Friday Night Insight

What an opening night. From an overtime game with Fond du Lac to a nailbiter for WLA, it was a great kick off to the high school football seaon.

I was impressed with Fondy quarterback Ben Anderson. He has a great touch and a pretty good arm. It's almost a shame that Fondy is going to run the ball a majority of the time, although you could argue it is those runs that set up the pass.

I've never seen an injured player move more than Paul Biolo. Biolo sprained his MCL and will have it examined today. We'll see if we can get an update. But Biolo was probably more active on the sidelines than he was in the game, and that's saying something. He caught a 30-yard touchdown pass from Anderson and played a big role on the kick return teams. But there he was, moving around on his crutches, waving them as pom poms and trying to persuade the trainer to let him back in. When it became apparent that a last-minute field goal would win the game, Biolo, the team's holder, tried persuading anyone that would listen that he could still hold, despite the fact he had an ice pack on his knee on he ditched his shoulder pads a while back. When it missed, Biolo asked, "Was it a bad hold?"

Fondy's defense needs to improve for its game with Kimberly on Friday. There were a handful of times Oshkosh North converted third and longs, and some of those directly led to a touchdown. It wasn't a matter of not getting to the quarterback. North's Juston Wara didn't have much time to throw but he slipped through a number of sure sacks. He looked much improved over last year.