T1-11~ PONCHATOULA TIMES, SEPTEMBER 22, 2011, PAGE 2
John Dudek
Found:
Tenacious NFL
By JOHN DUDEK
Times Columnist
A couple of weeks back, I
wrote a column about how the
Saints defense was missing.
This past Sunday, they were
found, in the Louisiana Super-
dome.
The defense busted out in
a big way against the Chicago
Bears, constantly putting pres-
sure on quarterback Jay Cutler,
en route to six sacks. Chicago,
which usually relies on a hard
hitting running game, was
pretty much stopped in their
tracks.
In fact, the Bears' lone touch-
down came on the game's open-
ing series, which was twice
aided by questionable penalties
against the home team that kept
the drive alive. After that, it was
a mixture of well-timed blitzes
and great coverage by the Saints
defensive backs that kept the
Bears off balance all afternoon.
Saints quarterback Drew Brees
was his usual superhuman self,
completing 26 of 37 passes for
270 yards and three touch-
downs.
Devery Henderson and Jim-
my Graham were Drew's top
targets, as Henderson hauled in
a 79 yard strike for a score, and
Graham grabbed six passes for
79 yards on the afternoon.
Rookie running back Mark
Ingram led the team's bal-
anced rushing attack with 51
yards on 14 carries. All in all,
it was a great performance
by everyone in the Saint's
30-13 victory over the Bears.
Next up for the Black & Gold,
a red hot Houston team that
finally has a great defense of
their own, to go along with
their high octane offense. The
Texans passed and ran over the
Saints a few weeks ago in the
preseason, but, like I always
say, it's just the preseason. Let's
hope it isn't a repeat of that
dreadful game, or it is going to
be a long day in the Dome. My
prediction, Saints win, 38 to 35,
in a wild game that keeps us all
on the edge of our seats.
Katie Arbour
PHS looking
unstoppable
as Northshore
takes a try
By KATIE ARBOUR
Times Columnist
The PHS Green Wave foot-
ball team has 3-0 record (or
4-0 if you count Jamboree) and
is off to a really great season.
This Friday night, PHS will be
going up against Northshore,
which didn't do too well against
Chalmette or St. Charles in
their last two games.
Now, East Jefferson, whom
we played in last week's game,
was another story.
"This team is very a very
good team, and will be a very
good game," Coach Hank Tier-
ney told me while the boys did
their warm ups. "I think we are
ready for this," he said confi-
dently on a last note before the
game began.
Ponchatoula began the game
with a first down on the 34 yard
line and before the game had
even really started, East Jeff
had its first injury.
At the end of the first quar-
ter, the score was tied 0-0, but
PHS was quick to jump up, run-
ning clear across the field for a
first down on the 3rd yard line!
Number 24, Dana Hendrix,
scored the first toachdown in
the game, while Cole Cummings
got PHS the extra point.
East Jefferson tried to make
a comeback and send the ball
flying across the field, but it
dropped to the ground. Pon-
chatoula almost immediately
made yet another touchdown,
making the score 14-0. There
were a couple out-ofibounds in
the game, passing from sideline
to sideline instead of end zone
to end zone.
Number 34, Will Thompson,
then took the ball about 50
yards down the field to the 25
yard line, setting us up for our
next touchdown. PHS got to the
1 yard line when E. Jeff took
a timeout, but no matter what
they talked about, it didn't
work. PHS still got the touch-
down and extra point.
Like the guys like to brag,
"The game was over at half-
time," but they were in for a
rude awakening. The East Jef-
ferson Warriors finally woke
up after the band performed a
Fantastic halftime with Man-
gione Opener, a Wavette dailce
to The Horse, and a drum fea-
ture titled Echano. Almost im-
mediately, the Warriors scored
a touchdown and extra point
with 7:58 left in the third quar-
ter, bumping the score up to 21-
7.
They had some great tack-
les on PHS's side, but it wasn't
enough to stop E. Jeff from.
another touchdown and extra
point. The fans began to worry
as the Warriors scored again,
but this time failing to make
the extra point.
Number 2, Chris Cross of the
Green Wave got a cramp or char-
ley horse in his leg, and took a
break and get it stretched out.
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