They're baaaack
Throughout the E-town locker room last night after the Bears disposed of Shippensburg 35-7, one thing was clear – the team got back to playing E-town football last night.
Coming off of their first loss of the season last week, the Bears responded with a dominate performance, controlling the ball on the ground and flying around on defense, just what they did every week in the first 9 weeks of the season.
The offense was clicking again, led by Conrad Heisey and Jordan Hallman on the ground. Hallman isn't 100 percent because of a hamstring injury, but was still able to reel off more than 100 yards on the ground, catch a long TD pass from Kyle McNeil and return the second half kickoff 40-some yards, setting up a touchdown. Shane Rosenberry (more on him in a moment) got into the mix on offense and scored a TD, and Andrew Weller played well also. Heisey is a monster running the football. He churns out at least 5 to 6 yards per carry and will always hit you with a 40-yarder at some point. Before you know it, he's over 100 yards for the game with a couple of TDs. You can't say enough about his tough running style.
McNeil was impressive to me last night. He hit Nate Koach (who had a monster game, by the way and is quickly becoming one of the most reliable targets in the district) on a beautiful touch pass down the right sideline and hit Hallman in stride for a 24 yard TD pass.
On defense, Rosenberry was everywhere. This kid is a phenomenal athlete who makes play after play after play on the football field. The Bears gave up a long TD run, but all in all were very stout. Koach's interception early in the game was a big momentum boost for the team.
The Bears weren't perfect however. A fumbled snap, a pick and a few failed third and fourth down conversions happened, and probably cost the Bears at least 14 points. They'll have to clean those mistakes up as they go deeper into the playoffs.
But all was well in Thompson Stadium last night.
E-town now gets L-S on Friday. As always, I'll have a preview in this week's paper and will also post it here later in the week.
Sorry I couldn't update the blog live during the game (if anyone was waiting for that ), I couldn't get a wireless signal in the press box at E-town last night.
That's all for now. Enjoy your Saturday folks, and be sure to root for my Redskins tomorrow against those Eagles.
Until next time, stay classy Elizabethtown.
Coming off of their first loss of the season last week, the Bears responded with a dominate performance, controlling the ball on the ground and flying around on defense, just what they did every week in the first 9 weeks of the season.
The offense was clicking again, led by Conrad Heisey and Jordan Hallman on the ground. Hallman isn't 100 percent because of a hamstring injury, but was still able to reel off more than 100 yards on the ground, catch a long TD pass from Kyle McNeil and return the second half kickoff 40-some yards, setting up a touchdown. Shane Rosenberry (more on him in a moment) got into the mix on offense and scored a TD, and Andrew Weller played well also. Heisey is a monster running the football. He churns out at least 5 to 6 yards per carry and will always hit you with a 40-yarder at some point. Before you know it, he's over 100 yards for the game with a couple of TDs. You can't say enough about his tough running style.
McNeil was impressive to me last night. He hit Nate Koach (who had a monster game, by the way and is quickly becoming one of the most reliable targets in the district) on a beautiful touch pass down the right sideline and hit Hallman in stride for a 24 yard TD pass.
On defense, Rosenberry was everywhere. This kid is a phenomenal athlete who makes play after play after play on the football field. The Bears gave up a long TD run, but all in all were very stout. Koach's interception early in the game was a big momentum boost for the team.
The Bears weren't perfect however. A fumbled snap, a pick and a few failed third and fourth down conversions happened, and probably cost the Bears at least 14 points. They'll have to clean those mistakes up as they go deeper into the playoffs.
But all was well in Thompson Stadium last night.
E-town now gets L-S on Friday. As always, I'll have a preview in this week's paper and will also post it here later in the week.
Sorry I couldn't update the blog live during the game (if anyone was waiting for that ), I couldn't get a wireless signal in the press box at E-town last night.
That's all for now. Enjoy your Saturday folks, and be sure to root for my Redskins tomorrow against those Eagles.
Until next time, stay classy Elizabethtown.
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