{"id":5743,"date":"2011-11-12T13:36:32","date_gmt":"2011-11-12T18:36:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=5743"},"modified":"2011-11-13T10:18:39","modified_gmt":"2011-11-13T15:18:39","slug":"nashaminy-knocks-off-indians-28-0","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unionvilletimes.com\/?p=5743","title":{"rendered":"Neshaminy knocks off Indians, 28-0"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tough playoff loss ends otherwise successful season<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

By Mike McGann<\/strong>, Editor, UnionvilleTimes.com<\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Unionville's Richard Sampson takes to the air to escape Nashiminy's Denny Lord. The senior tailback finished his 2011 season with more than 1,500 yards rushing for the Indians. Sean Helle photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

EAST MARLBOROUGH \u2014 Like a blind side block, Unionville couldn\u2019t have seen this coming.<\/p>\n

Taking advantage of some early miscues and a bit of a size edge, 14th seeded Neshaminy came in and stunned the third-seeded Indians, 28-0, ending what had otherwise been one of the better football seasons in school history.<\/p>\n

As has been the case at times during the season, mistakes \u2014 turnovers, punt blocks and penalties \u2014 haunted 9-2 Unionville and while previously it could depend on a mix of speed and skill to overcome such errors, the red-hot Redskins (8-3) were just too talented for that to happen.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe made some mistakes,\u201d Unionville head coach Pat Clark said. \u201cOur kids played with tremendous heart and effort. The early turnovers cost us, we weren\u2019t able to change the field (position) around and gave them two short fields and that got us.\u201d<\/p>\n

And although the sudden loss hurts, Clark said that it should be put in perspective \u2014 and shouldn\u2019t obscure the successful season that the Indians worked hard to produce in 2011.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s going to sting,\u201d Clark said of Friday night\u2019s loss. \u201cI thought our kids were really in a good place this week, they were focused and prepared, but when they look back on the season and what they\u2019ve accomplished, they certainly carried on the tradition of the program. I\u2019m really proud of them. We had a small group of seniors \u2014 we have a lot (of players) back next year, but this has been one of our better teams. They played at the same high level as the classes before them have.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Unionville quarterback Tom Pancoast fights off Nashaminy's Jesse Tullio, trying to get a pass downfield. Jim Gill photo.<\/p><\/div>\n

One player who was making his final \u2014 as it turned out \u2014 start for Unionville was Richard Sampson, the gifted senior tailback. He was held to 80 tough yards on 21 carries \u2014 but saw runs called back because of penalties, including a 30-yard run that would have been a touchdown. Still, Sampson had one of the most prolific seasons in school history, finished his 2011 Unionville season with 1,524 yards and 20 rushing touchdowns.<\/p>\n

And it wasn\u2019t just Sampson who was slowed \u2014 the entire Unionville offense was held to just 150 yards of total offense. Rushed and harried virtually the entire game, quarterback Tom Pancoast was held to just 4 of 18 passing for 33 yards and a pair of interceptions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey made us work for our yards,\u201d Clark said. \u201cWe hit some and we missed some \u2014 but we weren\u2019t consistent enough. Sometimes, that happens.\u201d<\/p>\n

But in the end, it was just too much Neshaminy \u2014 coming off a big win against Pennsbury (which itself posted an upset over No. 2 Abington Friday and will travel to Coatesville \u2014 a 60-28 winner<\/a> over Spring-Ford \u2014 next week) \u2014 for Unionville to cope with. The Redskins were able to run the ball consistently, keep the ball out of the Indians\u2019 hands and score when it was needed \u2014 but it was capitalizing on Indians\u2019 miscues that really turned the tide.<\/p>\n

Neshaminy scored quickly after Pancoast\u2019s pass was deflected into the hands of Denny Lord, setting up the Redskins with the ball on the Unionville 14. Lord scored from a yard out a couple of plays later, giving Nashaminy a 7-0 early lead.<\/p>\n

Sean Ulmer, who rushed for 160 yards on 23 carries, ripped off a 47-yard run in the early going of the second quarter and then capped the drive with a 7-yard scoring run, to give the Redskins a 14-0 lead with the extra point.<\/p>\n

Although in a hole, Unionville still had good reason to feel it was in the game \u2014 until a sequence in the closing minutes of the first half put it in desperate straits. The Indians came within a fraction of an inch of drawing to within one score, on a just missed pass play from Pancoast to Doug Ott \u2014 that would have been a 30-yard TD, but was just a touch overthrown and went off the receiver’s fingers. On the next play, Pancoast was sacked back to the Neshaminy 45 on a fourth down play.<\/p>\n

That gave the Redskins the ball with 1:38 left in the half \u2014 and they were able to move the ball right down the field and score \u2014 Ulmer, from one yard out \u2014 with just :15 left before the half.<\/p>\n

Although Unionville was able to move the ball, drives continued to stall and break down \u2014 and it couldn\u2019t find the endzone.<\/p>\n

Neshaminy added a late score in the final quarter, after a long, clock eating drive, scoring on a reverse pass from Justin Andrews to Bobby Marterella.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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