WEEK #3 - September 12, 2009          @ South Park Fairgrounds

	8-UNDER

	BROOKLINE 14 - South Park 12 (Double Overtime)

	Scoring Summary:

	Cole McMullan 1 run (conversion failed)
	Cole McMullan 6 run (Shebazz Anderson run)

	NOTES: Coach Mike Visnich nearly had a cardiac arrest in the
	final moments of the second overtime. But, when Jayden Payne
	and a host of Knights stopped South Park's final conversion
	run, one yard short of the goal line, his heart palpitations
	subsided, and his Knights came away with a 14-12 victory over
	a stubborn South Park squad.

	The game began on an ominous note. South Park scored quickly
	on a long touchdown run to take an early 6-0 lead. Afterwards,
	the Brookline defense dug in and held their ground. Then, in
	the second quarter, the Knights offense came alive. They drove
	to the South Park one yard line. On fourth down, Cole McMullan
	burst into the endzone to even the score at six apiece.

	The second half was a defensive showdown. Fine defensive play
	by Gaige Grzelka, Nathan Ault, Shebazz Anderson and Ramon
	White kept the South Park offense in check. The Eagle defense
	countered by silencing the Knights attack. The buzzer sounded
	with the ball stuck near midfield and the score tied, 6-6.

	On to overtime!

	The first overtime ended with neither team able to muster any
	ball movement. In the second overtime, Cole McMullan scored
	his second touchdown of the game on a six yard run. Shebazz
	Anderson aced the two-point conversion with a drive up the
	middle to put Brookline on top 14-6.

	South Park answered with a ten yard touchdown pass on their
	first play to come within two points. As the Eagles lined up
	for their conversion attempt, Coach Mike's chest tightened.
	As the ball was snapped, he nearly dropped to his knees. Then
	Jayden Payne hit the runner. His teammates swarmed en masse to
	the point of contact and the Eagle landed one yard short. The
	conversion was no good and the Knight's had their first win!

	No third overtime. No heart attack. Just a lot of happy kids,
	plenty of happy fans, and one relieved coach.

 

	WEEK #3 - September 12, 2009          @ South Park Fairgrounds
	
	9-UNDER

	BROOKLINE 22 - South Park 6

	Scoring Summary:

	Darryl Daniels 43 run (conversion failed)
	Darryl Daniels 20 run (Brent Ivory run)
	Marshal White 18 run (Brent Ivory run)

	Interception: Darryl Daniels

	NOTES: After two stinging defeats, the 9-year old Knights came
	to South Park eager to get onto the winning track. They did
	better than that. They manhandled the South Park Eagles and
	came away with a 22-6 victory, their first of the season.

	On Brookline's opening offense series, speedy Darryl Daniels
	found a seam and rushed 43 yards to the endzone, staking the
	Knights to a 6-0 lead. In the second quarter, Daniels struck
	again with a twenty yard dash, followed by a good conversion
	run by quarterback Brent Ivory. The Knights were ahead 14-0,
	and they were hungry for more.

	In the final moments of the first half, Ivory connected with
	Marshal White for a twenty yard reception to place the ball
	inside the South Park ten yard line. Brent followed with a
	seven yard run to the two. He hurriedly got his team set and
	executed a perfect spike with only seconds to go. Ivory then
	tried a quarterback sneak, but came up inches short as the
	buzzer sounded to end the half.

	In the second half, Coach Mike Manuel reached into his bag of
	tricks and pulled out a couple of slick gadget plays. A quick,
	three-play forty-seven yard drive followed. Lamar Lewis	ran a
	perfect halfback option, slinging a spiral to Branden Wysong
	that covered 18 yards. Then, Darryl Daniels sped around the
	right side for eleven more. The third play was a successful
	reverse with Daniels handing off to Marshal White, who clung
	to the sideline for eighteen yards and a touchdown. Ivory
	added a conversion run to increase Brookline's lead to 22-0.

	South Park got on the board late in the game, scoring on a one
	yard plunge with less than two minutes to play. The drive took
	up nearly nine minutes of the fourth quarter, due in large
	part to the gritty play of the Knight's second team defense.
	The Eagle touchdown brought the final score to 22-6.

	Congratulations to the defensive starting eleven, who held
	South Park's offense without a first down before retiring to
	the sideline at the end of the third quarter. The Knight's
	defenders were: Linemen - Joel Wert, Bobby Goodnight and
	Anthony Carrington; Ends - Lamar Lewis and Cullin Baker;
	Linebackers - Darryl Daniels, Will Rupert, Marshal White
	and Brent Ivory; Safeties - Brad Jones and Branden Wysong.
	On offense, Daniels finished with over 100 yards rushing.

