The North Montgomery Chargers continued to roll Friday night as they defeated the visiting Tri-West Bruins 49-19.
The Chargers, who have been plagued by injuries, made several adjustments to fill several key positions. While plagued with injuries, they are also blessed with a lot of depth as the faces may change but the results looked the same.
The Chargers racked up nearly 540 yards of total offense with it split nearly evenly between the running and passing game. Five different running backs contributed to the rushing game led by speedy sophomore Clay Birdsong’s 88 yards. Clayton Dale continued to efficiently lead the passing game completing 14 of his 20 passes yielding 4 touchdowns and a staggering 259 yards.
The one negative for the Chargers was they did allow Tri-West to make several big passing plays eating up a lot of turf with virtually every completion. Senior quarterback John Fredrick lit up the Charger secondary for 300 yards on only 16 completions accounting for all three Bruin touchdowns. All three touchdown passes went for at least 20 yards. Fredrick did pay for those yards as he was constantly pressured out of the pocket and took several very hard hits as he tried to make things happen.
The Chargers move to 4-0 on the year and are on a 13 game regular season winning steak. This will be put to the test next week when they travel to Lebanon to play the Tigers. Lebanon is now 3-1 on the season with their only loss coming to 5A powerhouse Carmel. The game will be a critical matchup on the road to the Sagamore Conference championship. North Montgomery and Lebanon are joined by an undefeated Western Boone team as the only conference teams without a loss yet this year.
Tri-West drops to 1-3 on the season and will host Southmont next week. Southmont beat Danville Friday night for the first time since Danville joined the conference and will be fired up for the game.
Below is a slideshow of my favorite images from the night. Since I already have what seems like 145,00 pictures of Clayton Dale and the multitude of running backs, I spent the first half trying to get more shots of the big men on the line. The second half was spent experimenting with different things in the darkness as the games with sunlight are quickly coming to an end. Click here to view them as a gallery or click here to see all the images from the night.
2009-09-11 NMHS BV Football vs Tri-West – My Picks – Images by Kevin Seale