Warriors Fall to the Patriots

There's probably a reason why the Yorktown Patriots chose to play against Wakefield for their homecoming game. They thought it would be an easy win. You know, the kind where you know that you're gonna win, you plan on putting up fifty on the board, and put in your J.V. team so that they stop complaining about never getting any burn in a Varsity game, and just plan on completey humiliating your opponents all while looking good on your home turf. However, it was everything but that. The Warrior's defense was able to limit them to only twenty-four points in the first half of the game. And, Yorktown quarterback, Sam Nottingham, fumbled the ball after being hit by Warriors linebacker, Devon Hill, and allowed defensive end, Thomas Rice, to recover the ball and return it for a defensive touchdown for the Warriors, giving Rice his second defensive touchdown of the season. Unfortunately, fate was working in favor of the Patriots. Something that seems to occur in many of the Warrior's games as well as many of their seasons.


You'd think that with such an impressive defense the Warrior's offense would look just as good, if not better. However, the Warriors still were unable to do anything to prevent the Patriots from gaining the lead and winning the game in an embarrasing 51-18 loss.

Their were many mistakes that the Warrior's offense had made. Several of which were the numerous fumbles by Drew Powell due to poor snapping from sophomore center, Muktaru Jalloh. The Warrior's offensive line was blown backwards from the ball on many plays which often lead to Powell being rushed and forced to throw a poor or incomplete pass. This game was pretty much a perfect summary of how the Warrior's season has gone so far. A lack of execution and the failure to accomplish even the most basic of things is what's holding our team back from being an exceptional football team. And something needs to happen desperately for any hope of even getting a win this season.