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Peppers carried the ball 33 times. That is way too much for his type of build. It was a very hard earned 150+ yards. GV did a pretty good job bottling him up and not giving up the huge runs. Testament to Peppers that he still averaged 5 yds a carry. FOs new quarterback Wilson did very good for his first game. A couple of picks, but also some very nice touchdown passes and a very good smart scramble late in the game. Alex Snodgrass and Nick Penamon are some new WR and special teams threats. The junior linebacking corps is strong. I'm not so sure on the rest of the defense. That was a very high octane offense they were playing. Secondary definitely struggled and I'm not sure about the defensive line. I saw some moments, but there were a lot of big runs from GV. Bransteitter not causing havoc in the middle really changes the dynamics of what others are having to do. The kicker Shepard caused a touchback everytime which is a big advantage. Not having Fenner on returns (they had Peppers doing that too) changes field position drastically. I think they will be in the district championship game with PC or GV.
It felt like GV should've won by more, because their offensive was much more explosive, but they kept making silly mistakes and Fort capitalized every time. Caldarella was very impressive as was the running back Williams. Strange thing is Caldarella was a Fort kid, but transferred to Blue Springs after middle school, because he was going to be stuck behind Menne for three years. Ended up working out for both sides. You definitely can see his poise having quarterbacked Blue Springs for the last two years. I saw Williams listed as a QB/RB, and then I saw who I thought was their RB listed as RB/LB and he played LB and got to Peppers on a couple sweeps. When Williams got hurt at the end they slid that kid right back into the RB position. I think GV is a threat in C5 (hoping Williams isn't hurt long term). I'm kind of interested in that Grandview game next week. I wasn't expecting WC to get shut out by them.
