SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2011-13

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, November 18, as the 9th seed the York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I Mustangs of South Western visited the 1st seeded Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division Eagles of Cumberland Valley in the quarterfinal round of the District 3 playoffs and lost 42-21, ending a hugely successful season. The Eagles (10-1 overall, 5-1 league) will next host the 5th seeded Lancaster-Lebanon Section 1 Bulldogs of Wilson (11-1 overall, 7-0 league) in the semifinal round at 7PM on November 25.

The Eagles began the game by going three and out and punting as the Mustangs held them to 4-yards. The Mustangs started off like a house afire, driving 15-yards in 3 plays, but then fumbled and the Eagles recovered at the Mustangs 42-yard line. The Eagles then drove 42-yards in eleven plays, featuring a 12-yard pass from Ben Fernback to Jeremy DiPietro and ending with a 1-yard touchdown run by Cole Johnson. Lance Geesey kicked the extra point and the Eagles were up 7-0 with 5:08 to go in the first quarter.

The Mustangs went three and out and punted from their 28-yard line and the Eagles drove 44-yards in six plays, featuring a 25-yard pass from Fernback to DiPietro and ending with a 14-yard touchdown pass to DiPietro. Geesey’s extra point kick put the Eagles up 14-0 with 1:15 to go in the first quarter.

The Mustangs went three and out and punted again. The Eagles drove 62-yards in eight plays, featuring a 14-yard run by DiPietro and a 27-yard run by Fernback, and ending with a 2-yard touchdown plunge by DiPietro. Geesey’s extra point kick upped the score to 21-0 with 8:25 to go in the second quarter.

The Mustangs then drove 68-yards in seven plays, featuring a 26-yard run by Dillon Thomas and ending with a beautiful 19-yard touchdown pass from Zach Gross to Mike Felton. Jake Tracy kicked the extra point and the Eagles were up 21-7 with 5:10 left in the first half.

The Mustangs fumbled the second half opening kickoff and the Eagles recovered at the Mustangs 37-yard line. Seven plays later Fernback threw an 11-yard touchdown strike to Alex Cutia and Geesey’s extra point kick put the Eagles up 28-7 with 9:07 to go in the third quarter.

The Mustangs got off two plays before Joe Dececco intercepted a pass for the Eagles. The Eagles then drove 35-yards in five plays, featuring a 20-yard run by Jeremy Salmon and ending with a 3-yard touchdown run by Salmon. Geesey’s extra point kick put the Eagles up 35-7 with 6:40 to go in the third quarter.

The Eagles poor kickoff ended up being an unintentional onside kick and Max Noonan recovered it for the Eagles. The Eagles then drove 28-yards in two plays, a 3-yard loss and a 31-yard touchdown sprint by Fernback. Geesey’s extra point kick upped the score to 42-7, and invoked the mercy rule, with 5:50 left in the third quarter.

The Eagles then substituted liberally. The Mustangs drove 33-yards, only to turn the ball over on downs at the Eagles 43-yard line. The Eagles went three and out and punted.

The Mustangs then drove 74-yards in three plays, ending with Mike Felton’s 52-yard touchdown run. Tracy’s extra point kick made the score 42-14 with 10:51 to go in the game.

The Eagles ended up turning the ball over on downs and the Mustangs drove 70-yards in nine plays, featuring a 6-yard pass from Gross to Brandon Krise, an 11-yard run by Reid Cruz, and a 28-yard run by Dillon Thomas, and ending with a 1-yard touchdown plunge by Gross. Tracy’s extra point kick made the final score 42-21 in favor of the Eagles with 3:30 to go in the game.

Mike Felton kicked off 4 times for 200-yards, with the longest going for 59-yards, and punted 3 times for 107-yards, with the longest going for 44-yards, for a 35-67-yard average. For the season Felton punted 34 times for 1,411-yards, for a 41.5-yard average. Dillon Langenfeld returned 3 kickoffs for 27-yards, with the longest going for 13-yards, Felton returned 1 kickoff for 15-yards, and Reid Cruz returned 1 kickoff for 4-yards. Felton returned 1 punt for 15-yards and Jaelen Langenfeld returned 1 punt for 2-yards, for the Mustangs.

Carnie Fryfogle led the Mustangs defense with 16 tackles (giving him a team leading 163 and a new school record on the season) and a pass defense, followed by Chad Kolper with 13 tackles, Mike Felton and Keith Pappas with 11 tackles each, Ryan Dotson with 10 tackles, Devon Ackerman with 88 tackles, Zach Townsend with 7 tackles and a sack, Jeremy Loughlin with 5 tackles and a sack, Reid Cruz and Brandon Stremmel with 5 tackles each, Rich Delea with 4 tackles, Mike Duffy and Jerome Robinson with 3 tackles each, Logan Bowman and Dillon Thomas with 2 tackles each, and Alex Baugher, Brandon Barnhart, Ryan Klinedinst, Jaelen Langenfeld and Eddie Lane with 1 tackle each.

Devon Ackerman, Alex Baugher, Logan Bowman, Reid Cruz, Rich Delea, Ryan Dotson, Carnie Fryfogle, Matt Hawn, Chad Kolper, Jeremy Loughlin, Dakotah Moses, Keith Pappas, Brandon Stremmel, Dillon Thomas, and Zach Townsend, manned the offensive and defensive line and linebacker positions. Mike Duffy, Mike Felton, and Jerome Robinson patrolled the secondary for the Mustangs, with help from Brandon Krise and the Langenfeld twins, Dillon and Jaelen.

The Mustangs gained 247-yards rushing and 37-yards passing for a total of 284-yards of offense. Mike Felton led the Mustangs rushing attack with 13 carries for 123-yards (including a 52-yard touchdown), followed by Dillon Thomas with 10 for 91-yards (including touchdowns of 20 and 52-yards), Reid Cruz with 5 for 29-yards, Brady Stevenson with 1 carry for 12-yards, and Zach Gross with 4 carries for minus 8-yards (including a 1-yard touchdown). Quarterback Gross completed 5 of 13 passes for 37-yards and 1 touchdown, 1 for 19-yards and a touchdown to Felton, 2 for 11-yards to Brandon Krise, 1 for 4-yards to Jerome Robinson, and 1 for 3-yards to Keith Pappas, for the Mustangs. Jake Tracy kicked 3 extra points for the Mustangs.

The Eagles gained 276-yards rushing and 61-yards passing for a total of 337-yards gained. Ben Fernback led the Eagles rushing attack with 7 carries for 76-yards (including a 31-yard touchdown), followed by Jeremy Salmon with 10 for 51 (including a 3-yard touchdown), Aaron Hinish with 9 for 45, Cole Johnson with 9 for 32 (including a 1-yard touchdown), Jeremy DiPietro with 8 for 32 (including a 2-yard touchdown), Joe Dececco with 2 for 23, Brady Miller with 1 for 9, Tyler Hartzel with 5 for 8, McClain Fultz with 3 for 2-yards, Tyler Heisey with 1 for 1-yard, and Corey Johnson with 1 carry for minus 3-yards. Quarterback Fernback completed 4 of 7 passes for 61-yards and 2 touchdowns, 3 for 51-yards to DiPietro (including a 14-yard touchdown) and 1 for 11-yards and a touchdown to Alex Cutia, for the Eagles. Lance Geesey kicked 6 extra points, Joe Dececco intercepted a pass, Brian Aunspach, Devon Blewett, and Max Noonan each recovered a fumble, and Zach O’dell recorded a sack, for the Eagles.

The 9-time Cavalcade of Bands Champions, Tournament of Bands Group IV Champion and US Scholastic Band Champion South Western Mustangs Marching Band put on a stirring half time performance, presenting their 2011 field show “The Colors of Dreams.” The relaxing mallet introduction led to the haunting sound of “The Dream is Collapsing” from Inception, followed by “Zooster’s Rebellion” from Madagascar, the sorrowful longing of “Hummel Gets the Rockets,” from the Rock, and the show closed with “The Burning Bush,” from Prince of Egypt.

The Cumberland Valley Eagles Marching Band put on a great pre-game performance with their show “Hoist the Colors,” saluting the Pirates of Penzance. The Mustangs and Eagles Cheer Leading squads were very impressive as they roused the faithful in the playoff atmosphere.

The Mustangs of South Western ended their season 9-3-0 overall and 5-0-0 in York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play, taking sole possession of the Division I title.

Don Seidenstricker has a 196-88-1 (.690) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 337-206-8. The results of the 551 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .621 winning percentage and a .626 non-losing percentage.

