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SUPER SECTIONAL SATURDAY

So after the 43 to 22 loss to the Red Raiders of Hornell the Rams drop to number 10 in the State and the Red Raiders catapolt to number 3.

The Rams were down 22 to 0 at half.  They outscored HHS 22 to 21 in the second half.  Austin Dwyer had a field day with 4 TD's and over 300 yards on the ground and a Pick.

Sciavo had two TD's in the air and a INT.  The Rams D was in the shadow of their goal line the entire 1st Quarter and could not win the field position batle.  Over the last 4 games the Red Raiders have outscored the Rams 49 to 7 in the first quarter.

Nick Carroll had two TD's and did a nice job on the ground in the second half. 

That is the 7th straight loss to Hornell.

Enough looking back.  The Rams look to repeat as Section V Class B champs and they are 8 and 2 in their last ten games after the RTE 17 rivalry.

Caoch Carroll will make his 12th post season appearance as the Rams head coach.  Taking them to the post season 12 out of 18 seasons.

In Rnd 1 he is 9-3

2nd Rnd 6-3

in title games at Bath he is 5-1

making him 22 and 10 in Sectionals at Bath Haverling

he is 26 and 14 over all in the post season

The Rams have been very good at home in the post season.  They have won won 7 out of 9 first round games at home.  The last loss coming back in 2006 when they wre the 2nd see losing to ERG. 

The rams are a 4th Seed.  Last time they were a 4th Seed was 2003 when they beat Livonia at home beat ERG the number 1 seed Rnd 2 38 to 18 and beat Penn Yan in the title game. 

The lost to Geneva at Pae Tech in 2007 in the title game 28 to 21.  Last year they avenged that lose with a 14 to 0 shut out of the Panthers. 

Geneva is no stranger to the post season.  They have been in Sectionals either in Class A or Class B since 2002.  They made it to the title game in Class A in 05.  won it in 2006.  Made it to the Class B final four in 2007.

they are 20 and 8 in post season play since 99

Last time Geneva was a 5 seed they won Class A sectionals and the Far west Regional

Since 03 they are 20 and 5 in sectioonal play

Geneva Coach Dave Whitcomb is no stranger to the post season.  He has coached Midlakes/Avon and now he is in his 12 season at Geneva.  At Geneva he is 71 and 47.  He is 2nd on the Section V active win's list.  After taking on Gene Mastin who is number 1 on the list the Rams prize is taking on Coach Whitcomb who has 177 careeer wins. 

Coach Whitcomb is one of the few coaches in the Finger Lakes to have a winning record against the LCAA.  He is 10 and 2 in his last 12 games.  6 and 0 vs the LCAA in regular season action since 2000 6 and 2 vs LCAA in sectionals

Coach Carroll who has a lot of luck with the Finger Lakes teams is 8 and 0 since 99 in regular season play.  1 and 2 in Pool play and 9 and 2 in sectioanls since 99That is a combined record of 18 and 4.

Dave Whitcomb at Geneva is 7 and 2 in the first Rd of sectionals.

So two great coaches going at itband two pretty good teams.

Geneva is averaging 23.8 points while giving up 21.1 points

average margin of victory 13.6.

Their opponents combined record is 23 and 26.

vs. teams with .500 records and better they are 1 and 2

In games decided by 14 points or less they are 4 and 0.  On the road they are 2 and 1 at home they are 3 and 1. 

They are 5 and 0 when scoring 20 or more points in a game. 

The Rams are 3 and 1 at home this year 9 and 1 in their last ten and 14 and 4 in their last 18.  Three of those four loses have come at the hands of the Hornell Red Raiders.

The Rams Average 29.5 points a game.  Their D gives up an average of 8 points a game They have 4 shutouts this year  The rams have an average margin of victory of 28.6 points. 

They are 1 and 1 vs teams with. 500 records.

theri opponents combined record is 20 and 29.

Nick Carroll has 18 TD's and 16 rushing.  The Rams have scored 31 TD's   So Nick has 58 percent of the scoring.  28 of those TD's have been on the ground.

 It's one and done now  Lets see what happens

I-86 SHOWDOWN

The clock ticks closer to kickoff.  Both teams will wake up today unbeat.  Only one will go to bed the same way.

It will be cold.  The field will be a mess.

