Dayton coach on Goose Creek game

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Broncos’ offense in sync in 48-14 win

Dayton quarterback Payton Ploch leaps over split end Jared Goss as he sheds tacklers on his way to a first down in Patriot territory.

By JASON FOCHTMAN

Published: 09.27.09

After a slow start against Kingwood Park last week, the Broncos came out firing against Goose Creek Memorial and tallied 28 points in the first half on their way to a 48-14 win in front of a packed homecoming crowd at Bronco Stadium Friday evening.

The Bronco offense was firing on all cylinders while the defense continued their dominating trend.

After trading punts, the Broncos (2-0 district, 3-1 overall) needed only three plays to get on the board after quarterback Payton Ploch quickly found Xavier Frank for a 28-yard touchdown after starting on their own 39-yard line.

Ploch had a big night, throwing for four touchdowns and running for one more, totaling 313 yards of offense. Frank had another big game, catching five passes for 147 yards and two touchdowns.

After the Patriots (1-1 district, 3-2 overall) drove down the field, the Dayton defense dropped Patrick Wood for a four-yard loss on third-and-four to bring up the Patriots’ punting unit. Xavier Baldwin came though the pack and blocked Price Jacob’s 45-yard kickoff attempt to give the Broncos the ball on Goose Creek’s 39-yard line following a Patriot penalty. Baldwin had a chance for another blocked field goal, but couldn’t get to Jacob in time.

Again, three was the magic number as Ploch found Gamal Fowler for a seven-yard touchdown to put Broncos up 14-0 with 2:49 left in the first quarter.

The Patriots answered back with a touchdown drive of their own. Cody Larson hit running back De Martie Allen for a 36-yard completion that lead to a 14-yard pass touchdown pass to Keithan Collins to cut the Bronco lead in half going into the second quarter.

Ploch answered quickly with a 77-yard touchdown pass to Frank on a second down that brought lead back to 14.

Following a turnover by Ploch, the Bronco defense came up big again, forcing another punt and allowing only 26 yards on the Patriot drive to give the Bronco offense the ball back on their own 36-yard line with 4:46 left in the half.

The Broncos tacked on another score before the half after a 10-yard run by Ploch put the score at 28-7 for the last points of the half. Fowler broke free for a 24-yard run and Ploch added his own 18-yard run before cutting up the Patriot offense for the touchdown.

Dayton continued to dominate on both sides of the ball in the second half. After starting slow to start the third, the Broncos scored with 1:53 left in the third when Fowler walked in the end zone untouched thanks to great blocking. That bought the score to 35-7.

Early in the fourth, Goose Creek answered back with their second touchdown of the night capping off a five-play 77-yard drive, but by then the Broncos had the game well in hand.

From then on, the Broncos used long drive to eat up the clock while continuing to put points on the board.

Dayton scored again after a 4:25 minute drive that saw the offense go 70 yards that ended with a 17-yard touchdown pass to Fowler for his second score of the night with 5:15 left in the game.

Baldwin had another big play, intercepting a pass from Larson and returning the ball to the Patriots’ five-yard line to give the Broncos’ offense the ball at the Goose Creek 5-yard line.

After taking over for Ploch under center, Baldwin finished off what he started with a nine-yard touchdown run for the final points of the game.

Though the Broncos played well, there is still room for improvement.

Dayton turned the ball over twice and had 10 penalties for 72 yards in Friday’s game.

“We’ve got to quit turning the ball over,†said Head Coach Jerry Stewart.

While Stewart noted Ploch’s improvement, he also pointed out Ploch will have to do a better job of holding onto the ball after contact.

Doing a better job of limiting penalties will also be a focus for the Broncos.

“Only ignorance has you jump off sides as many times as we did,†Stewart said. “We’ve got to get better at that stuff.â€

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[jayhawk]

--- Lets do the "bump' 

[bronco1]

You can always count on Coach Stewart to use flowery words to describe how he feels.  ;D

[Guest octfeb]

“Only ignorance has you jump off sides as many times as we did,†Stewart said. “We’ve got to get better at that stuff.â€

Now thats LOL funny right there....

[Longhorn84]

What's LOL funny is Crosby 28, Dayton 0!! LOL!!!!

[dayton]

What's LOL funny is Crosby 28, Dayton 0!! LOL!!!!

WOW... you dug through 2 weeks of threads for that... I admire your commitment. And... it was your first post!!