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

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!!

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

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.

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

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!

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