Jerel Beaty
Staff writer
Hondo’s offensive explosion enjoyed going into last Friday’s matchup against the Warhorses at Barry Field, was extremely short-lived this particular night as Devine’s defense suffocated the Owl’s offense for an overwhelming majority of their snaps.
Hondo managed only 46 offensive plays on 12 full possessions, gaining a total of 303 yards. Of those 303, 44 of their 85 yards on the ground came on one play while 90 of their 218 passing yards were on a combination of two plays as Devine soared to the 46-19 victory.
In all, 134 or 303 yards were amassed on just three of those 46 offensive plays.
Wowser!
In Devine’s last three convincing victories, Warhorse Defensive Coordinator Danny Sanchez’s SanchoStats have told a darned accurate account of what exactly went on while the other team had possession of the football.
Well, this game held true to form as the Horses held what was a high-potent offense that had been averaging 43 points a game to a mere 19 points.
SanchoStats
“Our defense set the tone early as our boys were excited once they found out we were starting the game on defense,” Sanchez began his postgame comments saying. “A quick stop on the first possession was huge, and it was a premonition to Hondo for what they were going to be in for the whole night.”
Hondo averaged 4.47 yards per carry, and if the elimination of the 44-yard run they did have, went differently, that average would dip severely to only two yards per carry.
“On that 44 yard touchdown run, I had a stunt called, which meant us moving our linebackers. The two inside linebackers were supposed to run the stunt, well, Riley Gutierrez gets through, but Hondo holds our other backer, Matthew Gomez, like there is tomorrow. No penalty flags ever came flying out, so we had to live with that result of the play.”
A humongous tide-turning…
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