Final

Anderson scored on a couple of long passes due to a lack of discipline in the South secondary. AC was able to move the ball beer in second half with some underneath routes and some counter runs. AC guards were tipping off the pull and I am not sure if South picked up on it or not. South D line seemed tired in later stages since most were playing both ways - depth on line will be an issue for South. Zaubi had a sub par game missing open receivers and a bad read throwing into coverage for an interception. Running game looked good with a Freshman leading the way. Good to get the first win and allow coaches to take a good look at the film to make improvements going forward. I expect Zaubi to play much better going forward but defense will be the area that South will need to work on - pass coverage and closing down the 7 gap. Once the defense gets up to par with the offense South could be a threat again in 5A.

A disturbing aspect was the unsportsmanlike penalties on AC especially a very late hit to the back of the legs of the starting Mike this after another late hit in the back. I understand youthful exuberance but those hits were way beyond playing hard and the hit on the Mike seemed like an intentional effort to hurt the kid. Lets hope I am wrong on that one.

Overall not a bad first game for South. The passing game started very strong before the downpour and the running game got stronger as the night wore on. Great effort by the OL and the freshman RB coming in to replace the injured FB. Anderson played hard and will be a tough game for anyone. I thought Zaubi missed some passes later on but the receivers on a few of those need to run through the ball and not give up. The pick I thought was the result of calling the same play twice in a row. Good defenses/players adjust. I agree I hope the MLB is ok - hope I am wrong also but it sure looked like they meant to hurt him. Too many unsportsmanlike penalties by Anderson. Need to clean that up.