The Rams are on a six game losing skid to the Red Raiders. 

the Rams are ranked number 1 for the first time ever and if they are to lose they wil be one and done at number 1  for a while.

Here are the match up's in this game

You have the number 1 all time wins leader in Section V history Hornell coach Gene Mastin with 207 vs. Bath Coach Wayne Carroll who is 5th all time on the active wins list with 134 wins.  Mastin has 8 Section V titles, Carroll has 6.  Mastin has 13 Section V final appearances.  Carroll has 7.  So 14 Section V titles combined and 20 Section V title appearances.

Gene is 12 and 4 vs. Bath

The Running backs.  Austin Dwyer has 111 carries for 1140 yards.  That is 10.2 yards a cary.  He averages 190 yards a game.  He has 15 rushing TD's  2 kickoff returns one for 80 and one for 86 and one punt return.  So 18 total and 2 two point conversions

Nick Carroll has 117 carries for 934 yards.  Carroll averages 155 yards per game and over 6 yards a carry.  Carroll has 14 rushing TD's and 1 punt return TD and one receiving TD.

Dwyer and Carroll are 1 and 2 in both rushing and scoring respectively in the LCAA. 

the Red Raiders have ran 248 times for 1922 yards while the Rams have rushed  252 times with 1733  yards

QB Match up.  for Bath Freshman  Daniel Leonard is 15 for 36 for 185 yards and 1/1

Soph Dom Sciavo for Hornell is 22 for 46 for 416 yards and 5/1

Receiving match up

Hornell  Dylan Dunn is 4th in the LCAA with 13 catches for 205 yards

Jordan Schwartz has 6 for 151

Bath leading receivers

Nick Carroll 4 for 76 and 1 TD

Luke Burns 3 for 47

So while the Rams O has scored 185 points good for 38.2 points a game the Red Raiders have scored 243 good for 41 points a game. 

As for the D match up

The Rams D has only give up 13 points.  2 TD's  The Rams have blocked a punt and blocked a FG attempt and stopped the only 2 point attempt against them.

The Red Raiders D has given up 70 points but 44 of those points give up by the reserves in the 4th quarter.    So that would be 16 points yeled by the 1st string D. 

The Rams have 10 turnovers 9 fumbles and 1 INT.  the Rams have taken the ball away 15 timew with 7 fumble recoveries and 8 picks.  That makes the Rams plus 5.  The Rams D has 20 sacks

Hornell has 6 turnoevers with 5 fumble recoveries and 1 INT  The Red Raiders D has 11 take aways with 5 fumble recoveries and 6 INT's Giving them a plus 5

1 vs. 11 in state rankings

LCAA Div 1 title on the line

Number 2 seed in Class B sectionals on the line

Winningest active coach vs. 5th winningest active coach

best verse second best statistical running backs. 

At 1:30 today where else would you rather be than watching or listening to this one.  I would even pay to get into this game, but I probably won't

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RTE 17 RIVALRY

It has been called many things from the Southern Tier Bowl to the I 86 showdown to the Hatfields and McCoy's.   

Along with cal-Mum LeRoy and Pembroke and Oakfield Alabama this is one of the top rivlries in Section V.  It makes it even better with both teams undefeated and state ranked.  Bath ranked 1 for the first time ever and Hornell ranked lower than they should be at number 11. 

Here is a little deeper look at the Rte 17 rivalry.

It started in 1995.  The first game was in 1995.  Hornell beat Bath 18 to 12.  At half the Rams were up 12 to 6.  The Red Raiders did a lot of stunting and blitzing to stop the Rams passng attack.  HHS went on to win 18 to 12.   The two teams would later meet in the Section V Class B Semi Finals.  Bath once again was leading at halftime 12 to 6 in that game and the kids remember they wre leading at half 12 to 6 in the first meeting.  Bath would win that game 32 to 12. Mike Apple ran and passed all over the Red Raiders in the second half.  He also had a very long pic six.  Apple was named to the All Greater Rochester team and the 2nd team all state.  Apple went on to play at Div. 2 New Hampshire.  The center on that team Josh Hill from Avoca he was a great center he went on to play college ball at Stony Brook.l  To make the series 1 to 1. Hornell QB that year was Brian Young  Bath went on to win the Section V Class B title game against Waterloo 24 to 6.  The Rams did not get a chance to play in states because Section V was going on a very old and poor Harbin point system.  Who knows how far that '95 team would have gone 

Many people still talk about the Rams QB in that game and for that season to tis day.  Mike Apple.   

