Coach Weachter before the Solanco game!

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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Jeff Lector bish mc kevin High School coach, another good
win last week over Exeter.

Speaker 2 (00:06):
Second time we've seen him in two years.

Speaker 1 (00:08):
Let's talk a little bit about that game and what
you saw coming out of there.

Speaker 3 (00:12):
You know, coming in, you know, they had a lot
of size or two inside linebackers were like six five
six four two twenty five that.

Speaker 4 (00:20):
Decent size up front.

Speaker 3 (00:23):
On offense, you know, they have an experienced quarterback that's
thrown for a lot and the running back set the
Brooks County rushing record and he had speed.

Speaker 4 (00:34):
I thought the defense played really really well.

Speaker 3 (00:36):
I mean, I think their first team defense had less
than fifty their first team offense had on our first
team defense had less than fifty yards total. Now they
ended up I think with sixty three because they got
some on our back ups. But I thought defense played
really well, held it down for the offense.

Speaker 4 (00:55):
To get going.

Speaker 3 (00:56):
We were a little bit slow starting, you know, didn't
think the offense line played a good first quarter.

Speaker 4 (01:01):
We let him know about it.

Speaker 3 (01:03):
They played much better for the rest of the game,
and and you know, I thought Sebastian Williams threw really well.
That's probably his best game. You know, here you know,
he threw with anticipation, and you know there's sometimes this
year that he's been late with the ball. On Friday night,
that's Friday night, he was, Uh, he was on target
and uh you know, throwing when he should have thrown.

(01:25):
So very pleased with that. It was good to get
out with win, you know, without really any major injuries
and uh so it was a good night.

Speaker 2 (01:35):
Let's talk about the passing game a little bit. Sebastian
seems to be improved.

Speaker 1 (01:40):
You know, you see each week as it goes by,
how much is a contribution to the fact that John
take Quick is back and how Howard Holton Junior is.

Speaker 2 (01:50):
Really good developing himself as a receiver.

Speaker 3 (01:53):
It's helped a lot having John take back, even though
you know he only had two or three catches, but
you know they were good plays. As we move forward here,
hopefully getting the ball a little bit more. But you know,
one of the things that we start seeing, especially in
passing downs when John Tay was out, is people started
kind of you know in out coverage, uh Howard on

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the backside, whereas with Johntay back, Uh, these last two weeks,
you know, Howard's getting some single coverage again backside, and
and he's doing a great job of beating that single
coverage and Sebastian's doing a really good job, you know,
getting in that.

Speaker 4 (02:35):
That last touchdown was an r p O.

Speaker 3 (02:37):
You know, we were running that way and you know,
reading that outside linebacker side lineer stepped up, they gave
our one on one backside and he made a good route. Uh,
specially made a really good throw and then Howard just
does what Howard does? You know, he made a move
and get the touchdown. So, uh, it's been a big
help is having John tay back.

Speaker 1 (02:55):
It seems like over the last few weeks, maybe even
five six weeks, you've developed some depth on defense, which
is evident with a lot of different numbers out there
now and throughout the course of the game, not just
at the end of the game. The linebacking corps will
talk about first in particular, there was a lot made
to the linebacking corps and RJ. Duffy did not get

(03:17):
a lot of attention from the media before the season,
but he's just he's all over the ball, and you
combine that with Maurice Barnes and of course we thought
Swoops was going to be back there a lot, but
you've had the blessed and not having to play him
at linebacker. So talk a little bit about that linebacking
corps and about some of the guys that have stepped

(03:37):
up as safety and you know, additional linebackers.

Speaker 4 (03:42):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (03:44):
You know, first of all, r J has had a
great season, and I'm not sure why I was a
little underready coming in. I thought he did a good
job last year, the last when he played the last
eight games, including a state championship game. You know, after
Bennie Brooks went down. Maurice is playing his best ball
that he's he's played in his four years here. He's
having a great year at linebacker. You know, the plan

(04:07):
was to play swoops maybe once we got past first
two games, you know, because of the heat. You know,
he does cramp up sometimes, uh and then you know
working back in at linebacker. But then you know he's
been battling that ankle injury all all season long. So
you know what we've done is we've kind of played
more of afore two nickel where we bring an extra

(04:31):
defensive back, and that's been Patrick Wright. You know, Patrick
gives us, you know, some things covering slot uh, and coverage,
but you know, he's a physical kid, runs well.

Speaker 4 (04:42):
And then.

Speaker 3 (04:44):
Kimbl milches Is is really coming on. You know, we
we uh you know I told Mike Berry, our defensive coordinator,
come any when he when his dad was my defensive coordinator,
we used to always talking to who's that senior. It's
just kind of come up that you don't really plan on,
that just kind of comes out of nowhere and has
a great year. And you know I told Mike that.
And then early in the season, I said to Mike like, hey,

(05:06):
you know, and he goes, I already told my dad
Kembell Milch Campbell's played well. And then you know Ethan
Miller when he gets in does a good job, you know,
playing linebacker. And then you know when our young guys
come in. We've got some young guys come in and
they've been doing a pretty good job. So happy, really
happy with the linebacker crew this year.

Speaker 1 (05:28):
I talk about a couple more personal things with you.
First off, congrats another grandchild to arrive in here.

Speaker 2 (05:35):
Just pays weekend.

