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Part of being a good football team is taking advantage of mistakes and after the Sept. 6 Liberty High game, it seems that the Amador Valley High School freshmen team is well on the way. They took advantage of three Liberty High fumbles, numerous Liberty penalties and three very short punts to roll to a 35-0 win. Although many Dons made big plays, three of the scoring drives were capped with passes from Patrick Gibbons to Carson Ewanich.
ìThe turnovers and penalties helped,î said Amador coach Chris Murphy, ìbut we played well as a team to win this game.î
The Dons took the opening kickoff and before they could even snap the ball they had a first down when Liberty jumped offside twice in a row. The Lions would jump offside another time before the Dons scored on a 12-yard strike, Gibbons to Ewanich.
On the ensuing kickoff, the Dons recovered a fumble and were back in business at the Liberty 40. On the first play, Gibbons hit Osterholt for an apparent touchdown, but Osterholt was called for a facemask and ball was put back to the 17. Amador got down the seven, but could not score, turning the ball over to Liberty at the 20.
Liberty made the game interesting at this point, moving the ball, mostly through the air, down to the Donsí 33. There, the Amador defense stiffened and got the ball back on downs. From there, David Ellison ran for 10, then Ewanich ran for 11 and Camaron Ashtianti went for four yards and the Dons were in Liberty territory at the 47. Ewanich then ripped off a 24 yard and, four plays later, he scored from eight yards out on a pass in the left flat from Gibbons.
Trailing 14-0, Liberty tried to get back into the game, but on their third play from scrimmage, the Dons caused a fumble that, after a wild scramble, was recovered by Jason Haycock in the end zone and a game that had seemed competitive had been turned into a rout.
With the clock running down in the first half, and under a minute to play, the Lions got off a 13 yard punt and the Dons were in business at their own 45. On the first play from scrimmage, Gibbons hit Osterholt on a fade down the left sideline moving Amador to the Liberty 15. After a timeout and another Liberty offside, Gibbons hit Ewanich on a swing route up the left side and the Dons were up 27-0. David Camerena turned a bad snap on the PAT into a nice run for the two point conversion and Amador took a 29-0 lead into the half.
The score remained 29-0, as both teams cleared their benches, into the fourth quarter when a two yard Liberty punt set up Amador at the Liberty 40. On the third play, Bronson Eggart carried around left end for 37 yards down the four yard line. After Jake Isabel went up the middle for three yards, Eggart did the honors carrying the ball in for the final score and the Dons, after a missed extra point, came away with a 35-0 opening night victory.
– Joe Silva
– Joe Silva
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