Hello Playoffs!!!!!!!!!

St Marks 44  -Holland Hall 14

We win the toss and defer. Jacob Wilner with the kickoff and we make the tackle at the 29 yard line. First down Stephen Rambin strings the play out and Chris Roach with the nice unassisted tackle. SM penalty gives HH a first down.  First down Jimmy Papin on run blitz nails runner, second down Bear Goldstein hard hit for one yard gain and on third down Papin again hits low on a run blitz and Reid Thompson high and it’s a gain of one and HH is punting. We will call it a FOUR AND OUT—but defense is setting the TONE!!

HH punts and ball is downed at our 23 and its time for the Coach Epperson and John Webb show to begin. Webb rolls left and hits Danny Koudelka for 9; third down Webb to Thompson first down pass for 6 yards.  Second down screen pass to Malcolm Bowman for 4, Webb short roll right hits Thompson on a perfect pass for 8 yards on down & out and First Down. Next play Thompson beats the LB and Webb reads it and hits him between the LB’s and safeties and Reid goes for 24 yards to the HH 28 yard line.  First down, three receivers to left, John Caldwell alone on right side. Webb quick throw to Caldwell on quick slant, Caldwell catches ball, is hit by three guys and does a spin and keeps his feet and balance and rambles into end zone, TOUCHDOWN. Wilner PAT is good.

SM 7 HH 0 with Seven minutes left in First Qtr.

We kickoff and good coverage and HH starts at the 23 yard line. HH runs six plays, gets one first down, good tackle by Kellum Hall for loss, Mac Labhart and Jimmy Papin combine for one yard gain with help from Cameron Baxley, Luke Williams with pass defense and almost has a pick with good hit on receiver by Bear Goldstein. On third down, good QB pressure by George Law and good closing speed by Chris Roach who belts receiver as ball arrives. Incomplete and HH is punting. So defense in two drives has given up only two first downs and two punts.   Short punt that rolls out of bounds on our 37 yard line.

First down Webb under pressure and throws it away, second down incomplete pass as it appears that receiver runs the wrong route—remember these two incomplete passes as QB Webb will not have many more for the rest of the night. On third and ten, three receivers left, Caldwell alone on short side/right side, Caldwell runs a streak and Webb perfect pass over the outstretched hands of DB at the HH thirty yard line and runs untouched and it’s a 63 yard TOUCHDOWN. Wilner PAT is good.

SM 14 - HH 0 with 4 minutes left in first quarter.

Wilner with a tough to handle bouncing kickoff and good coverage again and HH starts at the 15 yard line. First down K. Hall, Goldstein and M. Labhart with the gang tackle, second down QB pressure by Papin and incomplete pass   and on third down K.Hall and Rambin meet at QB but he gets it off and good pass defense by Luke Williams on drag pass as he bats the ball away on solid coverage with the tight end.

THREE AND OUT!!!!  HH punts and Danny Koudelka with an 11 yard return, but we are hit for a ten yard penalty and we start at our 33 yard line.  First down Malcolm Bowman with that good vision bounces outside between good blocks by Dominic Garcia and Tommy Gudmundsson, Caldwell cracks back on LB and Thompson chips two guys downfield and Bowman goes for 23 yards. First down on HH 44 yard line, Webb to Caldwell for no yards and on 2^nd & ten- Caldwell and Thompson with a crossing pattern, Caldwell slants across the middle, Webb hits him in stride at the 35 and Caldwell outruns the two safeties for a 44 yard TD. Real nice pocket on this TD, Michael Doorey and Cole Labhart double teamed the guard, Victor Calvillo took the left tackle and both Garcia and Gudmundsson control their men. The line did such a good job that Bowman had nobody to block—that’s a good thing!!! Wilner PAT is good with less than 2 minutes left in first quarter.

SM 21 - HH 0.

GREAT kickoff coverage again with M. Labhart & K. Hall and Holland Hall starts on their 10 yard line.

Holland Hall than has a nine play drive that gives them three first downs but their drive stalls as we hold them on a fourth and two on the SM 46 yard line. Some good defensive plays on this drive. Goldstein unassisted tackle holding runner for a one yard gain. Rambin good QB hit on a completed pass.  M. Labhart & K. Hall on run blitzes holding runner for short gain. Papin and Goldstein string out a sweep for little yards. Incomplete pass and good coverage by Roach on sideline pass. Baxley beats his blocker & makes first contact with runner and K. Hall with good spin move and Papin filling the hole and Otto Martinek coming from offside end finish off the runner.  On fourth and three  HH goes into punt formation and punter runs the ball, K. Hall chases from the offside and with help from Papin and Luke Williams hold him for one yard and we get the ball.  A strange call from HH.  First quarter did end during their drive.

Eleven minutes left in second quarter. We have the ball at our own 45 yard line.  First down Webb hits Kendrick Spraglin with a 38 yard bomb on a fly pattern.  First down a rare incomplete pass and again to this observer it looked like receiver ran wrong route. Second down three receivers to the right, Koudelka closest receiver, he drags across middle, Webb hits him, Danny gets a screen block by Spraglin, goes up the sideline and fakes out a DB at the two and strolls in. 17 yard pass and catch Webb to Koudelka. Touchdown.

Wilner PAT is good.   28 to 0  with 10 minutes left in first half.

Another solid kickoff coverage play, best game that these kickoff guys have had all year. Good hustle by K. Hall, Williams and Abeer Karim who came from the far side and returner is down at the 15. The kickoff coverage team is the hardest to determine who is who on the film. I don’t mean to slight anybody if I made a mistake.

