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THE DAILEY DOSE

The opinions expressed in the following article are not necessarily the opinions of KBOE Radio or it's Management.

 

 

IT’S MONDAY AND I WILL NOT LIE TO YOU I’M NOT REALLY FOR SURE HOW TO PUT THE PENN GAME FROM SATURDAY INTO WORDS. ONE IT WAS AN OUTSTANDING GAME AND QUINCY DESERVED THE WIN AS THEY WERE A WELL PREPARED FOOTBALL TEAM.  PENN SHOWED HEART LIKE THEY HAVE ALL YEAR BUT JUST CAME UP SHORT.  WHEN YOU LOOK BACK ON THE 2008 SEASON THE END WAS A DISAPPOINTMENT BUT THE YEAR AS A WHOLE WAS NOT DISAPPOINTING. 7-4 AND 5-2 IN CONFERENCE NOT TO SHABBY. RYAN VAN DALEN HAD A HISTORIC YEAR BY SETTING THE SCHOOL MARK FOR YARDS RUSHING BY A QUARTERBACK AND WAS JUST SHY OF SETTING THE TOUCHDOWN RECORD AS WELL. RYAN WAS AN MVP ALL YEAR AND I HOPE IT ENDS WITH A FIRST TEAM HONOR FOR HIM.  LINCOLN CAVANAUGH TOOK A BEATING THIS YEAR BEING THE FULL BACK IN THIS OFFENSE BUT WEEK IN AND WEEK OUT CONTINUED TO GET STRONGER AS THE GAME WENT ON. THE DEFENSE KEPT THE TEAM IN A LOT GAMES THIS YEAR AND DID ALL THEY COULD THROUGHOUT THE SEASON.  15 SENIORS PLAYED THERE LAST GAME SATURDAY AND THERE CONTRIBUTIONS CANNOT BE MEASURED CAUSE THIS GROUP COULD HAVE PACKED IT UP AND LEFT EARLY IN THERE CAREER BUT STAYED AND HELPED TURN THIS PROGRAM AROUND.

 

LOOKING AT NEXT YEAR THIS TEAM WILL HAVE HOLES TO FILL BUT A TON OF FRESHMEN PLAYED SIGNIFICANT TIME AND PLAYED WELL. THERE SHOULD BE NO REASON WHY PENN CANNOT BE RIGHT BACK IN THE THICK OF THE MIDWEST LEAGUE RACE AND AGING PUSH FOR A TITLE.  ST. AMBROSE  IS KIND OF IN A TRANSITION AND ARE NOT AS DOMINANT AS THEY HAVE BEEN, QUINCY AND ST. FRANCIS OF ILLINOIS CAN BUILD ON GOOD SEASONS. THE TEAM I WOULD BE MOST SCARED OF IS OLIVET BUT THEY ARE MOVING TO THE MID EAST BUT COMING INTO THE CONFERENCE NEXT SEASON IS WALDORF AND A VERY GOOD GRANDVIEW TEAM. 2009 WILL BE THE YEAR OF THE STATESMEN I CAN JUST FEEL IT.

 

 

 

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