An up-and-down season of sorts for Warwick.
But a season that included an ultra clutch Section 1 win over Hempfield in Week 9, and a Week 10 game on the horizon at Wilson where the Warriors can leave their mark against the section champs – and maybe, just maybe, end up in the postseason. Playing meaningful football games in Week 10 is a good thing, remember.
Warwick is 3-3 in Section 1 and 5-4 overall – and right on the District 3 Quad-A bubble line. The Warriors will need a win Friday at Wilson, and likely some other help to make the playoff field.
Warwick has been to the District 3 Quad-A playoffs the last three years in a row, and the Warriors would love to make it four straight.
Warwick has won two of its last three games down the stretch, and the Warriors have been getting a ton of mileage out of RB Chris Schaffer, who has taken over as the feature back and has inflicted a ton of damage – while keeping Warwick afloat in the district-playoff chase, like last Friday, when the Warriors blanked Hempfield 16-0, all but eliminating the Black Knights from postseason discussion.
Warwick’s D has also been stingy throughout the first nine weeks. The Warriors’ defensive unit was tops in the L-L League the first several weeks this season, and after holding Hempfield to 81 yards and four first downs, Warwick’s D is giving up just 239.6 yards per game – seventh-best in the league heading into Week 10.
I caught up with Warwick coach Bob Locker on Monday, and we chatted about all the above: the Warriors’ big win over Hempfield, remaining in the playoff hunt, Warwick’s gritty D this season, and about Schaffer, who has been a real find as the Warriors’ feature back.
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Speaking of Warwick …
Former Warriors’ standout QB Jon Resch had a memorable debut for U.S. Coast Guard Academy in its game last Saturday against Maine Maritime.
Resch, a freshman, came off the bench and (get this) completed 34-of-46 passes for 469 yards and six touchdowns. The yards and TD tosses were school record, and the 34 completions tied the program mark.
Resch, a 2008 Warwick grad who last played QB for the Warriors in 2007, when Warwick upset Wilson in West Lawn and went to the district playoffs, replaced starter Jesse Karr, who went down with a first-quarter injury.
Maine Maritime won the New England Football Conference game 76-49, but Resch was named Co-Offensive Player of the Week in the conference for his record-breaking game.
