2014 Chenango Forks Varsity Football
Game
5 vs Newark Valley
The Blue Devils
roll by the Cardinals 33-7!
Articles courtesy of the
Binghamton Press &
Sun-Bulletin
| to Game 4 - Greene |
to Game 6 - Maine-Endwell |
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Watson sparks victory. Chenango Forks takes
care of business, downs NV 33-7
Kevin Stevens, kstevens@pressconnects.com | @PSBKevin Binghamton Press & Sun-Bulletin STORY HIGHLIGHTS ~ In customary fashion, Blue Devils get it done on the ground and gain 369 rushing yards ~ Newark Valley's offense kept very quiet until Chenango Forks held a four-touchdown advantage ~ Cardinals quarterback Vinnie Darpino excellent in the second half, closes with 171 rushing yards TOWN OF CHENANGO – A take-charge two-way showing by Chenango Forks in the first half-plus was for too much for Newark Valley to overcome Saturday as the Blue Devils posted a 33-7 win in Division IV of the Section 4 Football Conference. The Blue Devils rushed for 369 yards, with sophomore L.J. Watson's 110 on 11 carries topping a well-balanced chart. Ryan Bronson was next with 98 yards on 18 totes, and he was the lone two-touchdown producer. The outcome left Chenango Forks (5-0) a 3-0 record within the division and marked a fifth consecutive weekend that the opponent was left short of a two-digit point total. And now, with the final hurdle cleared on both ends … Let the countdown begin. Maine-Endwell will be stage Friday night for a rare treat, a matchup of reigning state champions. Forks, top-ranked in Class C, takes on the Spartans, No. 1 in Class B, in a game scheduled for 7 p.m. kickoff. To the Devils' credit, there was zero hint until the game was out of Newark Valley's reach that attention was on anything beyond the mission at hand. Forks turned its first three possessions into points, two of them going for 11 and 12 plays, respectively. Meanwhile, Newark Valley (3-2), winner of its most recent three games by a 163-12 total, was rationed 59 first-half yards. Most significant offensive play of the first half for Forks came on its final snap. On fourth-and-8 from the Cardinals' 9-yard line, Jack Sherwood passed to Watson in the left-center of the end zone with 1:32 to play for that 20-0 difference. Hard to say which end was the more impressive— Sherwood's confident delivery to an area manned by two defenders, or Watson's ability to get to the football and make the reception. "Boy, they were both nice, weren't they?" Forks coach David Hogan said. "It was thrown right where it needed to be thrown and L.J. with the nice catch. I think they were equally great." Newark Valley proceeded to drive 47 yards to the hosts' 22 before seeing the half end on an incomplete pass. Aiding the Cardinals on that drive were 30 yards worth of Forks penalties, one for a facemask and another for pass interference— blunders which next week could decide which program's lengthy win streak survives into Week 7. What was essentially the knockout possession came to open second-half play. Beginning at their 35-yard line, the Devils got a 33-yard, first-down rush by Watson, followed by 6-, 6- and 7-yard gains by three backs to Newark Valley's 28. From there, Watson started between the tackles and broke right for 24 yards worth of advancement that's et up a 2-yard TD carry by Bronson. Six plays — three of them for first downs — on a 10.8-per-rush average. Forks 26, Newark Valley 0. There'd been no peeking ahead a weekend. "Our coaches the whole week had us prepared," Sherwood said. "We knew that this game, in terms of division and sectionals, was a lot more important than the Maine-Endwell game. Obviously that's a big game and we'll be preparing for it, but we knew this one was going to be just as big if not bigger." Thereafter it was largely the Vinnie Darpino Show, as the Cardinals' senior quarterback went on to rush for 152 of his game-high 171-yard total. Included were four gains of 20 or more yards, one of them for his team's TD 4:15 into the third quarter. "We thought we were going to have our hands full, and we did. We rose to the occasion and for the most part we played pretty well," Hogan said. "The key was our start. We talked about controlling the ball, long drives and finishing the drives. We did that. I the play right before halftime, the touchdown pass to L.J., was big play for us, too, going in up 20-0. That first half, we couldn't have been happier." Cody Lamond added 62 rushing yards and Sherwood 51 with a touchdown for Forks, which extended its two-season win streak to 16 games. Just for grins, the Devils took their final possession 99 yards on 16 plays, last of which was an 8-yard scoring rush by Isaiah Roman. Next weekend, Newark Valley will play neighboring Owego a visit. For the Blue Devils, next weekend brings the program's first matchup with Maine-Endwell since opening the 2007 season with a 21-0 success against the Spartans. |