In '96 the two teams hooked up in pool play after both teams got knocked out of sectionals in the 1st RD.  Gene Mastin was not the coach this year.  Gene had left to be the Def coordinator at Alfred University Hornell's coach was John Arnault. Hornell won on a blocked field goal as time expired 12 to 10.  The Red Raiders JV coach was Tom Noteware and also a Varsity assistant and was in the Hornell booth that day.  The next year Coach Noteware was the Rams JV head coach.  

'97 the two teams did not face each other.Hornell won Section V Class B

'98  Hornell 34 Bath  0

Hornell was Section V Class B champs for the second straight year.  this was the first season for both Hornell and Bath in the LCAA.  Hornell had just left the Finger Lakes East and Bath left the Expressway were they had played for the last 7 years.  Winning the league the last 6 years, that being the first 6 years of coach Carroll run at Bath Haverling.

in 1999 during the regular season the Red Raiders beat Bath 41 to 12. Hornell went on to be the Section V Class B champs

In 2000 the teams played twice.  In the regular season the Rams last 32 to 0.  They would hook up in the post season in the first round of sectrionals.  The Red Raiders were the number 1 seed and the Rams were number 8.  So the Rams had to make the trek to Maple City park.  Bath controlled the first three quarters leading the game 10 to 7 going not the 4th Quarter.  The Red Raiders would score 2 TD's  in the last 6 minutes to give the Red Raiders a 19 to 10 win.  The Red Raiders would go on to win the Section V Class B title again that year their 4th in a row. 

2001  week 2 of the season the Hornell Red Raiders beat the Bath Rams 26 to 0.  The two would face each other again at Fauver Stadium for the Class B title game.  the first time the two would ever face off for a sectional title.  The Rams drove the ball down the field with Mark Robinson scoring a TD to tie the game 7 to 7.  In OT The Rams took Defense first.  The Red Raiders scored but missed the extra point.  the Rams would score and make the extra point to win 14 to 13.  Giving Coach Carroll his 3rd Section V titles two at Bath and 1 at Romulus. 

The Hornell QB that night was Brent Quinlan

In 2002 the first ever game at the new field at Bath Haverling the Rams would beat the Hornell squadi n a convincing 45 to 14 score on that Saturday at Bath.  The Rams varsity was motivated because earlier that week on Thursday the Hornell JV beat the Bath JV 72 to 0. 

The Rams had now won 2 straight in the series.

The two would meet once again in the Section V Class B title game at Fauver.  The Rams won that easily 33 to 13.  The Rams were starting to take back the series winning 3 in a row and now 2 and 0 vs the Red Raiders in Section V title games. the  was the Rams 3rd Sectional title.  2nd in a row

The next year 2003 the Rams lost in Week 1 to Hornell 10 to 7.

The Rams would go on to three peat as Section V champs

In 2004 the Rams went 0 and 8 and lost to Hornell 52 to 6. 

In 2005 when the Rams were 2 and 6 the Rams lost 41 to 0.

In 2006 the Rams were back on the road to success going 6 and 2.  They lost at Bath 35 to 13.  Hornell got out to a early lead and Bath was never able to recover

In 2007 the Rams went 8 and 2 and again lost to Hornell 28 to 14.  The Red Raiders scored 21 points in the first quarter and held on to win 28 to 14.

In 2008 at Maple City Park the Rams took a 4th quarter lead  7 to 0.  A lead just like they had in 2000.  The Read Raiders wold pass for a 81 and 18 yard TD's to win 14 to 7.

Here are the number 17 total games.  HHS is 13 and 4.

The Rams are 0 and 8 at Maple City park and the turf.  

The Rams are 1 and 5 at home. 

Hornel has won the last 6 games. 

in Games decided by 14 points or less Hornell is 6 and 1. 

However in post season the Rams are 3 and 1

on Neutral fields trhe Rams are 3 and 0 and in Sectional title games the rams are 2 and 0. 

Will this be another great chapter in trhe Rte 17 rivalry.  Who will win.  Who will make the big play.  Tune in and see

A big thanks to the Bath Haverling coaching staff for all the great insight and info on this Rte 17 Rivalry.

