It's hard to believe that 2/3 of the season is already behind us, and in less than a month, we'll be down to a handful of teams in each division.
As always, there were some things that stood out for me on Friday night. And as always, I'll share them with you here.
Fondy's confidence grows: Say what you will about an offense that doesn't seem to score all that much, but you'd be hard pressed to find a team with more confidence than Fondy right now. Lesser teams would have buckled against the Wildcats on Friday night but the Cardinals somehow found a way to get the job done on defense against a very, very good offensive team. Aside from a 30-yard pass that set up West's first touchdown, I didn't see much from quarterback Tyler Wegner, although he did have two receivers drop passes. Sure, Agrell ran for 167 yards, but he never broke the big one (for a touchdown at least). At the beginning of the year I thought that Fondy was going to be a borderline playoff team, two weeks ago I thought they'd be out in the first round, but now I'm starting to think that this is a team that could stick around for a while come November.
How 'bout those Orioles: You knew it was going to happen eventually. North Fond du Lac picked up its first win since Oct. 25, 2002, when it beat Princeton 36-7 on Friday night. Scott Woicek was a monster, running for 249 yards. Princeton just could not stop North Fondy's offense. Congratulations to coach Nate Lehman and the rest of his staff for giving those kids something to be proud of heading into next season.
Look out for New Holstein: OK, let's all pay attention to New Holstein now. The Huskies pulled off a big victory over Kiel, beating them 23-16 in overtime to stay atop the Eastern Wisconsin Conference and punch their ticket for their second playoff appearance since 1998. I'll admit that I had written them off after a couple of tough losses early in the season, but now they are legit title contenders... provided they can win at least two of three against Plymouth, Kewaskum and Sheboygan Falls.
Horicon is good: Don't think I need to say much more about that. Mayville's not going to see that type of speed the rest of the year.
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Being at the Horicon-Mayville game Friday night and being unbiased, I can say two things: Nick Scharpf is one heck of a receiver catching 3 TD's and blowing by the Mayville secondary. Secondly, would be that Mayville does a horrible job of trying to let Matt Haass go out a win a football game. I was sick of seeing the 3 yard in pattern all game long instead of giving him a chance to carry the team on his shoulders.
Sadly, I believe that is all the time that Haass is given behind his inconsistent offensive line. They had performed well for Matt most of the year up until that point. What I noticed in the game versus Horicon, was that Matt had to roll out often just because the coach knew he had to let Matt make a play, but the line wasn't going to give him enough time. Also, I agree 100% about Nick Scharpf. Any information where hes planning on going to school? Lastly, it's good to see NFDL getting a win. No matter who they beat or under what circumstances, I'm glad to see them back on the gridiron!
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