James Wood @ Sherando
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only way Sherando loses this game is if they get lost on the way from field house to the field. But stranger things happen everyday.
Sherando will have to limit mistakes and penalties. They will need to capitalize on each possession because Wood will run bishop till the cows come home. Strasburg played sound fundemental defense and bishop was still close to 200 yards. If you miss a assignment on d bishop will take it to the house.
Sherando in my opinion has to many weapons and have Coach Hall who will have them ready to roll against a NWD rival. I say Sherando 35- 21.
Sherando in my opinion has to many weapons and have Coach Hall who will have them ready to roll against a NWD rival. I say Sherando 35- 21.
The past five years have shown that this rivalry can produce close games.
2014: Sherando 44 James Wood 7
2013: Sherando 41 James Wood 6
2012: Sherando 50 James Wood 14
2011: Sherando 21 James Wood 14
2010: Sherando 14 James Wood 7
However, I'd like to point out that the closest analogue year (record-wise) to 2015 is 2007, where both Sherando and James Wood had good teams. James Wood went 8-3 (with two of those losses coming at the hands of the Warriors), and Sherando went to the state final. 2007 was the also the last year where Sherando, Millbrook, AND James Wood all had good (defining "good" here as playoff teams that were good enough to win games) teams during the same season.
In 2007, Sherando and James Wood met twice, once in the regular season and once in the playoffs. Sherando won both meetings, but they weren't blowouts by any means, and Sherando needed a massive rally to come back and win in the playoffs.
I think this year's James Wood is comparable to the team fielded in 2007, but I'm not sure if they're even with them just yet. That team was more battle tested by the time they met Sherando, but they also didn't have a guy named Bishop back then either.
Not sure how this year's Sherando stacks up to that squad in 2007. They don't have a Ross Metheny, but then again the 07 team didn't have a Dylan Rivers.
If Sherando comes out and plays good Warrior football, I could see them winning by 3-5 touchdowns. James Wood hasn't faced a defense like Sherando's this year, and the Heritage game showed that James Wood's defense has holes in it.
If they come out and get a ton of stupid penalties and let James Wood get their running game going, it could be a close game. Hard to tell what'll happen in a rivalry game like this.
I think Coach Hall will have the Warriors ready for Friday's showdown. I'll take Sherando 42-20.
2014: Sherando 44 James Wood 7
2013: Sherando 41 James Wood 6
2012: Sherando 50 James Wood 14
2011: Sherando 21 James Wood 14
2010: Sherando 14 James Wood 7
However, I'd like to point out that the closest analogue year (record-wise) to 2015 is 2007, where both Sherando and James Wood had good teams. James Wood went 8-3 (with two of those losses coming at the hands of the Warriors), and Sherando went to the state final. 2007 was the also the last year where Sherando, Millbrook, AND James Wood all had good (defining "good" here as playoff teams that were good enough to win games) teams during the same season.
In 2007, Sherando and James Wood met twice, once in the regular season and once in the playoffs. Sherando won both meetings, but they weren't blowouts by any means, and Sherando needed a massive rally to come back and win in the playoffs.
I think this year's James Wood is comparable to the team fielded in 2007, but I'm not sure if they're even with them just yet. That team was more battle tested by the time they met Sherando, but they also didn't have a guy named Bishop back then either.
Not sure how this year's Sherando stacks up to that squad in 2007. They don't have a Ross Metheny, but then again the 07 team didn't have a Dylan Rivers.
If Sherando comes out and plays good Warrior football, I could see them winning by 3-5 touchdowns. James Wood hasn't faced a defense like Sherando's this year, and the Heritage game showed that James Wood's defense has holes in it.
If they come out and get a ton of stupid penalties and let James Wood get their running game going, it could be a close game. Hard to tell what'll happen in a rivalry game like this.
I think Coach Hall will have the Warriors ready for Friday's showdown. I'll take Sherando 42-20.
I like history and precedent. It has it's place in defining your program but none of these past players is on the field anymore. We address this year's Sherando. Experienced players. Some exceptional players. A real punch you in the mouth defense with speed. An offense that is visibly improving and building confidence each week. James Wood is better this year than they have been recently and have shown it. I'm sure they will put up a good fight. The Coach has them in a good place. But this is a buzz saw game. I do hope everyone, including Coachs, keep this all in perspective during the game and in the aftermath. Of course, with Bishop, the impossible could be possible for JW. Who says this is a team sport? Who says one player can't make a team great? Who says JF would be this good without Navy Jones? HS fan insanity. GL to both.
