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10-29-2011, 08:44 AM
I love it - Lefty is the Ric Flair of HS Football fandom. It's all a work, yet all of the Marks fall for it and just want to kill him! That's when a heel looks at the crowd and says "I got'em"!
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10-29-2011, 08:48 AM
Stardust Wrote:^ Wow, Towles 5 TDs in the first half
The scary thing is, you could tell they held Towles back too. He made NO effort to run the ball last night. He was in the game to just pass and still completely destroyed Ryle. The kid is fun to watch.
10-29-2011, 08:50 AM
Stardust Wrote:^ Wow, Towles 5 TDs in the first half
Yep...and that was with a half a dozen balls thrown away and 4 or 5 sacks because he didn't run. I think they had one of those invisible fence things strapped aroung his neck. If he would have approached the line of scrimmage to run, it would give him a SLIGHT CORRECTION, dropping him to the ground.
10-29-2011, 09:27 AM
University of Kentucky recruit Patrick Towles was 14-for-25 for 330 yards and four touchdowns in the first half as No. 2 Highlands rolled over No. 11 Ryle 63-14.
Towles' first three TD passes all came in the first quarter, and a 95-yard interception return by Josh Quillen pushed the host Bluebirds' lead to 28-0.
Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2011/10/29/19390...z1cArOAfca
Towles' first three TD passes all came in the first quarter, and a 95-yard interception return by Josh Quillen pushed the host Bluebirds' lead to 28-0.
Read more: http://www.kentucky.com/2011/10/29/19390...z1cArOAfca
10-29-2011, 09:46 AM
Early in the second quarter of Highlands' 63-14 home victory over Ryle in the regular-season finale for both teams, Bluebirds assistant coach Cris Collinsworth encouraged quarterback Patrick Towles to take some shorter options as the offense accentuated game management Friday in the run-up to the playoffs.
Towles looked long for targets Austin Sheehan, who caught a 40-yard touchdown pass, and Ian McGurn, who caught scoring passes of 36 and 54 yards, while the Bluebirds bolted to a 21-0 first-quarter lead
http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...310290107/
"We had a hard time matching their speed," Ryle coach Bryson Warner said. "They've got tremendous speed."
Towles was throwing warm-up tosses on the sideline as the Bluebirds' offense was getting ready to take the field moments after Josh Quillen's 95-yard interception return for a touchdown helped put them ahead 28-0, when Collinsworth said to the senior QB, "We want to see how fast we can do it, but we don't have to get it all in one play."
Towles nodded in agreement and said, "Yessir."
To which Collinsworth replied: "But take (the long play) if it's there."
"Oh, you know I will," said Towles, who is heading to the University of Kentucky on a football scholarship."
On the ensuing possession, Towles methodically worked an eight-play 68-yard scoring drive that began with a 28-yard completion to Sheehan and ended with a seven-yard touchdown run by Zach Harris for a 35-0 Highlands lead. Towles trotted off the field following Harris' burst and Collinsworth gave the QB a pat on the backside.
"You want to get as much work in as possible going into the playoffs - with the long, intermediate and short stuff," said Towles, who hit David Christian with a five-yard TD pass to help make it 42-0 two plays after Colin Seidl turned a short screen pass from Towles into a 50-yard gain to the Ryle 11.
Towles said he had game management in mind when he threw to Seidl, but he can't help it if the junior tailback has the speed to avoid tacklers and take it to the house.
"You want to work on everything. But you can't hold back, either, if it's there, and Colin is a fast little guy," said Towles, who capped the half with a five-play, 58-yard scoring drive that included a 37-yard pass to Seidl. Jake True scored on a two-yard plunge for a 49-0 lead and a running second-half clock for the shellshocked Raiders.
Towles completed 14 of 35 passes for 330 yards and four touchdowns, all in the first half, as Highlands ran up a total yards advantage of 354-127. The Bluebirds avenged last season's 28-26 loss to Ryle and won their 15th straight.
"Cris has a great influence on Patrick and he likes him to be patient and find the right guy, not the deepest guy," said Highlands coach Dale Mueller, who guided the Bluebirds (10-0), ranked No. 1 in the Enquirer Northern Kentucky coaches' poll, to a third unbeaten regular season in five years. "You can find the right guy on a shorter route and he can make it a longer play."
McGurn's 54-yard TD catch was Exhibit A against the fifth-ranked Raiders (6-4). The tight end caught Towles' pass at Ryle's 30, spun away from the first defender, juked the next one, broke two tackles and bowled over a safety while carrying a pair of defenders on his back into the end zone. "McGurn's like a running back after catching a pass," Towles said. "We've got a lot of guys who can extend the play."
The Raiders, missing starting quarterback Nathan Davis due to injury, rotated normal halfback Tanner Pulice and backup QB Ryan Hill under center in an attempt to keep the Bluebirds off-balance. But Highlands was unfazed, even as Pulice dashed for 187 yards on 22 carries. The Raiders were 4-for-9 passing for 73 yards while being outgained 498-274 in the contest.
