2016 Weekly Newsletter
AN NG CL L I T H G FI BAL FOOT
Friday, October 28, 2016
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Playoff Bound? The Vineland High School football team has not qualified for the state playoffs since 2003, but that streak should end this season.
Clan looks for elusive win over Mainland The undefeated Vineland High School football team (6-0) will look to match its best start in 13 years when they host Mainland Regional tonight, but Fighting Clan will take will take nothing for granted -- they haven't beaten the rival Mustangs since 1988.
While playoff qualifiers are not yet official, a win tonight over Mainland should guarantee the Fighting Clan a spot in the South Jersey Group 5 tournament. Vineland (79 points) currently sits fourth in the Group 5 power point rankings, more than 20 points ahead of the eighth-place team (Trenton, 55 points). Toms River North (125), Rancocas Valley (93) and Howell (89) are the top three. If the standings held as they are today, the Fighting Clan would earn a home game against No. 5 seed in the first round. Interestingly enough, that team is currently Millville.
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Junior Nihym Anderson is among South Jersey leaders in touchdown receptions (Photo from The Daily Journal)
Vineland is fresh of its two biggest wins of the season, dominating victories over winning teams Clearview (61-29) and Atlantic City (35-7) that propelled them to a near guaranteed playoff spot. But the Fighting Clan knows there is still work to do.
Despite knowing top-ranked St. Augustine is on the horizon next week, Vineland is determined to remain focused on task at hand. They know the importance of taking things one game at a time. The Fighting Clan is likely to relay heavily on their rushing attack, led by runningbacks Daivon Seymore and Cash Phillips along with quarterback Isiah Pacheco. The three have shared the running duties, combining for 1,359 yards and 23 touchdowns through the first six games. Pacheco has also thrown seven touchdowns this season, all to Nihym Anderson. Vineland is clearly the better team and should advance to 7-0 as long as they keep their eye on the ball.
2016 Season Schedule/Results
Vineland sinks Vikings' ship
Record: 6-0 (Overall), 3-0 (WJFL Continental) Date
Opponent
Time
9/9
at Bridgeton
W 7-0
9/16
CHERRY HILL EAST
W 53-0
9/23
EGG HARBOR TOWNSHIP
W 37-7
9/30
CUMBERLAND REGIONAL
W 49-13
10/14
at Clearview Regional
W 61-29
10/22
ATLANTIC CITY (Homecoming)
W 35-7
10/28
MAINLAND REGIONL
6pm
11/4
at St. Augustine Prep
6pm
11/11
NJSIAA Football Playoffs Begin
11/24
MILLVILLE (Thanksgiving Day)
Isiah Pacheco rushes against Atlantic City in Vineland's Homecoming win (Photo from The Daily Journal)
The Vineland High School football team remembered last year's homecoming when Atlantic City came to Gittone Stadium and defeated the Fighting Clan, 21-14, ruining what was supposed to be a celebratory occasion for the Red and Gray. But not this year.
As they have every game this season, Vineland showed up and was nothing but business, TBA dominating the game from start to finish in an impressive 35-7 victory that pushed their season 10:30am record to a perfect 6-0.
*all games in BOLD are home games at Gittone Stadium
Quarterback Isiah Pacheco led the way, rushing for 123 yards and two touchdowns, including a scintilating 67-yard scamper that was defnitely one of the highlights of the South Jersey high school football season. He also threw a 24-yard touchdown to tight end Nihym Anderson, his seventh of the season. Leading rusher Daivon Seymore collected another 100-yard game, rushing for 103 yards and two touchdowns of his own. The Vineland defense continued to dominate as well, shutting the Vikings out in the first half as the Fighting Clan took a 27-0 into halftime. Senior linebacker Daquan Cosby had another steller showing, collecting a sack and intercepting a pass that he returned 60 yards, nearly scoring his first defensive touchdown before finally being tackled.
Daquan Cosby has been Vineland's leader on defense and had another outstanding game against Atlantic City (Photo from The Daily Journal)
BOX SCORE
1
2
3
4
Total
Atlantic City
0
0
7
0
7
Vineland
13
14
8
0
35
SEASON STATISTICAL LEADERS Passing
Comp. Att.
2016 Vineland Football Varsity Roster
Yards
TD
No.
I. Pacheco
17
30
384
7
L. Williams
1
6
47
0
Att.
Yards
TD
D. Seymore
74
603
9
I. Pacheco
51
406
9
C. Phillips
45
350
5
Receiving
Rec
Yards
TD
13
357
7
3
61
0
Tackles
Int.
Sack
Rushing
N. Anderson C. Phillips Defensive D. Cosby
64
1
1
N. Anderson
27
0
4
J. Zigler
24
0
2
A. Reyes
24
0
5
I. Haile
18
0
0
Kicking R. Kling
PAT Att. 27
PAT FG
Long
22
29
2
Name
Yr.
Position
1
Isaih Pacheco (C)
Jr.
QB, CB, KR
3
Rayshawn Blakely
Sr.
QB, CB
4
Otis Harold III
So.
RB, CB
5
Cash Phillips
Sr.
RB, CB, PR
6
John Garcia
So.
RB, CB
7
Isaiah Blakely
So.
RB, CB
8
Nihym Anderson
Jr.
TE, OLB
9
Lindon Williams
Sr.
QB
10
Ryan Shelton
Fr.
QB, FS
11
Vasilios Andritsopoulos
Sr.
WR, FS
13
Robert Kling
Jr.
K
18
Wynah Kent
Jr.
WR, OLB
21
Emerson Hadnot
So.
RB, OLB, KR
25
Javier Santana
So.
RB, CB
27
Daytrell Williams
Sr.
RB, OLB
28
Daivon Seymore (C)
Sr.
RB, CB, KR
30
Justin Young
Sr.
RB, CB
33
Phil Blackwell
So.
RB, MLB
34
Nazir Broome
Fr.
RB, LB
40
Jarred Banks (C)
Sr.
WR, OLB
45
Richard Lane (C)
Sr.
RB, SS
51
Daquan Cosby
Sr.
T, MLB
52
Jaylen Zigler
Sr.
G, DT
54
Anthony Reyes
So.
G, MLB
55
Lazaro Alvarez
Jr.
T, DE
56
Anthony Hernandez
Jr.
G, MLB
57
Timothy Jones
Jr.
C, DT
58
Brandon Roldan
So.
OT, DT
64
Shane Ecker
So.
G, DT
68
Dylan Farinaccio
Sr.
G, DT
70
Michael Bokma
So.
C, DT, K
72
Daniel Medina
So.
C, OLB
74
Ivan Haile
Sr.
G, DT
75
Noah Sansalone
Jr.
T, DT
76
Ricardo Nieves
Jr.
T, DT
77
Alaatin Ardahan
Jr.
T, DT
80
Justin Cardona
Jr.
TE, OLB
81
Conrad Jackson III
Fr.
TE, OLB
86
Giovanni Figueroa
So.
TE, MLB
88
Nazire Powers
Jr.
WR, QB
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Nihym Anderson (8) and Wynah Kent (18) congratulate each other during Vineland's win (Photo from The Daily Journal)
