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ST. JAMES FOOTBALL 2009 |
(Week 6) vs Brusly |
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Wildcats back on track with 26-0 victory over Brusly
By
Kenny Hymel www.stjameswildcats.com October 9,
2009 ST. JAMES, LA -- Wildcat Jaleel Steib scored every point
on the scoreboard and the St. James defense played like the name on the front
of their jersey as the St. James Wildcats picked up their first win of the
season in a 26-0 Homecoming victory over the Brusly Panthers. After a 4-game road trip, "Homecoming" could
not have meant more for St. James. The
victory brings St. James to 1-5 for the season. However, the bigger picture is that
tonight's opening district win places St. James at 1-0 in their quest for the
District Championship. Off-and-on light showers and a decent amount of wind
provided for a wet, but cool, evening of football. St. James received to open the game and
marched down the field on a scoring drive that took 4:41 off the clock. Wildcat fullback Jaleel Steib found a seem
in the middle and hit it for a 16-yard touchdown run. Steib kicked his own extra point to give
St. James a 7-0 lead. The Wildcat defense then took the field and looked a
little shaky at first. While not
pretty, the defense was effective and forced the Panthers to a punt on their
first drive. A few drives later, Jaleel Steib scored his second of
the night when he slid around and scored on a 17-yard run. The extra point hit the cross bar, thus the
score was now 13-0 at the 10:45 mark in the second quarter. Late in the first half, Brusly drove the ball into
Wildcat territory to around the 30-yard line.
However, the Wildcat defense would come up big when linebacker
Christian Verret intercepted a pass and returned it to the Panther 40-yard
line with 42 seconds to go in the half. Unsure, and not being fully confident, about whether the
Wildcat offense could go 40-yards and score in less than 42 seconds was put
to rest by a returning Wildcat, Larohn Cambre. Cambre's first run of the season would be a
36-yard run down to the 4-yard line.
With 18 seconds left before half, Jaleel Steib picked up his third
score of the night when he blasted in from 2 yards out. The extra point was good making it 20-0
going into halftime. The Wildcat offense looked plain, and a little sloppy,
in the second half, but the Wildcat defense was now starting to do something
they have not been able to do much, if any, of this year, and that is create
havoc for the opponent. The Wildcats caused fumbles and even got an interception
from Jabari Ambrose playing the defensive-tackle position. It would be a fumble recovery that led to
the last touchdown by the Wildcat offense. With 5:34 left in the game, Jaleel Steib punched in his
fourth score of the night when he blasted in on a 2-yard run. A misplaced extra point led to the kick
never getting off, thus the score was 26-0. The Wildcats' second defense then came in and forced Brusly
out of downs before the Wildcat second offense ran out the clock to pick up
the 26-0 victory. St. James improves to 1-0 in district and will hit the
road again for 2 weeks before returning home for their final 2 games of the
regular season. The Wildcats will play
their second district game next Friday night at Livonia. NOTABLES Jaleel Steib scoring every single point in a shutout
performance and then coming up with as many as 26 points is something has
likely never been done before in school history. |
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