Sportswriter for Montgomery Media
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I'd like to thank my fellow writers Tom McGlinchey and Mike Prince for switching games with me last weekend. I was originally scheduled to attend Cheltenham-Chichester on Friday-Germantown Acadmey on Saturday. Cheltenham was rained out, moved to Saturday and a blow out 47-8 win for the Panthers. G.A. handled Emily Fischer 54-0 on Saturday afternoon.
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| Souderton QB Tanner Allem |
I ended up at Pennridge-Souderton on Friday and Archbishop Wood-Friendship Collegiate on Saturday to see two games that were won at the buzzer. The Indians topped Penrnidge 10-7 and the Vikings sent the Knights back to D.C. in disappointment with a 20-19 win.
The Indians not only treated the 3500 estimated to be in attendance to a touchdown pass in the final seconds, but a rule book lesson before the half. When sophomore kicker Jeff Wolf trotted onto the field with a kicking tee in hand many were perplexed.
It turns out you can attempt a free kick if you fair catch a punt. Wherever you catch the ball is where you kick from. You usally only see it at the end of games or at half. Free kicks are allowed in high school and the NFL, but not college. You cannot use a tee in the NFL, but you can in high school. The 49 yard field goal turned out to be the difference for the Indians.
Archbishop Wood left the field sore against the Knights as their defense stuffed the Vikings' running game and sacked quarterback Joey Monaghan seven times. They also left the field with win after coach Steve Devlin pulled out all the stops.
Devlin trusted his playmakers and dialed up the rarely used hook-and-ladder. The Vikings executed it a high level on fourth down and it set up the evntual winning touchdown pass. The Vikiings have to be the favorite at the moment to finally get over the hump and win a state champiosnhip this season.
Scores from the Montgomery Media area...
North Penn 28, Central Bucks East 6
LaSalle 43, Roman Catholic 17
Springfield 36, Bristol 21 (click to read game story)
Upper Dublin 35, Upper Merion 6
Plymouth Whitemarsh 27, Upper Moreland 7
William Tennent 22, Harry S Truman 21 (click to read game story)
Norristown 33, Wissahickon 6
Souderton 10, Pennridge 7 (click to read game story)
Cheltenham 47, Chichester 8 (click to read game story)
Abington 49, Council Rock North 31
Quakertown 21, Hatboro-Horsham 14 (click to read game story)
Owen J. Roberts 42, Methacton 7
Perkiomen Valley 22, Pope John Paul II 6
Delco Christian 38, Jenkintown 35
Bishop McDevitt 24, Lansdale Catholic 22
Academy New Church 31, Delaware Military Academy 26
Germantown Academy 54, Emily Fischer Charter 0 (click to read game story)
Spring-Ford 42, Upper Perkiomen 34
Archbishop Wood 20, Frienship Collegiate 19 (click to ready game story)
NFL WEAK "POWER" RANKINGS
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| BAL QB Joe Flacco |
In the National Football League coaches always like to win quarter of the season. After four weeks teams have all made me say, "they could be good," and the same teams a week later made me think, "wow, they are awful." No team has stood up yet as the clear favorite, but if I were going to rank teams based on how they are playing now and the chance to they have to win the Super Bowl this season, this is how it would look.
1 Baltimore Ravens (3-1) - I would have said Steelers, but Flacco and the Ravens just beat them on the road
2 Pittsburgh Steelers (3-1) - A pretty strong start without Big Ben under center
3 New Orleans Saints (3-1) - The defending champs get some respect even though they have not pil
4 Green Bay Packers (3-1) - They can score with the best of them and the defense is not fully healthy yet
5 Atlanta Falcons (3-1) - Knocked off the Sainst, almost lost to the 49ers - this is why I am confused
6 Indianapolis Colts (2-2) - Sure, they have lost two division games but it is Peyton Manning
7 New York Jets (3-1) - Mark Sanchez has shown some growth lately making them very dangerous
8 Houston Texans (3-1) - If Andre Johnson can stay healthy nobody will want to see them on the sched
9 New England Patriots (3-1) - If they had any resemblence of a good defense they'd be higher
10 San Diego Chargers (2-2) - We know they have talent, but they always seem to start off slow
11 Miami Dolphins (2-2) - looked foolish against the Pats, but the defense is much better than that
12 Cincinnati Bengals (2-2) - If Palmer can get back on the right page there's no reason cannot win 10 games
13 Denver Broncos (2-2) - no we've reaches the pack of who knows what they are
14 Tennessee Titans (2-2) - if they avoid turnovers on offense they creates a lot of turnovers on defense
15 Kansas City Chiefs (3-0) - the only team without a loss until they play Indy this week
16 Minnesota Vikings (1-2) - Favre looks old, but Adrian Peterson and the defense are still league best
17 New York Giants (2-2) - they showed the still can get to the QB better than most
18 Chicago Bears (3-1) - they showed that the 3-0 start was little questionable
19 Dallas Cowboys (1-2) - team full of talent that just has not put a full game together yet
20 Philadelphia Eagles (2-2) - it really depends who's at QB, but the O-line is league's worst
21 Washington Redskins (2-2) - should be ahead of the Eagles after a win, but I know there' no upside
22 St. Louis Rams (2-2) - Sam Bradford may lead the Rams to a division title in his rookie season
23 Oakland Raiders (1-3) - They can keep a game close against anybody, they just cannot win them
24 Tampa Bay Buccaneers (2-1) - After a 2-0 start the Steelers helped show the young Bucs true colors
25 Arizona Cardinals (2-2) - If they turn to Max Hall from Derek Anderson I'll wonder what Leinart is up to
26 Jacksonville Jaguars (2-2) - Impressive win over the Colts, but they always play them hard
27 Detroit Lions (0-4) - With Stafford they are dangerous, with Shau Hill they are 27th on my ranks
28 Seattle Seahawks (2-2) - Not really sure how they have 2 wins, but everything thing they do is below par
29 San Francisco 49ers (0-4) - I think they have a chance to shoot up these ranks, but 0-4 your down here
30 Cleveland Browns (1-3) - maybe next year - well, maybe in five years
31 Carolina Panthers (0-4) - When you turn to Jimmy Claussen in week 3 it is going to be a long season
32 Buffalo Bills (0-4) - Jimmy Kelly, Thurmon Thomas, and Andre Reed seems so long ago
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