Somerset 23 Southwestern 7

[SHS Future]

Somerset handles the size of Southwestern to win the first game of tonights Ray Correll Bowl.

[SHS Future]

Somerset kind of came out of the gates a little slow, but the second half was all Jumpers. The offensive line that everyone has questioned did a great job against the much bigger Warrior line. The majority of the time the Jumper QB had plenty of time to throw. Congrats on a big win over the cross town rivals!!

[jumper 4 12 27]

Ditto on the o-line and great job by the defense. WERE BACK!!!!

[AverageJoesGym]

Southwestern came out of the gate well in this one taking a 7-0 lead just a few minutes into the game. After recovering a squib kick it looked like the Warriors could jump out to a 2 score lead but the Briar Jumper defense held--and then simply dominated the Warriors offense the rest of the way. A couple of fumbles in the red zone prevented this one from turning into a blowout. The Jumpers still have to work on that and cutting down on their penalties but overall a solid win. Somerset's defensive front was in Southwestern's backfield all night. Southwestern has some very nice players but they play far too many of them both ways for a 5A team--and it showed as they wore down quickly in the 2nd half. Congrats to Erik Manning on being named Offensive MVP of the Correll Bowl.

[AverageJoesGym]

Here's the Commonwealth Journal's writeup on the game, the Briar Jumpers defense only gave up 20 yards in the 2nd half: Somerset 23 Southwestern 7

[TRENCHMASTER]

Congrats BJ's you are proving that the concerns about the line are not warranted! Good win, I thought the size of SW would take over. I was wrong Coach Lucas and his staff are doing a good job!

[Jumper_Dad]

Nice Job Jumpers!!!!! Stuff to work on but your getting there....good luck next week.