August 30th 2010
Ansonia at Notre Dame-WH (The Scrimmage)
Normally, I check Ansonia out during its annual clash with West Haven at Ken Strong Stadium. This year we decided to grab Ansonia about a week earlier.
Since we’re dragging our feet on the 5 NVL question post (soon, I promise), I needed some quick information on Ansonia. Plus, I was absolutely dying to see what Notre Dame-West Haven is going to be all about.
And, as I quickly found out Tuesday afternoon, the Green Knights are going to be about a great, many things.
The reigning No. 1 team in the state simply made mince meat of the Chargers in this controlled scrimmage. Format was your standard 10-play on, 10-play off scrimmage affair for the offenses. So, you could score but still get the ball to finish your series. (They might have tacked on more if your team drove inside the 20-yard lines.)
Anyway, as you’ll see in our first big vid of the year, it was a good day for the Green Knights.
Ansonia fans, avert your eyes.
(And don’t mind the 2009 date on the vid… I’m in preseason mode myself).
So, yeah. As you can see not a lot to scream about on the Ansonia side, although coach Tom Brockett found plenty.
Notre Dame? Well, where to begin? QB Sean Goldrich looked very much at ease controlling the offense. He might as well have had an iced tea back there; Senior RB David Rose played as if the opposing jerseys said “Xavier” and receiver Tirrell Young-Williams (are we using the compound name?) looked like a bolt of lightning, which, as the reigning Class L champion in the 100- and 200-meter dash, he is. The line, which has some Big Mac-sized holes to fill, looked solid.
Defensively: Impressive so far. There were no digits on the jerseys, so it was hard to single anyone out, but there were a lot of white shirts hanging out in Ansonia’s backfield. I scoured my tape for Ansonia highlights. What you saw was pretty much it. I did arrive 15 minutes late, so maybe I missed something…?
Ansonia has just two returning seniors — just two — only one of whom (tailback Montrell Dobbs) played significantly during last year’s 8-3 season. They have some work to do. Junior Elliott Chudwick is your quarterback. He’ll have some weapons with which to work. There are plenty of young kids ready to make themselves known.
But it’s a very young team, especially on Sept. 1.
Big disclaimer coming up: It’s a scrimmage. We don’t crown champs in scrimmages. With two weeks before the season, there’s still much to do. But, an interesting day, nonetheless.
Later, if I can find the time here at Football Central, we’ll scrape together the other football clips from this week into a few highlight reels. Tomorrow, lots more scrimmages to attend. Lots more work to do.
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