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Published August 30, 2008 01:18 am - Fans identify with athletes and teams because they admire a player and/or team’s identity. For fans of Sharon High football, past success has been the product of running the ball. Sharon tops Farrell, 14-7, to capture Steel Bowl By Ed Farrell
Herald Assistant Sports Editor Fans identify with athletes and teams because they admire a player and/or team’s identity. For fans of Sharon High football, past success has been the product of running the ball. So with Friday night’s season-opening Steel Bowl backyard rivalry tied at 7 with approximately 10èminutes remaining, Tigers taskmaster Bob Fromm scrapped the spread offense and took a page from the playbook of the past. “It’s good that we can adapt and do what we need to do to win ballgames,” Fromm summarized from Anthony J. Paulekas Stadium’s sod following his Tigers’ 14-7 triumph. Junior tailback Ron Howard had a career night with a 16-carry, 109-yard rushing performance that included the game-winning 2-yard plunge with 3:25 remaining. After forcing Farrell to relinquish the ball on downs a yard shy on a 4th-and-7 play from their 23-yard line, the Tigers traversed 83 yards in 13 plays, consuming 7 minutes and 9 seconds. Howard highlighted the series with 8 totes for 64 yards, including a 38-yard jitterbug burst on a 2nd-and-10 from Sharon’s 38. “It wasn’t just me. It was my team helping me, boosting me up, it was the fans, it was everybody!” the high-fiving Howard related. “I was just seeing my team’s faces. I didn’t want them to lose this. We’ve got seniors and this was their last time in the Steel Bowl, and I wanted to do this for them; not for me, for them.” Sharon’s spread somewhat sputtered during the first half, amassing only 77 yards on 27 snaps. Ultimately, however, the Tigers toted the ball 35 times, outrushing Farrell 159-110. “When you play against Farrell, the old adage is, ‘run right at ’em, because you can’t run around them because there’s too dang much speed on the field,’ ” Fromm explained. “We decided it was best for us to go away from what we were doing and run right at them, and our kids responded.” Frustrated Farrell head coach Jarrett Samuels found it difficult to fathom his team’s 13 penalties that cost them 80 yards. With less than 4 minutes remaining in the third quarter Steelers’ signal-caller Danny Odem optioned 5 yards for an apparent go-ahead score, but it was negated by a holding call. That, plus a subsequent delay-of-game penalty forced Farrell to punt. “We’ve got work to do — as coaches and players,” Samuels said. “There were just too many miscues out there. We worked on them over and over and over. I don’t know if it was first-game jitters or what. But that was the more disciplined team tonight, that was the more determined team tonight, and they earned it. “Discipline. The same thing we talked about all offseason, all during camp, and we didn’t come out and execute,” Samuels continued. “Missed tackling, jumping offsides, 80 yards in penalties. We cannot come out here and play a team of this caliber and expect to win.” The first half finished in a 7-7 stalemate. 
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