We bid a fond and tearful farewell and offer our best wishes for the future to the 24 departing seniors. We owe them all our gratitude for their efforts in providing us with exciting football over the course of their high school careers. They are: Brandon Barnhart, Alex Baugher, Tyler Burke, Reid Cruz, Rich Delea, Ryan Dotson, Michael Felton, Carnie Fryfogle, Jesse Good, Zach Gross, Matt Hawn, Jake Hunt, Ryan Klinedinst, Brandon Krise, Dillon Langenfeld, Jaelen Langenfeld, Jeremy Loughlin, Daniel McMillen, Keith Pappas, Steven Stambaugh, Brady Stevenson, Brandon Stremmel, Matt Stroda and Zack Townsend.

I want to say a very special thank you to Richard Lupro for faithfully compiling the official Offensive, Special Teams and Scoring statistics for the Mustangs, and for inputting them, and the Defensive statistics, at the Max Preps web site very quickly each week so that they were always available for my use. He was instrumental in coming up with many of the records that will be mentioned below. And a very special thank you also goes to longtime Mustangs line coach Chuck Seidenstricker for providing vital Defensive statistics to me, and to Dick Lupro, for input to the web site, after reviewing game films on very short notice.

The 2011 edition of the Mustangs of South Western gave their fans lots of excitement and thrills.

Temple University bound Mike Felton ended his season with 142 carries for 1,038-yards and 14 touchdowns rushing and 22 pass receptions for 409-yards and 6 touchdowns (putting him in 1st place in school history with 16 career touchdown receptions). For the season Felton punted 34 times for 1,411-yards, with the longest going for 60-yards, for a 41.5-yard average, putting him in 1st place in school history for season punting average. He also is in 4th place on the season punting average list with a 39.4-yard average for 2010. Felton tied for 3rd place in school history for career punting average with 37.3-yards. Felton also set a new school season scoring record with 156-points, a new school career scoring record with 302 points, a new school season touchdown record with 25, a new school record for career touchdowns with 47, a new school career pass reception yardage record with 1,156-yards, and a he finished in second place for career pass receptions with 69 (only 1 behind the record of 70 by Tom Rill), for the Mustangs. Felton will qualify for the “Keystone Club” at the Pennsylvania Football News in multiple categories.

Dillon Thomas ended his season with 146 carries for 1,058-yards and 15 touchdowns rushing and 6 pass receptions for 35-yards. This is believed to be the first time in school history that two players have rushed for over 1,000-yards for the season. This will put him in the “Keystone Club.”

Zach Gross ended his season completing 71 of 128 passes for 1,074-yards and 12 touchdowns, putting him in 4th place in school history for yardage and in a tie for 5th place for touchdown passes in a season, for the Mustangs. This will put him in the “Keystone Club.”

Carnie Fryfogle set a new school record with 163 tackles for the season, breaking the record of 151 set by Jason Gigous in 2006 in a 14 game season. This will put him in the “Keystone Club.”

Jake Tracy kicked 35 extra points for the season, putting him in 4th place in school history.

Felton led the team in scoring with 156 points, from 25 touchdowns and 3 two-point conversions. He was followed by Dillon Thomas with 92 points on 15 touchdowns and a 2-point conversion, Jake Tracy with 35 points on 35 extra point kicks, Zach Gross with 24 points on 4 touchdowns, Carnie Fryfogle with 20 points on 3 touchdowns and a 2-point conversion, Reid Cruz, Dillon Langenfeld, and Jerome Robinson with 12 points on 2 touchdowns each, and Keith Pappas and Bobby Wildasin each with 6 points on 1 touchdown. The team scored 375 points for the season.

Dillon Thomas had 146 carries for 1,058-yards and 15 touchdowns, followed by Mike Felton with 142 carries for 1,038-yards and 14 touchdowns, Dakotah Mosses with 52 carries for 232-yards, Reid Cruz with 32 carries for 186-yards, Bobby Wildasin with 15 carries for 119-yards and 1 touchdown, Dillon Langenfeld with 5 carries for 93-yards and 2 touchdowns, Carnie Fryfogle with 17 carries for 57-yards and 1 touchdown, Brady Stevenson with 9 carries for 39-yards, Jon Hoover with 3 carries for 16-yards, Nick Bond with 2 carries for 11-yards, Tyler Sterner with 1 carry for 1-yard, Daulton James with 4 carries for minus 1-yard, Mike Duffy with 1 carry for minus 3-yards, Wyatt Trostle with 2 carries for minus 4-yards, Jesse Good with 1 carry for minus 9-yards, and Zach Gross with 21 carries for minus 42-yards and 4 touchdowns. There was a team loss of 6-yards on 3 carries. There was a net of 456 carries for 2,785-yards and 37 rushing touchdowns for the season.

Besides Carnie Fryfogle’s 163 tackles for the season, other players with at least 50 tackles for the season were: Keith Pappas with 97, Mike Felton with 92, Reid Cruz with 69, Rich Delea with 64, Ryan Dotson with 57, Jeremy Loughlin and Zach Townsend with 52 each, and Chad Kolper with 51.

Chad Kolper led the team with 6 sacks on the season, followed by Jeremy Loughlin with 5, Ryan Dotson with 4, Zach Townsend with 3, Devon Ackerman, Carnie Fryfogle, and Brandon Stremmel with 2 sacks each, and Logan Bowman, Rich Delea, Reid Cruz, Dakotah Moses, Keith Pappas, and Aaron Utley with 1 sack each. There was a team total of 30 sacks for the season.

In addition to Gross’ passing statistics, Tyler Sterner completed 2 of 7 passes for 5-yards and Mike Duffy completed 2 of 5 passes for 27-yards. The team totaled 75 completions on 141 attempts for 1,106-yards and 12 touchdowns. The season reception leaders were Mike Felton with 22 for 409-yards and 6 touchdowns, followed by Keith Pappas with 10 for 155-yards and 1 touchdown, Jerome Robinson with 8 for 114-yards and 2 touchdowns, Reid Cruz with 7 for 105-yards and 1 touchdown, Carnie Fryfogle with 4 for 96-yards and 2 touchdowns, Brandon Krise with 7 for 51-yards, Jaelen Langenfeld with 3 for 49-yards, Dillon Thomas with 6 for 35-yards, Logan Bowman with 2 for 33-yards, Dakotah Moses with 3 for 28-yards, Daulton James with 1 for 18-yards, Ben Bynaker with 1 for 9-yards, and Brady Stevenson with 1 for 4-yards. That adds up to 75 receptions for 1,106-yards and 12 touchdowns for the season.

The 2011 Mustangs represented their school and league honorably, played hard, never gave up, and they were clearly a team to be remembered. They have a great nucleus of returning players from the junior varsity and solid players coming up within the ranks. I can’t wait for next season to begin. Until then, GO MUSTANGS GO.

SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2011-12

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, November 11, the 9th seeded York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I Mustangs of South Western (9-2 overall, 5-0 league) visited the 8th seeded Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 Blue Streaks of Manheim Township (8-3 overall, 6-1 league) and edged the Blue Streaks 42-35 in a thriller that saw the winning touchdown scored with 15 seconds left in the game. The Mustangs will next visit the 1st seeded Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division Eagles of Cumberland Valley (10-1 overall, 5-1 league) in the quarterfinal round.

The Mustangs and the Blue Streaks started off feeling each other out and each ended up punting twice in their first 2 possessions. The Mustangs drew first blood as they drove 57-yards in eight plays, featuring a 15-yard run by Mike Felton and ending with a 6-yard touchdown plunge by Zach Gross. The extra point kick by Jake Tracy put the Mustangs up 7-0 with 10:32 to go in the second quarter.

The Blue Streaks then drove 93-yards in eight plays, featuring pinpoint passing by Brennan Scott, 25-yards to Chase Miller, 12-yards to Tyler Karpinski, 7-yards to Miller, 6-yards to Karpinski, and a 33-yard touchdown strike to Kyle Bushong. Alex Woolley kicked the extra point to tie the score at 7 with 6:59 to go in the half.

The Mustangs then drove 60-yards in three plays, Felton’s 14-yard run, Dillon Thomas’ 15-yard run, and Felton’s 31-yard touchdown jaunt. Tracy’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 14-7 with 5:56 to go in the half.

The Blue Streaks came right back with a 55-yard drive, after Miller returned the kickoff 34-yards. The drive featured a 28-yard pass from Brennan to Miller and ended with a 20-yard touchdown strike to Bushong. Woolley’s extra point kick tied the score at 14 with 3:55 to go in the half.

The Mustangs and the Blue Streaks exchanged punts and then the Mustangs drove 53-yards in six plays, ending with a 31-yard touchdown strike from Gross to Felton. This put the Mustangs up 20-14 with 41 seconds to go in the first half.

The Blue Streaks opened the second half by gaining 6-yards and, in a gutsy move turning the ball over on downs at their own 44-yard line. The Mustangs then drove the 44-yards in ten plays, featuring a 16-yard run by Reid Cruz, and ending with a 5-yard touchdown plunge by Thomas. Gross threw a 2-point conversion pass to Felton and the Mustangs were up 28-14 with 6:57 to go in the third quarter.

