High school football Week 2 lookback: What we learned Friday night
Published: September 6, 2008
Brief scouting report through the eyes of a non-football coach during Friday's Pacific high school gridiron contests, hours after we somewhat whetted our NFL appetites for the 2008 season:
-- Brandon Harris and Kadena picked up right where it left off last year, when the Panthers won the Class AA football title. Harris ran for a touchdown and had two interceptions, a third of Kadena's six takeaways as it shut out Kubasaki 13-0 at Kadena's McDonald Stadium. But the most significant number: A combined 27 penalties for 228 yards. That's nearly a third of the game's 100 plays. Season-opening games tend to go like that. Most certainly, the execution will improve when the teams meet again Sept. 26 at Kubasaki's Mike Petty Stadium.
-- Watch Yokota's Derick "Rookie" Seward likea hawk. The guy's had back-to-back 153-yard games and five total touchdowns -- in just FIVE quarters of play! The Panthers' second unit played the second half of Friday's 42-6 home romp over Zama American, and the Aug. 29 season-opening 35-0 win at Nile C. Kinnick was called with 11:39 left due to lightning. And he had an 81-yard TD run called back due to a penalty in the Kinnick game.
-- Even in defeat, Kinnick senior Tyree Hunt showed he's returned in style from leg injuries that hampered his preseason. In Friday's 30-24 loss at Robert D. Edgren, in which the Red Devils almost rallied from a 21-0 deficit, Hunt amassed 192 yards and a touchdownon 14 carries, two catches for 94 yards and a 20-yard return for a TD.
-- And might we be seeing the formation of "Fantastic Four 2.0" at Edgren? Jamal Dennis gained 108 yards on 12 attempts and scored twice, Drew Holder passed for a touchdown and Cheston Nurial-Dacalio ran for a TD. All that to complement Johnell Alexanders's 120 yards on 17 carries and six returns for 80 yards. Sure sounds like it to me.
