LZ vs Batavia

SilverHelmets

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LZ looking sloppy too to start this one.

Also lots of ink for high school kids. Man I am old. I knew one kid in high school with a tat and his parents made him get it lasered off.
 

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Batavia coaching staff scouted LZ well. The way to beat them is to attack their secondary thru the air. Batavia is carving them up. I’m wondering when LZ is going to blitz with Sanborn?
 

SPB56

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Tough loss, but another great game. Congrats Bears on a great and exciting season. Thought this one would be close..it didn’t disappoint.
 

TDCumm16

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Great game. Well schemed by Batavia - their passing attack really gave them a chance versus that tough run D... was surprised LZ didn't attack more with blitzes - seemed to just rely on the 3 man front too much and not get enough pressure on QB (although they did still get a few INTs so maybe it was fine).

LB#7 was a stud though. That kid just sticks out. Hope he has a great college career - tons of potential. One of the more impressive defensive players I can recall watching - was having flashbacks to mid-90s and watching a LB Carlos Polk play in Rockford
 
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One of the best LB’ers LZ has ever produced and that is saying something. They have had a Ton of D1 Linebackers come thru there.....
 
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FalconPadre

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Happy for Batavia but man no one played them tougher then the Falcons this postseason. I hate the stupid ranking system.
 

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Happy for Batavia but man no one played them tougher then the Falcons this postseason. I hate the stupid ranking system.

Totally agree. WN Defense matched up well with Batavia O. Batavia had a hard time passing on that good WN secondary and WN D was balanced and also good against the run. Weren’t they a FG away from winning it in regulation?

LZ can stuff anyone’s run game but from what I saw - they don’t/didn’t match up well against teams that have a good passing offense. For the life of me - not sure why they didn’t blitz with Sanborn. If they getting carved up thru the air- why not roll the dice on sending a 4th or 5th pass rusher to get pressure to take some of the strain off the secondary? Most plays I only saw their front 3 rushing the passer.