Accountability. Loyalty. Respect.
It was another quality season turned in by the Gettysburg High School football program in its first year back in the Mid-Penn Conference since the 2013 campaign.
One big foot, and one big mistake.
A week into the postseason and the Times Area has seen its number of teams cut in half, from four to two.
Trailing by 10 points early in the second quarter, Delone Catholic fought and clawed its way to a field goal, but any momentum the Squires may have built up from the scoring drive was quickly reclaimed by Trinity when the Shamrocks scored on the first play after the ensuing kickoff.
In a tie game late in the third quarter, Susquehanna Township was on the move, working its way into Gettysburg territory. Disaster struck for the Indians, however, when they faced a 3rd-and-10 at the Warriors’ 45-yard line.
The York Catholic coaching staff required no analytics and no charts as part of its decision-making process Friday night. In fact, there was only one step to that process: trust the defense.
If New Oxford hopes to make some noise in the upcoming District 3 footbal playoffs, there are surely things it will still need to work on.
While there are many tangible obstacles – number of players, injuries, size and strength to name a few — for Jason Thurston to deal with as the coach of a Class 1A football team, the Fairfield boss was looking to conquer one intangible on Friday night.
With just two weeks remaining in the high school football regular season, division titles and District 3 playoff berths will be decided in the not so distant future.
It took until Week 8 for Delone Catholic head coach Corey Zortman to finally have all three of his starting running backs healthy from start to finish of a game.
The boys in green sent them home happy on Homecoming night.
With the Gettysburg offense unable to finish off drives with points, Warrior head coach Matt Heiser needed his team’s defense to come through with a stout effort. It answered the bell time and time again.
It’s easy to lose your way when you get caught in a Jett-stream.
