Landon Football 34 John Carroll 14

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Sep 7, 2024
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For the second year in a row, the Bears traveled to Harford County to play the MIAA B Patriots of John Carroll. For the second year in a row, the visitors won their first game of the season. Their opponents entered the game with a 2-0 record (21-7 over SSSA at Alexandria) and a roster with more than a dozen players of 200# +.

As a preface to this report, it must be noted that one of the Bears’ mainstays running back and linebacker, DP POPE, broke his leg late in the game. As soon as he is again inside the White Rocks, #5 will be displaying his Ursine leadership on the sidelines.

How did Landon overcome such a size disadvantage? Discipline ( adhere to positional task), dynamic O andD (their defensive packages require coordination of assignments, and the O line uses complex blocking schemes to defeat their larger counterparts) and speed/skill to assert control.

The initial possession by the Bears was a 3 and out. The Patriots held the ball for 9 plays/ 24 yards. The last series was stopped by two incomplete passes (one PD by SEAN MURRAY) caused the Patriots to punt.

UBIE ”gone” ZAID created momentum by his punt return of ~20 yds. to Landon’s 48. Good runs by DP and Sean plus a SEAN to DP pass set up a 1^st down at the Patriots’ 33. Inside reverse to UBIE and he was “gone” for a TOUCHDOWN @ 4:19 of Q1. PAT GOOD (NICK DAVIDOFF snap to SEAN for the hold and kickby CADEN SOUTHWORTH) BEARS 7 PATRIOTS 0

Landon’s complex defense put MARSHALL HYMAN and KAISEN WOHLGEMUTH in position to use their speed; result a Patriot 4th and 22 forcing another punt.

Runs by DP and SEAN set upa 1^st down at the Carroll 33 yard line. Time for UBIE’s 2^nd consecutive TD of the same distance @0:15 of Q1, good PAT (58-8-10) BEARS 14 PATRIOTS 0

END OF Q1 BEARS 14 PATRIOTS 0

The Bel Air team, which had averaged 29 ppg, drove 67 yards in 6 plays scoring to make it BEARS 14 PATRIOTS 7

UBIE’s kick off return put the ball on the Landon 40. Runs by DP (2) and MACK COHEN plus a SEAN to UBIE pass resulted in a 2^nd and 7 at the JC 45. SEAN passed downfield to CADEN and the swift WR deked and sped by the opponents for a 45 yard TD @ 5:31 of Q2, pat missed. BEARS 21 PATRIOTS 7

Down by 2 TDs, the home team opened up their passing game- 5 forward attempts, but 3 incomplete; one of which was forced by a Bear blitz. LANDON the ball with 46 ticks on the clock and 72 yards to the goal line. The big gain was a SEAN to LOGAN CASSIDY 35 yard passfollowed by a QB TD run of 9 yards @ 0:19. PAT (58-8-10) convert BEARS 27 PATRIOTS 7

JC’s last second efforts were stopped by a QB sack by KAISEN.

HALFTIME BEARS 27 PATRIOTS 7

The Pats started off with good field position and went into Bear territory on 3 runs. MARSHALL was able to stop the opponents for losses on downs. The drive crashed when a PATRIOT fumbled ball.

Six runs (DP 4X, UBIE and MACK once each) and 2 passes (SEAN to JAMES GIBSON and CADEN) were negated by an incomplete and a penalty.

END OF Q3 BEARS 27 PATRIOTS 7

The home team started this drive in Q3 but scored at 10:42 of the last period. Runs moved the line of scrimmage 74 yards 6 plays to reach 24 points

BEARS 27 PATRIOTS 14

The visitors needed to eat up the clock to assure victory and the scoreboard wound down from 10:31 to 4:55 while the O maintained control with 11 plays; one pass and nine runs. To add some spice, @ 7:17 with 6 yards for a 1^st, Landon set up to punt. The Ball was snapped to an upback, ordinarily the punter, SEAN ran far enough to move the chains. UBIE, DP (2) {on his last carry, he was injured} runs put the ball three yards from the goal line. @4:55 SEAN scored on the ground, PAT (58-8-10) good BEARS 34 PATRIOTS 14

On the 1^st play of their last possession, a JC player struggling to make a big play lost the ball (sorry didn’t see who caused or recovered fumble). Four minutes and twenty-nine seconds remained- MACK (2), DOMINIC JENKINS(2) and GRADY BURNQUIST ran to move the clock to 0:45 where Landon took a knee to end the game.

FINAL SCORE BEARS 34 PATRIOTS 14

Next week v. Dunbar Crimson Tide 2-0

1^st game v. Archbishop Carroll 43-20

2^nd game v. Suitland 60-13

254 Passing Yards;221 Receiving Yards;139 Rushing Yards