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Cleveland St. Ignatius 23, Northmont 3
CLAYTON — Northmont’s defense seems solid. Its offense and special teams? Not so much, at least it didn’t against Cleveland St. Ignatius on Friday night.
For the second straight week, Northmont had a punt blocked and returned for a touchdown. The Thunderbolts couldn’t get going offensively outside of a nice run or two.
St. Ignatius had the field position all night and, despite three turnovers, came away with a 23-3 win.
Star of the game: St. Ignatius’ Andrew Holland made a few big plays, throwing for 121 yards and running for a score.
Turning point: Patrick Hinkel’s blocked punt return for a touchdown.
What this means: Northmont usually has a potent offense, but its defense is the strength of this team, standing toe to toe with state power St. Ignatius. But the Thunderbolts special teams can’t stop its punts from being blocked or being returned. And its offense didn’t get a first down until 3:07 was left.
Quote: “We’ve got to have our playmakers make plays. It just doesn’t happen right now. We’ve got to take a look at the tape and if we’ve got to make changes, then so be it. Right now, offensively, we’re way behind our defense.” — Northmont coach Lance Schneider
On deck: Northmont hosts Westerville South. Ignatius plays at Canisius in New York.
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By Greg
August 30, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this
Put this one on the coaching staff. Someone on that staff needs to get the “Sharpie” out and mark out the QB keeper. This game was much closer than the score, but the way the game was called inside the 30 yd line was absurd. This article is wrong the running game was solid but was abandoned at odd times during sustained drives. Come on coaches, coach to your strengths don’t be in love with your passing when the run is working. GO BOLTS!!!