 

	WEEK #3 - September 12, 2009          @ South Park Fairgrounds

	10-UNDER

	BROOKLINE 14 - South Park 6

	Scoring Summary:

	Demetrius Cotton 7 run (conversion failed)
	Anthony Johnson 50 interception return (Demetrius Cotton run)

	Interception: Anthony Johnson
	Fumble Recovery: Trevor Hazen, Anthony Johnson

	NOTES: Coach Darryl Frazier worked his Knights hard at
	practice this past week. Like the eight and nine-year olds	
	before them, the 10-year old Knights came to South Park eager
	to put their two previous losses behind them and join their
	brothers in the winner's bracket. All the hard work paid off.
	The Knights left the South Park Fairgrounds with a 14-6 win.

	In the first half, the offense, which had slumbered for the
	past two weeks, came alive with a bang. It started with
	Demetrius Cotton on the first series. Cotton's legs accounted
	for fifty of fifty-five yards, finishing the drive with a
	seven yard touchdown run and a 6-0 lead. The defense held on
	to the six-point advantage until halftime.

	The second half saw less of the offensive fireworks, but the
	defense put on quite a show. On the first play of the fourth
	quarter, Anthony Johnson intercepted an Eagle pass and took
	off on a fifty yard return for a touchdown. It was reminiscent
	of James Harrison's Super Bowl XLIII score, as A.J. lumbered
	downfield with more determination than speed. Demetrius Cotton
	added the two-point conversion to increase the lead to 14-0.

	South Park launched their only sustained drive late in the
	fourth quarter. A couple nice tackles by Joe Michalski kept
	the Eagles from a quick score, but couldn't save the shutout.
	South Park finally scored on a four yard run. Anthony Johnson
	stopped the conversion attempt with a nice backfield tackle
	to hold the final tally at 14-6.

	Quarterback Jacob Mellon had a nice game. This is Jacob's
	first year leading the offense and he is just beginning to
	come into his own. He's a good drop-back passer with nice form
	and a quick release. On one play in particular, he executed a
	three step drop and threaded the needle with a six yard bullet
	to Tyler McGough. It was perfect! This kid has loads of
	potential and we look forward to watching his development.

	And finally, Happy Birthday to cheerleader Brittany Corbett.

 

	WEEK #3 - September 12, 2009          @ South Park Fairgrounds

	11-UNDER

	BROOKLINE 30 - South Park 0

	Scoring Summary:

	Taylor Thornton 83 pass from Nick Manuel (Nick Manuel run)
	Mentchaas Anderson 12 run (Nick Manuel run)
	Taylor Thornton 45 pass from Nick Manuel (Dylan DiRenna run)
	Nick Manuel 86 run (conversion failed)

	Interception: Dylan DiRenna
	Fumble Recovery: Shane Holden

	NOTES: Coach Joe Nicholas thought he had a quarterback crisis.
	His original starter has been sidelined with a broken wrist
	and his replacement flew the coup. Little did Joe know that
	there was a diamond in the rough, just waiting to be found.

	Pint-sized Nick Manuel stepped up and took over the struggling
	Knight offense. In his first game as a quarterback, Slick Nick
	glimmered like a two-carat rock. Manuel led the offense like
	a crafty veteran, completing 5-of-5 passes for 150 yards and
	two touchdowns, running for over 100 yards and posting ten
	points on the scoreboard. It was a memorable performance.

	"The Nick Manuel Variety Show" began innocently enough with a
	screen pass to Taylor Thornton that Taylor turned into an
	eighty-three yard touchdown. On the conversion attempt, Nick
	bumbled the handoff, then recovered to streak around the left
	side for two points and an 8-0 lead.

	South Park launched a counterattack. An Eagle runner broke
	away and headed downfield. A Loren Wicks tackle dropped the
	would-be scorer after thirty-two yards. The Eagles pushed the
	ball a bit further, to the Brookline five yard line. On first
	and goal, a punishing hit by Manuel caused a fumble and Shane
	Holden recovered at the Brookline ten.

