Caleb Almond running through hole with Jace McBride & Nick McCormick leading way. (mjrphotog.com)
Story by Cory Martelli
The CL JV middle line backer Micheal Harwell blitzed right up the middle on Cibolo Steele’s first offensive play for a 6 yard sack and that was a precursor of how the game would go for the D -1 6A JV (B) Steels football team. “ I’m glad I’m here getting the reps on JV to make myself better player on Varsity, just anything to make me a better football player” spouted mike linebacker Harwell. The Hawks held Steele to a paltry 12 yards in the first half as the offense swallowed up the clock during the first half of play with two continuous drives.
Andrew Nelson & Michael Harwell help in JV’s Win over Steele
Steele’s size and speed was halted during the first half as the first two possessions went three and out with two booming punts of 42 and 45 yards.
However, that just gave the Hawks more room to run the Slot “T” offense to the discouragement of the Steele’s defense. Steele did not have a clue as to effectively halt an offense which most likely anyone playing with a helmet had ever seen before. On several occasions Caleb Almond or Rolando Maronge ran right by linebackers who were looking the other way, a true sign of a well run Slot –T offense.
As with most 5A and 6A schools, never see a Slot-T offense, as most larger schools in that divisional range run a spread of sorts or variances thereof. Seeing a well run Slot-T can be confusing when trying to defend against it for the first time.
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