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State High doubles Erie McDowell on a snowy night @SCoachLintal @mcdathletics

Tagged under: District 6, Gameday Hub, News

| November 9, 2019


On Friday November 8th, State College Area High School began their playoff run after a bye-week. State High did exactly what they had wanted to in this first playoff game by beating McDowell 42-21.

The Little Lions would receive the ball to begin the game and after an Isaiah Edwards return to the McDowell 47, State High was primed to march down the field and score. They did exactly that. After multiple small plays helping creep the ball towards the end zone they reached the McDowell 21. Brady Dorner Lobbed a pass over a defensive back and Isaiah Edwards came down with the ball in the end zone. After a good PAT from Aiden Spitler  the game was 7-0 State with 10:46 remaining in the first Quarter. After multiple punts were exchanged, State  got the ball on their own 32 yard line and chipped their way down the field. Dorner found slot recover Lokey Howell to get State within scoring distance at the twelve with little  time left in the first quarter but on a Dresyn Green dive he would cough up a fumble which was promptly picked up by McDowell on their own 5 as the first quarter came to an end.

McDowell would make a few small plays to advance down field before they had a fumble of their own, recovered by States Kevin Kurzinger on the McDowell 30. State was not be able to get anything going that drive, returning the ball to McDowell. The Trojans then marched down the field all the way to Little Lion 13 yard line but once again they fumbled. Sam Knipe scooped up the ball and returned it 80 yards  to the McDowell 10. That set up the offense to effortlessly run straight up the middle with Dresyn Green from the 10 for a State High touchdown, with a kick from Spitler it was 14-0 State with 5:30 remaining in the second quarter.

In a gutsy move after the touchdown State High attempted an onside kick, which they recovered on McDowells 46. State slowly moved towards the end zone mostly relying on the legs of Dresyn Green. From the 6 yard line Green took a sweep play straight into the end zone. After another Kick from Spitler State was up 21-0 with 1:48 remaining in the half.

At Halftime the snow picked up from an occasional flake to a constant but calm snow to start the second half. McDowell got the ball to start the half and capitalized, marching down and scoring on a 36 yard pass. After a good PAT the game was now 21-7 with 9:15 left in the 3rd quarter. Once State got the ball back they went to work putting together a small drive, but only until Green took a sweep 58 yards for a touchdown, making multiple guys miss him on the way in. After another Spitler kick it was 28-7 with 6 minutes remaining in the third quarter. The snow continued to get heavier and come down faster.

McDowell then had a solid drive put together until their QB tossed one up and straight to Green. This interception set State up on the McDowell 43. The Little Lions drove to the 9 yard line were  running back Nehemiah Howell got his chance and took a hand off from Dorner in for another State High Touchdown. After the Kick it was 35-7 with 5:07 remaining in the 3rd.

 

Heavy Snow fell during the second half

 

This is when the sky opened and the snow didn’t stop, the snow was coming down so much that it was accumulating onto players helmets and shoulder pads while playing. Additionally it was beginning to cake the field making there be little to no traction. But none of that bothered McDowell as they score on  a 24 yard pass after a short drive to State Highs territory making the score 35-14 State. State got the ball on their own 42 and after just two plays Nehemiah Howell took a hand off 57 yards for a touchdown to close out the Little Lion scoring.

Looking into next week, State High will play Delaware Valley in a neutral site game. Both of these teams want this to be the year they make it to Hershey. It should be a hard fought game and hopefully, a little warmer.

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