Strasburg took James wood to the limit, and Heritage stomped them. heritage is pretty good this year, but the real question is who is going to be able to even score for JW? Becuase they won't be able to run the ball with any significance. This would be the biggest upset in 4A in the last year if James Wood beat Sherando. I will go with SHS 49 JW 7. I think Jefferson and Millbrook are two touchdowns better than JW.
I know that I would be expecting a game that actually shows an opponent that can play defense. But I've been wrong before.
Sherando 14-10 over James Wood.
My 1st time seeing both teams ... was surprised to see JW dresses approx 25-27 kids.
JW had a legit shot but dropped a pass at approx 5yd line less than a minute. IMHO, poor clock management by JW staff with last 2:30 mins.
The game really surprised me with all of the hype on Sherando or maybe they are not as rock solid as some say. JW's QB ... IMHO is the best in our area. He's really improved since last year.
Tuff loss for JW but a good win for Sherando to stay unbeaten.
My 1st time seeing both teams ... was surprised to see JW dresses approx 25-27 kids.
JW had a legit shot but dropped a pass at approx 5yd line less than a minute. IMHO, poor clock management by JW staff with last 2:30 mins.
The game really surprised me with all of the hype on Sherando or maybe they are not as rock solid as some say. JW's QB ... IMHO is the best in our area. He's really improved since last year.
Tuff loss for JW but a good win for Sherando to stay unbeaten.
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Do you know if they were injured or if it was a discipline thing?
It wasn't a pretty win that's for sure, but the defense did what needed to be done and the offense did just enough. Wouldn't be at all surprised to see James Wood or Millbrook advance to the second round of the playoffs and do some damage. The Northwestern is looking more like the 2007 version every Friday.
Fun game, as I would expect from the rivalry.
Sherando Takes Thriller Against James Wood
Posted: October 10, 2015
By ROBERT NIEDZWIECKI
The Winchester Star
SHERJWFB1--Sherando #22 carries against James Wood in the 1st half. 10/9/2015 SCOTT MASON (Photo by Associated Press)
James Wood tailback Tyler Bishop looks for running room against the Sherando defense during the Warriors’ 14-10 victory over the Colonels on Friday. (Photo by Scott Mason/The Winchester Star)
WINCHESTER — The outcome was a familiar one, but the luster was returned to the Sherando-James Wood football rivalry Friday night.
Sherando senior running back D.J. Myers scored on a 40-yard touchdown run with 6:32 left — 26 seconds after James Wood took its only lead of the game on a Brady Burner 30-yard field goal — and the Warriors held on for a thrilling 14-10 win in the Northwestern District and Barr-Lindon Crimson Apple opener for both teams at Kelican Stadium.
Sherando didn’t secure the win until there were 30 seconds remaining, when linebackers Tyler Tinsman and David Eppard teamed up to stop Tyler Bishop just behind the line of scrimmage on a fourth-and-2 run toward the right side of the line from the Sherando 25.
It was a finish reminiscent of the eight games played between these two Frederick County rivals from 2006-11. Seven of those eight games — including both playoff games — were decided by seven points or less, and most were decided in the final minute, sometimes the last play.
The Warriors (6-0, 1-0 Northwestern) — who had blown out James Wood (4-2, 0-1) by at least 35 in each of their last four meetings — were just glad that they once again found away to come out on top after holding off a remarkable Colonels’ effort. James Wood still only has two wins over Sherando all-time (1993 and 2008).
“We knew they were better than they were last year, and they came out and played like it,” Tinsman said. “They took it to us a little bit, but we just kept going and did what we were supposed to do.”
The Warriors — ranked No. 1 in the 4A West Region — took the opening kickoff and marched 81 yards over 14 plays for a 7-0 lead, but from that point on the Colonels’ defense made practically every stop it needed to in shutting out Sherando over 34-plus minutes and taking a 10-7 lead.
On a field made slick by a pregame rainstorm, the Colonels accomplished that by stacking the box, and Sherando quarterback Pat Minteer (11 of 18 for 92 yards) and his receivers never developed a rhythm in the wet conditions.
But Myers (31 carries for 181 yards and two touchdowns Friday) has been a force for the Warriors all year, and he’s repeatedly shown he doesn’t need much of a an opening to gut a defense.
After picking up 12 yards on Sherando’s first offensive play following Burner’s field goal, he took a pitch to the left and waited patiently for an opening while keeping his feet moving. Suddenly he burst through a hole, then after nearing the 30 he cut inside a defender and took the ball in the rest of the way untouched to make it 14-10 Sherando with 6:32 left.
“I got the toss, I saw the cutback lane, and I just made [the cut],” Myers said.
Sherando was almost pinned deep in its own territory when Jacquari Hayes fumbled the kickoff return, but he picked it up and returned it 28 yards to the Warrior 48 to set up the Myers’ TD.