BEAST OF THE B'S

For the first time in program history the Bath Haverling Central School  has been ranked number 1 by the New York State Sports Writers in Class B. 

Some might say at this point in mid October being ranked 1 means nothing unless you are number 1 in December.  That would mean you have won a state title.

While that is nice, I dont think you can ever say it is not a big deal for the players coaches and parents and fans of any school in any sport to say it is no big deal to be ranked number 1 in your class in New York State whether it is week 1 or the last week.

Granted both Rye and Oneida the two teams in the New York State Class B final four have moved up to A, and The Rams started the season ranked 2nd.  Agree or disagree it is pretty cool for the community.  Something to be proud of in a time when there is so much to be depressed about.

While this team this year for the Rams is 6 and 0, former players should take pride in this ranking because without them the Young Rams would not be the Best in B's.  Last years Seniors who were  10 and 2 and a final four team helped to get here.  The '01, '02, '03 teams helped make this happen.  It takes time to be known state wide and get the respect of the writers.   The '95 team which was a sectional title team and never got a chance to play in states should feel proud as well.

All the players who have played under Coach Carroll who have helped this program get to number 1 should feel like they are a part of this.

Just like in College basketball when Duke and UNC and SU get high seeds in the tourney it is based on that year's performance and their history of being a great team with great coaches.

For Coach Carroll his family and staff this is a 12 month a year season.  This makes those summer camps and endless hours in the weight room worth it.

Congrat to the Rams football family for making it to number 1.  May this be the first of many

DOGS OF WAR

The biggest question from the Rams 23 to 6 win over the Livonia Bulldogs is was the weather or play worse.  The play on both sides seemed to be as murkey as the weather.  A Livonia player was ejected from the game in the 4th quarter.  Never how you want to end a season at home.  There was lots of talking on the field and it was chippy.

while the hornell rivalry is the biggest the Bath Livonia game has been heated over the last few years.

There has been talk of tapes being sent to Section V because of the alleged play by the Rams a few times this year.  I have not seem the footage.  Some would say that teams are getting sick of being beat and shut out by the Rams.  Since 2006 a select few have been able to beat the Rambling Rams and that has not made them many friends.

As for the gamw this was the most competitive game since week 1 and St. Mary's.

the Rams lead 8 to 0 at the half.  The last time it was a one score game at halftime was St. Mary's when it was 14 to 7.

The Rams fumbled the ball, losing 2 of them.  the Rams have 9 TO's on the season 8 of those are fumbles.  They have caused 17 take aways.  8 INT's and 9 fumble recoveries.  Giving them a plus 8 in takeaways/giveaways category

he D's scoreless streak came to an end with around 2 minutes to go in the third quarter.  So the Scoreless streak ends at 21 quarters.  95 consecutive possessions by the other team without scoring.  That was a great run.

The score came on a fumble by the Rams O on first  down.  So the Rams D had just came off the field two plays ago one for the punt and one for first down, and had to go right back on the field at their own 14.

the Rams D held the Bulldogs to 79yds passing and 71yds rushing.  Justin Howell lead the Rams with 2 INT's and two tackles getting the AJ Pub N Grub Player of the Game.  His second pick he ran back into the 15 yd line setting up the Rams third and final score that put the final nail in for the Rams.

The Rams O was lead by N. Carroll who had a HUGE GAME.  Carroll ran for 237 yards on 26 carries and 3 TD's

He averaged 9.1 yds a carry.  The Rams ran for 290yds against the Bulldogs.

Daniel Leonard went 1 for 3 for 17 yards.

Nick Carroll was the target on the one completion.  Nick also had 6 tackles.  His older Brother T.C. Carroll had 8 tackles to lead the Rams Black Shirts.  T.C. also played some fullback leading the way for his little brother a few times.  the first time this year we have seen the power Ram show off the Carroll convoy this season    TC looks to be close to 100 percent playing both sides of the ball.

The Rams host Hornell this Saturday for the outright LCAA Division 1 league title Tune in at 1PM Saturday for Pre Game

BLACK SHIRTS AT NIFTY FIFTY

On homecoming Saturday Sept. 26th at Bath Haverling stadium the Rams shut out the Dansville Mustangs 48 to 0.  This gave Coach Wayne Carroll and his black shirt D their 50th shut out under Coach Carroll's helm at Bath Haverling.

