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Hart dominates 4th quarter
and shuts out Cub 14-0! Souza throws two TD passes! 
Alternative
lead: Hart ties Loyola 14-14 in the second half!
For those who read my posts, I generally
try to be positive and always back up my comments with facts. Well those are facts, selective as they are, and
they are about the only thing I could come up with that's positive.
Hart continued to shoot itself in the foot (4 turnovers, pretty
much unforced) and Loyola's Anthony Barr is a man among boys. No, he was not a freight train run amuck. A train
runs over people -- implying that people are in the way. He ran around and past everyone -- effortlessly. When
Hart got a hand on him, he just kept going.
Hart took the opening kickoff and got a minimal return to the 12.
The Indians advanced out to the 36, almost entirely due to a pass interference penalty (there were at least 18 penalties called
against both teams -- a large amount for two programs built on discipline). On third and six, Sousa threw an interception
which was returned to the Hart 40.
Loyola: Barr for 4, Barr for 36 and the TD at 8:37 and it was 7-0 Loyola.
He was by everyone in a flash.
Hart started at the 20 and 3 plays later was back at the 2 after an intentional grounding
call. Following a short punt with no return, Loyola started at the Hart 32. After an incomplete pass and an illegal
procedure, it was Barr for 35 down to the 2 and then 2 for the TD. 14-0 at 6:45.
Hart went 3 and out and
Loyola got a nice return and started at the Hart 44: Pass for 16 and then a 28-yard run by Barr for the TD and it was 21-0
at 3:37 in the first quarter.
In the next series, Hart actually got a first down but had to punt and Loyola started
at the Loyola 44. Following an incomplete, Barr ran 56 yards for the TD and it was 28-0 as the quarter ended.
First quarter summary: Eight plays, 4 TDs. No defense.
With
the changes of ends on the quarter, the Hart returners were far too deep as it was very windy and Loyola was kicking into
the wind. The kick was high and thus short and it seemed like the returners just stood there and watched it. It
hit the ground and Loyola recovered the "fumble"(not sure if a Hart kid ever touched it before it hit the ground) at
the 22 (Hart's second turnover of the night). Loyola pulled Barr for the series and Watne eventually ran it in from the 5 to make it 35-0 at 10:12 in the second.
Hart
actually moved the ball on the next series, getting a nice return by Borland out to the 36 and then getting down to the Loyola
20 before losing the ball on downs.
On the next series, Barr returned for a few plays and had runs of 19 and 29 yards
but penalties stopped the Cubs and Hart actually stopped Barr with a 1-yard loss on one play. The Cubs kicked a 29-yard
field goal to make it 38-0 at half.
Not surprisingly the stats were pretty lopsided. Barr had 218 yards
and 4 TDs on 12 carries [Maxpreps has him for only 199 yards on 11 carries]. The QB had one carry for 5, Whatney had
4 for 45 and a TD. The QB was 1 for 4 for 16 yards. The only thing that kept Barr from about 400 yards in
the first half was the terrific field position; he was running on a short field. As I noted, he was a man among boys.
Hart's first half stats: Stevens had 46 yards on 14 carries,
Souza had 18 on 6 carries and was 2 of 6 for 14 yards and an interception. 75 yards in a half ain't gonna win too
many games. In Hart's defense, injuries have been devastating with Diamond (best player and 2 way starter) MacArthur
(probably best tackler and also starting receiver) and Adam Bouyer (best defensive linemen) all MIA.
In the second
half, Loyola benched Barr (was he in street clothes? I couldn't see him in uniform) and several other starters.
On
the first series, Hart forced a punt -- but, fumbled it and Loyola recovered it at the 6. Following a penalty,
the QB took it in from the 11 and it was 45-0 at 8:02 in the third.
Hart started at the 18 and had a promising
little start with a 17-yard pass to Borland followed by a 10-yard run by Stevens. Then another interception which
was returned to the Hart 44.
Loyola went on a 7-play drive, 6 of which were runs by Gavin Meredith who scored on
a 7-yard run to make it 52-0 at 3:12 in the third.
Hart managed very little on the next drive and punted.
Loyola got down to the Hart 37 but got backed up on a penalty and eventually ran out of downs at the 41.
Hart then
went on a 6-play drive which culminated with a 34-yard TD pass from Souza to Borland to make it 52-7 at 4:34 in the fourth.
Hart
forced a Loyola punt on the next series and got the ball at the 29. On fourth and long, Souza hit Almond along the
right sideline who took it about 45 yards down the field for a TD to make it 52-14 at 1:05 in the fourth.
Loyola
then ran out the clock.
Hart second half stats: Souza had 13 yards on 3 carries. Stevens had 34 yards on 8
carries. Souza was 3 of 8 for 120 yards, 2 TDs and 1 INT.
Total for Hart: Souza was 9 of 16 for 137 yards,
2 TDs and 2 INTs. He had 34 yards on 10 carries. Stevens had 80 yards on 22 carries. Almond had 2 catches
for 72 yards and a TD, Borland had 2 for 51 yards and a TD and Clay Shoemaker had 1 for 11.
A couple of quick comments.
First Loyola, as always, is/was a class act. They gave Barr his carries and then pulled him. They gave
the reserves a ton of playing time. There was no effort to run up the score. If you can't stop the guy, he scores.
Loyola probably could have scored at least another TD in the first half and certainly a lot more in the second half but with
Barr benched things leveled off considerably. Thus it was not a scoring record against Hart which it easily could have
been though it was, by far, the most Loyola has ever scored against the Indians [the record points allowed in a game by Hart
is 65 way back in 1950].
My biggest disappoint is that for a time, it looked like the Hart kids were completely
overwhelmed and sort of gave up. I heard a couple of parents complaining that Hart should have put in the subs.
I think the coaching decision was correct. The starters had not earned the right to come off
the field. Eventually they started looking more like a team. Hopefully, the Indians have regrouped enough to make
a run in the Foothill League.
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