PHHS 0 Bonita Vista 16

The Barons of Bonita Vista beat our Patriots 16-0 yesterday. It was a hard hitting defensive game and a valuable learning experience for our young men. I could see it in the players eyes after the game that the loss weighed heavily on them and they cared about their performance.

Our defense was on the field for a long time and the Barons wore them down physically. Other than the offense giving the Barons a short field for them to score a TD, the defense played a "bend but don't break" style between the 20s and tightened up in the red zone.

Robert Hammond and Tucker Caddy played outstanding and had great games from the linebacker positions.

Offense was anemic to say the least. The adjustments I made during the game were not good enough and it limited Coach Pankow's play list and his ability to call plays. We had mental mistakes and the bottom line was I did not have the offense as prepared as they should be.

Just so we are clear, it is my responsibility to prepare the team and I came up short this week against Bonita Vista. We will fix the problem and we will be ready for the mighty Marauders for Mira Mesa High School.