NDWH looked like they didn't lose a step. Their QB (same as last year) looked even better and with those state track champions at his disposal, the Chargers had a hard time stopping the assault. I counted at least five NDWH TDs to zero for Ansonia. Ansonia could not put together a good drive. Their best drive went for something like 40 yards - most of those yards coming off of a nice run by the incoming freshman, Newsome. Look out for this kid. See him for yourself. He'll be the real deal if he stays with this team.
Each team ran 10 plays on offense before giving-up the ball. Dobbs didn't have any big runs. He looked good, though. He doesn't seem hurt unlike last year when he was battling little injuries here and there during pre-season.
Ansonia's secondary needs some work. There are new kids everywhere on offense and defense. The Chargers have two seniors and one of those is Dobbs. The QB, Chudwick, looked like he has put in work as far as his mechanics go. His drops looked good along with the way he held the ball and his release. He wasn't getting any blocking whatsoever today and the receivers stopped running to the ball when it was up in the air, which didn't make Chudwick look good at all. Chudwick also forced some balls (1 INT, one dropped INT by NDWH). I think this was good for him because he'll learn from it and he'll be able to make sound decisions when the games count.
The Ansonia defensive line had trouble reaching the ND quarterback all afternoon. They got a good push, 2-3yds into the backfield, but it seemed like they hit a wall once they reached that point. ND had all the time in the world to get their passes off...mostly posts (two for long TDs). Ansonia's 3-deep D was getting worked. ND also ran the wheel about five times but did not connect on those attempts. Dobbs was not in the secondary for Ansonia today.
The bright side, for Ansonia, is that this is just a learning experience...I'd say a really big one. I have never seen this team get dominated the way they did today.
Just in case you were wondering, yes, I am worried. There needs to be improvement leading into the Woodland game. I hope we'll see it.
Next-up for the Chargers are West Haven and Shelton - both at Nolan Field.
Let's go Chargers.
