VERNONIA WINS BATTLE OF LOGGERS
If Knappa could be compared to a college team, one might think of Slippery Rock.
The Loggers had trouble holding on to the football once again Friday night and Vernonia slipped away with a 38-8 victory in the battle of teams that share not only similar colors but nicknames as well.
I don't know what Slippery Rock's (College?, University?, Tech?) nickname is, but Knappa continues to emulate the spirit of their name. Seven times the K-Loggers fumbled the football on Friday and four times it ended up the V-Loggers hands, neutralizing what was actually a pretty effective rushing offense. The dropsies also crossed over into the Knappa passing game as a surefire touchdown pass bounced off the chest of a wide open receiver 15 yards beyond the last defender.
"You look at the film and you say, 'Wow, how did the game get to be that score'," said Knappa assistant coach Jeff Miller. "They [Vernonia] never really stopped the run. We stopped it with seven fumbles."
Steven Bokor scored the only Knappa touchdown of the game on a 54 yard fourth quarter run. Bokor finished with 101 yards on 12 carries.
"They stacked things up to stop Bokor," said Miller. "That was their focus and he still did fine."
Fullback Mike Fulton benefited from the defensive focus, getting 14 carries for 61 yards. The senior also had a big game on defense from his linebacker position with 10 tackles, a sack and a broken up pass.
Vernonia's sophomore quarterback Byron Schorzman threw for 160 yards and a pair of long touchdowns to Jeff Paleck. Vernonia picked up more than half of its 223 rushing yards in the fourth quarter when a quick J.V. running back, sophomore Blake Moeller, entered the game and broke off a couple of big plays, including touchdown runs of 35 and 65 yards.
"They played a different speed than we did in the fourth quarter," said Miller. "If we don't fumble, we're going to be fairly tough, but if we turn the ball over we're not good enough to overcome those mistakes."
VERNONIA 6-6-6-20-38
KNAPPA 0-0-0-8-8
1stQ-VER: Paleck 65 pass from Schorzman(run failed)
2ndQ-VER: Paleck 38 pass from Schorzman(kick failed)
3rdQ-VER: Thompson 3 run (kick failed)
4thQ-VER: Moeller 35 run (run failed)
4thQ-VER: 2 run (kick good)
4thQ-VER: Moeller 65 run (kick good)
4thQ-KNA: Bokor 54 run (Gary Aho run)
RUSHING-VER: 37-223 (Brent Thompson 14-97-td, Blake Moeller 5-106-2td), KNA: 45-182 (Bokor 12-101-td)
PASSING-VER: Schorzman 6-12-160-2td, KNA: Aho 0-2
RECEIVING-VER: Jeff Paleck 2-103-2td
TURNOVERS-VER: 0, KNA: 4
PENALTIES-VER: 6-60, KNA: 6-55
*no names of Vernonia players were provided
The Loggers had trouble holding on to the football once again Friday night and Vernonia slipped away with a 38-8 victory in the battle of teams that share not only similar colors but nicknames as well.
I don't know what Slippery Rock's (College?, University?, Tech?) nickname is, but Knappa continues to emulate the spirit of their name. Seven times the K-Loggers fumbled the football on Friday and four times it ended up the V-Loggers hands, neutralizing what was actually a pretty effective rushing offense. The dropsies also crossed over into the Knappa passing game as a surefire touchdown pass bounced off the chest of a wide open receiver 15 yards beyond the last defender.
"You look at the film and you say, 'Wow, how did the game get to be that score'," said Knappa assistant coach Jeff Miller. "They [Vernonia] never really stopped the run. We stopped it with seven fumbles."
Steven Bokor scored the only Knappa touchdown of the game on a 54 yard fourth quarter run. Bokor finished with 101 yards on 12 carries.
"They stacked things up to stop Bokor," said Miller. "That was their focus and he still did fine."
Fullback Mike Fulton benefited from the defensive focus, getting 14 carries for 61 yards. The senior also had a big game on defense from his linebacker position with 10 tackles, a sack and a broken up pass.
Vernonia's sophomore quarterback Byron Schorzman threw for 160 yards and a pair of long touchdowns to Jeff Paleck. Vernonia picked up more than half of its 223 rushing yards in the fourth quarter when a quick J.V. running back, sophomore Blake Moeller, entered the game and broke off a couple of big plays, including touchdown runs of 35 and 65 yards.
"They played a different speed than we did in the fourth quarter," said Miller. "If we don't fumble, we're going to be fairly tough, but if we turn the ball over we're not good enough to overcome those mistakes."
VERNONIA 6-6-6-20-38
KNAPPA 0-0-0-8-8
1stQ-VER: Paleck 65 pass from Schorzman(run failed)
2ndQ-VER: Paleck 38 pass from Schorzman(kick failed)
3rdQ-VER: Thompson 3 run (kick failed)
4thQ-VER: Moeller 35 run (run failed)
4thQ-VER: 2 run (kick good)
4thQ-VER: Moeller 65 run (kick good)
4thQ-KNA: Bokor 54 run (Gary Aho run)
RUSHING-VER: 37-223 (Brent Thompson 14-97-td, Blake Moeller 5-106-2td), KNA: 45-182 (Bokor 12-101-td)
PASSING-VER: Schorzman 6-12-160-2td, KNA: Aho 0-2
RECEIVING-VER: Jeff Paleck 2-103-2td
TURNOVERS-VER: 0, KNA: 4
PENALTIES-VER: 6-60, KNA: 6-55
*no names of Vernonia players were provided
posted by Matt Richert at 9:39 PM
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