First Down HH-two good run defense plays, on first down Rambin with initial hit and Reid Thompson finishes off runner, second down Law with help from K. Hall and Papin for short gain. Two plays six yards. Third down and we jump offside. First down and Thompson in deep coverage strips receiver of ball, incomplete. Good play.  Second down M. Labhart puts a good hit on the runner in the backfield and Papin and Martinek help finish him off. Third down M. Labhart blitzing up the middle puts a shot on QB but he gets the ball away and it’s completed in front of Thompson, but Reid makes a sure tackle and it’s a nine yard gain but one yard short of first down. Fourth and one and HH decides to punt, down 28 to zero????

Koudelka 12 yard punt return and we start at the SM 37. A run of nothing, Webb to Spraglin for 9 yards and a dropped pass and we are punting for the first time.

HH takes over on their own 33.

First down K. Hall and Papin with the stop, second down they FORGET to block M. Labhart and he smacks the runner. We have penalty and its first down for HH. K. Hall and Roach for tackle on a sweep. M. Labhart good hit on QB and good pass coverage by Roach for incomplete pass, Williams leads a gang tackle on a 5 yard run. We have a major penalty and HH has first down on the SM 35 yard line. Robert Keeler at nose guard and he has penetration and helps with tackle on short gain. Luke Williams with solid unassisted tackle. Holland Hall keeps pounding the ball and gets two more first downs on our 24 and 13 yard line. Good hits by Williams, Law and Papin. HH finally beats our DB with a slant pass for a TD and with 30 seconds left in half it is-  SM 28 - HH 7.

HALF TIME.

We start at the 25 after touchback on the kickoff.

Webb to Spraglin for one yard and second down is incomplete pass. Third down, good catch by Thompson and he goes for 17 yards on pass from Webb. Webb to Caldwell on nice down and out timing play for 14 yards.  On second down quick screen to Caldwell, Garcia with good block to spring him and Caldwell down the sideline and is knocked out of bounds at the two. I thought he got the pylon and scored. Good blocks on the right side of line with Doorey, Gudmundsson and Garcia on first down and Bowman with a quick move goes outside and scores.  PAT is blocked.

SM 34 HH 7      Nine minutes left in third quarter.

Good tackle by Luke Williams on kickoff and HH starts at the 27 yard line. First down Goldstein with a hit after one yard gain. Second down pass behind receiver and on third down M. Labhart knocks ball down at line of scrimmage. Three and Out.    Koudelka fair catch on punt at our 32.

First down no room for Bowman to run, second down quick pass to Thompson for 6 yards. Third down HH blitzes two and combines it with a line stunt; Garcia takes tackle wide, Calvillo controls his tackle. Doorey takes NG, Gudmundsson comes behind Doorey and gets the MLB and C. Labhart ends up blocking two guys and Webb has a clean pocket and he hits Caldwell in stride at the 40 yard line and Caldwell has his fourth TD for a 65 yard pitch and catch.  Wilner PAT good and its 41 to 7 with 7 minutes left in third quarter.

We kickoff and Henry Woram first guy to ball carrier and Luke Williams and Mac Labhart finish him off and these guys are flying downfield, returner is downed at the EIGHT YARD LINE.  Good deep and high kickoffs by Wilner.  First down solo tackle by K. Hall, second down initial hit by Papin and runner finished off by M. Labhart and Andrew Gatherer. Third down incomplete pass and its 3 and out.

They punt and we take over at the HH 43 yard line. Webb, Bowman, Garcia, Doorey, Caldwell, Thompson, and Spraglin are done for the night.

Walter Johnson at QB, Justin Jones at RB, Michael Mulholland and Ben Naftalis are on the O line. Receivers are Clayton Roberts, Andrew Pattison, and Travis Nadalini.

Johnson carries once for 5 yards and J. Jones carries 5 times for 28 yards, some tough inside running and Wilner hits a 32 yard field goal with one minute left in third quarter.

St Marks 44 - Holland hall 7.

C. Labhart tackle on kickoff.

We have some new faces on the D.   J. Jones at LB, Will Nelson at LB on the D line we have Robert Keeler, Abeer Karim, Andrew Gatherer and Kyle Weinstein. DB is Travis Nadalini. M. Mulholland gets some time also on D line.   Good to get these guys on O and on D some playing time.

HH goes on a 12 play drive 68 yard drive and they score with 8 minutes left in third quarter.

SM 44 HH 14.

We take the ball and keep it really simple. We punt after 3 plays and M. Labhart decks the punt returner and he fumbles and Martinek recovers fumble and rumbles for 5 yards to the HH 9 yard line. Offense stalls, did have completed pass Johnson to Pattison and we miss a 23 yard field goal.

Sorry to say but with about three minutes left in game, the team stopped filming.

FINAL SCORE  - ST Marks  44 - Holland Hall 14

NOTES: We are 6-1 , Greenhill next and unless something really strange happens next weekend, we will have a home playoff game on SATURDAY Nov 3.

QB Webb 18 for 23 for 387 yards and FIVE TD’s.   I believe that two incomplete passes were results on receivers running wrong routes, one pass was dropped and one ball was thrown away. NOT A BAD NIGHT!!!!  John Caldwell  7 catches for 249 yards and FOUR TD’s-- GREAT STUFF. Thompson 5 for 61, Spraglin 3 for 47, Koudelka 2 for 26 and TD. Bowman & Patison with a catch.  Johnson 1 for 2 passing.

Bowman had rushing TD.  Defense only allowed 60 yards passing and made HH punt 5 times. Great job by the kickoff coverage team who were always hustling down-field  Nice job Reid Thompson who went both ways for the whole first half and much of the third quarter. Great job offensive line who didn't give up a sack.
MD