The Blue Streaks stormed back with a 51-yard drive ending with a 13-yard touchdown pass from Brennan to Bushong. Woolley’s extra point kick closed the gap to 28-21 in favor of the Mustangs.

The Mustangs had a short-lived drive end in a fumble that was recovered by Matt Sallade for the Blue Streaks at the Mustangs 45-yard line. Three passing plays later saw the Blue Streaks tie the score at 28 with a 32-yard touchdown pass to Miller and Woolley’s extra point kick, with 2:28 to go in the third quarter.

The Mustang then drove 65-yards in twelve plays, ending with a 5-yard touchdown run by Thomas. Tracy kicked the extra point and the Mustangs were up 35-28 with 9:25 to go in the fourth quarter.

The Blue Streaks then drove 48-yards to the Mustangs 17-yard line, only to have Mike Duffy intercept a pass in the end zone for the Mustangs, giving them the ball at their 20-yard line. The Mustangs then drove 40-yards and punted, and Miller returned the punt 38-yards for the Blue Streaks.

The Blue Streaks then drove 33-yards in four plays, featuring a 15-yard pass to Bushong and ending with a 7-yard touchdown pass from Brennan to Miller. Woolley’s extra point kick tied the score at 35 with 2:35 left in the game.

The Mustangs then drove 66-yards in nine plays, featuring a 24-yard pass from Gross to Felton, a beautiful 28-yard pass from Gross to a wide open Keith Pappas to the Blue Streaks 17-yard line, and a 5-yard touchdown run by Thomas with 15 seconds left in the game. Tracy’s extra point kick closed out the scoring with a thrilling 42-35 victory for the Mustangs.

Mike Felton kicked off 5 times for 194-yards, with the longest going for 57-yards, and punted 4 times for 149-yards, with the longest going for 44-yards. Dillon Langenfeld returned 2 kickoffs for 39-yards, with the longest going for 22-yards, Felton returned 1 kickoff for 20-yards, and Dakotah Moses returned 1 kickoff for 10-yards. Jaelen Langenfeld returned 2 punts for 17-yards, with the longest going for 9-yards, and Dillon Langenfeld returned 1 punt for no yards, for the Mustangs.

Mike Felton led the Mustangs defense with 11 tackles and 4 passes defended, followed by Carnie Fryfogle with 11 tackles (giving him a team leading 147 for the season and putting him in second place in school history, only 4 behind the 151 tackles recorded by Jason Gigous in a 14 game season in 2006), Chad Kolper with 8 tackles, 2 sacks and a pass defense, Keith Pappas with 6 tackles, Mike Duffy with 5 tackles, 1 interception and a pass defense, Reid Cruz and Rich Delea with 4 tackles each, Jeremy Loughlin with 3 tackles and 1 sack, Jerome Robinson with 2 tackles and 3 passes defended, Dillon Langenfeld, Jaelen Langenfeld, and Brandon Stremmel with 2 tackles each, and Devon Ackerman, Ryan Dotson, and Dakotah Moses with 1 tackle each.

Devon Ackerman, Alex Baugher, Logan Bowman, Reid Cruz, Rich Delea, Ryan Dotson, Carnie Fryfogle, Matt Hawn, Chad Kolper, Jeremy Loughlin, Dakotah Moses, Keith Pappas, Brandon Stremmel, Dillon Thomas, and Zach Townsend, manned the offensive and defensive line and linebacker positions. Mike Duffy, Mike Felton, and Jerome Robinson patrolled the secondary for the Mustangs, with help from Brandon Krise and the Langenfeld twins, Dillon and Jaelen.

The Mustangs gained 344-yards rushing and 88-yards passing for a total of 432-yards of offense. Mike Felton led the Mustangs rushing attack with 26 carries for 164-yards (including a 31-yard touchdown), followed by Dillon Thomas with 26 for 140 yards (including 3 touchdowns, of 5, 5. and 5-yards), Reid Cruz with 4 for 33-yards, and Zach Gross with 2 carries for 7-yards (including a 6-yard touchdown). Thomas has 967-yards and 15 touchdowns rushing and Felton has 915-yards and 13 touchdowns rushing (as well as 5 receiving and 5 special teams touchdowns for a total of 23 touchdowns). Quarterback Gross completed 4 of 12 passes for 88-yards and 1 touchdown (giving him a season record to date of 66 completions in 115 attempts for 1,037-yards, putting him in 5th place in school history, and 11 touchdowns), 3 for 60-yards to Felton (including a 31-yard touchdown), and 1 for 28-yards to Keith Pappas that spearheaded the winning touchdown drive. Jake Tracy kicked 4 extra points, Gross threw a 2-point conversion pass to Felton, Mike Duffy intercepted a pass, Chad Kolper recorded 2 sacks, and Jeremy Loughlin recorded 1 sack, for the Mustangs.

The Blue Streaks gained 54-yards rushing and 391-yards passing for a total of 445-yards gained. Dillon O’Dell led the Blue Streaks rushing attack with 8 carries for 33-yards, followed by Brennan Scott with 4 for 19-yards, and Scott Sallade with 1 carry for 2-yards. Quarterback Scott completed 26 of 46 passes for 391-yards and 5 touchdowns, 11 for 151-yards to Tyler Karpinski, 8 for 118-yards to Chase Miller (including touchdowns of 32 and 7-yards), 5 for 103-yards to Kyle Bushong (including touchdowns of 33, 20, and 13-yards), 1 for 11-yards to Ryan Morgan, and 1 for 8-yards to Andrew Dissinger, for the Blue Streaks. Alex Woolley kicked 5 extra points and Matt Sallade recovered a fumble for the Blue Streaks.

The 9-time Cavalcade of Bands Champions, Tournament of Bands Group IV Champion and US Scholastic Band Champion South Western Mustangs Marching Band put on a stirring half time performance, presenting their 2011 field show “The Colors of Dreams.” The relaxing mallet introduction led to the haunting sound of “The Dream is Collapsing” from Inception, followed by “Zooster’s Rebellion” from Madagascar, the sorrowful longing of “Hummel Gets the Rockets,” from the Rock, and the show closed with “The Burning Bush,” from Prince of Egypt.

The Manheim Township Blue Streaks Marching Band put on a great pre-game performance with their show “Blue,” featuring tunes related to the color. The Mustangs and Blue Streaks Cheer Leading squads were very impressive as they roused the faithful in the cold night air.

The Mustangs of South Western are 9-2-0 overall and 5-0-0 in York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play.

Don Seidenstricker has a 196-87-1 (.693) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 337-205-8. The results of the 550 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .622 winning percentage and a .627 non-losing percentage.

The 9th seeded Mustangs will next visit the 1st seeded Mid-Penn Commonwealth Division Eagles of Cumberland Valley (10-1 overall, 5-1 league) in the quarterfinal round of the District 3 Playoffs. GO MUSTANGS GO.

SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2011-11

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, November 5, the Mustangs of South Western visited the Rockets of Spring Grove and galloped to a 54-21 win, propelling them to the Division I title outright, their 13th league championship in the past 26-years. Temple bound Mike Felton scored 2 rushing touchdowns and returned a punt 85-yards for another touchdown.

The Rockets opened the game with a three-play drive that ended when Chad Kolper recovered a fumble for the Mustangs, who took over on the Rockets 43-yard line. Five plays later Dillon Thomas plunged in from the 3-yard line and Jake Tracy’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 7-0 with 8:26 to go in the first quarter. The rout was on and they never looked back.

The Rockets went three and out and punted. Bobby Wildasin fumbled the punt reception but Ryan Klinedinst recovered it for the Mustangs at the Rockets 42-yard line. Zach Gross threw a 16-yard pass to Brandon Krise, Felton ran for 7-yards, and Gross threw a picture perfect touchdown strike to Carnie Fryfogle in the back of the end zone. Tracy’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 14-0 at the 4:52 mark in the first quarter.

The Rockets drove 72-yards in 11 plays, featuring a 36-yard pass from Matthew Runge to Benjamin Inscore, only to turn the ball over on downs at the Mustangs 3-yard line. Undaunted, the Mustangs drove 97-yards in three plays, a 15-yard pass from Gross to Felton, a 62-yard run by Thomas, and a 20-yard touchdown jaunt by Felton. The Mustangs led 20-0 with 46 seconds left in the first quarter.

The Rockets went three and out and punted to the Mustangs 46-yard line. Gross threw a 2-yard pass to Thomas and then Felton sprinted 52-yards for a touchdown. Tracy’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 27-0 at the 9:00 minute mark in the second quarter.

