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Thursday, September 18, 2008

Five Downs with Coach Polites


The Bears roll into Solanco Saturday night for both teams' Section Two opener. Both teams are 2-1 and coming off of wins last week. This is also a matchup of last year's Section Two co-champions. Should be a good one. Here's the latest installment of Five Downs with Coach Polites, for your enjoyment.

First Down: Solanco is playing its first home game of the year in it's newly refurbished stadium. How do you expect to counter their adrenaline of playing at home for the first time?

Coach: We need to score early and control the ball. If we can get to the point where we are playing consistent E-town football, the external items will not matter much.


Second Down: How big of a lift was last week's win heading into section play?

Coach:It was a great lift for us. We had a lot of things to work on from the film and the kids came out with a good purpose this week.


Third Down: What are the pros and cons of playing a Saturday game?

Coach: The good thing is that we get an extra day to prepare for our opponent. The bad thing is that next week is a shortened preparation period for the coaches.


Fourth Down: How do you think your nonleague schedule helped you prepare for battle in Section 2?

Coach: Our non-league schedule was probably one of the toughest in the section. It will pay great dividends for us when we play our league opponents especially in tight games.


Fifth Down: What does the offense need to do to put some points on the board against Solanco's stout defense?

Coach: Play assignment football in reference to our blocking assignments. We must continue to gain positive yards on first down and move the chains with solid offensive line play.

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