It was the 5th shut out of the Dansville Mustangs in their series.

It was a dominant performance in every aspect.

Special Teams wise.  the rams had a blocked punt and went 6 for 7 on extra points.

The Rams only gave up 3 first downs all game long.  They came up with a Fumble recovery and a INT.  Giving them 13 turnovers on the season.  6 INT's and 7 fumble recoveries

The D has now gone 15 straight Quarters without giving up a TD.  while getting their 3rd straight shut out 

The NO T.D.  has been a complete team unity.  For the most part doing it without the All Greater Rochester Defensive Player of The Year last year and the Section V Class B Defensive player of the Year with 127 tackles T.  Better known as T.C. Carroll.  T.C. right now sits at 363 carreer tackles.  he came in to the season 20 tackles shy of tying the Bath all time tackle record.  he has 9 tackles on the season.  he has had limited playing time because of a fractured bone in his right leg. 

the D has held their Opponents 73 straight possessions without a score.

I made a mistake in my last blog.  It was 62 straight going into the Dville game.

Kyle Weaver led the Rams D in their last game with 6 tackles.  Brian Gable had another pick.  

The Rams opposing Offense has gotten into the Red Zone 3 times.  The rams have kept them off the board 2 of those times. 

on 3rd down the Rams opponents have converted 10 out 41 third down chances.  that is 24 percent.  Dansville was 0 for 9.

the Rams Offense was unstopable.  Scoring on their first 7 possessions. The Rams ran the ball 62 times for 362 yards and 7 TD's 

Here is the perfect rush to pass ratio for Coach Carroll  62 to 1.  62 runs to 1 pass.

the Rams were   11 for 14 on 3rd down and are now 22 for 42 on the season. 

The rams were 6 for 6 in the Red Zone on Saturday and are now 12 for 14 on the season in the Red Zone or the Green Zone.  Because the Rams are pure money in the Red zone. 

The offense has scored 133 points in 4 games.  The big concern coming into this season was could the Rams score like they did last year.  Well after 4 games last year the Rams had 139 points.  So they are not far off

As for the Rams D they gave up 27 points thru 4 games.  This year only 7.

Now the 4 teams the Rams have beat have a combined record of 3 and 13.  That was the easy part of the schedule.  the rams played a LeRoy team that is not it's normal self.  The Rams remaining opponents combined record is 9 and 3. 

Nick Carroll for the 4th straight week lead the Rams on the ground with 19 carries for 123 yards and 3 TD's.  In the last 6 quarters that Nick Carroll has played he has 7 TD's 

on the season Carroll has 67 carries for 506 yards and 9 TD's.  that is an average of 16.7 carries a game for 126 yards a game and 7.55 yards per carry.

kiele Wilson had his 2nd multi score game on
Saturday as he had 2 rushing TD's on 19 carries for 109 yards.  On the season he has 52 carries for 320 yards and 4 TD's

As a team the Rams have ran the ball 165 times for 1039 yards.   and 17 TD's

The Lions and Rams don't have much recent history.

In 2004 the Lions came to Bath and beat the Rams 14 to 13.  Before that in 2003 the Rams went to Wellsville and beat the Lions 46 to 0 and in 2001 the Rams won 36 to 0.

So none of the players were around for those games.  The Wellsville coach is in his 2nd year was not involved.  The only participant from those games would be the long tenured Rams coaching staff. 

Now that the Lions are in the newly aliagned LCAA Division 1 they will face off yearly. 

Wellsville was predicted last by the experts in this division but they have come to play this year.  Upsetting some would say Livonia last week 28 to 17.    Making the Lions 3 and 1. 

The Lions come into the game led by the Section V class C player of the week Mike Berardi who had 25 carries and 253 yards and 2 TD's against the Livonia Bulldogs.

This one should be gooooooood

WAYNESVILLE

Well last week the New York Sports Writers voted the Rams the number 2 ranked team in all of Class B.  A lot of that is in part to their great run last year to the State Final 4 and beating a program that is know to have a great program LeRoy 35 to 0 at LeRoy.

The Rams start their Ville tour taking on Dansville and Wellsville.