| 01 | 02 | 03 | 04 | Tot | ||
| Chenango Forks | 7 | 13 | 6 | 7 | - | 33 |
| Newark Valley | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | - | 7 |
- CF - Ryan Bronson 15y run (Tony Silvanic kick)
- CF - Jack Sherwood 17y run (Silvanic kick)
- CF - LJ Watson 9y pass from Sherwood (pass failed)
- CF - Bronson 4y run (run failed)
- NV - Vinnie Darpino 20y run (Coleman kick)
- CF - Isaiah Roman 8y run (Silvanic kick)
TEAM STATISTICS
| NV | CF | |
| First Downs | 14 | 27 |
| Rushes-Yards | 37-217 | 53-369 |
| Passing Yards | 10 | 16 |
| Comp-Att-Int | 3-10-1 | 3-6-0 |
| Total Offense | 47-227 | 59-385 |
| Punts-Ave yards | 4-32 | 3-34.3 |
| Fumbles-Lost | 2-1 | 3-0 |
| Penalties-Yards | 6-35 | 9-76 |
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INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS Newark Valley rushing
Chenango
Forks
rushing Newark Valley passing
Chenango Forks passing
Newark Valley receiving
Chenango Forks receiving:
JV Score: Newark Valley 22, Chenango Forks 21 (CF now 4-1) Preview Article(s)
Newark Valley, Chenango Forks gear up for meeting
By Kevin Stevens It’s the football game they’ve been targeting— one week before the game so many others are so eagerly anticipating. “That date has been (displayed) in our weight room since January,” said coach Brian Sherwood, whose Newark Valley squad will square off against Chenango Forks at 1:30 p.m. Saturday. “To win a sectional title you have to go through Forks.” The 3-1Cardinals catch the 4-0 Blue Devils six days before a clash of defending state champions will take place at Maine-Endwell, “Game of the Year” in the minds of so many. However, Sherwood said of this weekend’s encounter, “The community is abuzz about it.” Since letting a halftime lead slip away in Week 1 against Tioga, the Cardinals have dispatched three opponents by an aggregate 163-12. But this week’s challenge will be considerably stiffer, as the Blue Devils allowed three opponents one touchdown apiece, and last week limited Greene to a field goal. Each side features a varied cast of ball carriers, and for Newark Valley the rushing leader has been quarterback Vinnie Darpino. In last year’s 35-14 loss to the Blue Devils, he carried nine times for 100 yards. And while the Cards have not had to pass the football with any frequency, that element of the offense has reportedly come together nicely on the practice field. “We have a lot of running backs this year who are all of pretty equal talent, which makes us pretty balanced,” Sherwood said. “We don’t have kids looking for numbers, we have kids who want to help the team— and we have kids in the backfield who run as hard as they block.” As for Forks players looking beyond the assignment at hand, coach David Hogan said, “No, they’ve seen the tape of the Tioga game and they know how tough Tioga is.” The top-ranked Blue Devils will be without starting center Ryan Ehrets (knee), and will likely shift Caleb Gould one spot over from his guard position. Post-game
Midweek
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Chenango Forks made it five consecutive games holding opponents to single-figure scoring outputs with Saturday's 33-7 victory over Newark Valley. The Blue Devils' 29 points permitted are three fewer than next-best in the section — Lansing, with 32. High-impact defensive plays along the way to a 20-0 halftime advantage included: • Tim McDonald making a tackle for a 1-yard loss on third-and-5, prompting a punt on the Cardinals' opening possession. • Trevor Borchardt and John Hardy teaming on a sack for an 11-yard loss, and then Ryan Bronson blowing up a shovel pass for minus-4 yards on NV's second possession, likewise forcing a punt. • Hunter Luybli finishing for a 1-yard loss on the second play of the third possession, and later a collective effort for a stop at the line of scrimmage on third-and-5 at midfield to again bring on the punt team. On the other side, Forks pieced together scoring drives of 94, 37 and 74 yards. Blue Devils QB/DB Jack Sherwood shared the following regarding the theme of the coaches' message when the team assembled on the field postgame: "Just to work and to know that this is one more step toward the overall goal. We just have to keep pushing forward for it. This is another stepping stone. Newark Valley is a very good team, it was a divisional game, we knew it was very important and we just wanted to show how good we were." As for the next assignment, Friday night's visit to Maine-Endwell, Sherwood expected the week of preparation to remain status quo• "We'll just study them and then play our own game."
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