Speaker 4 (05:36):
Yeah.

Speaker 3 (05:36):
Coach Brandon Walker, him and his wife Emily had a
baby girl on Saturday night. You know, he called me
during walkthrow on Friday and said they just induced her. Uh,
I'll be up there, and he got here like the
middle of pre game, and when the clock hit zero,
he was headed back down the Lancaster to you know,
to be with her.

Speaker 4 (05:57):
She had the baby on Saturday evening.

Speaker 1 (05:59):
So grand shared a new new Crusader to the bunch exactly.
As for you, a little bit on the personal side
is that you're going back home Friday and we're playing Solanka,
we're playing Matt Warwick. Uh.

Speaker 2 (06:14):
You got started there, you graduated mayor coach from there.
So what's it feel like going back home?

Speaker 4 (06:23):
You know it?

Speaker 3 (06:26):
You know, during the year, I was hoping we get
Warwick in the playoffs and then you know, Friday night,
you know, I was saying the Robert release after the
game art man Slanko, I think the two best places
for a for a neutral site is either Warwick or

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man Hunt Township. And you know, I was actually going
in Sunday about eleven o'clock to go see my new granddaughter,
and Connor text me and said Warwick and it made
my day.

Speaker 4 (07:01):
I mean it is. It is actually the first time
I'll be on that field since nineteen ninety two. I
played at Warwick. I started my midjor football at Warwick.

Speaker 3 (07:12):
My dad coached there for thirty years on the same field,
and so you know, I started my coaching career. I
was assistant of Warwick. I was a defensive coordinator for
three years. I spent five years there and you know,
so it's kind of like I feel like my coaching

(07:33):
is going full circle now, you know, to hopefully win
a district title there and maybe get something else there too.
So I'm going to enjoy it tonight.

Speaker 4 (07:43):
So.

Speaker 1 (07:44):
To talk a little bit about that to make your
home coming a little bit not more pleasant. So NKO
is going to play in with the triple option, and
we don't see it very often, LESE, talk a little
bit about tonight what you're going to see and how
you deal with that.

Speaker 3 (07:59):
Yeah, I mean it's a paint in the butt offense.
We did see it once this year against Altoona. We
did very well against it. I thought, now they they
didn't run it the way they did the year before
when they almost beat us out here at mc devitt.
You know, they went more shotgun, which gives you a

(08:21):
little more time for your defense.

Speaker 4 (08:23):
Now they did something run.

Speaker 3 (08:24):
Under center, but Slanko runs all under center and what
happens is it hits a little quicker. You know, that
option hits quicker and a little less time to react
and when it's shotgun. So you know, they have a
fullback that I think has gotten over eighteen hundred yards.
They got a wing back that's gotten over one thousand.

(08:44):
Quarterback will run the ball, you know, they they've you know,
coach Barry does a great job of doing analytics and
you know, and he got them down for eighty five
run and now they will roll the ball a little bit.
But that's the problem is you know, when your defensive
back start getting eyes of trying to who they're going

(09:05):
to read and if you know, if they run an option,
do I have the pitch man and all that, they
sometimes forget that the receiver they got covered the receiver.

Speaker 4 (09:13):
So yeah, I mean it's uh.

Speaker 3 (09:16):
You know, last time we played Slanko was and the
only time we played them in my area. I know,
when Fort Chapman was there here at the head coach.
They played Slanko at mcdevon and down there Slanko. We've
only played them once in my era in twenty fifteen
in the playoffs and you know, we just have to

(09:37):
play at Simon football on defense and just not let them.
You know, they're gonna move the ball some, but just
not unscore, but also not let them haulg the ball
like aw Tuna did here in twenty twenty four.

Speaker 1 (09:48):
Does that triple option because of late we the linebackers
have been blitzing a lot, we're getting to the quarterbacks
where a lot of tackles for losses.

Speaker 2 (09:59):
Does that option costs you that half second on the defense.

Speaker 4 (10:03):
A little bit? Yeah, especially when it's under center.

Speaker 1 (10:06):
So and anything special plan for tonight? I mean maybe rain.
We're not sure yet. But what are you looking for
for tonight? You know, like I said, we can't let
them hold the ball on our offense. We can't have
turnovers and penalties. You know, we we were much better
last week. You know, we didn't have third and thirties

(10:27):
and things like that. But you know, we even got
to clean that up a little bit.

Speaker 3 (10:31):
We had two holding calls three one wasn't a holding call,
but two were. So we just have to clean that
up a little bit. I thought we cleaned up down
Sportsman a little bit. So we just can't have penalties
and do what we do, and you know we can't
come out. We were complacent on our offense, especially the
offensive line the first quarter of the game last week,

(10:52):
and you know we can't, you know. And then also
you know we early on in drive, you know, we
had a been a third and four or five and
we throw a hitch and you know, receiver tried to
take off with the ball before he looked it into
a stock dropped it.

Speaker 4 (11:07):
Then we had the pump. We can't.

Speaker 3 (11:09):
We got to make the best of all our opportunities
of drives against this team, because you don't want to
waste one because you just don't know how many of
them are.

Speaker 4 (11:17):
You're going to get appreciated.

Speaker 1 (11:19):
Coach, best to you tonight, and we'll be looking forward
hopefully to it right out west next week.

Speaker 4 (11:24):
Sounds good.