The Rams started out slow against Way-Co last Friday night.  It was scoreless thru 1 quarter.  They  came into the game ranked 2nd in NYS Class B and were at home taking on an 0 and 2 team.  There was concern for a let down after the LeRoy game.  Livonia experienced the same thing week 2 against Way Co after beating LeRoy at LeRoy 34 to 7 Livonia only beat Way Co 14 to 6. 

Nick Carroll had two 2nd Quarter runs to give the Rams a 13 to 0 lead at half.  The rams were up 27 to 0 at the end of the 3rd and never looked back.

The rams D has kept the opponent out of the end zone for 11 straight quarters. Dating back to the first drive of the season by St. Mary's

The Rams have kept their opponent on 3rd downs to 10 for 32.  Way Co was 3 for 12. 

The rams opponent have been kept from scoring on 39 straight possessions. 

Leading the rams D last week was number 2 Nick Carroll who was our AJ's Pub N Grub Player Of The Game with 10 tackles and a INT.  Nick has 27 tackles on the season leading the team.  he also had a great game on the offensive side of things.  Brian Gable had a huge game as well 7 tackles and a pick.  Gable is the 2nd leading tackler on the team with 18 tackles and one pick. 

While the rams D has not allowed the other team in the End Zone they have taken the ball away 11 times.  5 INT's and 6 fumble recoveries.  They got 5 turnerovers against Way Co, 3 picks and 2 fumble recoveries. 

The Rams O has done well with getting the ball in such great spots.  The O has scored 85 points.  After losing their whole O backfield they are averaging 28.3 points a game.  About the same as last year with Hutch, McCloud and Kuver. 

Nick Carroll leads the team with 48 carries for 383 yards.  That is 3rd in the LCAA.  He averages 16 carries for 127 yards a game.  He has 6 rushing TD's.  1 receiving and 1 punt return TD.  He is averaging 7.9 per carry. 

The Rams as a whole have ran the ball 102 times for 667 yards.  Averaging 34 carries a game for 225 yards and a 6.63 yards per carry average.  They have gotten 10 rushing TD's this year already. 

Kiele Wilson is their 2nd leading rusher with 33 carries for 211 yards.  and 2TD's

Daniel Leonard the Freshamn is 10 for 26 for for 127 yards and a TD and INT. Went 4 for 14 for 40 yards and a INT. 

Leonard's favorite target is Luke Burn who has 3 catches for 47 yards on the season. 

The Rams have owned the Series with Dansville since 1999.  The Rams are 7 and 2 in the last 9 games and have won 3 straight.  Outscoring the Mustangs 143 to 38.  The Rams under Coach Carroll have shut out Dansville 4 times.  The mustangs like to spread the field.  Going with three or four wide outs.  This will be the first time the secondary will get challenged.  Dansville is not a smash mouth team. 

The Rams have won 9 straight home games and are 13 and 3 in their last 16 home games.  Two of those losses were at the hands of Hornell and the other was to ERG in sectionals. 

The Rams look to go 4 and 0  for the 3rd straight season.     

BATH WINNING WAY

Well the Rams look to keep their winning ways going against Way-Co Friday night.   A lot of people felt the rams had a bookend schedule.  Two hard games to start with and two hard games to end with.  The Rams made it thru the front part of the schedule.  The next three opponents are 1 and 5 right now and the last two opponents are a combined 4 and 0.  The Rams have owned the recent series against Way-Co.  The Rams have won the last 8 out of 10 against the Golden Eagles   The Rams have outscored Way-Co 111 to 0 in the last three games. 32 to 0, 32 to 0 and last year at Bath 47 to 0.  The Rams have shut out the Golden Eagles in 13 straight quarters.    last last time that Way=Co beat Bath was in 2005. 

The Ram D has shut out their opponents 7 of the last 8 quarters.  Last week holding LeRoy to just 69 yards of combined Offense.  The Rams gave Coach Carroll his 48 shut out at Bath Haverling. 

The Rams O stepped it up last week as well.  They ran the bal 31 times for 224 yards and 4 TD's.  Nick Carroll who seems to be the next great back in Haverling history ran for 95 yards on 13 carries.  Giving him 148 yards on the ground in the first two weeks.  He has two rushing TD's One receiving TD and one special teams TD.  Nick also leads the team with 16 tackles.  Givng him 165 in his career. 

