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Week 10, 2004
Williamsport (1-6, 1-2) at Harrisburg (4-3, 2-2)
This ought to be a win for us, as Harrisburg has struggled mightily. I'm not taking anything for granted, though. Hopefully our capitulation against Scranton last week hasn't broken our spirit too badly.
Injury Report
Nobody else got hurt this week.
And your final score: Harrisburg 38, Williamsport 0
Way to recover, boys!
Our defense attacked with renewed ferocity, eager to avenge themselves after last week's collapse. They sacked Williamsport quarterbacks eight times, completely wrecking their running yardage stat (22 carries, -20 yards).
We had Good Schulz back at quarterback. In fact, we had Best Ever Schulz. Even though Williamsport did a fairly good job of containing our running game, Schulz more than compensated for this by shredding the Williamsport defense all day long.
Offensive Standouts:
QB Vernon Schulz (23-29-290 passing, 2 TD; 4-47 receiving)
RB Ethan Sweeney (21-80 rushing, 2 TD)
FB Greg Hawkins (5-9 rushing, TD; 6-62 receiving)
TE Bruce Whiting (5-62 receiving, TD)
WR Chester Ferich (3-63 receiving, TD)
RB Bobby Schmidt (15-61 rushing; 1-5 receiving)
Defensive Standouts:
The Sack Pack. Seven of our defenders managed to hit the Williamsport quarterback at least once. Among them were DE Stan Gaines (2), LB Curtis Felton (1.5), DE Rickey Caniglia (1), DE Stephen Sawyer (1), DT Arnie Washington (1), CB Dana Peterson (1), and DT Ted Reese (0.5)
Game Ball: Vernon Schulz
When he's good, he's very, very good.
Recruiting News
Hello!
QB David Fears (Philadelphia, PA/Samuel Fels HS)
RB Jack Peterson (Benson, AZ/Benson Union)
WR Sheldon Ellwood (West Chester, PA/Lakota Union HS)
CB Stan Sapello (Willoughby, OH/South HS)
We beat out several other Keystone Eight schools to land Fears. He is a dual-threat quarterback with an Excellent attitude, and he's certainly bright enough (4.0 GPA, 1440 SAT) to master a complex offense. The experts rank him #9 among PA quarterbacks, and #83 at his position nationally.
Peterson was one of the players we started to recruit when it didn't look like we'd land the two running backs we needed. Even after we signed Kurt Bielby and Xavier Sheldon, we continued to recruit Peterson; that's how much we liked him. The Arizona product is the #74 RB in the nation and #6 in Arizona, racking up over 1200 rushing yards as a senior. His Excellent attitude, 3.58 GPA, and 1510 SAT complete the package.
We picked Ellwood as a primary recruiting target from the beginning, and he ended up choosing us over the Ohio schools who recruited him. The strength of our Latin program was a big factor in his decision. A two-way high school standout, Sherman caught 67 passes for over 1600 yards and 16 touchdowns, and recorded 48 tackles, 6.5 sacks, and 5 interceptions on defense. He has a 3.65 average and scored 1360 on his SAT.
Sapello was also among the first players we contacted. His stats from his senior year jump off the page: 6 sacks and 13 interceptions from the cornerback position. While I wasn't as impressed with him as my assistant was, I like his Excellent attitude. Stan also boasts a 3.68 GPA and a 1350 SAT score.
These four commitments give us a total of 12. This means we have four open scholarships, and seven players from whom we'll be choosing.
Goodbye: None of our remaining targets picked another school this week.
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