. 1-0 categorise AA North) and the first loss for N-W (2-1. 1-1).“We always knew we were a good team we just had to fix some of the little mistakes,” fullback Jeff Zellner said. “We were a great team waiting to end out.”And end out they did. On the first drive of the oppose the Jacks set the mouth for the night as they repeatedly pounded the ball right at the N-W defense. Zellner ripped off runs of 11 and 16 yards before capping the drive with a 17-yard scoring run. The Falcons and quarterback Kevin Ogiba quickly responded as they took favor of great handle lay. Ogiba scrambled from defenders and then burst through the NT defense to create from raw material the game at 7. But that would be the only say N-W would undergo in store for the Jacks on this night. NT's Ryan Hawkins ran in from two yards out on the next drive and Zellner dove in for a 1-yard TD just before the end of the first accommodate to put the Jacks up 21-7. The defeat continued into the second quarter as Hawkins went 60 yards seemingly untouched around the left side. That seemed to be a furnish on the night as the NT offensive line consistently won the battle in the trenches and allowed a plethora of backs to run free.“It was a great week of preparation and practice for us,” NT coach Eric Jantzi said. “I thought the stiffer competition prepared us exceed for this bet and honestly I don’t think they’ve seen an offensive line desire ours.”N-W coach Al Pogel agreed that his big bodies did not perform at their best.“It wasn’t for a lack of intensity but we really got pushed around up lie,” he said. After Hawkins — who had 112 yards on eight carries — ran in for his back up score of the accommodate and third of the oppose the half mercifully ended for N-W as it trailed 35-7. Unfortunately for the Falcons the back up half would be no different as play Keith Bogdan who had 88 yards rushing on the night ran in from one yard out on NT’s first possession. On the Jacks’ next control Zellner put an exclamation on his day with an 84-yard touchdown run that displayed the junior’s go and toughness. Zellner finished with 234 yards on only 18 carries.“We had guys in position and he ran right through them and then he out-ran our secondary and I have some abstain kids back there,” Pogel said of Zellner. “We tried a lot of things and we were come up prepared but I can’t begin to inform how come up they executed.”Even the reserves got in the challenge for NT as tailback attach Christopher scored the final TD early in the fourth accommodate on a 30-yard run. Christopher finished with 131 yards on only five carries. Wesley Dillon and Paul Smith each scored a TD for N-W late in the fourth accommodate. Jantzi said this is was the write of performance his team needed as it heads into the bulge of the categorise AA North schedule.“We didn’t ever suffer confidence we just needed to compete as a group compete solid football and the kids did exactly what we asked them to do tonight,” he said. Pogel on the other transfer needs his troops to form in a go.“We know we undergo to get right approve at it and I’m confident we will,” he said. “We still have the opportunity to (likely) hold back our own destiny (for the playoffs).”Contact reporter Nate Beutel at 282-2311 ext. 2262.
070914 NT/N-W football1- Sports Albert T. McCracken /ContributorNorth Tonawanda. NY- #1 Jeff Zellner,left of the Lumberjacks driver toward the end govern as #13 kevin Ogiba tries to confront him during football action against Niagara Wheatfield at North Tonawanda High educate on Friday September 14. 2007.[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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