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Re: Scrimmages?
Posted: August 21st, 2018, 9:05 am
by Safetyblitz
TAHS92Alum:
Goldeneagles12 wrote:I was pleased with what I saw at Tyrone scrimmage. Looked more composed and together as a team than last year. Just typical scrimmage done dropped passes some penalties. You know boring stuff. Still work to do but overall I was pleased. Where is dragon figured we would here Centrals scrimmage by now.
I'll agree that they showed some promise. The defense looked good throughout the scrimmage i thought. The offense still has a ways to go, like you said penalties, turnovers, mistakes. Also saw some issues in the center of the line, I guess time will tell if that's a fault on our side of the ball, or some good D line play from Mifflin County. Its always hard to judge how good they were, are they Indian Valley kids or Lewistown kids
Defense is always way ahead of offense this time of year! Takes more time to work the kinks out on offense.
Re: Scrimmages?
Posted: August 21st, 2018, 9:07 am
by Goldeneagles12
Yea hard to tell if the were Indian Valley or Lewistown. If I'm not mistaken I think the Snook kid is out right now I believe he would ne one of the starting guards if healthy. So that could have been reason for middle of o line having some problems. Totally agree the defense is always way ahead. But hey defense wins championships.
Re: Scrimmages?
Posted: August 21st, 2018, 5:41 pm
by PortagePride
Bagman wrote:That's interesting Hank because TM's line played well and the varsity offense scored a few times and only gave up 1 TD on defense on a long run. Any Portage fans at the scrimmage to chime in ?
Was not at the scrimmage so I apologize I cannot speak first hand on what went on that morning. However as Hank stated Portage lost A LOT on both sides of the ball from last season. They only return two players on Offense and five on defense so there will definitely be some growing pains with that many new spots to fill. From what I've read and heard the ruffling's in the community, It sounded like quite the disaster at the scrimmage and the worst the team has looked in awhile so we'll see how that rolls over to opening week on Friday night. I'm also with you in the Shade prediction 12HankQB. If the panthers can learn to play a LITTLE bit of defense this year, they're my pick to win the Westpac as well.
Re: Scrimmages?
Posted: August 21st, 2018, 10:55 pm
by SportsFan04
Crimson's Ghost wrote:McCort/Westmont...
-- Got a little chippy in this one towards the beginning. McCort knocked Westmont out of the playoffs and the schools are rivals. And they don't play this year - so I wasn't that surprised it was physical. Refs tried to take control early. They had to tell one of the WH linemen to take a break for a few plays for getting a little carried away. No incidents after that.
-- Thought it was interesting Westmont and the refs wanted to see the paperwork on a McCort kid wearing a visor. He has an eye condition and has been wearing it for a long time including both times the two teams played last year, but they made McCort pull out the doctor's notice anyway before letting him continue.
-- Also heard Westmont has been complaining to the LHAC that the Point Stadium isn't a suitable venue for football anymore. Said the field is too hard to play on - whatever that means.
Anyway to the scrimmage itself...
-- Westmont is big once again. They have a lot coming back off a 7 win team. A scrimmage is tough to really judge Westmont, since their game is predicated off of running the clock and having 15+ play drives. So in a scrimmage without sticks or a clock and them just running for three yards at a time doesn't really do them a ton of justice.
-- Camden Moors for Westmont is really, really good. He's going to break more big runs this season. He's been a 1,000 yard back the past two seasons, he'll be good for them again. Possibly the best RB in the LHAC. He broke off a big touchdown run today.
-- Westmont is pretty tough defensively. #32 is an undersized LB but gets to the ball a lot. They have a lot of kids that swarm to the ball. The big linemen don't make a ton of plays, but they take on blocks and the LBs and safeties can hit.
-- Looks like McCort is going to try to throw the ball more. Will Miller is a big, strong kid. He's going to be important for McCort this year. Looks like Bair, Andrews, and Marcozzi will be trying to offset the loss of Walters/Andrews. Bair had a big run at one point today. Still a question mark I think.
-- McCort isn't small. They have 3-4 linemen back that started last year, and they settled in eventually. They just have a lot of kids in that 5-10 to 6-1 range with 200+ pounds on them. No massive 270 pound kids or anything, but that front seven has some nice sized kids.
-- I think in the normal session each team scored one touchdown.
-- They did a session at the 10 yard line and McCort won that. They scored more TD's and stuffed WH the majority of the time.
-- During the JV sessions, I think BM scored 3 touchdowns in 10 plays, and WH fumbled 3 times in 10 plays. Whoever the McCort JV QB is did a nice job. He throws it well.
-- Both teams are playoff teams in their respective classes. Kind of forgot McCort is down to Class A and Westmont is up to AAA.
Clear visors are able to be worn by anyone. Tinted visors are only to be used with a formal exception written by the PIAA. A doctor’s excuse is not good enough. Approval has to be granted by the PIAA prior to the season and if the officials are doing their jobs correctly they should be asking to see that before every game because most of the time different crews work different schools each week.
Re: Scrimmages?
Posted: August 21st, 2018, 11:08 pm
by Crimson's Ghost
Thanks for clearing that up. I’m pretty sure the kid has all the clearances since he was allowed to continue and wore it last year I believe.