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Lincoln Tops Mastbaum 22-6 @Mastbaum_FB @GoSplitters

Tagged under: District 12, Gameday Hub, News

| October 4, 2019

Naseym Ferguson

If you are a fan of some old fashion smash mouth football then Northeast High School’s Charles Martin Stadium was the place to be last night. Lincoln High School improved to 5-1 by beating Jules Mastbaum High School 22-6. In a game that featured 77 total offensive plays just 9 were of the passing variety. Lincoln ran 34 for 91 yards while Mastbaum was more successful in a losing cause busting 34- 170 for an average of 5 yards per carry. Two big plays made by the Railsplitters  was the difference . The first was a 52 yard TD pass from QB Luis Nazario to As’ad Rahman in the first quarter .

 

The other was a 60 yard punt return by Naseym Ferguson who took it to the house late in the second quarter. The half ended 14-6 in favor of Lincoln. The Panthers Saymere Clark scored the only points for the host running 31 yards to the end zone late in the second stanza. Ferguson also had an interception in the fourth quarter which spoiled any chance of a Mastbaum comeback. Lincoln head coach Hakeem Cooper said of Ferguson “Naseym has a high football IQ who I am so confident of that I could play at any position.” Ferguson said ; “We knew all week that they would run the football ,so that’s what we practiced on.  I knew I could cheat up a little from my D-back position and help out my linebackers.” His theory paid of to the tune of 6 tackles along with 2 assists. Travell Hall notched the games most tackles for Lincoln with 8 and a TFL. Hall also recovered a fumble.

 

So far it’s been an historic season for the Railsplitters when they defeated long time Public League powerhouse Frankford 20-17 last weekend.  It was their first win over Frankford since 1979. Cooper said they will attempt to better the feat when they face another former  powerhouse  George Washington next week. Although Lincoln has beat Washington a few times recently they haven’t completed the combo sweep of  Frankford and Washington in the same season  in what Cooper said; ” Geez, God knows how long it’s been. I know it’s well over 40 years. ”  According to Cooper Lincoln is off to their best start since 2007 when the ‘Splitters finished 10-2. As far a being a run dominate team Cooper said; ” I love playing smash mouth football but if I need to showcase a highly skilled player I can implement it in my offense. He added ; “We play hard in practice and probably are the only team that hits every day.” When asked about the sophisticated or spread offense that is run today by many teams ; ” I am not a fan of it , to me it’s like playing 7 on 7 or even touch football. ” This writer couldn’t agree with him more.

 

Notes:  Mastbaum’s Shaquonn Saunders-Booker rushed 16 times for 66 yards. QB Basil Redd ran 11-64. He did not complete a pass in 2 attempts. Saunders-Booker also threw an incomplete pass.  Besides his TD throw to Rahman , Nazario completed one other pass for 12 yards to Jordon Gombs. On the evening his passing numbers were 2-6-1 interception – TD.  Besides Hall and Ferguson: Jahaad Ward, Nasir Johnson, Jaheim Hudgins and Rahman all had 5 tackles. Johnson , Hudgins and Rahman had TFL’s. Josiah Hartie recorded 4 Lincoln tackles and a sack. Hudgins also rushed for a 1 yard TD in the fourth quarter.  The Panthers defense was led by Mateo Cartagena-Blakley 7-5- sack. Nelson Millan 6-5-0, Raheem Al-Kaabah 5-4-sack, Marquez Hines 5-4-0, Jacob Gonzalez 5-3-0 and Faheem Sultan pitched in with 3 tackles and a TFL.

 

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