The Times Herald (Norristown, PA)
Pottstown’s Watson has big receiving day in win over Methacton
and Mason Miller picked off a pass.
The gang tackling of Pottstown was what Delaney was most impressed with. There appeared to be at least three or four Trojans in on the tackle on every Methacton running play.
“We were a little bit more aggressive than we’ve been,” Delaney said of his team’s defense. “We wanted to kind of go after them...It was really more of a committee effort. We talked about it. We can’t have one guy making tackles. We can’t have two guys, and that’s what you saw tonight, we had so many guys.”
In place of injured starter Mike Torcini, Justin Carfrey was the lead back for Methacton, getting his first varsity start. Carfrey fumbled on his first carry of the game, but responded well, finishing with 17 carriers for 115 yards to make up the majority of the Methacton offense.
The passing game never got going as Methacton’s quarterbacks combined to go 2-for-15 for 13 yards with three interceptions.
“First of all, credit to their defense,” Lotier said of Pottstown said. “Those kids flew around. They played football tonight. With us offensively, it was one of those nights where it was something different every play.
“One time it’d be a missed block, the next time it’d be a bad snap. Then we’d have a penalty. All night, we had too many negative plays that put us behind the sticks, and we weren’t able to recover from those negative plays.”
The Warriors open up PAC Liberty Division play next week with a road trip to Boyertown, while the Trojans head to Pottsgrove to open up their Frontier slate.
Like Methacton, Pottstown, which was penalized eight times for 65 yards, will focus on minimizing penalties as it gears up for division play.
“Little mistakes, penalties especially, ” Watson said of what Pottstown needs to improve on. “We’ll work on it next week. We’ll be fine.”