Marshfield Rams too confident
Marshfield might have beaten Beverly Hills High, but it was no match for Mansfield on Friday.
After a 22-6 loss at Alumni Stadium, senior quarterback Jon Mullen admitted that his team came in a bit too confident after returning from California.
“There was definitely some of that but there’s no excuses, you still have to show up and play,” said Mullen, who scored on the final play of the game for a 10-yard rushing TD. “Mansfield punched us in the mouth. Thank God it wasn’t a league game.
While the Rams have lived on ramming the ball down their opponent’s throats, they could only muster 28 yards rushing in the first half and a little over 100 yards rushing.Mansfield coach Mike Redding couldn’t believe how poor the Rams ran but said his team was prepared to stop it because they run the same offense.
“We really stepped up and played well defensively,” he said.
Marshfield coach Lou Silva agreed with Mullen that the performance was not indicative of the Rams’ capabilities.
“We had a pretty lousy week of practice and that carried over,” he said. “They simply beat us. We had no running game, no passing game. They physically beat us up on both sides of the ball and that hasn’t happened in a while.”
Mansfield took a 14-0 lead into halftime despite throwing two interceptions. First, junior defensive back Stephen Sousa intercepted Busharis only to have the Rams’ drive end with a punt. Then linebacker Jake Russell picked off Nikolas Busharis before Marshfield’s drive stalled on downs.
The Rams finally got their run game going to start the second half, marching the ball from their 27 to the Hornets 36 on 12 plays. But Mullen threw an interception that Mansfield marched the ball to the 1-yard line where they turned the ball over on downs. Mansfield tacked on a safety after Rams punter Brandon Borror-Chapell fumbled the long snap.
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