CAL pass incomplete. Field goal unit coming out.

CAL field goal good. 10-0 CAL 9:19 left in the 2Q.

SO right tackle listed 6’8 370lbs.

SO run for 2 on 1st

SO pass incomplete on 3rd. Punt team comes on.

Cal turn over on downs

end of 3rd quarter and Varsity play is over CAL up 24-7.

Well CAL varsity O and varsity D out here to start the 4th. I was told 4th quarter would be jv.

CAL turn over on downs. Punt team coming out. Varsity still out there.

Looks like JV will take it from here. Varsity ended 24-7 CAL.

If I had to guess I would say QBs being one hand touch had a huge effect on SO’s offense as most of their plays rely on running with the qb.

My main takeaways: CAL will be good. Connor Hodge is not quite as good as his brother but still a more than capable high school QB. CAL has some athletes that can do some things with the ball in space and CAL system is very sophisticated. They will be atop of 3A once again. South Oldham CAN be really good. The pieces are there: big physical defensive line, thick run stopping inside linebackers. Good speed in the defensive backfield. Offensively they have a mammoth at right tackle that they know they can run behind with some talented backs (some of which were out tonight). But they have to learn to execute. There were 3 plays CAL had offensively where there was confusion in the defense and it resulted in a very deep pass play. Take that away and SO was getting stops pretty regularly. The offense was not there tonight to be honest. But I imagine with real football the playbook will be opened up quite a bit more. I mean imagine taking away the qb’s ability to run the ball from a triple option team. If Coach Sams can get the pieces to fit together they can be a very tough out but if not just another decent South Oldham team.

I have been to a few SO practices and saw them at a 7v7. I also was there but only for the first half last night. My take on CAL is they will go as far as their O-Line takes them. SO pretty much bottled up their run game and got after the QB more than a few times. I sat with some CAL parents and they had the same assessment. SO can cover the short and mid-range pass but when Hodge had time he hit several deep passes and just missed on a few more. 
I’m not sure how they did last week but so far I haven’t seen the Dragon offense, especially the passing game, produce much. Didn’t think the offense was dependent on triple option as much as the past but we’ll see when the real season begins. The starting QB left early in first quarter so I really didn’t see enough of him. The defense needs to clean up the deep pass defense. They have good talent and are a bit young. These tough games will make them better as the season goes.