After the Mountaineers again opened a three-score lead in the third quarter, Williamson again found Slaughter behind the defense for a 46-yard score. Quarterback Caleb Williamson found Yazhir Slaughter behind the Dallas defense for a 61-yard touchdown pass early in the second quarter to cut the Dallas lead to two scores. The Millionaires’ lull-you-to-sleep passing attack was happy to take its 3 to 6-yard bits in the first half and eventually, they caught the Dallas secondary creeping forward. It took some time for the Williamsport offense to match what its defense was doing. Dallas earned everything they got tonight, and that’s encouraging to me.”
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“Our kids learned how to step up tonight and make them earn everything,” Williamsport coach Mike Pearson said. It’s something we still need to work on.”
“We’re running a sweep play which we’ve never done before, but we had to get to the perimeter against that defense. I wasn’t really good at math, but I know that means we’re outnumbered,” Mannello said. The Mountaineers averaged just over 3 yards per carry thanks in part to a handful of high snaps which threw off the timing of some running plays and led to losses in yardage.īut they found just enough key plays offensively to get in the end zone, and a couple more defensively to keep Williamsport out. 76 on the field and say to their kids that that is what their uncle was like.”ĭallas was outgained 384-205 in total yards, but it was because of those short fields it was able to overcome a Williamsport defense that flew to the football after it had stacked the box on Dallas’ physical style of run game. We wanted (Balara’s) brother and sister to be able to come here someday and see No. “If you spend 10 minutes with him, he’s just an incredible young man. “There couldn’t have been a more perfect pick to wear No. Zapoticky (11 0f 21, 102 yards) threw a second scoring pass in the third quarter to Paczewski to cap a 56-yard drive. He also protected Zapoticky on a touchdown pass of 12 yards to Gavin Lewis. Sabulski was right in the middle of Brady Zapoticky’s 1-yard quarterback sneak for a touchdown and Mike Lewis’ 1-yard scoring run. Dallas broke out to a three-score lead with drives that covered 36, 1, and 34 yards. Sabulski recorded a sack in the third quarter and helped the Dallas offense take advantage of short fields in the first half. Mannello plans on handing out the jersey number to players who are the epitome of the grinder Balara was as a player, and the successful student he was in the classroom. We didn’t point fingers, we just found a way to get it done.”ĭallas senior lineman Dan Sabulski became the first player Mannello honored with wearing Balara’s No. “And when you add a team that’s together like this, you’re capable of doing extraordinary things. “When you have heart and guys, you have a chance,” Mannello said. Last night the Mountaineers nearly blew a 21-0 lead and needed a Zach Paczewski interception inside the 10-yard line to turn away a potential tying touchdown by the Millionaires. It was the third consecutive week Dallas has fought through a tough end of the game to claw out a victory. “This was a win Josh would be proud of,” Mannello said. And they ground on offense for four touchdowns against a spirited Williamsport defense.Īt the end of the night, the Mounts were 3-0, and coach Rich Mannello held back tears as he talked about the win and what it meant. They also honored him by coming up with two gutsy defensive stands in the fourth quarter. The football program honored his memory last night, releasing 76 balloons (Balara’s number was 76), and encouraging people to wear green to raise awareness for adrenal cancer. Sadly, Balara died this spring of adrenal cancer less than 3 years after graduating from Dallas. It was the embodiment of who Balara was as a player and a person when he played for the Mountaineers and then at Dartmouth College. DALLAS - On a night when the Dallas football program honored former All-State lineman Josh Balara, the Mountaineers put together a performance he would have been proud of.ĭallas’ 28-20 win over Williamsport on Friday night was by no means pretty.
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