With game on line, Strath Haven looks to guy with a knack for big plays
James Fisher taking off for a large rushing gain in last night’s game against Ridley. Photo © Havenfootball.net
By Jack McCaffery
By the time the Strath Haven offense gathered at its 20 to begin the tell-tale possession of its early season Friday night, Kevin Clancy was certain the message was already understood.
Just the same, it would reverberate in the huddle.
“Jake Kitchin and Marco Kaufman both said it,” running back James Fisher recalled. “They said, ‘We still have fight left.’”
Kitchin, the quarterback, was right. So was Kaufman, a back. And as for Fisher, he proved as much on third-and-four when he darted through the middle, cut to the right, and raced 74 yards for a touchdown with 1:58 to play. That, with a Ben Milligan PAT, was the difference in a 21-20 triumph over Ridley in a Central League classic.
Not sealed until a Green Raiders drive snaked to the 19 before ending on an incomplete pass in the end zone with 41 seconds left, the victory was an exhibit of what Panthers coach Clancy long has preached.
“We were on the ropes there a little bit,” Clancy said. “But I think there’s a lesson to be learned in that: It’s that you are never out of it as long as you are willing to play hard.”
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