Suddenly, a Sherando crowd that had been silenced by Burner’s field goal came to life, but the Colonels battled until the end and showed their own grit in the process.
James Wood’s first possession after Myers’ touchdown ended with Dylan Rivers intercepting Dade Carroll (10 of 14 for 118 yards) and giving the Warriors the ball at the Colonels’ 34, but Wood forced a three-and-out and took over at its own 20.
Carroll connected on passes of 14, 17, 22 and 3 yards to get James Wood to the Sherando 25 and set up third-and-2.
Carroll then threw a pass that would have been good for a first down at the Sherando 25, but Christopher Lakin — running left to right — had the ball bounce off his hands at the 10, and when he tried to bring in the carom he was hit, and the ball fell to the turf.
Following a timeout, on fourth-and-2 James Wood decided to put the ball in the hands of its best player in Bishop (22 carries, 66 yards, one TD). But the Warriors filled the hole quickly, giving Bishop virtually no shot at the first down.
“I got a pull from the backside, and I just came straight downhill,” Tinsman said. “I saw him right there, and made the play.”
The Warriors struggled to stop the trap play that fullback Asa Brewer used to gain 50 yards on four plays — his 27-yard run on the Colonels’ first offensive play of the second half spurred a drive that ended with Bishop’s four-yard TD run that tied the score at 7 just 1:48 into the second half.
But Sherando didn’t give up much on a consistent basis beyond that. The Warriors were the first team this year to hold Bishop under 150 yards. They also forced the Colonels to settle for Burner’s field goal after James Wood got to the Sherando 10 halfway through the fourth quarter, and of course, made the clinching stop.
“Obviously they’re a good offense,” Sherando coach Bill Hall said. “To hold them to a field goal that one possession [when they started at the Sherando 37] was pretty good, and we made the stops when we needed to. I think our defense executed at a pretty high level.”
Though it was a loss for James Wood, the Colonels showed a lot in defeat. They twice stopped Sherando on fourth-and-2 plays in their own territory in the first half — including dropping Myers for a one-yard loss from the James Wood 2 on the last play of the first half — and came closer than anyone has to beating Sherando all year.
“I think now the program has gotten to the point now where if we play good football and don’t make a lot of mistakes, we can play with anybody, and I think we proved that tonight,” McHale said.
While Bishop wasn’t happy with the defeat, he couldn’t complain about the Colonels’ effort.
“We played tough and did what we wanted to do, but we just didn’t execute when we needed to,” he said. “[Defensively], the coaches put in a great game plan on our stunts, and when we called it right, we played well and executed.
“It’s tough losing. We wanted to beat them, and we had the drive to do it. Even though we lost, this shows we can play with anyone in the region.”
Posted: October 10, 2015
By ROBERT NIEDZWIECKI
The Winchester Star
SHERJWFB1--Sherando #22 carries against James Wood in the 1st half. 10/9/2015 SCOTT MASON (Photo by Associated Press)
James Wood tailback Tyler Bishop looks for running room against the Sherando defense during the Warriors’ 14-10 victory over the Colonels on Friday. (Photo by Scott Mason/The Winchester Star)
WINCHESTER — The outcome was a familiar one, but the luster was returned to the Sherando-James Wood football rivalry Friday night.
Sherando senior running back D.J. Myers scored on a 40-yard touchdown run with 6:32 left — 26 seconds after James Wood took its only lead of the game on a Brady Burner 30-yard field goal — and the Warriors held on for a thrilling 14-10 win in the Northwestern District and Barr-Lindon Crimson Apple opener for both teams at Kelican Stadium.
Sherando didn’t secure the win until there were 30 seconds remaining, when linebackers Tyler Tinsman and David Eppard teamed up to stop Tyler Bishop just behind the line of scrimmage on a fourth-and-2 run toward the right side of the line from the Sherando 25.
It was a finish reminiscent of the eight games played between these two Frederick County rivals from 2006-11. Seven of those eight games — including both playoff games — were decided by seven points or less, and most were decided in the final minute, sometimes the last play.
The Warriors (6-0, 1-0 Northwestern) — who had blown out James Wood (4-2, 0-1) by at least 35 in each of their last four meetings — were just glad that they once again found away to come out on top after holding off a remarkable Colonels’ effort. James Wood still only has two wins over Sherando all-time (1993 and 2008).
“We knew they were better than they were last year, and they came out and played like it,” Tinsman said. “They took it to us a little bit, but we just kept going and did what we were supposed to do.”
