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RADNOR — The beauty of pre-Labor Day football is that no matter the implications of a final score, there shall be a consistency of reaction.
So it was Friday when Marple Newtown defeated Radnor, 56-7, and both camps unloaded the same basic reaction.
Two words: It’s early.
“I told them we were 1-and-4 last year and wound up making the playoffs,” Radnor coach Kyle Yeiter said. “I was just letting them know, ‘Guys, it’s a long season.’”
At the same time – at the other end of both the field and range of emotion – coach Chris Gicking would be sharing a similar take.
“I just said, ‘We have Upper Darby next,’” he said. “And we know they are a very good football team. So we have a lot of work to do this week.”
The Raptors (0-2,0-1 Central League) were stung hard by injuries in the trenches, but with the way MN has played in the first two weeks – outscoring Boys Latin and Radnor by a combined 106-27 – it may not have mattered.
While having entered the season encouraged by a several-season ramp-up to a roster deep in experience, the Tigers have been showing the ability to exceed those dreams. Behind a dominating offensive line Friday – including, among others, Andrew Kirlin, Jason Bennett, Brett Cowan, Eric Janda and Jake McGowan – they rushed for 232 yards and scored on every first-half possession.
Brian Box paced the balanced attack with 109 rushing yards, including TD sprints of 54 and 6 yards, and added a flourish of an 85-yard return of the second-half kickoff to complete the hat trick.
“The big guys up front, and everybody around them, are just going 100 percent every single play,” Box said. “They don’t let up on any play.”
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Marple Newtown’s Brian Box, seen scoring against Conestoga in a game last season, rushed for109 yards and two touchdowns Friday night against Radnor. (Pete Bannan – MediaNews Group)
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