Tigers Roll Past No. 11 Raiders
September 19, 2020 at 5:59 a.m.
Tigers Roll Past No. 11 Raiders
By Anthony Anderson-
With the Tigers churning for 268 ground yards and 349 overall, they knocked off Class 4A No. 11-ranked Northridge 27-14 in high school football Friday night at the Raiders’ spiffy, new Interra Field.
Quarterback Aaron Greene threw a 39-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-13 to Luke Adamiec as Warsaw extended a 14-7 halftime lead to 20-7 early in the third quarter.
Then the Tigers put the game away with a masterful drive of 19 plays for 88 yards that chewed a whopping nine minutes and 58 seconds off the clock for a 27-7 lead with 4:44 to go in the game.
“I didn’t realize that,” Warsaw coach Bart Curtis said of how much time that drive ate up. “Wow.”
Wow, indeed. The Tigers improved to 3-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference, 4-1 overall.
Northridge fell to 2-1 and 3-1.
“They’re a good outfit,” Curtis said of the Raiders. “Make no mistake about it. We were extremely fortunate to jump on them early in some situations.”
Warsaw jumped on the scoreboard on its first possession, a seven-play, 61-yard march capped by Patrick Zollinger’s 7-yard touchdown run.
The Raiders answered with an 11-play, 56-yard drive to knot the game at 7-7 in the opening minute of the second quarter.
The Tigers responded by going 74 yards on just six plays to take the lead for good when Greene tallied from 3 yards out at 8:07 to go before halftime.
Warsaw appeared to stretch its lead to 17-7 on a Cole Wampler 33-yard field goal on the last play before intermission, but an official blew his whistle just ahead of Wampler successfully kicking the ball through the uprights, believing that Northridge had 12 men on the field.
The official then waved off his own flag, but Wampler missed the reboot.
“They made a human error, which happens,” Curtis said of the situation. “I’m just glad we didn’t lose by a field goal.”
Far from it. The Tigers scored on each of their first two possessions of the second half, making it four TDs in five times having the ball, with the other possession being the phantom field goal.
“Our guys came out with a lot of energy,” Raider coach Tom Wogomon said, “but (Warsaw) just wore us down tonight.”
Junior halfback Julius Jones rushed 12 times for 117 yards on the night, repeatedly dicing up Northridge on pitchouts.
Zollinger added 67 yards on just six carries, while Juan Jaramillo consistently made pivotal gains in short-yardage situations inside, finishing at 51 yards overall across 17 attempts.
Defensively, sophomore safety Theodore Katris made two second-half interceptions for the Tigers, the first ending a Raider drive that had gotten to the Warsaw 19 in the third quarter and the second coming at his own 39 on a Northridge bomb with 1:54 remaining.
Katris was also in on the tackle that stopped the Raiders on fourth-and-2 at the Tiger 39 on the game’s first possession of the night.
“We’re getting better,” Curtis said of his team’s performance. “We still gotta execute better. We did not (always) look in sync. A lot of that was their defense playing well, (but) the ball was loose a few times. We’re not taking good care of the football. We gotta take better care.”
Warsaw fumbled three times, including on back-to-back plays during its last drive of the first half, but recovered all three.
Greene finished a perfect 3-for-3 throwing for the Tigers. Besides the TD hookup with Adamiec, he hit a leaping Jackson Dawson for a 27-yard gain on a first-and-22 during the virtually 10-minute drive. In the first half, he connected with Mason Martz for 15 yards.
The Tigers host Goshen next Friday in NLC play, while the Raiders visit NorthWood.
WARSAW 27, NORTHRIDGE 14
Scoring By Quarters
Warsaw;7;7;6;7;—;27
Northridge;0;7;0;7;—;14
Scoring Plays
First Quarter
W — Patrick Zollinger 7 run; Colton Wampler kick; 5:04.
Second Quarter
N — Dom Crowder 3 run; Carter Stoltzfus kick; 11:13.
W — Juan Jaramillo 3 run; Wampler kick; 8:07.
Third Quarter
W — Luke Adamiec 39 pass from Aaron Greene; kick failed; 8:34.
Fourth Quarter
W — Greene 1 run; Wampler kick; 4:44.
N — Crowder 5 run; Stoltzfus kick; 2:31.
