Friday, September 27, 2013

Chargers take on Winterset Friday, September 27th

Herald Patriot, September 26, 2013
Bill Howes, Associate Editor

The Chariton Charger football team will try to get another win this week when they travel to Winterset to take on the Huskies.
Chariton enters the game at 1-3 and 0-2 in the District while Winterset is 2-2 and 1-1 in the District.  Chariton is coming off a 35-21 homecoming loss to Oskaloosa and Winterset is coming off a 43-12 loss at Carlisle.
Chariton Head Coach Curt Smyser said that Winterset is a lot like Chariton in that they're not super big and they don't have great team speed.
Coach Smyser said that Winterset likes to run the ball and they line up in several different formations including the wildcat formation, double tight, and an I formation.
They like to run the ball right at you.  They're not super big on their offensive line.  They have a couple of good sized kids but they're nothing like Norwalk or Oskaloosa.
Winterset doesn't throw the ball a lot but when they do, their quarterback, Jacob Larson, is pretty accurate.
Chariton will line up in a five-man front and a four-man front defensivley.
Offensively, Chariton will try to run the ball and pick their spots where to throw it.  They will try to run it primarily with tailback Stephen McCurdy and quarterback Christian Bengtson.
Chariton goes into the game healthy with just one player who will be out.  Chasen Blue will be out with a hip injury.

The Chariton freshman team fell to Winterset during a District game on September 26.  The Freshman Chargers battled hard and played better in the second half but came up short, losing by a 49-7 score.
The Chargers gave up three early touchdowns on two punt returns and a fumble recovery.  Winterset lead 35-0 at halftime.  In the second half, Chariton scored their first touchdown since week two when Kobey Riechmann ran it  in from eight yards out to make the score 49-7.
Ethan Downen led the Chargers on defense for the second straight week with eight tackles.

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