2002 In Review

Week 5

Friday October 1, 2004

Versus

Shippensburg High School

HOMECOMING CAPPED WITH A TOUGH WIN OVER THE GREYHOUNDS!

Never, ever, take a Greyhound lightly. That was the lesson in last night's Homecoming game against the Shippensburg Greyhounds at Bostic. Ship came to play. The days of hounds being a Colonial doormat are apparently over. They brought with them a very good running attack which included FB Milton Webber who rushed 20 times for 112 yards.

The Bears scored first when Colby hit Cory Betz for a 36 yard touchdown on a beautiful touch pass that Cory pulled in over the shoulder. Shippensburg came right back on their initial drive moving nearly the length of the field but hit the wall when Hound QB Josh Ebersole who was hit while throwing lofted a duck that was picked off by Keith Kunkle and returned to mid-field. Following the interception, the Bears marched 63 yards on 6 plays mixing it up with the running and passing game. Scottie Davies took it in from 7 yards out on the 6th play of the drive and the Bears went up 14-0. They took that lead into the locker room. The 3rd quarter saw the Bears get out to a 17-0 lead when Steve Morret connected on a 28 yard field goal. After a 1 yard touchdown pass by Ebersole getting the Greyhounds to within 10 points, Northern's offense took over and completely dominated the Greyhounds, particularly with the running of Mike Romagnoli who, himself, carried 14 times for 115 yards and scored the final touchdown. Northern won the game 24-7, and in the process learned quite a bit about their team.

Next week the Bears travel to Middletown where they will find a very dangerous 2-3 team. Middletown beat East Penn earlier in the year and played West Perry extremely close. This will be a great test for our boys as they head into the second half of the season.