{"id":40575,"date":"2018-08-25T11:37:53","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T15:37:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=40575"},"modified":"2018-08-30T09:04:29","modified_gmt":"2018-08-30T13:04:29","slug":"garnet-overwhelms-unionville-42-3-in-season-opener","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=40575","title":{"rendered":"Garnet overwhelms Unionville, 42-3, in season opener"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Al Tustin<\/strong>, Sports Editor, The Times<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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Unionville Blake Charlton loses the handle on a first quarter fumble against Garnet Valley, Friday night.<\/p><\/div>\n

CONCORD \u2014 To say Unionville had a tough time with Garnet Valley, in both schools\u2019 high school football season opener, would be a bit of an understatement.<\/span><\/p>\n

The highly anticipated match up of the defending 5A District One champs \u2014 the Indians \u2013 and the 6A District One runner up \u2014 the Jaguars \u2014 was pretty much one-sided start to finish, with Garnet\u2019s run game and stifling defense leading to a 42-3 rout.<\/span><\/p>\n

Pretty much from the start, the Indians (0-1) couldn\u2019t find a way to stop Jags\u2019 running back Colin Robinson, who rushed for three scores and 116 yards on the ground. It didn\u2019t help that the new look Indians\u2019 offense couldn\u2019t sustain on offense and had to battle turnovers. The Jags (1-0), meanwhile, used their option offense perfectly, wearing down Unionville.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOne mistake becomes two mistakes,and we get a few guys tired and everybody shares in the blame,\u201d Unionville head Coach Pat Clark said afterward. \u201cIt kind of gets away from you.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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Unionville’s Nick Schnaars looks for running room against Garnet Valley.<\/p><\/div>\n

A combination of factors made it impossible for the Indians to fight their back back into the game.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re a good opponent, it was some of our execution and we couldn\u2019t get off the field on defense and we couldn\u2019t sustain on offense,\u201d Clark said. \u201cThat\u2019s what got us.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

As bad as the scoreboard looked, Clark expressed some optimism that \u2014 especially on defense \u2014 it was a matter of small issues, rather than major breakdowns.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cI can tell you right now, we weren\u2019t that far off of it,\u201d he said. \u201cYou get them in second and 7 and you miss a tackle on a counter, and it is a first down, instead of being able to get off the field.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

The Indians\u2019 lone score came on Dominic Braithwaite\u2019s second quarter field goal.<\/span><\/p>\n

Garnet took the opening kickoff after the Indians\u2019 deferred and promptly marched down the field, scoring on Robinson\u2019s 4-yard run. After Unionville saw a drive stall with fumble by junior QB Blake Charlton, Garnet marched right down the field \u2014 often finding running room up the middle \u2014 with Rory Glackin scoring a 12-yard run to make it 14-0 in the second quarter.<\/span><\/p>\n

After Braithwaite\u2019s field goal \u2014 a 22-yarder \u2014 the Jags again marched down the field, with Robinson scoring from six yards out to make it 21-3 at the half.<\/span><\/p>\n

Unfortunately for Unionville, the second half turned out to be more of the same. <\/span><\/p>\n

An opening drive showed promise, but was snuffed out by a fumble by Nick Schnaars. Worse \u2014 after gouging the Indians on the ground, Garnet QB Cole Palis then went to the air hitting Adam Oldrati with a 47-yard pass that set up another Robinson rushing score. That made it 28-3 \u2014 and Indians were no closer to figuring it out.<\/span><\/p>\n

The Jags added two more scores in the final quarter \u2014 the second when both teams began to blend in younger players.<\/span><\/p>\n

While it looks like Garnet has barely lost a beat \u2014 despite losing a number of key players to graduation \u2014 Unionville finds itself needing to find answers, and quickly. With a tough Academy Park looming Friday for the home opener \u2013 AP beat always tough Pennsbury 28-21 Friday night \u2014 Clark said his team is going to need to get to work to play the kind of football more typical of his 14 years at the helm.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to act like we\u2019re a playoff team and a defending league champion \u2014 I think that\u2019s the biggest thing,\u201d Clark said. \u201cSome guys have to grow up. (Tonight is) their first varsity game and it\u2019s a good opponent, but some guys learned what it means to play at the varsity level. Some things we can fix \u2014 some things guys should have tried to fix in May or June in the summer, so we have to live with it and get it together.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In other key matchups around Chester County Friday night, Great Valley held off Phoenixville, 28-15. Avon Grove defeated Kennett, 21-7; West Chester Henderson was overwhelmed by Oxford, 30-7; Downingtown East pounded Plymouth Whitemarsh, 41-7; Downingtown West fought of Perkiomen Valley, 44-33; West Chester East defeated Council Rock North, 27-14; and Bishop Shanahan defeated Benjamin Franklin, 28-12.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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