The Warriors — ranked No. 1 in the 4A West Region — took the opening kickoff and marched 81 yards over 14 plays for a 7-0 lead, but from that point on the Colonels’ defense made practically every stop it needed to in shutting out Sherando over 34-plus minutes and taking a 10-7 lead.
On a field made slick by a pregame rainstorm, the Colonels accomplished that by stacking the box, and Sherando quarterback Pat Minteer (11 of 18 for 92 yards) and his receivers never developed a rhythm in the wet conditions.
But Myers (31 carries for 181 yards and two touchdowns Friday) has been a force for the Warriors all year, and he’s repeatedly shown he doesn’t need much of a an opening to gut a defense.
After picking up 12 yards on Sherando’s first offensive play following Burner’s field goal, he took a pitch to the left and waited patiently for an opening while keeping his feet moving. Suddenly he burst through a hole, then after nearing the 30 he cut inside a defender and took the ball in the rest of the way untouched to make it 14-10 Sherando with 6:32 left.
“I got the toss, I saw the cutback lane, and I just made [the cut],” Myers said.
Sherando was almost pinned deep in its own territory when Jacquari Hayes fumbled the kickoff return, but he picked it up and returned it 28 yards to the Warrior 48 to set up the Myers’ TD.
Suddenly, a Sherando crowd that had been silenced by Burner’s field goal came to life, but the Colonels battled until the end and showed their own grit in the process.
James Wood’s first possession after Myers’ touchdown ended with Dylan Rivers intercepting Dade Carroll (10 of 14 for 118 yards) and giving the Warriors the ball at the Colonels’ 34, but Wood forced a three-and-out and took over at its own 20.
Carroll connected on passes of 14, 17, 22 and 3 yards to get James Wood to the Sherando 25 and set up third-and-2.
Carroll then threw a pass that would have been good for a first down at the Sherando 25, but Christopher Lakin — running left to right — had the ball bounce off his hands at the 10, and when he tried to bring in the carom he was hit, and the ball fell to the turf.
Following a timeout, on fourth-and-2 James Wood decided to put the ball in the hands of its best player in Bishop (22 carries, 66 yards, one TD). But the Warriors filled the hole quickly, giving Bishop virtually no shot at the first down.
“I got a pull from the backside, and I just came straight downhill,” Tinsman said. “I saw him right there, and made the play.”
The Warriors struggled to stop the trap play that fullback Asa Brewer used to gain 50 yards on four plays — his 27-yard run on the Colonels’ first offensive play of the second half spurred a drive that ended with Bishop’s four-yard TD run that tied the score at 7 just 1:48 into the second half.
But Sherando didn’t give up much on a consistent basis beyond that. The Warriors were the first team this year to hold Bishop under 150 yards. They also forced the Colonels to settle for Burner’s field goal after James Wood got to the Sherando 10 halfway through the fourth quarter, and of course, made the clinching stop.
“Obviously they’re a good offense,” Sherando coach Bill Hall said. “To hold them to a field goal that one possession [when they started at the Sherando 37] was pretty good, and we made the stops when we needed to. I think our defense executed at a pretty high level.”
Though it was a loss for James Wood, the Colonels showed a lot in defeat. They twice stopped Sherando on fourth-and-2 plays in their own territory in the first half — including dropping Myers for a one-yard loss from the James Wood 2 on the last play of the first half — and came closer than anyone has to beating Sherando all year.
“I think now the program has gotten to the point now where if we play good football and don’t make a lot of mistakes, we can play with anybody, and I think we proved that tonight,” McHale said.
While Bishop wasn’t happy with the defeat, he couldn’t complain about the Colonels’ effort.
“We played tough and did what we wanted to do, but we just didn’t execute when we needed to,” he said. “[Defensively], the coaches put in a great game plan on our stunts, and when we called it right, we played well and executed.
“It’s tough losing. We wanted to beat them, and we had the drive to do it. Even though we lost, this shows we can play with anyone in the region.”
I did expect Sherando to win. I did expect the Warriors to shut down Tyler Bishop. I did expect JW to have their offense closed. What I did not expect is a strong JW defense. Grant it, the conditions limited both teams but this was a much better game than I would have imagined. Jame Wood proved they belonged in playoff conversation and potential. Well done by both.
I agree with everything Shauntclair said... I even read VerizonSportsFan's post on this game and it was completely unbiased. I haven't posted much recently because being "Semi-retired" means when the government calls I am on duty for weeks on end. But I must say - in light of what individuals have posted on here recently - I have seen regulars posting comments that are completely unbiased and I think it is refreshing to discuss one of my favorite past times - high school football - without all of the b.s. that is usually associated with message boards. Congrats to Sherando and James Wood on a great game - it is so much better to discuss the games without throwing mud at one team or the other!
