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North Penn did what a lot of people thought they couldn’t reaching the District Finals. Now they will play Coatesville and good luck with that.
NP 28
DW 21
@ Michael
Please post NP score when final. Thanks
Lost feed with 4 minutes left with C’Ville up 42-7 and GV at the C’Ville 10 but this one’s been decided.
GV was out played from start to finish. Really disappointing.
NP 28
DW 21
4th Q
Coatesville 42 Garnet Valley 7
11:11 left in the 4th QTR
Ortega with the 7 yard TD run. 25 yards in 3 plays.
Mercy rule now in effect
Coateville 35 GV 7 END of 3RD QTR
GV just held C’Ville at own ten, then GV with nice play but a fumble on a strip is recovered by C’Ville and returned to the GV 25 as time ran out in the 3rd quarter.
DTW 21 NP 21 I believe it’s 3rd QTR
GV stopped deep in own territory and forced to punt.
Coatesville takes over at GV 42 yard line.
A little over 3 minutes left in the 3rd QTR.
Barring a miracle, this one is about over folks!
GV is way over matched on athletic ability tonight. I thought they were a little better than this!
TD Coatesville now 35-7 over GV
2 plays
A Young with the 43 yard TD run after an Ortega scramble.
GV rushing defense quite disappointing.
GV starts the second half with the ball from their own 30.
GV moving the ball on the ground out over midfield then mysteriously throws two incompletions.
A gain of 8 on a keeper and an offside gets them a 1st down.
GV converts another 4th and one on a keeper down to the 12.
GV touchdown now 28-7
Drive took up more than 1/2 of third qtr. 5:39 left in 3rd
@ David Mika No problem…I figured may as well update while watching the live stream. C’Ville has looked shaky at times in pass defense but has been able to make stops when GV penetrated deep into C’Ville territory. Some GV receivers have been wide open and weren’t seen.The athletic ability of Ortega and Young have taken over the game along with superior run blocking by the offensive line. The C’Ville ‘O’ line has blocked well for the run but has had numerous leaks when pass blocking. The vaunted C’Ville passing game doesn’t seem to be in sync. Also a few too many bad snaps from center, mostly low. A few nice completions but several coverage sacks also.They are going to have to clean those things up against a better team or they may not make it to the 6A finals. Some tough games before that! To answer your question though…yes I believe they can beat SJP if they’re playing well.
Second half now underway.
C’Ville 28 GV 0 Half
C’Ville has scored on every possession except the first when they went out on downs deep in GV territory.
GV moved the ball a little better in the late 1st and 2nd QTR as they mixed it up a bit but couldn’t punch it in.
C’Ville hasn’t been able to pass much, good pressure by GV, but they really haven’t had to because of the running game with Young and the scrambles by Ortega.
GV receives second half kickoff
Mike A….Nice job updating us….The question is can they beat St. Joseph’s Prep in the Class 6A finals?
C’Ville now up 28-0 after C’Ville return interception 91 yards for a TD 4:12 left in 1st half.
GV coverts two 4th and one on the drive before the INT
Previously a long scramble run by Ortega I believe, about 50 yards, made it 21-0.
This one’s going to be a mercy rule soon if GV can’t score!
C’Ville 14 GV 0 End of 1st QTR
2 Aaron Young TD’s, both up the gut, one was 69 yards.
GV run game being stuffed for the most part. Going to the air now to try to loosen things up. Guys getting open but some being missed.
C’Ville pass defense a little shaky in the 1st QTR
C’Ville just stopped GV with a 4th and 6 on the C’Ville 19 with 46 seconds left in 1st qtr.
A Young in beast mode tonight
Newman:
1st, this is not the district final
2nd, the D1 final 2 years ago was played at NP ( grass)
@et all:
So gang, no live streaming ( free of course) of the NP/DTW game tonite that you know of?
Here is the updated list of games being moved to Saturday >> https://www.easternpafootball.com/news/piaa-hs-football-playoff-schedule-changes-for-nov-16th-2018/
Hello Newman……..wth (only on turf??)?? Don’t think so. Played at Crawford 2 years ago (I believe)…….
Entire District 3 football tournament slate rescheduled
http://highschoolsports.pennlive.com/news/article/-8157027890412064788/entire-district-3-football-tournament-slate-rescheduled/
My guess as to why they are playing the NP/DTW game at Downingtown?? $$$$ I’m sure NP was already paying to use the Wissahickon stadium, why would they want to pay more for snow removal?? Or maybe Wissahickon wasn’t going to bother cleaning the stadium period. At least now it is at one, if not the best football facility in all of the D1/D12 area.
@ Bleed Black and Red – completely agree, as I’ve stated on this board in the past, just hard to understand why NP has not installed turf yet, if they lose tonight have only themselves to blame, maybe now the school board will see the light and figure out they need to fast track the renovations at Crawford. Agree with Kevin X .that it’s absolutely ridiculous and embarrassing to change sites only hours before the game is scheduled, wouldn’t be surprised if some fans aren’t aware of the change and show up at Wissahickon and wonder what the heck is going on.
@Chief: the Garnet Valley football website has a link to their webcast. It is listing the game tonight as on the schedule, so perhaps they ponied up the $ to broadcast.
@KevinX: how could that work? That would be some loooong commutes. I thought it was ridiculous when Sun Valley went in the Ches Mont since they have no natural rivalry at all with any of the teams and the distances just don’t make sense, but this would be crazy.
@ Chief Red Raider – I heard that GV is live streaming the game on their football website.
@Kevin X
Something is in the works, the initial move of the West Chester East and West Chester Henderson that was approved a couple weeks ago has now been rejected by the league principals and AD’s.
The logical move would be to just do district-wide scheduling for 6A. If this merger does take place you are going to have 22 of the 35 6A teams in the same division/conference. In addition to that at least half of D1 schools from 4A and 5A will be involved in the merger.
Would be interesting to see the alignment of the division since the logistics make it crazy for a team such as Avon Grove. I would assume they would stay linked to Coatesville, DTE and DTW. The rest of the division is going to have to be comprised of some SOL schools and possibly a school like Chester. Most if not all SOL schools are some 50-75 miles from Avon Grove. Might not seem bad, but I can just imagine parents/fans making those treks on a Friday night in rush hour traffic. In addition to the added cost of the school districts for the transportation cost of for players/band/cheerleaders.
Zack, Knight, Buddy…I’m pretty sure District finals are required to be played on turf so there will be no more games at Crawford Stadium this year.
Rumor has it the NP / DTW game moved to DTW! That’s Bull…………. if it’s true!
Will it be live streamed anywhere? And why did they do this.
You NP fans, NPTV will not be streaming it.
…..and tonight’s Unionville/Upper Dublin game has been moved to tomorrow at 1:30p. These last minute changes are an absolute disgrace and joke. The people who run these events, are they completely clueless???