"We're pleased, because we played a lot of good football teams," Mueller said of the unbeaten season. "But now is when the season starts for us; we gear everything toward winning in the playoffs. Our goal is to win the last five games."
Towles looked long for targets Austin Sheehan, who caught a 40-yard touchdown pass, and Ian McGurn, who caught scoring passes of 36 and 54 yards, while the Bluebirds bolted to a 21-0 first-quarter lead
http://nky.cincinnati.com/apps/pbcs.dll/...310290107/
"We had a hard time matching their speed," Ryle coach Bryson Warner said. "They've got tremendous speed."
Towles was throwing warm-up tosses on the sideline as the Bluebirds' offense was getting ready to take the field moments after Josh Quillen's 95-yard interception return for a touchdown helped put them ahead 28-0, when Collinsworth said to the senior QB, "We want to see how fast we can do it, but we don't have to get it all in one play."
Towles nodded in agreement and said, "Yessir."
To which Collinsworth replied: "But take (the long play) if it's there."
"Oh, you know I will," said Towles, who is heading to the University of Kentucky on a football scholarship."
On the ensuing possession, Towles methodically worked an eight-play 68-yard scoring drive that began with a 28-yard completion to Sheehan and ended with a seven-yard touchdown run by Zach Harris for a 35-0 Highlands lead. Towles trotted off the field following Harris' burst and Collinsworth gave the QB a pat on the backside.
"You want to get as much work in as possible going into the playoffs - with the long, intermediate and short stuff," said Towles, who hit David Christian with a five-yard TD pass to help make it 42-0 two plays after Colin Seidl turned a short screen pass from Towles into a 50-yard gain to the Ryle 11.
Towles said he had game management in mind when he threw to Seidl, but he can't help it if the junior tailback has the speed to avoid tacklers and take it to the house.
"You want to work on everything. But you can't hold back, either, if it's there, and Colin is a fast little guy," said Towles, who capped the half with a five-play, 58-yard scoring drive that included a 37-yard pass to Seidl. Jake True scored on a two-yard plunge for a 49-0 lead and a running second-half clock for the shellshocked Raiders.
Towles completed 14 of 35 passes for 330 yards and four touchdowns, all in the first half, as Highlands ran up a total yards advantage of 354-127. The Bluebirds avenged last season's 28-26 loss to Ryle and won their 15th straight.
"Cris has a great influence on Patrick and he likes him to be patient and find the right guy, not the deepest guy," said Highlands coach Dale Mueller, who guided the Bluebirds (10-0), ranked No. 1 in the Enquirer Northern Kentucky coaches' poll, to a third unbeaten regular season in five years. "You can find the right guy on a shorter route and he can make it a longer play."
McGurn's 54-yard TD catch was Exhibit A against the fifth-ranked Raiders (6-4). The tight end caught Towles' pass at Ryle's 30, spun away from the first defender, juked the next one, broke two tackles and bowled over a safety while carrying a pair of defenders on his back into the end zone. "McGurn's like a running back after catching a pass," Towles said. "We've got a lot of guys who can extend the play."
The Raiders, missing starting quarterback Nathan Davis due to injury, rotated normal halfback Tanner Pulice and backup QB Ryan Hill under center in an attempt to keep the Bluebirds off-balance. But Highlands was unfazed, even as Pulice dashed for 187 yards on 22 carries. The Raiders were 4-for-9 passing for 73 yards while being outgained 498-274 in the contest.
"We're pleased, because we played a lot of good football teams," Mueller said of the unbeaten season. "But now is when the season starts for us; we gear everything toward winning in the playoffs. Our goal is to win the last five games."
10-29-2011, 12:39 PM
Blau Vogel Wrote:Actually we were both wrong...It was 49 - 0 at half. The Birds scored very early in the third to make it 56 - 0.
Ryle 0 0 0 14 -- 14
Highlands 21 28 7 7 -- 63
First Quarter
H-McGurn 36 pass from Towles (New kick)
H-Sheehan 40 pass from Towles (New kick)
H-McGurn 54 pass from Towles (New kick)
Second quarter
H-Quillen 95 interception return (New kick)
H-Harris 7 run (New kick)
H-Christian 5 pass from Towles (New kick)
H-J. True 2 run (New kick)
Third Quarter
H-Hayes 35 run (Brockett kick)
Fourth Quarter
R-Hill 1 run (Mrozek kick)
H-N. True 6 pass from Houliston (Brockett kick)
R-Pulice 49 run (Mrozek kick)
Records: H 10-0, R 6-4.
Highlands blows out Ryle to move to 10-0
http://nky.cincinnati.com/article/AB/201...news|text|
Sheehan's catch happened right in front of me and might have been the best I've ever seen in 30+ seasons. :Cheerlead:Clap: The pass looked like it was going to go out of the end zone, and the Ryle DB looked like he was thinking exactly along those lines. Sheehan came out of nowhere, buttonhooked behind the defenders and caught it as he slid along the back of the end zone. After all these years and all the touchdowns I know I'm getting to be a jaded old fart, but I almost jumped the fence on that one. How he kept his eye on the ball is a mystery to me. Incredible concentration.
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