Tuesday, September 6, 2011

Updated - Octorara Football Braves Notch First Football Win Of The Season


By Jack Mariano

Updated 7:47 PM on 9/6/2011

Ready, Set, Go!  High School football season is underway as Octorara earned a win in their first game of the season defeating home team Fleetwood 38-15 Friday night.

Octorara’s Braves tamed the Tigers by forcing them to commit four turnovers. 

Braves quarterback Danny Solomon passed for 205 yard having 3 passing TDs. He also scored 1 rushing TD. 

Running back Chucky Cooper rushed for over 100 yard on eight carry with 2 TD.

Receivers Mitch King had 7 receptions for 70 yards and a receiving TD and James Brown had 3 receptions for 65 yards and a receiving TD.  

Octorara’s defense caused 3 interceptions (King, Brown and Chad Ferguson) and forced the Fleetwood’s offense into a scramble format.

Coach King said, “ It was a good win showing off the many weapons we have, but we also made a lot of mistake missing tackles and failing to run the ball between the tackles”. 

We got our work cut out for us facing a power running attack this week against Big Spring.   Octorara was out-gained by Fleetwood 400 to 383 in Total Yardage yards according to the Reading Eagle.

The Braves remain on the road next week with a visit to Big Spring High School and their power running attack in Newville, PA, just outside of Carlisle.

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