The Rockets drove 18-yards in 5 plays, featuring a 19-yard pass from Runge to Austin Nee, and punted. Felton returned the punt 85-yards for a touchdown and Tracy’s extra point kick upped the score to 34-0 at the 7:14 mark in the second quarter.

The Rockets drove only 3-yards and attempted to punt but the snap went over the kickers head and the Mustangs took over on the Rockets 15-yard line. Four plays later Gross snuck in from the 2-yard line, upping the score to 40-0 with 3:37 left in the second quarter.

The Rockets started on their 42-yard line, drove to the 50 and were driven back to the 45 by a 5-yard sack by Ryan Dotson for the Mustangs. The Rockets then fumbled and Reid Cruz recovered it for the Mustangs at the Rockets 45-yard line. Thomas dashed off a 30-yard run to the 15 and Bobby Wildasin sprinted the last 15-yards for a touchdown. Tracy’s extra point kick upped the score to 47-0 with 1:58 to go in the half. It is believed that the 47 points scored in the first half is a school record.

The Mustangs had already started substituting near the end of the half and the bench was virtually cleared in the second half. Wildasin returned the second half kickoff for 24-yards to the 43-yard line, but the Mustangs went three and out and punted.

The Rockets drove 73-yards in five plays, aided by a 15-yard penalty and featuring a 12-yard run by Runge and a 12-yard run by Jeffrey Delaughter. Runge sprinted 26-yards for a touchdown. Dalton Hall’s extra point kick put the Rockets on the board and the score was 47-7 at the 7:00 mark in the third quarter.

The Mustangs then drove 70-yards in five plays, ending with Dillon Langenfeld’s 65-yard touchdown jaunt. Tracy’s extra point kick upped the score to 54-7 with 4:34 to go in the third quarter.

The Rockets then drove 63-yards in four plays, featuring a 55-yard pass from Runge to Nee, and ending with Runge’s 12-yard touchdown pass to Jeffrey Delaughter. Hall’s extra point kick made the score 54-14 at the 2:38 mark in the third quarter.

The Mustangs and the Rockets exchanged punts. Then the Rockets drove 90-yards in four plays, ending with Runge’s 73-yard touchdown strike to Nee. Hall’s extra point kick closed out the scoring in the game, with the final score of 54-21 coming with 8:27 left in the game.

Mike Felton kicked off 6 times for 276-yards, with the longest going for 58-yards, and Jake Tracy kicked off 3 times for 124-yards, with the longest going for 46-yards for the Mustangs. Gabe Morela punted 4 times for 133-yards, for an average of 33.25-yards, with the longest going for 37-yards. Bobby Wildasin returned 2 kickoffs for 36-yards, with the longest going for 24-yards, Jordan Markle returned 1 kickoff for 14-yards, and Wyatt Trostle returned 1 kickoff for 6-yards. Felton returned 1 punt for 85-yards and a touchdown, Jaelen Langenfeld returned 1 punt for 6-yards, and Wildasin returned 1 punt for no yards, for the Mustangs.

Carnie Fryfogle led the Mustangs defense with 14 tackles (giving him a team leading 136 on the season and putting him 15 tackles behind the leader and in 4th place in the school record book) and a pass hurry, followed by Zach Townsend with 10 tackles, Chad Kolper with 6 tackles and a fumble recovery, Cruz Reid with 6 tackles and a fumble recovery, Ryan Dotson with 6 tackles and a sack, Jaelen Langenfeld with 6 tackles and a pass defense, Devon Ackerman, Rich Delea, and Keith Pappas with 6 tackles each, Dakotah Moses with 5 tackles and a sack, Brandon Stremmel with 5 tackles and a pass hurry, Gunner Holtz and Jeremy Loughlin with 5 tackles each, Mike Felton with 4 tackles and a pass defense, Mike Duffy with 3 tackles and a pass defense, Jerome Robinson with 3 tackles and a pass defense, Brady Stevenson with 3 tackles and a pass hurry, Aaron Uttley with 2 tackles, an interception returned for 22-yards, and a sack, Ryan Klinedinst with 2 tackles and the recovery of an fumble by the offense, Aaron Doll, Eddie Lane, Dillon Langenfeld, Brandon McMinn, Bobby Wildasin, with 2 tackles, Alex Jones with 1 tackle and a fumble recovery, and Ryan Lane, Jordan Markle, Jake Poe, Eric Roop, Shawn Secola, Dustin Shaffer with 1 tackle each.

Devon Ackerman, Alex Baugher, Logan Bowman, Reid Cruz, Rich Delea, Ryan Dotson, Carnie Fryfogle, Matt Hawn, Chad Kolper, Jeremy Loughlin, Aram Moffit, Keith Pappas, Brandon Stremmel, Dillon Thomas, and Zach Townsend, manned the offensive and defensive line and linebacker positions, with help from Dakotah Moses. Mike Duffy, Mike Felton, and Jerome Robinson patrolled the secondary for the Mustangs, with help from Brandon Krise and the Langenfeld twins, Dillon and Jaelen.

The Mustangs gained 373-yards rushing and 53yards passing for a total of 426-yards of offense. Dillon Thomas led the Mustangs rushing attack with 7 carries for 120-yards (including a 3-yard touchdown), followed by Mike Felton with 5 for 96 yards (including touchdowns of 20 and 52-yards), Dillon Langenfeld with 3 for 71-yards (including a 65-yard touchdown), Dakotah Moses with 5 for 58-yards, Bobby Wildasin with 4 for 25-yards (including a 15-yard touchdown), Brady Stevenson with 3 for 5-yards, Zach Gross with 1 for 2-yards and a touchdown, Carnie Fryfogle with 1 for no yards, and Wyatt Trostle with 2 for minus 4-yards. Quarterback Zach Gross completed 5 of 5 passes for 52-yards and 1 touchdown, 1 for 19-yards and a touchdown to Carnie Fryfogle, 2 for 16-yards to Brandon Krise, 1 for 15-yards to Felton, and 1 for 2-yards to Dillon Thomas, and quarterback Tyler Sterner completed 1 of 4 passes to Moses for 1-yard, for the Mustangs. Felton returned a punt 85-yards for a touchdown, Jake Tracy kicked 6 extra points, Reid Cruz, Alex Jones and Chad Kolper each recovered a fumble, and Aaron Uttley intercepted a pass, for the Mustangs.

The Rockets gained 198-yards rushing and 243-yards passing for a total of 441-yards gained.
Matthew Runge led the Rockets rushing attack with 28 carries for 136-yards, followed by Jeffrey Delaughter with 9 for 26-yards (including a 12-yard touchdown), Austin Nee with 1 carry for 22-yards, Juwan Fitchett with 1 for 7-yards, Seth Hildebrand with 1 for 5-yards, and Ben Inscore with 1 carry for 2-yards. Quarterback Runge completed 6 of 16 passes for 243-yards and 2 touchdowns, 3 for 172-yards to Nee (including a 73-yard touchdown), 2 for 59-yards to Inscore, and 1 for 12-yards and a touchdown to Delaughter, for the Rockets. Dalton Hall kicked 3 extra points for the Rockets.

The 9-time Cavalcade of Bands Champions, Tournament of Bands Group IV Champion and US Scholastic Band Champion South Western Mustangs Marching Band put on a stirring half time performance, presenting their 2011 field show “The Colors of Dreams.” The relaxing mallet introduction led to the haunting sound of “The Dream is Collapsing” from Inception, followed by “Zooster’s Rebellion” from Madagascar, the sorrowful longing of “Hummel Gets the Rockets,” from the Rock, and the show closed with “The Burning Bush,” from Prince of Egypt.

The Spring Grove Rockets Marching Band put on a great post game performance with their show “Ritual,” by Aaron Guidry. The Mustangs and Rockets Cheer Leading squads were very impressive as they roused the faithful.

The Mustangs of South Western are 8-2-0 overall and 5-0-0 in York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play.

Don Seidenstricker has a 195-87-1 (.691) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 336-205-8. The results of the 549 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .621 winning percentage and a .627 non-losing percentage.

The Mustangs are seeded 9 in a field of 30 class AAAA teams in district 3 and the top 16 make the playoffs. The Mustangs will travel to the number 8 seed Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 1 Blue Streaks of Manheim Township (8-2 overall, 6-1 league) in the first round of the AAAA playoffs, at 7PM on Friday, November 11. GO MUSTANGS GO.

SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2011-10

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, October 28, the Mustangs of South Western hosted the Bearcats of York High (William Penn) at the Mustang Corral and galloped to a 46-13 victory on the strength of Mike Felton’s fantastic performance. He scored five touchdowns, 2 rushing, 1 on a pass reception, 1 on an interception returned 99-yards, and 1 on a kickoff return for 85-yards. Sophomore sensation Dillon Thomas added two more touchdowns.

