{"id":23230,"date":"2014-09-20T12:56:39","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T16:56:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=23230"},"modified":"2014-09-20T12:56:25","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T16:56:25","slug":"unionville-overpowers-sun-valley-38-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=23230","title":{"rendered":"Unionville overpowers Sun Valley, 38-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Offense, defense dominate, but schedule gets tougher now<\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Mike McGann<\/strong>, Editor, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Unionville’s completely shut down Sun Valley’s offense, Friday night, en route to a 38-0 win. Indians’ Dylan Rappucci sacks Vanguards’ QB Gabe Bocella, as the defense now has been unscored upon for eight straight quarters. Jim Gill photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

EAST MARLBOROUGH \u2014 The evidence of good news for the Unionville High School football team was all around.<\/p>\n

Young players and second stringers got quality time on the field, in fact much of the second half. For the second straight week, the offense was explosive and the defense overpowering \u2014 with an impressive eight quarter scoreless streak now, matched with three straight games of scoring 35 or more points.<\/p>\n

And yet, things are about to \u201cget real\u201d and fast after the Indians dismantled Sun Valley, 38-0, Friday night in a Ches-Mont American Division game.<\/p>\n

First off, the schedule gets a lot harder \u2014 West Chester Henderson comes to town next Friday night, fresh off an impressive win over Ches-Mont powerhouse Downingtown West \u2014 and the Indians may be facing time without their top running back, junior Brandon Boon, who appeared to suffer a significant ankle injury in the game.<\/p>\n

So while there was a lot to celebrate from Friday night\u2019s win, don\u2019t expect the party to last too long, not with Henderson looming.<\/p>\n

\u201cHenderson next week\u2026they\u2019re big and they\u2019re strong, they\u2019re a quality football team,\u201d Unionville head coach Pat Clark said. \u201cThere\u2019s no easy ones left, the level of competition in our conference has gotten better. We have a big challenge next week in Henderson.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Back from a week-one injury, Unionville’s Quinn Cheyney closes in on Sun Valley’s Quentin West, Friday. Jim Gill photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

Still, even with things likely to get more challenging, the numbers and the evidence of a strong performance are something worth looking at. Senior quarterback Alex Pechin \u2014 in little more than two quarters \u2014 put up some impressive numbers, completing 5 of 9 passes for 113 yards and two TD, while rushing for 85 more yards on the ground.<\/p>\n

In fact, using nine different rushers, Unionville cranked up 255 yards on the ground, with Austin Hofman-Reardon rushing for 45 yards and two TD, Boon adding 42 yards before both gave way to younger players in the third quarter. Junior Mark Knightly showed string flashes in getting his major work at back, getting an impressive 33 yards on just four carries, and sophomore Dylan Thompson was just as good, getting 34 yards on four carries. Junior quarterback Jason Hagen looked solid in relief of Pechin, as well.<\/p>\n

Knightly, Thompson and senior Brendan Boyle may need to pick up the slack if Boon is out for any length of time \u2014 although it also appeared clear that the rapidly improving offensive line was doing a solid job of creating running room for whomever got the ball.<\/p>\n

On other bright spot: Clark\u2019s son, junior tight end Patrick Clark, Jr. caught his first career touchdown pass \u2014 and for just a second, the veteran head coach could enjoy a moment of being a proud dad, giving his son a high five after the play.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat was nice to see,\u201d Clark admitted afterward, smiling. \u201cAfter 20 years of coaching everybody else\u2019s kid, it\u2019s really cool to see your own kid catch a touchdown.\u201d<\/p>\n

On defense, the Indians continued to show improvement almost completely shutting down the Vanguards\u2019 running game and dominating at the line of scrimmage. And interestingly, when the second unit came in during the second half, the youngsters appeared to play with an even higher level of ferocity \u2014 containing the Sun Valley first offense for much of the second half.<\/p>\n

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Unionville senior quarterback Alex Pechin had another strong game, throwing for a pair of TD and 113 yards in a little over two quarters of work. Jim Gill photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

\u201cI think our kids have really bounced back from a few weeks ago and it\u2019s really just being fundamentally sound,\u201d Clark said. \u201cThey\u2019re starting to take some pride in defense. If you want to win big games, you have to be able to defend. I like the way we\u2019re headed defensively.\u201d<\/p>\n

Pretty much from the outset it was clear that Unionville would control the game. The Indians took the opening possession, drove 72 yards, scoring on Pechin\u2019s pass to Elan Nash from 11 yards out. After a three and out by Sun Valley, Pechin hit Nash again for another scoring pass, this time from 40 yards out for the score to make it 14-0.<\/p>\n

After a blocked punt was recovered by Jessie Gill on the Vanguards\u2019 16, Hofman-Reardon needed just two carries to score, making it 21-0. Pechin added a 30-yard field goal to make 24-0.<\/p>\n

In the final minutes of the half, Pechin hit Nash again \u2014 this time for 42 yards \u2014 to set up another Hofman-Reardon TD run, from three yards out, to make the score 31-0 at the half.<\/p>\n

Unionville scored on its first possession of the second half \u2014 the Pechin TD to Clark \u2014 and that was pretty much it for most of the Indians\u2019 starting lineup on both sides of the ball.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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