Football Season starts with scrimmages across the state!

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Greg Ricupero | August 19, 2023

Football Season starts with scrimmages across the state!

The season is under way with a bang. The bad thing about trying to cover the Heritage Conference is all the games are Friday night at 7:00. All the scrimmages were today at 10:00 but I was able to make two of them for about an hour each. I was able to see both of the new additions.

Conemaugh Township Indians at Purchase Line Red Dragons

• I got to see about 50 plays
• It was a beautiful day, a little windy and the field was a little sloppy
• Both offenses struggled
• Very evenly matched game
• The Red Dragon defensive line looked impressive!
• The Indians were just missing with the deep passes.
• PL used a short passing game to complement their running attack.
• A lot of false starts and offsides which is to be expected
• I didn’t see any scoring or turnovers
• This would have been a good regular season matchup.
• Both of these teams should be playoff bound

Conemaugh Valley Blue Jays at Marion Center Stingers

-Got there as they started using the chains, also they practiced the overtime rule-starting at their opponents ten-both teams scored.

-A typical Blue Jay performance ground and pound-I don’t believe they threw a single pass while I was there

-The Stingers threw more than I expected.

-The Stingers had the better of the special teams with a good punt and they made their extra point.

-CV offense line put together a couple of nice drives.

-There were a number of offsides and turnovers

-Very evenly matched game

-I afraid both teams may struggle due to numbers

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