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Football: Line leads the advance for Garnet Valley

Posted On: Monday, November 10, 2014
By: ldevlin

CONCORD — The opening sequence of a game can often give a clear insight as to how each team plans to approach the other and that was extremely evident in Friday’s District One Class matchup between No. 7 Garnet Valley and No. 10 Central Bucks South.  After the Titans scuffled through a three-and-out where they did not give star running back Josh Adams a touch on the game’s first series, the Jaguars came out looking to do what they do best: Use their excellent offensive line to plow over the opposing defense. To the delight of the Garnet Valley coaching staff, the Jaguars powerful offensive line did just that. Linemen Jake Arters, John DiPasquale, Shane Stabinski, Brian Smith, Greg Schenk, Justin George, and tight end Tom Cleary were nothing short of dominant in the 35-15 victory – especially on the game’s first drive.

“We had great field position and we had the wind to start,” said Jaguars coach Mike Ricci. “We deferred to start the game and then they had to punt into the wind. It was a short punt and we were able to execute from there. We work all the time on our execution and we’ve gotten better and better each game.”

The display of power and precision that the Garnet valley offensive line put on was as impressive to the Jaguars faithful as it was deflating to the C.B. South sidelines. Running back Derrick West carried the ball nine times for 45 yards on that opening drive to firmly establish that Garnet Valley was going to go directly into the heart of the Titans defense all night long.

“Everyone did what they had to do, knew where to be, made blocks and there were holes to go through,” said West, who finished the game with 158 yards on 33 carried and four touchdowns. “The offensive line was phenomenal. Even with (DiPasquale) and (Stabinski) being injured and getting treatment all week, they came out and were phenomenal.”

West and quarterback Steve Flanagan were the primary beneficiaries of the superior line play. West was a workhorse and was particularly effective in the first half as he tallied 105 yards on 21 carries and three touchdowns to help the Jags pull away early. Flanagan was also extremely efficient at quarterback as he tallied 91 yards on 13 carries and completed two of his three pass attempts for 47 yards. Holding a 21-7 lead at halftime, the Jaguars went right back to work to start the second half behind the legs of West and Flanagan, who each had third-quarter touchdowns to extend the Garnet Valley (9-2) lead to 35-7 and effectively put the game away.

“Our backs our great,” said DiPasquale, who stand 6-5 and weighs 290 pounds.

“We just had to stay on our blocks and they were able to find the holes.”

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