Private schools: Playoff Week 3 recap…
By Robert Przybylo
BPrzybylo@opubco.com
Well, we’re shutting down our doors in the private school realm as the last of the teams went down this week in Heritage Hall’s 34-20 loss at Pawhuska.
Heritage (8-5)
Mistakes and a hard-hitting defense led to a rather surprising result. Heritage had 11 penalties for 110 yards and a couple of really bad snaps.
Pawhuska helped out forcing five lost fumbles and also intercepting a pass and having two sacks. Just wasn’t a good night to be a Charger.
It was Murphy’s Law. Just nothing we could do on this night. Once it got bad, it just kept rolling in that direction.” – coach Andy Bogert
You can’t force urgency. And while the seniors on both sides of the ball looked like they realized this could be their last game, I didn’t see it 100 percent.
That’s not to say that the Heritage youngsters didn’t want to win that game with everything in ‘em because they did. I know they did, but you can’t duplicate that feeling of ‘this might be my last game if we don’t win.’
The seniors (Austin Smith, Tanner France, Logan McGrath, Travis Harrison, to name the key contributors) won’t be forgotten, but the future looks spectacular for Heritage. As long as those kids don’t let the hype get into their heads, no reason we’re not talking about at least another quarterfinal appearance.
Knew Barry Sanders and Marc Robinson were going to be great. They were. Found out early how good Sterling Shepard is going to be. But the one kid who made the biggest strides, to me, is Markus Wakefield. He’s a beast on the line. And with him as lead blocker in the second half, Heritage really had things moving. Also, very interested to see what a healthy Quintaz Struble can do.
After an 0-3 start, Heritage rebounded to win the district title but fell short of defending its title. But with the talent coming back, 2010 can’t come soon enough.
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