Norco 21 Leuzinger 7
First let me say that Leuzinger was a good host to the visiting Norco Cougars. Thanks for the hospitality.This was a very sloppy game for the Cougars. It was one of those nights that make you scratch your head. Everything started out with the bus showing up one hour late pick up the boys. As Norco began streching drills and pre-game, many boys were still on the side-line waiting to be taped. It was a mad rush to start the game. On a night where Norco had a ridiculous amount of penalties (even by Norco standards), two dropped punt returns, two interceptions and two lost fumbles, one would not expect to win. Especially against a big, strong and fast team like Leuzinger.
Tonight I tip my hat to the Norco Defense. The boys played championship defense. They stuffed the run all night and shut down the pass as well. The linebacker and DB’s all played the pass nearly perfect and the D-Line was in the backfield all night long. The first string defense did give up thier first touchdown of the year tonight, however, it was only after a fumbled punt reception deep in Leuzinger territory. We had one blown coverage by a corner and that led to the TD. Other than the one blown coverage the entire defense played a near flawless game. Good job boys.
The Leuzinger D-Line was big, strong and fast. They were able to mess with a lot of Norco’s blocking schemes. I was really impressed with their d-lines speed. I think Leuzinger will have a fine season and may suprise some folks.
The score could have been much more lopsided had Norco not had a safety overturned (mysteriously), and a defensive touchdown called back (mysteriously). The officials did a horrible job of managing this game. I do not think the ref’s were biased, I just think they were horrible. There were numerous delays while the ref’s tried to figure out what they were doing down on the field. It was some of the worst officiating I have witnessed in the high school setting.
September 20th, 2006 at 3:55 pm
Nice post. Thanks for the recap.