The Bearcats opened the game by going three and out and punting. The Mustangs then drove 55-yards in three plays, a 3-yard run by Thomas, a 7-yard run by Reid Cruz, and a 45-yard touchdown run by Felton. Jake Tracy’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 7-0 with 8:05 to go in the first quarter.

The Bearcats ran off a short five play drive and punted. The Mustangs drove 67-yards in ten plays, featuring a 21-yard run by Thomas and ending with a 3-yard touchdown jaunt by Thomas. The Mustangs led 13-0 with 41 seconds left in the first quarter.

The Bearcats returned the kickoff to their 43-yard line and drove to the 48, only to have Mike Duffy intercept a pass for the Mustangs. On the very next play Jomar Dickerson intercepted a pass for the Bearcats at the Mustangs 30-yard line. A 5-yard penalty and a 4-yard sack by Chad Kolper had the Bearcats punting from the 39.

The Mustangs then drove 67-yards in eight plays, featuring a 23-yard run by Thomas and ending with a 30-yard touchdown pass from Zach Gross to Felton. Tracy’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 20-0 with 5:26 to go in the first half.

Malcolm Tribuet returned the kickoff 38-yards to the Mustangs 47-yard line. The Bearcats drove 53-yards in six plays, featuring a 12-yard pass from Xavier Garcia-Wilson to Dakeem Dennison and ending with a 22-yard touchdown run by Garcia-Wilson. Thurman Fogleman kicked the extra point and the Mustangs were still up 20-7 with 2:49 left in the first half.

14 seconds later the Mustangs scored again as Felton returned the kickoff 85-yards for a touchdown. The Mustangs were up 26-7 with 2:35 to go in the half.

The Mustangs opened the second half with an 80-yard drive, featuring a 12-yard run by Felton, a 9-yard pass from Gross to Jerome Robinson, and a 50-yard pass from Gross to Felton. Thomas scored on a 2-yard run and Tracy’s extra point put the Mustangs up 33-7 with 8:35 to go in the third quarter.

The Bearcats then drove 57-yards in four plays, featuring a 53-yard run by Garcia-Wilson and ending with a 1-yard touchdown plunge by Kelvin Nieves. The Mustangs still led 33-13 with 6:29 to go in the third quarter.

The Mustangs then drove 67-yards in five plays, featuring a 25-yard pass from Gross to Logan Bowman and ending with a 27-yard touchdown run by Felton. Julian Johnson blocked the Mustangs extra point kick for the Bearcats and the Mustangs led 39-13 with 3:57 to go in the third quarter.

The Bearcats returned the kickoff to the Mustangs 43-yard line and drove 39-yards to the Mustangs 4-yard line. Then Felton intercepted a pass at the 1-yard line and returned it 99-yards for a Mustangs touchdown. Tracy’s extra point kick closed out the scoring with the Mustangs up 46-13 with 11:41 to go in the game. The Mustangs substituted liberally for the rest of the game.

Mike Felton kicked off 6 times for 256-yards, with the longest going for 50-yards. Jake Tracy kicked off 2 times for 79-yards, with the longest going for 49-yards. Jaelen Langenfeld returned 1 kickoff for 18-yards and 2 punts for 22-yards, with the longest going for 16-yards. Felton returned 1 kickoff for 85-yards and a touchdown for the Mustangs. The Mustangs never punted in the game.

Carnie Fryfogle led the Mustangs defense with 14 tackles (giving him a team leading 122 on the season), followed by Mike Felton with 10 tackles, a 99-yard interception return for a touchdown, an 85-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, and a pass defense, Rich Delea with 7 tackles and a pass hurry, Keith Pappas with 7 tackles, Reid Cruz with 6 tackles, Brandon Stremmel with 5 tackles, a sack, and a pass hurry, Devon Ackerman with 5 tackles and a sack, Jaelen Langenfeld with 5 tackles, Chad Kolper with 4 tackles, a sack and a pass hurry, Ryan Dotson with 4 tackles and a sack, Zach Townsend with 4 tackles, Logan Bowman with 3 tackles and a pass defense, Ryan Klinedinst and Bobby Wildasin with 3 tackles each, Mike Duffy with 2 tackles, an interception and a pass defense, Dillon Langenfeld with 2 tackles and a pass defense, Eddie Lane and Jeremy Loughlin with 2 tackles each, and Alex Baugher and Dillon Thomas with 1 tackle each.

Devon Ackerman, Alex Baugher, Logan Bowman, Reid Cruz, Rich Delea, Ryan Dotson, Carnie Fryfogle, Matt Hawn, Chad Kolper, Jeremy Loughlin, Keith Pappas, Brandon Stremmel, Dillon Thomas, and Zach Townsend, manned the offensive and defensive line and linebacker positions, with help from Dakotah Moses. Mike Duffy, Mike Felton, and Jerome Robinson patrolled the secondary for the Mustangs, with help from Brandon Krise and the Langenfeld twins, Dillon and Jaelen.

The Mustangs gained 295-yards rushing and 117yards passing for a total of 412-yards of offense. Mike Felton led the Mustangs rushing attack with 10 carries for 115-yards (including touchdowns of 45 and 27-yards), followed by Dillon Thomas with 14 for 97-yards (including touchdowns of 3 and 2-yards, Bobby Wildasin with 3 for 51-yards, Reid Cruz with 4 for 20-yards, Dakotah Moses with 2 for 12-yards, Carnie Fryfogle with 1 for 4-yards, and Dillon Langenfeld with 1 carry for minus 2-yards. Quarterback Zach Gross completed 5 of 10 passes for 117-yards and 1 touchdown, 2 for 80-yards to Felton (including a 30-yard touchdown), 1 for 25-yards to Logan Bowman, 1 for 9-yards to Jerome Robinson, and 1 for 3-yards to Fryfogle, for the Mustangs. Jake Tracy kicked 4 extra points, Mike Duffy and Felton each intercepted a pass, and Devon Ackerman, Ryan Dotson, Chad Kolper, and Brandon Stremmel each recorded a sack, for the Mustangs.

The Bearcats gained 156-yards rushing and 154-yards passing for a total of 310-yards gained.
Xavier Garcia-Wilson led the Bearcats rushing attack with 17 carries for 120-yards (including a 22-yard touchdown), followed by Kelvin Nieves with 5 for 18-yards (including a 1-yard touchdown), Darryl Simmons with 2 for 8-yards, Loren Lutzinger with 3 for 6-yards, and Dakeem Dennison with 2 carries for 4-yards. Quarterback Garcia-Wilson completed 16 of 25 passes for 154-yards, 7 for 69-yards to Lutzinger, 5 for 38-yards to Dereck Wilson, 3 for 27-yards to Dennison, and 1 for 20-yards to Joseph Smith, for the Bearcats. Thurman Fogelman kicked an extra point for the Bearcats.

Daiquan Dewitt led the Bearcats defense with 8 tackles, followed by Luis Dowling with 7, Kelvin Nieves with 4, Emmanuel Torres with 3, Eliel Flores, Anderson Novalin, and Jared Posey with 2 tackles each, and Xavier Garcia-Wilson with 1 tackle.

The 9-time Cavalcade of Bands Champions, Tournament of Bands Group IV Champion and US Scholastic Band Champion South Western Mustangs Marching Band put on a stirring post game performance, presenting their 2011 field show “The Colors of Dreams.” The relaxing mallet introduction led to the haunting sound of “The Dream is Collapsing” from Inception, followed by “Zooster’s Rebellion” from Madagascar, the sorrowful longing of “Hummel Gets the Rockets,” from the Rock, and the show closed with “The Burning Bush,” from Prince of Egypt.

The William Penn Bearcats Marching Band put on a great half time performance with their show “Beatles,” featuring “Magical Mystery Tour,” “A Hard Days Night,” “Hey Jude,” “Eleanor Rigby,” and “Yesterday.” The Mustangs and Bearcats Cheer Leading squads were very impressive as they roused the faithful.

The Mustangs of South Western are 7-2-0 overall and 4-0-0 in York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play.

Don Seidenstricker has a 194-87-1 (.690) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 335-205-8. The results of the 548 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .620 winning percentage and a .626 non-losing percentage.

After 9 weeks of play the Mustangs are seeded 9 in a field of 30 class AAAA teams in district 3 and only the top 16 make the playoffs. As of now the Mustangs would visit the number 8 seeded Blue Streaks of Manheim Township in the first round of the District 3 playoffs.

Next week the Mustangs will close out the regular season by visiting the Rockets of Spring Grove (1-9 Overall, 0-5 league). The Rockets are coming off of a 27-6 loss to the Wildcats of Dallastown (4-5 overall, 2-2 league). The Mustangs are looking to gallop their way to a regular season ending win and move on to the playoffs. GO MUSTANGS GO.

SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2011-9

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, October 21, the Mustangs of South Western traveled to the den of the Lions of Red Lion in YAIAA Division I action and galloped to a 21-14 victory on the fleet feet of sophomore Dillon Thomas. The Mustangs sit alone at the top of Division I of the YAIAA and are in great shape to vie for the title.

The Lions opened the game with a 12 play drive for 34-yards, only to punt. The Mustangs went three and out and punted and the Lions returned the favor with their own three and out and punt. The Mustangs ran two plays and fumbled and Brooks Arnold recovered for the Lions at the Mustangs 28-yard line.

The Lions took full advantage of the short field. An incomplete pass was followed by a 28-yard touchdown pass from Tanner Klinefelter to Erik Althoff. Sure-footed Pete Pitilis drilled the extra point kick and the Lions were on top 7-0 with 1:18 to go in the first quarter.

The defenses prevailed for a while as the Mustangs and the Lions exchanged punts twice. Then the Mustangs punted again. The Lions started at their 20-yard line. Dan Althoff ran to the 32 and then the 35. Jeremy Loughlin caused Klinefelter to fumble as he was being sacked on the next play and Devon Ackerman recovered the ball for the Mustangs at the Lions 29-yard line.

Zach Gross was sacked at the 35-yard line but then threw a 10-yard pass to Jaelen Langenfeld. Mike Felton the scampered 18-yards to the 9-yard line and Thomas scored the first of his three touchdowns on a 9-yard run. The extra point was missed and the Lions still led 7-6 with 2:38 to go in the first half.

The Mustangs opened the second half pounding the ball down the field. Felton and Thomas took turns chalking up chunks of yardage as the Mustangs moved from the 24-yard line to the 47-yard line in five plays. Thomas topped it off with a 53-yard touchdown sprint and Felton ran in for a 2-point conversion. The Mustangs went on top 14-7 at the 9:52 point in the third quarter.

The Lions went three and out and punted. The Mustangs drove from their 31-yaed line to the Lions 36-yard line in eight plays, featuring a 9-yard run by Felton, a 5-yard run by Carnie Fryfogle, a 4-yard run by Reid Cruz, and an 8-yard pass from Gross to Thomas, only to fumble and have Ben Axe recover the first of his two fumble recoveries. The Lions ended up punting and the Mustangs punted after five plays and 21-yards.

The Lions took over on their 29-yard line and three plays later Mike Duffy intercepted a pass at the Mustangs 43-yard line. Four runs by Thomas brought the pigskin to the Lions 33-yard line. Thomas’s fifth run was a 33-yard touchdown jaunt and the all Thomas 57-yard touchdown drive and the extra point kick by Jake Tracy put the Mustangs up 21-7 with 9:49 to go in the game.

The Lions went three and out and threw an incomplete pass on a fake punt attempt. The Mustangs took over on the Lions 34-yard line, only to fumble three plays later and have Ben Axe recover his second fumble for the Lions. The Lions then drove 63-yards in seven plays, featuring five completed passes by Klinefelter. A 14-yard strike to Damien Hess put the Lions in Mustang territory at the 43-yard line. A 16-yard pass to Seth Haight moved the ball to the 20, a 12-yard scamper by Klinefelter got to the 8-yard line and Klinefelter threw an 8-yard touchdown pass to Erik Althoff. Pitilis added the extra point kick and the Lions closed to within 21-14 with 5:05 left in the game.

However, that ended the scoring in the game. The Mustangs punted and the Lions had one more shot at it but a drive that started on the Mustangs 48-yard line was thwarted by a sack by Fryfogle for a three yard loss, two incomplete passes, and a turnover on downs.

The Mustangs were then able to run out the clock, ending the game by taking a knee.

Felton kicked off 4 times for 175-yards, with the longest going for 60-yards and a touchback, and he punted 7 times for 262-yards, for an average of 37.43-yards, with the longest going for 43-yards. Dillon Langenfeld returned 1 kickoff for 11-yards and returned 2 punts for 14 yards, with the longest going for 13-yards, twin brother Jaelen Langenfeld returned 1 kickoff for 8-yards, and 2 punts for 34-yards, with the longest going for 22-yards, Dillon Thomas returned 1 kickoff for 2-yards, and Carnie Fryfogle fair caught 1 punt, for the Mustangs.

Carnie Fryfogle led the defense again with 13 tackles (giving him a team leading 108 for the season) and a sack, followed by Keith Pappas with 11 tackles, Mike Felton with 10 tackles and a pass defense, Reid Cruz with 6 tackles and a pass hurry, Ryan Dotson with 5 tackles, a sack and a pass hurry, Jeremy Loughlin with 5 tackles and a sack, Chad Kolper with 4 tackles, 3 sacks and 2 pass hurries, Zach Townsend with 4 tackles, Devon Ackerman with 3 tackles and a fumble recovery, Rich Delea with 3 tackles, and Eddie Lane, Jerome Robinson and Bobby Wildasin with 1 tackle each.

Devon Ackerman, Alex Baugher, Logan Bowman, Reid Cruz, Rich Delea, Ryan Dotson, Carnie Fryfogle, Matt Hawn, Chad Kolper, Jeremy Loughlin, Aram Moffit, Keith Pappas, Brandon Stremmel, Dillon Thomas, and Zach Townsend, manned the offensive and defensive line and linebacker positions. Mike Duffy, Mike Felton, and Jerome Robinson patrolled the secondary for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs gained 273-yards rushing and 20-yards passing for a total of 293-yards of offense. Dillon Thomas led the Mustangs rushing attack with 27 carries for 201-yards (including touchdowns of 9. 53, and 33-yards), followed by Mike Felton with 14 for 57-yards, Reid Cruz with 1 for 20-yards, Carnie Fryfogle with 2 for 1-yard, Dakotah Moses with 1 for no yards, and Zach Gross with 2 for minus 6-yards. Quarterback Gross completed 5 of 8 passes for 20-yards, 2 for 10-yards to Thomas, 1 for 10-yards to Jaelen Langenfeld, and 2 for no yards to Felton, for the Mustangs. Felton ran in for a 2-point conversion, Jake Tracy kicked 1 extra point, Mike Duffy intercepted a pass and Devon Ackerman recovered a fumble, for the Mustangs.

The Lions gained 59-yards rushing and 149-yards passing for a total of 208-yards gained. Dan Althoff led the Lions rushing attack with 16 carries for 62-yards, followed by Erick Toscano with 2 for 5-yards, Erik Althoff with 1 for 1-yard, and Tanner Klinefelter with 11 carries for minus 9-yards. Quarterback Klinefelter completed 17 of 26 passes for 149-yards and 2 touchdowns, 7 for 58-yards to Erik Althoff (including touchdowns of 28 and 8-yards), 2 for 50-yards to Seth Haight, 4 for 20-yards to Mitch Baublitz, 1 for 13-yards to Damien Hess, 2 for 5-yards to Dan Althoff, and 1 for 3-yards to Toscano, for the Lions. Pete Pitilis kicked 2 extra points, Ben Axe recovered 2 fumbles, Brooks Arnold recovered 1 fumble, and Nick Kocman recorded a sack, for the Lions.

Toscano led the Lions defense with 15 tackles, followed by Axe with 14, AJ Hungerford with 9, Erik Althoff with 7, Arnold and Zach Nichols with 6 tackles each, Dalton Fishel and Kocman with 5 tackles each, Mitch Baublitz with 3, Don Gurreri with 2 tackles, and Dan Althoff, Roland Brown-Morrow, Haight, and Matt Wanbaugh with 1 tackle each.

The 9-time Cavalcade of Bands Champions, Tournament of Bands Group IV Champion and US Scholastic Band Champion South Western Mustangs Marching Band put on a stirring half time performance, presenting their 2011 field show “The Colors of Dreams.” The relaxing mallet introduction led to the haunting sound of “The Dream is Collapsing” from Inception, followed by “Zooster’s Rebellion” from Madagascar, the sorrowful longing of “Hummel Gets the Rockets,” from the Rock, and the show closed with “The Burning Bush,” from Prince of Egypt.

The Red Lion Lions Marching Band put on a great post game performance with their show “24 Frames Per Second,” featuring themes from “Mission Impossible,” “Cadillac of the Skies,” “The Simpsons,” and “Psycho.” The Mustangs and Lions Cheer Leading squads were very impressive as they roused the faithful.

The Mustangs of South Western are 6-2-0 overall and 3-0-0 in York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play.

Don Seidenstricker has a 193-87-1 (.689) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 334-205-8. The results of the 547 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .620 winning percentage and a .625 non-losing percentage.

Next week the Mustangs will host the Bearcats of York High, William Penn (2-6 Overall, 1-2 league). The Bearcats are coming off of a 42-20 victory over the Rockets of Spring Grove (1-7 overall, 0-3 league). The Mustangs are looking to gallop their way on to victory. GO MUSTANGS GO.

SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2011-8

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, October 14, the Mustangs of South Western hosted the Panthers of Central York in YAIAA Division I action and came away with a thrilling 26-20 victory. The Mustangs played the game with a heavy heart because one of their players, Ben Bynaker, was a victim in a murder-suicide last weekend. Ben’s father killed his wife, Tammy, and Ben, and then himself.

In a heartwarming spirit of unity in sympathy and support, every one of the 22 teams in the York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association wore a decal on their helmets this weekend, with a Mustang and the number 81. The Mustangs helmet had that decal and the black Mustang on each side, with the initials BB on one of them and the number 81 on the other. The Mustangs entered the field before the game from the isles of the grandstands and lofted white balloons after a stirring tribute to Ben by Stadium Announcer Carroll Granger. Just before the start of the game the entire Central York team lined up along their sideline and walked over to the Mustangs sideline to shake hands with all of the Mustangs. Needless to say there was hardly a dry eye in the house after this magnanimous gesture.

The Mustangs opened the game by going three and out and punting. The Panthers then drove 46-yards in eight plays, only to turn the ball over on downs at the Mustangs 27-yard line.

The Mustangs then drove 73-yards in twelve plays, featuring a 28-yard pass from Zach Gross to Keith Pappas, and ending with Mike Felton’s 3-yard touchdown plunge. The Mustangs were up 6-0 at the 2:30 mark in the first quarter.

The Panthers then drove 50-yards in five plays, featuring a 57-yard run by Marquis Fells, only to turn the ball over on downs again at the Mustangs 16-yard line. Rich Delea’s tackle of Sherief Sutton for a 7-yard loss was followed by 2 incomplete passes to end the Panthers’ drive.

The Mustangs then ended up losing yardage to the 11 and Felton got off a 58-yard punt. The Panthers then drove 70-yards in four plays, featuring a 57-yard pass from Brandon Baker to Jake Sinkovitz, and ending with a 3-yard touchdown pass from Baker to Jalil Ford. Tom Flinchbaugh’s extra point kick put the Panthers up 7-6 at the 9:23 mark in the second quarter.

Dillon Langenfeld returned the kickoff 19-yards to the Mustangs 44-yard line, but they ended up punting. The Panthers drove 86-yards in nine plays, featuring runs of 16 and 45-yards by Marquis Fells, only to turn the ball over on downs for the third time, this time at the Mustangs 4-yard line.

The Mustangs ended up punting and the Panthers started a six-play drive at the Mustangs 34-yard line. Baker threw a 20-yard scoring strike to Ford and the Panthers were up 13-6 with 37 seconds left in the first half.

The Panthers opened the second half at their 14-yard line with a 2-yard loss by Fells and then Jerome Robinson intercepted a pass from Baker for the Mustangs at the Panthers 30-yard line. The Mustangs’ six-play drive, featuring an 18-yard pass from Gross to Dillon Thomas, ended with a 1-yard touchdown plunge by Gross. The Panthers were still up 13-12 at the 8:17 mark in the third quarter.

The Panthers then drove 62-yards in nine plays, featuring a 29-yard pass from Baker to Corey Hartz to the Mustangs 31-yard line and ending with Baker’s 29-yard touchdown pass to Hartz. Flinchbaugh’s extra point kick upped the score to 20-12 in favor of the Panthers with 2:02 to go in the third quarter.

The Mustangs then started a drive at the Panthers 37-yard line after a 32-yard kickoff return by Jaelen Langenfeld. Eight plays later the Mustangs turned the ball over on downs at the Panthers 9-yard line. The Panthers ended up punting and the Mustangs took over on their 40-yard line. Felton gained 2-yards to the 42-yard line and Gross threw a 58-yard touchdown pass to Jerome Robinson. This made the score 20-18, still in favor of the Panthers, with 8:28 to go in the game.

The Panthers then went three and out and punted. The Mustangs then drove 56-yards in 15 plays, featuring a 7-yard pass from Gross to Pappas, and a 9-yad run by Dillon Thomas, and ending with a 6-yard touchdown pass from Gross to Robinson. Thomas ran in for a 2-point conversion and the Mustangs took a 26-20 lead for the first time with one minute left in the game.

The Panthers turned over the ball on downs in four plays, sealing the victory for the Mustangs.

Felton kicked off 5 times for 231-yards, with the longest going for 51-yards, and he punted 4 times for 171-yards, for an average of 42.75-yards, with the longest going for 58-yards. Jaelen Langenfeld returned 2 kickoffs for 32-yards, with the longest going for 25-yards, and twin brother Dillon Langenfeld returned 1 kickoff for 19-yards and returned 2 punts for no yards.

Carnie Fryfogle led the defense again as usual with 11 tackles (giving him a team leading 95 for the season), followed by Mike Felton with 8 tackles, Rich Delea with 7 tackles, 1 sack and 1 pass hurry, Chad Kolper with 7 tackles and a pass hurry, Keith Pappas with 7 tackles, Reid Cruz with 6 tackles, Zach Townsend with 5 tackles, Devon Ackerman and Jeremy Loughlin with 4 tackles each, Jerome Robinson with 3 tackles, and an interception, Ryan Dotson with 2 tackles, and Dillon Langenfeld and Eddie Lane with 1 tackle each.

Devon Ackerman, Alex Baugher, Logan Bowman, Reid Cruz, Rich Delea, Ryan Dotson, Carnie Fryfogle, Matt Hawn, Chad Kolper, Jeremy Loughlin, Aram Moffit, Keith Pappas, Brandon Stremmel, Dillon Thomas, and Zach Townsend, manned the offensive and defensive line and linebacker positions, with help from Dakotah Moses. Mike Duffy, Mike Felton, and Jerome Robinson patrolled the secondary for the Mustangs, with help from Brandon Krise, Dillon Langenfeld, and Jaelen Langenfeld.

The Mustangs gained 132-yards rushing and 109-yards passing for a total of 241-yards of offense. Dillon Thomas led the Mustangs rushing attack with 20 carries for 69-yards, followed by Mike Felton with 19 for 56-yards (including a 3-yard touchdown), Dakotah Moses with 3 for 3-yards, Reid Cruz with 2 for 2-yards, and Zach Gross with 2 carries for 2-yards (including a 1-yard touchdown). Quarterback Gross completed 6 of 10 passes for 109-yards and 2 touchdowns, 2 for 64-yards to Jerome Robinson (including touchdowns of 58 and 6-yards), 2 for 34-yards to Keith Pappas, 1 for 18-yards to Thomas, and 1 for minus 7-yards to Felton, for the Mustangs. Dillon ran in for a 2-point conversion and Robinson intercepted a pass for the Mustangs.

The Panthers gained 196-yards rushing and 185-yards passing for a total of 381-yards gained. Marques Fells led the Panthers rushing attack with 13 carries for 143-yards, followed by Saladin Dickson with 6 for 30-yards, Sherief Sutton with 7 for 16-yards, and Brandon Baker with 5 carries for 7-yards. Quarterback Baker completed 11 of 24 passes for 185-yards and 3 touchdowns, 2 for 60-yards to Jake Sinkovitz, 2 for 55-yards to Corey Hartz (including a 29-yard touchdown), 5 for 37-yards to Jalil Ford (including touchdowns of 3 and 20-yards), 1 for 21-yards to Fells, and 1 for 12-yards to Travis Shaffer, for the Panthers. Thomas Flinchbaugh kicked 2 extra points for the Panthers.

The 9-time Cavalcade of Bands Champions, Tournament of Bands Group IV Champion and US Scholastic Band Champion South Western Mustangs Marching Band put on a stirring pre-game performance, presenting their 2011 field show “The Colors of Dreams.” The relaxing mallet introduction led to the haunting sound of “The Dream is Collapsing” from Inception, followed by “Zooster’s Rebellion” from Madagascar, the sorrowful longing of “Hummel Gets the Rockets,” from the Rock, and the show closed with “The Burning Bush,” from Prince of Egypt.

The Central York Panthers Marching Band put on a rousing half time performance with their show “US Tour 2011,” featuring “Georgia on my Mind,” “The Devil Went Down to Georgia,” “New York State of Mind,” “Philadelphia Freedom,” “Viva Las Vegas,” and “Surfin’ USA.” Unfortunately, wet field conditions forced both bands to perform on the track, with no marching. The Mustangs and Panthers Cheer Leading squads were very impressive as they roused the faithful.

The Mustangs of South Western are 5-2-0 overall and 2-0-0 in York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play.

Don Seidenstricker has a 192-87-1 (.688) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 333-205-8. The results of the 546 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .619 winning percentage and a .625 non-losing percentage.