Drew Seager is 2nd in tackles with 14.  7last week and 75 in the last 14 games.  .  Tyler the Toe leads the Rams with 4 sacks.  Bartalumuchi Mark Bart has had a good start to the season with Justin Howell, Jake Weldy, Brian Gable, Alex Vanuti, and the rest of the NO T.D.    which stants for No T.C. Carroll Def or no touchdown

In limited action T.C. got 5 tackles.  So that puts the TC TACKLE TOTE BOARD AT 361 tackles.  Bath Haverlings all time tackling record is held by keith Smith with 374 tackles.  13 to tie and 14 to break the record.

The Rams have won 8 straight at home and have gone 12 and 3 in their last 15. 

Way-Co  is 0 and 2 but were competitive in both games.  losing to Wville week 1 24 to 18 at home.  Week 2 they went to Livonia and lost 14 to 6.  This was a surprise because Livonia was coming off their big week 1 win at LeRoy 34 to 7.  We now know that LeRoy is a little down so that 34 to 7 win not as stunning as some thought.  Bath might be in the same spot as Livonia was in week 2.  comng off a high winning at LeRoy facing Way-Co who they should and are expected to beat.  This could be a let down game, or a looking ahead game.  rams need to take care of their work early. 

The Rams have homecoming next Saturday as they host Dansville. 

HAVERLING HISTORY

 

 

The Rams did the unthinkable.  It could almost be an episode of the TV show Ripley’s Believe It or Not. 

The Rams traveled to Hartwood Park in LeRoy to take on the Oatkan Knights who had lost their first home game in 11 years the week before3.   LeRoy hade not started the season 0 and 1 since 2003 and had not gone 0 and 2 since 1991.  So the Rams had history against them. 

The Rams who won the prior week on their Defense and only had 59 yards on the ground in week 1 was able to dominate the running game. 

Nick Carroll lead the way with 13 carries for 95 yards and 1 TD on the ground.  WVIN Aj’s Pub N Grub Player Of The Game went to number 1 Kiele Wilson who carried the ball 10 times for 86 yards and 2 TD’s on the ground.  In total the Rams ran for 224 yards on 31 carries for an average of  7.2 yards a carry.    That is a vast improvement over their 35 carries for 59 yards week one on the ground. 

The Rams D was well the Rams D.  The Hard hitters from Haverling gave up 0 points their 1^st shutout of the season and the first time LeRoy has been shut out at home since 1998.   Drew Seager lead the Rams with  7 tackles.  Tyler the Toe had 2 more sacks giving him 4 on the season and leading the team, T.C. Carroll made his return in a limited role with 5 tackles.  That gives T.C. 361 career tackles. T.C. is now 13 away from the record.  Justin Howell had a great game.  4 tackles 1 pick and 1 fumble recovery. The Rams D caused 3 turnovers.  The Rams D give coach Wayne Carroll his 48^th career shut out at Bath Haverling their second against LeRoy and he got his 130^th career win as well. The 130^th career win is a special one because going into this game coach Carroll had never won at Hartwod Park.   Now the only two places Coach Carroll would like to get a win would be at Maple City Park in Hornell and the Carrier Dome in Syracuse. 

REVENGE FOR RAMS

This evening the hard hitters from Haverling travel to LeRoy to get revenge on a 55 to 6 loss to the Oatkan Knights in 2004.  LeRoy called a timeout with seconds left up 52 to 6.  The Knights kicked a field goal to win 55 to 6.  The Oatkan Knights were upset from a loss in 2003 to the Rams 31 to 0 the year before.  While these teams don't have a lot of history they are now in the LCAA D 1 and will be playing each other every year now.  It is not a rivalry like Bath and Hornell.  That is like angry brothers.  LeRoy and Bath are like tough hard headed cousins in the backyard.  Such hard feelings that LeRoy Head Football coach and AD Brian Moran won't let us do the radio broadcast from the Press box because we are from Bath  aaaahhhhhhh I mean because there is no room in the press box.  

