Gov. Mifflin Head Coach Mick Vecchio said it well, “We needed it”. The Gov Mifflin Mustangs team came out Friday night and showed “it” . The Mustangs needed to prove “it” to themselves, and the rest of District 3. Gov. Mifflin is a team with “it”. Gov Mifflin crushed Lancaster Catholic Friday Night 44-19.
Gov. Mifflin pounded the ball on the ground all night. Of the 538 yards of total offense, Gov Mifflin hammered Lancaster Catholic with 442 yards on the ground. Wilson Fontanez was the top performer of the Mustangs dominant ground attack. Fontanez rushed for 254 yards on 22 carries (207 in the first half) and scored a school record tying five touchdowns. One of the touchdown runs was a 94 yarder. “I was trying to go for six,” said Fontanez, “but five is fine. My teammates did great. I can’t ask for anything better. My line did great today.”
Miffflin started this game as they did last week to cross town rival Wilson, by falling behind early 7-0. But in the same way as last week, the Mustangs came roaring back. Wilson Fontanez capped an eight-play, 80 yard drive with his first TD of the night to tie the score at seven. Following a three and out by the Mifflin defense, Fontanez scored his second TD and Mifflin was ahead for good 14-7. Mifflin went 48 yards in only three plays to take the lead. Jan Johnson’s 23 yard field goal made the score 17-7 Mustangs with 10:29 left in the half.
The stifling Mifflin defense held again. On the next drive the Mustangs grounded out another eight-play 80 yard effort. It was getting late early for Catholic. Mifflin now led 24-7 with 5:39 left in the first half. Following another three and out by the Mifflin defense, the offense got the ball back with 2:08 to play on their own six.
On the very first play, Wilson Fontanez made a sparkling move at the line of scrimmage, ran through several defenders and eluded would be tacklers along the sidelines. He scored on the 94 yard run. Fontanez’s great run made the score 31-7 Mifflin going into halftime.
Gov. Mifflin broke the scoring ice in the second half when, who else, Wilson Fontanez scored his fifth rushing TD at the 3:31 mark of quarter three. The Mustangs now led 38-7. The score moved to 44-7 with 9:18 left as QB Jan Johnson hit Evan Pollack on a nine-yard TD pass for Gov. Mifflin.
Lancaster Catholic starters added two late TD’s against the Mifflin defensive reserves, and your final score was Gov. Mifflin Mustangs 44- Lancaster Catholic Crusaders 19.
Quickly Gov. Mifflin has silenced detractors who questioned the heart and resolve of this team. Next week’s test for the Mustangs, perennial Lancaster – Lebanon League powerhouse Manhiem Township. Let’s see if the Mustangs can answer the bell once again.
SCORING & STATS
1st
LC-Christian Kemp 38 pass from Jordan Scott (Miklos Dan kick)
GM-Wilson Fontanez 3 run (kick failed)
GM-Fontanez 3 run (Jan Johnson run)
2nd
GM-FG Johnson 23
GM-Fontanez 2 run (Ben Strausser kick)
GM-Fontanez 94 run (Strausser kick)
3rd
GM-Fontanez 7 run (Strausser kick)
4th
GM-Evan Pollack 9 pass from Johnson (kick failed)
LC-Nassir Weaver 11 pass from Scott (pass failed)
LC-Kemp 12 pass from Scott (pass failed)
Team Stats
Game
STATISTIC LANCASTER CATHOLIC GOVERNOR MIFFLIN
| 1ST-DWNS | 12 | 20 |
| RUSH-ATT | 23 | 48 |
| RUSH-YDS | 65 | 442 |
| PASS-YDS | 218 | 96 |
| CMP | 15 | 5 |
| PASS-ATT | 24 | 6 |
| FUM | 1 | 4 |
| FUM-LOST | 0 | 2 |
| PUNTS | 4 | 0 |
| PUNT/AVG | 36.8 | 0 |
| PEN | 5 | 5 |
| PEN-YDS | 45 | 35 |
| YDS | 283 | 538 |