Next week the Mustangs will visit the Lions of Red Lion (5-2 Overall, 1-1 league). The Lions are coming off of a 49-7 victory over the Rockets of Spring Grove. The Mustangs are looking to gallop and pass their way along on the winning track. GO MUSTANGS GO.

SOUTH WESTERN MUSTANGS GRIDIRON 2011-7

By Bill Engelhardt
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Last Friday evening, October 7, the Mustangs of South Western hosted the Wildcats of Dallastown at the Mustang Corral on Homecoming Night to begin YAIAA Division I action for the 2011 season and galloped to a 29-21 come from behind victory. The Wildcats led 15-0 at the half and the Mustangs stormed back in the second half to win the game.

The Mustangs started the game with a three-play drive that ended when Jack Margavitch intercepted a Zach Gross pass and returned it 28-yards for the Wildcats. The Wildcats drove 32-yards in eight plays, featuring a 12-yard pass from Andrew Henry to Josh Chronister, and ending with Henry’s 4-yard touchdown plunge. The extra point kick by Margavitch put the Wildcats up 7-0 at the 6:16 mark in the first quarter.

The defenses of the Mustangs and the Wildcats stiffened and they exchanged punts. The Mustangs ended up punting again and the Wildcats drove 56-yards in two plays, ending with a 52-yard touchdown jaunt by Andrew Quinones. The extra point snap was high and Quinones came to the rescue with a 2-point conversion pass to David Butler, upping the score to 15-0 with 10:15 to go in the second quarter.

The Mustangs turned the ball over on downs and the Wildcats punted, but Brooks Morrison recovered the muffed punt for the Wildcats. The Wildcats then turned the ball over on downs and the first half came to an end.

The Wildcats drove 35-yards in eight plays, featuring a 15-yard pass from Henry to Keith Matthews, but ended up punting. Dillon Langenfeld returned the punt for 45-yards, setting the Mustangs up on the Wildcats 29-yard line. Dakotah Moses gained 11-yards, then 3-yards, and Mike Felton finished off the three-play drive with a nifty 15-yard touchdown run. Jake Tracy kicked the extra point and the score was 15-7 at the 6:02 mark in the third quarter.

The Wildcats next possession was short lived and ended when Reid Cruz recovered a Wildcats fumble for the Mustangs. The Mustangs then drove 44-yards in five plays, featuring a 32-yard pass from Gross to Jaelen Langenfeld, and ending with a 5-yard touchdown run by Dillon Thomas. Gross then threw a picture perfect 2-point conversion pass to Fryfogle and the Mustangs tied the game at 15 with 2:12 left in the third quarter.

On the next play from scrimmage Felton intercepted a Wildcats pass, but the Mustangs couldn’t capitalize and turned the ball over on downs. The Wildcats ended up punting but Margavitch recovered the muffed punt for the Wildcats. The Wildcats drove 32-yards in four plays, featuring a 26-yard pass from Henry to Margavitch and ending with a 2-yard touchdown plunge by Quinones. The score went to 21-15 in favor of the wildcats with 9:11 left in the game.

The Mustangs then drove 60-yards in six plays. Gross threw a beautiful 44-yard touchdown pass to Reid Cruz and Tracy’s extra point kick gave the Mustangs a 22-21 lead with 6:07 left in the game.

The game was still up for grabs and the Wildcats turned the ball over on downs at the Mustangs 40-yard line with 1:20 left in the game. Dakotah Moses gained 3-yards and then Dillon Thomas sealed the victory with a 57-yard touchdown run. Tracy’s extra point kick put the Mustangs up 29-21 and closed out the scoring with 1:05 left in the game.

Felton kicked off 5 times for 248-yards, with the longest going for 60-yards and a touchback, and he punted 3 times for 126-yards, for an average of 42.0-yards, with the longest going for 48-yards. Jaelen Langenfeld returned 3 kickoffs for 59-yards, with the longest going for 25-yards, Carnie Fryfogle returned 1 kickoff for 9-yards, and Dillon Langenfeld fielded 1 punt with a fair catch, for the Mustangs.

Carnie Fryfogle led the defense again (a fairly regular occurrence) with 20 tackles (giving him a team leading 84 for the season), followed by Mike Felton with 15 tackles, an interception and a pass defense, Keith Pappas with 12 tackles, Ryan Dotson with 8 tackles and a sack, Chad Kolper with 8 tackles, Reid Cruz with 7 tackles and a fumble recovery, Jeremy Loughlin with 7 tackles and a sack, Jerome Robinson with 6 tackles and a pass defense, Brandon Stremmel with 6 tackles, Logan Bowman with 5 tackles, a sack and a pass defense, Devon Ackerman with 5 tackles, Rich Delea with 3 tackles and a fumble recovery, Dillon Langenfeld and Dillon Thomas with 2 tackles each, Brandon Krise with 1 tackle and a pass defense, and Alex Baugher, Eddie Lane, Jaelen Langenfeld, and Aram Moffit with 1 tackle each.

Devon Ackerman, Alex Baugher, Logan Bowman, Reid Cruz, Rich Delea, Ryan Dotson, Carnie Fryfogle, Matt Hawn, Chad Kolper, Jeremy Loughlin, Aram Moffit, Keith Pappas, Brandon Stremmel, Dillon Thomas, and Zach Townsend, manned the offensive and defensive line and linebacker positions, with help from Dakotah Moses. Mike Duffy, Mike Felton, Brandon Krise, Dillon Langenfeld, Jaelen Langenfeld, and Jerome Robinson, patrolled the secondary for the Mustangs.

The Mustangs gained 198-yards rushing and 78-yards passing for a total of 276-yards of offense. Dillon Thomas led the Mustangs rushing attack with 9 carries for 82-yards (including touchdowns of 5 and 57-yards), followed by Mike Felton with 12 for 71-yards (including a 15-yard touchdown), Dakotah Moses with 8 for 37-yards, Reid Cruz with 3 for 4-yards, and Carnie Fryfogle with 1 carry for 4-yards. Quarterback Zach Gross completed 3 of 9 passes for 78-yars and 1 touchdown, 1 for 44-yards and a touchdown to Cruz, 1 for 32-yards to Jaelen Langenfeld, and 1 for 2 yards to Thomas, for the Mustangs. Gross through a perfect 2-pont conversion pass to Fryfogle, Jake Tracy kicked 3 extra points, Felton intercepted a pass, and Cruz and Rich Delea each recovered a fumble, for the Mustangs.

The Wildcats gained 212-yards rushing and 131-yards passing for a total of 343-yards gained. Andrew Quinones led the Wildcats rushing attack with 9 carries for 75-yards (including touchdowns of 52 and 2-yards), followed by Keith Matthews with 21 for 75-yards, Andrew Henry with 18 for 59-yards (including a 4-yard touchdown), and Andrew Heird with 1 carry for 3-yards. Quarterback Henry completed 11 of 17 passes for 131-yards, 7 for 77-yards to David Butler, 2 for 25-yards to Josh Chronister, 1 for 15-yards to Drew Romesberg, and 1 for 14-yards to Matthews, for the Wildcats. Quinones threw a 2-point conversion pass to Butler, Jack Margavitch kicked 1 extra point and intercepted a pass and returned it for 28-yards, and Brooks Morrison recovered a muffed punt, for the Wildcats.

The 9-time Cavalcade of Bands Champions, Tournament of Bands Group IV Champion and US Scholastic Band Champion South Western Mustangs Marching Band put on a stirring post-game performance, presenting their 2011 field show “The Colors of Dreams.” The relaxing mallet introduction led to the haunting sound of “The Dream is Collapsing” from Inception, followed by “Zooster’s Rebellion” from Madagascar, the sorrowful longing of “Hummel Gets the Rockets,” from the Rock, and the show closed with “The Burning Bush,” from Prince of Egypt. The Dallastown Wildcats Marching Band put on a rousing half time performance with their show “The Music of Elvis,” featuring “Are You Lonesome Tonight,” “Burning Love,””CC Rider,” “Love Me Tender,” “Heartbreak Hotel,” and “Can’t Help Falling in Love.” The Mustangs and Wildcatss Cheer Leading squads were very impressive as they roused the faithful. For the third quarter the Mustangs fielded the cheer leading squads from the middle school through the high school and nearly 100 cheerleaders performed in unison to put on an awesome show.

The Mustangs of South Western are 4-2-0 overall and 1-0-0 in York Adams Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA) Division I league play.

Don Seidenstricker has a 191-87-1 (.688) record as coach of the Mustangs, who have a career record of 332-205-8. The results of the 545 games played in the history of the South Western Mustangs are a career .618 winning percentage and a .624 non-losing percentage.

Next week the Mustangs visit the Panthers of Central York (5-1 overall, 1-0 league). Central York is coming off of a 49-0 victory over the Rockets of Spring Grove. The Mustangs are looking to continue their winning ways. GO MUSTANGS GO.