Monday, October 22, 2007

Sunday matinee fallout

Every week Red Land takes its opponents' best shot.
Sunday afternoon the Patriots stayed off the canvas after Mechanicsburg popped them in the mouth, showed their grit with an impressive 13-play touchdown drive to squelch the Wildcats' upset bid and walked out of Memorial Park Stadium with a 28-13 win.
Eight weeks into a season in which it is the hunted, Red Land is starting to feel the effect.
Wide receiver Kyle Otstot left the Sunday's game in the first quarter after spraining an ankle and running back Dan Yenger suffered what coach Frank Gay called a bruised lower back. Yenger was limited to defense and special teams after the second-quarter injury.
With the two-week main event that will determine the Mid-Penn Conference Keystone Division champion set to start Friday night, Red Land needs all four days between now and the time Gettysburg marches into West Shore Stadium on Friday to get healthy.
Gay said Otstot and Yenger will be back to full-time duties when the Patriots close the season with Gettysburg and a trip to Hershey.
Both teams, with one loss in the Mid-Penn Keystone Division, are nipping at Red Land's heels.
Here's a glance at the Keystone standings followed by remaining games for Red Land, Hershey, Gettysburg and Lower Dauphin:

Team Division W-L
Red Land 5-0
Hershey 4-1
Gettysburg 4-1
Lower Dauphin 4-1

Parenthesis represent team's record against other three division contenders; results are against same teams:
Red Land (1-0)
Gettysburg
at Hershey
Results
at Lower Dauphin, W 27-7

Hershey (1-1)
Mechanicsburg
Red Land
Results
at Gettysburg, W 42-35 (OT)
vs. Lower Dauphin at Milton Hershey, L 14-20

Gettysburg (0-1)
at Red Land
Lower Dauphin
Results
vs. Hershey, L 35-42 (OT)

Lower Dauphin (1-1)
at Middletown
at Gettysburg
Results
vs. Red Land, L 7-27
vs. Hershey at Milton Hershey, W 20-14

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