Nice job to the Bulldogs who opened up their season with a 35-0 win.
from the bcct:
Football: Morrisville completely dominates in 35-0 win
By JEAN-PAUL LAUTENSCHLAGER
Correspondent
MORRISVILLE - It didn’t take long for the Morrisville High School football team to improve on last season.
The Bulldogs offense erupted for five touchdowns and the defense did its part to help the Bulldogs down Nueva Esperanza 35-0 on opening night.
“We lost our opener last year and it was tough, so coming out this year and posting a shutout made my night,” said senior offensive and defensive lineman Zach Markgraf.
The spark came come from the feet of junior quarterback Matt Cookson.
He ran for 96 yards and two touchdowns and threw for 75 yards and another score.
Cookson had scoring runs of 66 and 30 yards. The latter came on the first play from scrimmage with 9:26 left in the first quarter. The 66-yarder came three plays after intermission.
“He’s our ace in the hole,” Morrisville coach Jim Gober said. “He reads that zone real well. We look to him for a lot of things.”
Cookson is the key to Gober’s spread offense and defense-reading decisions.
On Friday night, Cookson showed that the offense can explode for the big play and he can manage long drives.
Junior receiver Eugene Figueroa was Cookson’s main target.
Figueroa hauled in two passes, including a 20-yard touchdown catch on the second series of the game, pushing the hosts lead to 14-0.
Cookson completed passes to four receivers and the Bulldogs (1-0) utilized 11 running backs.
One of the rushers was Matt Beyer who found the end zone on the third play of the third series to crush any hope the Toros (0-1) had for a comeback.
“It’s definitely a morale builder,” Gober said. “I have to tip my hat to Nueva. They are a second-year program. They gave us a good look and they should be proud that they were able to come out and compete today.”
Esperanza pulled out of its Public League schedule prior to the game, leaving the future for the Philadelphia charter school’s program in question.
The Toros did not win a game last season and allowed 455 points.
Morrisville, however, is determined to reverse last year’s 2-9 effort. The offense is clicking and the defense did not give up more than 2.6 yards per carry and Esperanza’s longest run of the night was 19 yards.
“It was a good win,” Cookson said. “I am pretty excited. It will be nice to go home and take a hot shower.”
Morrisville 35, Nueva Esperanza 0
Nueva Esperanza……………………. 0 0 0 0 — 0
Morrisville……………………….. 7 14 14 0 - 35
Scoring Summary
M - Cookson 30 run (Brandon Douglass kick)
M - Figueroa 20 pass from Cookson (Douglass kick)
M - Beyer 20 run (Douglass kick)
M - Cookson 66 run (Douglass kick)
M - Jones 16 run (Douglass kick)
Team Statistics
Nueva Esperanza Morrisville
First Downs 9 9
Yards Rushing 109 172
Yards Passing 0 75
Total Offense 109 247
Comp. Passes, Int. 0-1, 0 5-10
Fumbles-lost 8-2 0-0
Penalties-yards 4-20 4-40
Punts-Avg. 4-21 1-35
Sacked-Yds. Lost 2-8 0-0
Individual Statistics
Nueva Esperanza
Rushing: Jenkin 19-62; Alexander 1-2; Perez 11-(-19); Berdecia 1-4; Rodriguez 7-55; Zedekia 2-5.
Passing: Perez 0-1-0, 0 yards. 0 TD, 0 Int.
Receiving: none
Interceptions: none
Morrisville
Rushing: Cookson 7-96-2 TDs; Figueroa 1-(-4); Bresnen 3-12; Beyer 1-20-TD; Jones 3-42-TD; Wilcox 4-0; Canto 1-2; Livingston 2-0; Tirado 1-(-4); Melendez 1-14; Johnson 1-(-6).
Passing: Cookson 5-9-0, 75 yards, 1 TD; Wilcox 0-1-0, 0 yards. 1 TD-0Int.
Receiving: Jones 1-10; Figueroa 2-37, 1 TD; Walker 1-16; Beyer 1-12.
Interceptions: none.
Jean-Paul Lautenschlager can be reached at sports@phillyBurbs.com.
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