How many of you were sitting on pins and needles yesterday? After taking a 21-0 lead halfway into the 3rd quarter, we began to substitute players on both sides of the ball. Two fumbles and two touchdowns later, we found momentum to be on the Mariner sideline.
We put the 1st stringers back in and put the game on their shoulders.
1:36 left in the game. The Mariners were trailing by 7 and drove all the way down to our 8 yardline. We practice situational football all the time and the Mariners faced 4th and goal on the 8 yardline. The Mariners rolled out to pass the ball and the Patriot defense did what they were supposed to do: KNOCK THE BALL DOWN!
The Patriots took possession needed to run the clock out. Instead, the O-line busted a huge hole and Marcos Gonzalez ran the ball 92 yards for the game ending TD. Gonzalez ended the day 3 TD's and 154 yards rushing.
QB Morgan Hatch ran a two minute drill before the end of the half. Though we did not score on that drive, it was good to see the offense work like a team. Hatch showed poise behind good pass protection, he called excellent audibles, threw good pass and Arron Graves and Cano Espinoza made clutch catches and stopped the clock by getting out of bounds. Again, we practice situational football and our players executed the plan.
Our Blackshirt Defense was phenomenal. In the four games we have played, they gave up one TD, and that was the 1st drive of the first game against Pt. Loma. They are very smart and aggressive and they play well as a unit. LB's Nick Sullivan, Arron Ping and Zack Brown are the heart and soul of the defense.
Now it is time to prepare for the Eastern League. I tell our players this all the time: The Eastern League is the toughest league in the County of San Diego.
The next 5 games are going to be tough. All 5 football programs went to the playoffs last year and we have a lot of work ahead of us.
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