	Nick then combined with Mentchaas Anderson and Taylor Thornton
	to push the ball ninety yards for a second Brookline score.
	Anderson's twelve yard run on a reverse, followed by Manuel's
	conversion run, raised the score to 16-0. With three minutes
	to go in the first half, Manuel connected again with Thornton,
	this time for a forty-five yard scoring toss. Dylan DiRenna
	ran in the conversion for a 24-0 halftime lead.

	The second half was more of the same. The defense bent but
	didn't break, and Nick Manuel kept churning out highlight reel
	moments. After a long South Park drive was extinguished, the
	Knights took over on their own fourteen yard line. The Slick
	One took the next snap, bootlegged to the right and led the
	Eagle defenders on a wild and crazy chase that concluded
	eighty-six yards downfield. An exhausted Nick stumbled into
	the endzone to bring the Brookline lead to 30-0.

	After ending South Park's final drive by nearly intercepting a
	fourth down pass, Manuel led Brookline on their final surge.
	A forty-two yard touchdown run by Amaree Hatcher was called
	back on a holding penalty as time expired. What a great game!
	What a great show! So much for the quarterback crisis.

	In addition to his exploits on the field, Nick Manuel is also
	a top ten nominee for the Sports Soup Quote of Week. Remember,
	Nick is new to calling formations in the huddle. After Nick's
	second touchdown pass of the day, a slightly bewildered Coach
	Joe asked the Slick One what formation he ran. Nick's reply...
	"I don't know, but it worked."	

 

	WEEK #3 - September 12, 2009          @ South Park Fairgrounds

	13-UNDER

	BROOKLINE 40 - South Park 0

	Scoring Summary:

	Michael Ignasky 7 run (Michael Ignasky run)
	Michael Ignasky 8 pass from Jerrad Tuite (Jerrad Tuite run)
	Jerrad Tuite 11 run (Connor McGinnis run)
	Michael Ignasky 32 pass from Jerrad Tuite (Joey Kalsek run)
	Khalil Sanders 13 run (Zacheria Sesay run)

	Interception: Malik Petite

	NOTES: The elder Knights turned in another totally dominating
	performance with a 40-0 thumping of the South Park Eagles.
	From the opening kickoff to the final buzzer, this was Knight
	football at its best.

	Khalil Sanders got things started by taking the opening
	kickoff and returning it forty-five yards into South Park
	territory. Michael Ignasky capped off the opening drive with
	a seven yard touchdown run and a successful conversion.

	Brookline then went to the air. Quarterback Jerrad Tuite threw
	completions to Sanders, Adam Ottaviano and Adam Tajuddin, then
	hooked up with Ignasky for an eight yard touchdown reception.
	Tuite's run for the conversion gave the Knights a 16-0 lead.

	Jerrad went airmail again on Brookline's third drive, hitting
	Ottaviano for fourteen yards, then launching a forty-six yard
	bomb to Sanders. After an offsides call advanced the ball to
	the South Park eleven, Tuite dashed around the right end and
	scored the Knight's third touchdown of the half. Connor
	McGinnis ran up the gut for the two-point conversion.

	The Knight's fourth touchdown of the first half came on a
	thirty-two yard scoring pass from Tuite to Ignasky. After a
	good conversion run by Joey Kalsek, Brookline's Best entered
	the halftime break sporting a 32-0 lead.

	Michael Roper replaced Tuite at quarterback in the second half
	and the rout continued. Roper engineered a thirty-seven yard,
	ball-control drive that ended with a thirteen yard scoring run
	by Sanders. Big Zacheria Sesay powered in for the two-point
	conversion. The score now read 40-0, and the Knight's were
	still going strong.

	South Park began the fourth quarter with their deepest push
	into Brookline territory. Malik Petite put an end to that rush
	with an endzone interception. Malik returned the ball fifteen
	yards to the Brookline eleven. Joey Kalsek now took over as
	quarterback and began the Knights sixth march upfield. On a
	fourth and twelve, Kalsek connected on a thirty-two yard pass
	play with David Suwalski to keep the drive alive.

	A turnover two plays later ended the Knights final foray into
	South Park turf and kept the score from expanding further. The
	final play of the game was a sack by Brendan Cunningham. It
	was a fitting end to a stellar performance by the Knights.

	Quarterback Jerrad Tuite had a great first half, completing
	7-of-8 passes for 146 yards and two touchdowns. The defense
	again played a fantastic game. The special teams also shined,
	with Dominick DelGreco's booming kickoffs and good coverage.
	If this team can eliminate the silly penalties then the	sky
	is the limit. Coach Donnie's Green Machine is ready to roll!

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