Team Statistics
;War;Nr
Rush yards;268;141
Pass yards;81;76
Total yards;349;217
First downs;17;12
Fumbles-lost;3-0;0-0
Had intercepted;0;2
Penalties-yds;4-35;4-40
With the Tigers churning for 268 ground yards and 349 overall, they knocked off Class 4A No. 11-ranked Northridge 27-14 in high school football Friday night at the Raiders’ spiffy, new Interra Field.
Quarterback Aaron Greene threw a 39-yard touchdown pass on fourth-and-13 to Luke Adamiec as Warsaw extended a 14-7 halftime lead to 20-7 early in the third quarter.
Then the Tigers put the game away with a masterful drive of 19 plays for 88 yards that chewed a whopping nine minutes and 58 seconds off the clock for a 27-7 lead with 4:44 to go in the game.
“I didn’t realize that,” Warsaw coach Bart Curtis said of how much time that drive ate up. “Wow.”
Wow, indeed. The Tigers improved to 3-0 in the Northern Lakes Conference, 4-1 overall.
Northridge fell to 2-1 and 3-1.
“They’re a good outfit,” Curtis said of the Raiders. “Make no mistake about it. We were extremely fortunate to jump on them early in some situations.”
Warsaw jumped on the scoreboard on its first possession, a seven-play, 61-yard march capped by Patrick Zollinger’s 7-yard touchdown run.
The Raiders answered with an 11-play, 56-yard drive to knot the game at 7-7 in the opening minute of the second quarter.
The Tigers responded by going 74 yards on just six plays to take the lead for good when Greene tallied from 3 yards out at 8:07 to go before halftime.
Warsaw appeared to stretch its lead to 17-7 on a Cole Wampler 33-yard field goal on the last play before intermission, but an official blew his whistle just ahead of Wampler successfully kicking the ball through the uprights, believing that Northridge had 12 men on the field.
The official then waved off his own flag, but Wampler missed the reboot.
“They made a human error, which happens,” Curtis said of the situation. “I’m just glad we didn’t lose by a field goal.”
Far from it. The Tigers scored on each of their first two possessions of the second half, making it four TDs in five times having the ball, with the other possession being the phantom field goal.
“Our guys came out with a lot of energy,” Raider coach Tom Wogomon said, “but (Warsaw) just wore us down tonight.”
Junior halfback Julius Jones rushed 12 times for 117 yards on the night, repeatedly dicing up Northridge on pitchouts.
Zollinger added 67 yards on just six carries, while Juan Jaramillo consistently made pivotal gains in short-yardage situations inside, finishing at 51 yards overall across 17 attempts.
Defensively, sophomore safety Theodore Katris made two second-half interceptions for the Tigers, the first ending a Raider drive that had gotten to the Warsaw 19 in the third quarter and the second coming at his own 39 on a Northridge bomb with 1:54 remaining.
Katris was also in on the tackle that stopped the Raiders on fourth-and-2 at the Tiger 39 on the game’s first possession of the night.
“We’re getting better,” Curtis said of his team’s performance. “We still gotta execute better. We did not (always) look in sync. A lot of that was their defense playing well, (but) the ball was loose a few times. We’re not taking good care of the football. We gotta take better care.”
Warsaw fumbled three times, including on back-to-back plays during its last drive of the first half, but recovered all three.
Greene finished a perfect 3-for-3 throwing for the Tigers. Besides the TD hookup with Adamiec, he hit a leaping Jackson Dawson for a 27-yard gain on a first-and-22 during the virtually 10-minute drive. In the first half, he connected with Mason Martz for 15 yards.
The Tigers host Goshen next Friday in NLC play, while the Raiders visit NorthWood.
WARSAW 27, NORTHRIDGE 14
Scoring By Quarters
Warsaw;7;7;6;7;—;27
Northridge;0;7;0;7;—;14
Scoring Plays
First Quarter
W — Patrick Zollinger 7 run; Colton Wampler kick; 5:04.
Second Quarter
N — Dom Crowder 3 run; Carter Stoltzfus kick; 11:13.
W — Juan Jaramillo 3 run; Wampler kick; 8:07.
Third Quarter
W — Luke Adamiec 39 pass from Aaron Greene; kick failed; 8:34.
Fourth Quarter
W — Greene 1 run; Wampler kick; 4:44.
N — Crowder 5 run; Stoltzfus kick; 2:31.
Team Statistics
;War;Nr
Rush yards;268;141
Pass yards;81;76
Total yards;349;217
First downs;17;12
Fumbles-lost;3-0;0-0
Had intercepted;0;2
Penalties-yds;4-35;4-40
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