{"id":4199,"date":"2008-09-18T13:47:55","date_gmt":"2008-09-18T17:47:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/v3\/?p=4199"},"modified":"2008-09-18T13:47:55","modified_gmt":"2008-09-18T17:47:55","slug":"tyrone-must-slow-down-clearfield-qb-offense-in-eagles-third-straight-game-away-from-home","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/?p=4199","title":{"rendered":"Tyrone must slow down Clearfield QB, offense in Eagles third straight game away from home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n
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The PIAA has a name for the kind of stretch the Tyrone Golden Eagles will complete this week when they travel to Clearfield for their third consecutive road game: the playoffs.
\nIt has to seem that way.\u00a0 Starting in Week 2 \u2013 on the heels of an emotional victory over ultra-rival Bellwood-Antis \u2013 Tyrone went on the road to play another traditional rival in Huntingdon before making the haul last week to Central Mountain, a Quad-A school that at the time was undefeated and averaging over 40 points per game.
\nNow it\u2019s the Bisons, 2-1, a returning District 9 finalist, and year-in and year-out one of the top Class AA teams in the region. They\u2019re also averaging better than 32 points per game.
\nIf this isn\u2019t the playoffs, it\u2019s got to be pretty close.
\nBut in reality, the Eagles are nowhere near the post-season, just three games to what coach John Franco says is the toughest schedule his team has faced in his 15 years at Tyrone. It\u2019s still the regular season, Tyrone still has seven games left on its slate and a win or a loss won\u2019t define or end a season.
\nThat\u2019s why Franco has the Eagles following the same program they always would, no matter what time in the season.
\n\u201cWe\u2019re going one game at a time,\u201d he said. \u201cLast week was a really intense game. It was as intense as a playoff game. It was similar to a playoff game, but it was only the third week of the season. We\u2019re still trying to find our team\u2019s identity.\u201d
\nIf the first three games are any indication, much of the team\u2019s identity has been forged around its defense, and rightfully so. The Golden Eagles have surrendered only a single touchdown \u2013 a last second score during mop-up duty against B-A \u2013 are allowing just 3 points and 138 yards per game.
\nAgainst Central Mountain\u2019s high-powered offense, Tyrone allowed only one second-half first down and 147 total yards. The Wildcats advanced further than Tyrone\u2019s 40 only once, so John Shaffer\u2019s two first-quarter field goals stood up.
\nBut it\u2019s hard to imagine a game against Clearfield being won without scoring touchdowns \u2013 lots of them.
\n\u201cWe want to get back on track this week with scoring points, but it will be a challenge,\u201d said Franco. \u201cIt\u2019s difficult to win scoring six points. I could see a game with the scoring in the 30s. It will be tough to stop them from scoring.\u201d
\nThere\u2019s one reason why Franco could envision his defense, which is yet to allow 200 total yards, giving up 30 against Clearfield, and it has everything to do with the Bisons\u2019 quarterback, Jarrin Campman.
\n\u201cHe\u2019s a big part of what we do,\u201d said Clearfield coach Tim Janocko. \u201cHe has to make plays for our offense to be successful.\u201d
\nClearfield runs the same spread offense that has taken the college football world by storm over the last three seasons. It relies heavily on spreading the field, making reads, distributing the football and pressuring the opposing defense.
\nFor Clearfield, Franco said, the offense starts and ends with the multi-faceted Campman, who has passed for 565 yards (42-for-69) with three scoring tosses and rushed 274 yards and 7 touchdowns.
\n\u201cHe is the ultimate playmaker.\u00a0 I can\u2019t remember facing a quarterback as good as him,\u201d Franco said. \u201cBill Stull from Seton LaSalle comes to mind, but Campman is a much better runner. He has single-handedly beaten teams. As a fan, I love to watch him play. I\u2019ll be excited to see him play in Week 5, but not in Week 4.\u201d
\nCampman has spread the ball around to a number of different receivers, three of which have over 100 yards receiving (Trey Campman is tops with 20 catches for 214 yards; Derek Danver is second with 9 catches for 128).
\n\u201cWe run an offense that involves a lot of different people, so you have to have a lot of athletes,\u201d said Janocko.
\nThe Eagles\u2019 best defense against may be to win the opening toss and then grind out yards and wind the clock, because anything that keeps Campman off the field will ultimately favor Tyrone.
\nLast week, Tyrone applied a suitable blueprint when it ran 67 plays to Central Mountains\u2019 44, dominating time of possession by about 20 minutes.
\n\u201cOur offense played very well last week,\u201d said Franco. \u201cWe almost doubled them in how many plays we ran. Our offense didn\u2019t really make mistakes. We got into the red zone a couple of times, but when we didn\u2019t score it was because they made plays, not because of something we did wrong.\u201d
\nSenior running backs Larry Glace (33 carries, 289 yards) and Mark Mingle (64 carries, 323 yards) could play another key role. Against the \u2018Cats, the duo combined for 160 yards on 31 carries and churned out tough yards to move the sticks and keep the clock ticking.
\nThey had the benefit of running behind what is becoming the top offensive line in the Mountain Athletic Conference in Dustin Weaver, Matt Murray, Jared Templeton, Jerrod Good, Adam Bonsell and Tyler Hertzler.
\nAt the same time, junior Levi Reihart had his best game of the season, completing 15 of 21 passes for 129 yards. On the season, he has completed 24 of 35 passes for 301 yards and two touchdowns with no interceptions.
\n\u201cThey have two big, strong kids who run hard,\u201d said Janocko. \u201cThe quarterback has the ability to run a little, too, and he\u2019s effective throwing the ball. We will have to stay balanced on defense.\u201d
\nBut ultimately, if it comes down to making a play on defense, Tyrone may have the kind of players it would take to slow Campman, or at least make a play to change the game. Twelve players have registered stops behind the line of scrimmage, led by Murray\u2019s six, to go along with three sacks. Weaver has four stops for loss, while Shaffer and Jeremy Barlett have three each.
\nTyrone has forced at least one turnover in every game, led by Eric Desch, who last week recorded his third interception.\u00a0 The Eagles have also blocked a punt.
\n\u201cTheir defense is very sound,\u201d said Janocko. \u201cThey are very well disciplined and well coached.\u201d
\nThe intensity of the weekly turnaround this early in the season can\u2019t be easy on Tyrone, but Franco said it\u2019s something the Eagles have prepared for and are enjoying.
\n\u201cWe were ready for this from the beginning of the year,\u201d he said. \u201cWe knew we had to play our best football every week.\u00a0 We knew that by the end of the season, we may not have the same kind of record we\u2019ve had in the past, but we would be better for it in the long run. There\u2019s no break and we can\u2019t afford to relax. That\u2019s a good thing.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Cody Weaver Tyler Hertzler The PIAA has a name for the kind of stretch the Tyrone Golden Eagles will complete this week when they travel to Clearfield for their third consecutive road game: the playoffs. It has to seem that way.\u00a0 Starting in Week 2 \u2013 on the heels of an emotional victory over ultra-rival […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4199","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sports-news-in-the-tyrone-pennsylvania-area","category-excerpts-from-the-tyrone-daily-herald"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4199"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4199\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4199"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4199"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tyronepa.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4199"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}