The Rams had a 17 to 7 win last week over St. Mary's a Class A school from the Buffalo area.  Danny Leonard the Freshamn QB got his first win in his first ever varsity start.  The first time that coach Wayne Carroll since 1992 a Freshman QB hasv been given the keys to Coach Carroll's Offrense.  The O went 2 for 4 in the Red Zone.  The Rams had 2 turnovers on the night and Danny Leonard went 3 for 5 with 35 yards.  The running game which was so productive last year with two 1,000 yard rushers in Hutcdh and McCloud.  The Rams ran for 59 yards on the ground on 35 carries.  That is around 2 yards a carry.  Last year the Rams averaged over 6 yards a carry.  Nick Carroll led the way with 18 carries for 53 yards and a TD.  He also had a 65 yard punt return for a TD.  You can call him McCarroll.  Andre McCloud who?  It is hard to replace the 5th all time leaqding rusher and the 6th all time leading score in Section V history.   It should as the Rams could not do much with the ball.  Luke Burns had 3 carries for 8 yards

The No TD  really was big.  You might remember the No name D in Miami.  Well right now it is the No T D.  No T.C. Carroll.  He has a fractured bone in his leg.  TC had 129 tackles 1 sack and 1int.  He was the AGR Defensive player of the year and the Section V Defensive player of the year.  He has 356 career tackles 2nd all time in Bath school history.  Only behind Keith Smith with 374 tackles. 

The No TC D caused 2 fumbles and got one Int.  the St. Marys O got into the Red Zone twice going one for two.  Nick Carroll lead the way with 10 tackles.  Giving him f159 for his career.  Drew Seager Brian Gable and Mark Bart had big games.  Luke Burns hathe pick.  After giving up a 80 yard opening drive of the game for a TD.  The rams D bucked down giving up no more points the rest of the game. 

Tyler Hutcheson number 27 came up big.  He had 3 tackles 2 sacks.  He had two punts inside the 20.  He also made a 32 yard field gaol

His coffin corner kicks pinning St. Mary's deep giving the Rams the field advantage was huge and his kick to give the Rams a two score lead was big as well.  That is why Hutch was our AJ's Pub and Grub Player of the Game.

LeRoy was beat last week by Livonia 34 to 7.  It was their first home loss since 1998 when Hornell beat them 7 to 0.  Last Friday nights loss snapped a 43 game winning streak at home.  They are 43 and 1 in their last 44 home games and 56 and 4 in their last 60 home games from 1995.  It reminds me of the U of Miami in the 80's and 90's when they played at the Orange bowl.

The Knights gave up 398 yards of combined Offense.  350 on the ground.  Livonia only passed three times all game long.  The Bulldogs never had to punt. 

LeRoy did have a 100 yard rusher5 and their QB had a pick.  The numbers are staggering for LeRoy.  Their Coach Brian Moran has a record of 168 and 43 with 2 ties.  that is a 79 percent winning percentage.  He averages in his 20 seasons 8 wins a year.  Mind you there are only 7 regular season games.  He has never had a sub .500 record.  He has won 12 section V Class C titles in his 20 years. 

He is already on the top 100 all time win list in New York State. 

Since 2000 LeRoy has won 3 out of every 4 games they have played.  The only season the Oatkan Knights have had more thantwo losses was in 2003 going 6 and 3.

They have 6 NYS final four appearances and two NYS final appearances and one state title in 1995.  This is the Legend of LeRoy.  However this team is not the same one that went 10 and 1 last year.  They lost Travis Fenstermaker and Mike Humphrey's among many others that were huge stars for them.

Both teams want this one bad.  There are hurt feelings on both sidelines tonight. 

The questions tonight are

Can Bath run the ball against LeRoy like Livonia did last week?

Can Bath get a 100 yards on the ground from one back or all backs combined?

Will the Rams be able to handle the Legend of LeRoy Hartwood Park?

How will the FR QB handle his first road game.?

Will the Rams be able to stop LeRoy's run game with out TC Carroll

Finally  it should be noted that at the end of the game leading 17 to 7 Coaqch Wayne Carroll took a time out with 4 seconds left.  Huddled his team and then had his team salute the crowd.  He did this in honor of a fallen Ram.  Last Friday night it was 3 years since the Ram football family lost number 4 Keith Cagle who was a great player and a great kid.  Coach wanted his team to remember as he had all week the loss of Keith and to salute Keith's father who was in the stands last Friday night.

A class move by a class program.

Finall today is 9/11.  While we go about our daily lives we enjoy our loved ones.  We enjoy this great High School Football game we shall never forget this date.  It wil live on in our hearts and minds.  Our thoughts and condolences are always with those that lost loved ones on that day.  God bless America and the great people in it.  Go Rams