High school football Week 5 lookback: What we learned Friday
Published: September 26, 2008
-- Kadena is, simply put, a very, very dangerous team. Brandon Harrisor Anthony Tarver sniffing out the nearest interception and taking it to the house. Big-armed Lamar Smith striking just the right note with the well-placed pass on fourth down. And how about Stan Schrock, leaping over double coverage to catch that fourth-down pass? A defense that allowed deepest penetration by Kubasaki to Kadena's 38, and only two first downs the whole game?
-- Kubasaki takes better care of the football, the best-of-five Okinawa Activities Council season series would at least be even at 1-1. The Dragons's takeaway to turnover ratio in the two games thus far? One takeaway to 11 giveaways, including seven interceptions.
-- Johnell Alexander runs for four touchdowns. Luke Nelson rumbles for two more.Robert D. Edgren rights itself with a 42-0 home victory over Zama American. Sure beats that one-point loss a week earlier to American School In Japan.
-- Speaking of Mustangs, that Friday showdown at Yokota resembled a track meet early on, with ASIJ matching Yokota touchdown for touchdown. But the Panthers' defense adjusted to ASIJ's quirky A-11 offense, and the score might have been more than 24-14 had not Yokota fumbled the ball away three times in the second half. Just like in their 18-14 loss at Kubasaki the week before.
-- If nothing else, Brian Sanders (180 yards, 3 touchdowns, 19 carries) and Guam High proved that Father Duenas Memorial, the current Interscholastic Football League front-runner and defending champion, is vulnerable.
-- 150 days.
