Plymouth's Walking Wounded Come To Life
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
SYRACUSE - Before the start of last night's game between Plymouth and the Wawasee Warriors nobody knew if Plymouth's QB Nick Chaney would play.
Chaney was sporting a bad ankle and Scott Eisenbarger started in his place. Early in the second quarter however, Plymouth's head coach Tom Condon made two important moves. He brought Chaney in at quarterback and brought in Bobby Salinas, who was also injured at running back. Those two combined for 207 yards of offense as Plymouth beat Wawasee 19-6 Friday at Warrior Field.
Chaney threw for 60 yards and ran for 56 more, while Salinas tore up the Warrior deffense for 91 yards on 12 carries.
Wawasee grabbed the lead early when Warrior quarterback Jeff Beer connected with Aaron Graves from 35 yards out. Plymouth came right back and scored on Nick Chaney's 1-yard dive into the end zone to close out the half.
Plymouth came out in the second half and ran the ball straight down Wawasee's throat.
The Rockies used Salinas and speedy Eddie Rodriguez to keep the Warriors on their toes. Then Nick Chaney took control. He ran for 31 yards and then threw to Joel Grindle from 9 yards out to put Plymouth ahead 13-6.
Plymouth's defense then held Wawasee to a steady crawl on offense. The defense shut down the running attack and forced Beer to air the ball out. Last week against Northwood, he threw the ball five times compared to 31 times against Plymouth.
It really came down to Wawasee's air attack and Plymouth's smash-mouth running game, and Plymouth came out on top.
At the begining of the fourth quarter, the Warriors had a chance to stay in the game but they just couldn't stop the run.
Plymouth ran the ball six straight times for 45 yards. Three plays later, Chaney scored again, this time from 2 yards out to make the score 19-6 and closed the door on any chance that Wawasee would make a comeback.
To make it worse for the Warriors, junior guard Jamie Salazar was ejected from the game for arguing with one of the referees. According to ISHAA rules, Salazar will be suspended from next week's game at Warsaw.
Wawasee is now 3-3 and 2-2 in the NLC and is at Warsaw Friday. Plymouth, 5-1 hosts NLC foe Concord Friday. [[In-content Ad]]
SYRACUSE - Before the start of last night's game between Plymouth and the Wawasee Warriors nobody knew if Plymouth's QB Nick Chaney would play.
Chaney was sporting a bad ankle and Scott Eisenbarger started in his place. Early in the second quarter however, Plymouth's head coach Tom Condon made two important moves. He brought Chaney in at quarterback and brought in Bobby Salinas, who was also injured at running back. Those two combined for 207 yards of offense as Plymouth beat Wawasee 19-6 Friday at Warrior Field.
Chaney threw for 60 yards and ran for 56 more, while Salinas tore up the Warrior deffense for 91 yards on 12 carries.
Wawasee grabbed the lead early when Warrior quarterback Jeff Beer connected with Aaron Graves from 35 yards out. Plymouth came right back and scored on Nick Chaney's 1-yard dive into the end zone to close out the half.
Plymouth came out in the second half and ran the ball straight down Wawasee's throat.
The Rockies used Salinas and speedy Eddie Rodriguez to keep the Warriors on their toes. Then Nick Chaney took control. He ran for 31 yards and then threw to Joel Grindle from 9 yards out to put Plymouth ahead 13-6.
Plymouth's defense then held Wawasee to a steady crawl on offense. The defense shut down the running attack and forced Beer to air the ball out. Last week against Northwood, he threw the ball five times compared to 31 times against Plymouth.
It really came down to Wawasee's air attack and Plymouth's smash-mouth running game, and Plymouth came out on top.
At the begining of the fourth quarter, the Warriors had a chance to stay in the game but they just couldn't stop the run.
Plymouth ran the ball six straight times for 45 yards. Three plays later, Chaney scored again, this time from 2 yards out to make the score 19-6 and closed the door on any chance that Wawasee would make a comeback.
To make it worse for the Warriors, junior guard Jamie Salazar was ejected from the game for arguing with one of the referees. According to ISHAA rules, Salazar will be suspended from next week's game at Warsaw.
Wawasee is now 3-3 and 2-2 in the NLC and is at Warsaw Friday. Plymouth, 5-1 hosts NLC foe Concord Friday. [[In-content Ad]]