Berwick at Crestwood football

Crestwood looked to snap a two game losing streak as they return home to take on Berwick. The Bulldogs were looking to get back on track after losing to Wyoming Area. Berwick started with the ball and on the first play, Mike Force ran into Crestwood territory with a 23 yard gain, on a third and 7, Lenny Wyda got a gain of 13 but the next three plays went for negative yards and were forced to punt and would pin Crestwood at their own 1, but an offsides got the ball to the 6 but a false start moved it to the 3 but the Comets would go 3 and out and on the punt, the punter would go out of bounds and the Bulldogs took a 2-0 lead. Berwick would get the ball at the Crestwood 38. After Wyda ran for a first down on second and 1, Berwick had a 4th and 8 and went for it but Jeff Schmude sacked Force giving Crestwood the ball. On the drive, Rother got the Comets to midfield on a 12 yard run, and they finished the drive with 6 yard touchdown run by Pat Rother. PAT was good and lead 7-2 and would lead by that score at the end of the first quarter. Berwick on the next drive, moved the ball down to the field all the way to the Crestwood 7 but the Comet defense denied them the end and the Dawgs had to settle for a 25 yard Field Goal attempt by Kenny Marshman and made the field goal to make it 7-5. Berwick would force a three and out on the next Crestwood possession. Berwick moved the ball once again into Crestwood territory and got it the 24 on a 4th and 7 but Crestwood's Nate Smith sacked Force to cause a turnover on downs. Crestwood and Berwick traded three and outs before going into halftime. Crestwood and Berwick traded three and outs on their first two drives of the second half. Berwick would pin the Comets at their own 7 yard line and would get to their own 34 before they were forced to punt. On the ensuing Bulldog possession, Berwick had a 3rd and 4 at the Crestwood 42 and Lenny Wyda ran for a gain of 29 to the Crestwood 13, but couldn't get much and had to settle for a 29 yard FG attempt for Kenny Marshman and he would make it to give the Bulldogs an 8-7 lead with 1:21 remaining in the third quarter. On the kickoff, Kevin Klusewitz had a big kick return and got it to the Crestwood 43. On 2nd and 9, Chase Passman had a broken play and ran for 31 yards to the Berwick 25 to end the third quarter, after a 3 yard Klusewitz run, a holding penalty killed them on the drive, eventually forcing a 4th and 16 and Passman's pass was intercepted by Evan Klinger at the 2 yard line. On the first play of the Bulldog drive, what looked like a play just to get yardage by Mike Force turned into a 48 yard gain to midfield, almost zigging and zagging all over to get there. Three plays later, after the Comets got a big loss of 10, Mike Force found Lenny Wyda for a 49 yard touchdown. PAT is good and lead 15-7 with 6:17 remaining in the game. Crestwood would need a touchdown and a 2 point conversion to tie the game. Passman and Rother led the charge by getting all the way to the Berwick 36 on 3rd and 1 but the Bulldog defense gave Rother a loss ofn1 and on 4th and 2, Passman attempted to run but was stripped of the ball and had to dive on it but the Bulldogs took over and all they had to do was take a knee and Berwick held on to take the victory 15-7.

Thoughts on the game: One of the more interesting Berwick/Crestwood games I've seen. Crestwood's defense improved from last week but still gave up several big plays. I was impressed by Crestwood's pass rush, in the first half, they got to Mike Force 3 times, twice on fourth down. Berwick's defense played very well, only giving up the touchdown in the first quarter but denied them the end zone after that.

Berwick

Passing

Mike Force 8/15 81 Yards 1 TD 0 INTs

Alex Force 0/1 0 yards 0 TDs 0 INTs

Rushing

Mike Force 20 carries 93 yards

Lenny Wyda 20 carries 91 yards

Alex Force 1 carry -9 yards

Receiving

Matt Champ 2 catches 7 yards

Denver Knorr 1 catch 1 yard

Lenny Wyda 3 catches 46 yards 1 TD

Anthony Cincini 1 catch 7 yards

Harrison Kichka 2 catches 20 yards

Defense

Evan Klinger 1 INTs

Crestwood

Passing

Chase Passman 2/3 30 yards 0 TDs 1 INT

Rushing

Kyle Richards 1 carry 2 yards

Chase Passman 4 carries 30 yards

Brandon Brozena 4 carries 6 yards

Alex Despirito 1 carry -5 yards

Pat Rother 21 carries 69 yards 1 TD

Owen Grigas 10 carries 21 yards

Kevin Klusewitz 1 carry 3 yards

Receiving

Kyle Richards 1 catch 20 yards

Kevin Klusewitz 1 catch 10 yards