These notes are unusually long as I was taking them for an NCS game and needed a lot of detail to form my story. What you will take Friday does not need to be this in depth (yet you may want details).NCS Quarterfinal: #6 Acalanes @ #3 Encinal (11/17/07)
Pre-Game Its alright, take it easy playing on loud speakers as fog billows over uneven grass field
Alameda Willie Stargell field
Worn out goalposts, aged scoreboard
Encinal Jets flag under US flag- as if school football only comes second to the entire nation
Fog thickens for kickoff
Encinal hosting first playoff game in school history
Encinal 9-2, AHS 6-5
1st Quarter DONS- first drive- Malley stuffed twice, failed Turner sneak? punt on 4th and 7
JETS- run all over dons on first drive
o 57 yard run (Jeff Owens)
o JETS 6-0
DONS- 1st signs of progress- completion to Baker (1st down)
DONS- back to normal
o Failed run
o Turner completely overthrows Caldwell
o Malley failed run
o Pestal could only watch in pain
o Way overthrown again? Encinal takes over on downs
JETS- QB throws up rainbow right in front of Dons sideline? Owens snags it, tiptoes inbounds for a 25 yard completion to sum up first quarter
QUARTER SCORE: JETS 6-0
2nd Quarter JETS- 30 yard run (Kelly Portis)
JETS- short 1 yard run (Owens)? TD
JETS- 13-0
DONS- mud stained white jerseys, silenced sideline
DONS- 3 and out capped off by another overthrown pass? 4th and 9 punt
DONS- Fillmore shuts down punt return- breathing life into gasping Dons
JETS- (Kelly Portis)?18 yard run
DONS- finally stopped Owens? forced turnover
DONS- 7 yard Malley run? 2nd and 3
DONS- 8 yard Malley run- 1st down
DONS- shut down for 3 plays- then on 4th and 6- completion to Malley for 1st down
DONS- 5:07? fumble, Jets recover
JETS- QB runs for 47 yards, looking like all but a quarterback
JETS- 13 yard TD reception (Tyronne Duckett #15)
JETS- 20-0 (2:07)
DONS- dead silence falls over sideline
DONS- 4 and out? Encinal takes over
JETS- lobbed pass into endzone- finally incomplete? broken up by Baker
DONS- Avery interception (1:03)? Dons ball on opposing 35
DONS- 2 consecutive completions to Baker
JETS- (#10- Jonathon Brown) interception- putting end to any momentum
DONS- Howard lights up #10
JETS- wide open reception- broke open for 30 yards (0:08)
DONS- timeout with 8 seconds left in half- players walked to huddle heads down, jerseys turned brown, sweat beading from rejected faces- looked for last stand of half
DONS- Sheldon takes down QB for loss of yards to end half
HALF SCORE: JETS 20-0
3rd Quarter JETS- started things like they ended- 17 yard run, followed by 48 yard Owens TD run? coach yelling for perfection 26-0
DONS- Caldwell told to warm up (10:29)
JETS- Kelly Portis? 57 yard run, Xavier Milton nine yard reception
JETS- 33-0 (8:20)
DONS- Caldwell subbed in- began to move lines, converted for a first down (the first in awhile)
DONS- however, jitters set in for young QB- fumbled @ 6:24? Jets ball
JETS- finally fail to convert? punt
DONS- Baker calls fair catch on punt, Encinal charges through, hits Baker, ball bobbles, Howard recovers and gets knocked out- concussion (3:54)
DONS- dont even look like they want to play- run onto cold, muddy, foggy field? losing fight
DONS- story of night- fail to convert, Jets ball
JETS- continue to run through team- Owens 19 yard TD run (40-0 under 1 minute)
DONS- pull in receptions just to get run into the ground? muddy jerseys, bloody legs- Dons convert on long completion to conclude 3rd quarter
QUARTER SCORE: JETS 40-0
4th Quarter Run out to Hells Bells- cant see from endzone to endzone
DONS- ball on Jets 9 yard line? closest to endzone yet- like they dont know what to do when they got there
DONS- finally TD 9:59? Quinn 2 yard run- 40-7
JETS- #24 (Joshua Johnson) breaks open 51 yard TD run 46-7
DONS- Howard and Malley find their seat on the trainers bench- abused all night long
DONS- frustration, sweat, mud
DONS- failed Warren FG
All laughs for Jets
JETS- 4:47 break open another 25+ yard run
DONS- struggle through every play
JETS- take final knees, fans countdown
FINAL SCORE: 46-7
Post-Game / Stats
Howard, McSwine, Plesha? all in tears to end season
Malley 57 yards rushing
DONS- 91 yards total rushing (22 plays)
JETS- Portis- 140, Owens- 135, Johnson- 83 rushing?513 yards total on the ground (41 plays)
Turner 5-22 for 59 yards passing, Caldwell 6-11 for 47 yards? 11-33 for 106 yards total
Encinal- 8-11 for 104 yards total (Brown- 101 yards)
Baker- 49 yards receiving