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Football: Rough start doesn’t deter Paoletti, Marple Newtown

Posted On: Tuesday, September 13, 2016
By: ldevlin

NEWTOWN SQUARE >> A week ago, on his leisurely way to 200-plus yards, Marple Newtown quarterback Anthony Paoletti saw just two of his passing attempts hit the turf.

Friday, when Paoletti’s first pass was corralled by Radnor linebacker Charlie Connolly and his first five attempts in succession missed their mark, the junior quarterback … well, he changed nothing.

“It was a rough start,” Paoletti admitted with a laugh.

True to form for the robust offense coach Chris Gicking has cultivated at Marple, denying Paoletti his first or second plan merely delayed the inevitable in the Tigers’ 28-7 Central League win over a shorthanded but tenacious Radnor bunch.

The astute signal-caller in Paoletti misfired early in the face of Radnor’s attack defense, one that limited the running game and prevented the Tigers’ backs from leaking out to present an escape valve for Paoletti. But after that touch beginning, Radnor’s aggressiveness flipped the switch for Paoletti to brandish one of the other arrows in his extensive quarterbacking quiver: The QB draw.

Paoletti eventually got his requisite 200 yards (205, but requiring 25 attempts) for the third time this season. But he helped break the game open with his legs, running for three scores and taking his season tally in that department to seven.

“Once our guys are getting it going, I think the whole team gets it going,” Paoletti said. “We just need some guy to get it going, and the whole team is on each other, supporting. We’re a family.”

He got a little help from a defense that caused three turnovers and contributed to a ragged first quarter. But Paoletti finally cashed in the latest riposte in the turnover battle, a Dylan Conan interception of Radnor backup quarterback Sean Mullarkey at the 31. Paoletti connected with tight end Luke Cantwell on a 23-yard seam route for his first completion, then scampered the final eight yards to the house.

“You’ve got to stay patient in times like that,” Paoletti said. “It all turned out our way obviously. But we weathered the storm, we got it all down and we came out with the W.”

From there, normal service was restored between two fairly evenly matched teams had one not been missing its starting quarterback and running back. Both Radnor’s Pat McDermott and Jack Horvath were confined to the sidelines for a second straight week, and while Raiders’ coach Tom Ryan expects them back in a matter of weeks rather than months, the absence showed.

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