Game Recap: Omaha Westside at Papillion LaVista
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Week Two brought in a close and exciting game when the Omaha Westside Warriors traveled down to face the Papillion LaVista Monarchs. The Monarchs came in with 9 ranked prospects for varying sides of the ball, (#13 DL Will Hubert…
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Continue ReadingWeek Two brought in a close and exciting game when the Omaha Westside Warriors traveled down to face the Papillion LaVista Monarchs.
The Monarchs came in with 9 ranked prospects for varying sides of the ball, (#13 DL Will Hubert Will Hubert 6'4" | 235 lbs | DL Papillion-La Vista | 2022 State NE ),(#18 WR Tyson Money Tyson Money 5'10" | 195 lbs | WR Papillion-La Vista | 2022 State NE ),(#37 LB Kaden Johnson Kaden Johnson 6'2" | 205 lbs | LB Papillion - La Vista | 2022 NE ), (#39 TE Luke Lindenmeyer Luke Lindenmeyer 6'4" | 240 lbs | TE Papillion - La Vista | 2022 State NE ), (#73 DB Justin Wallace Justin Wallace 5'9" | 170 lbs | DB Papillion - La Vista | 2022 State NE ), (#74 OL Alec Blevins Alec Blevins 6'6" | 265 lbs | OL Papillion - La Vista | 2022 State NE ), ( #91 OL Spencer Smith Spencer Smith 6'7" | 240 lbs | OL Papillion - La Vista | 2022 State NE ), (#129 WR Stephen Adeyemi), and (#130 DB Derrick Buggi Jr.)
Even though the Monarchs are full of talent Westside has been a modern powerhouse and has ranked talent as well with, (#19 RB Dominic Rezac Dominic Rezac 6'1" | 165 lbs | RB Omaha Westside | 2022 State NE ), (#23 WR Grant Guyett Grant Guyett 6'0" | 190 lbs | WR Omaha Westside | 2022 State NE ), (#32 DB Jack Wimmer Jack Wimmer 6'1" | 190 lbs | DB Westside | 2022 State NE ), (#78 OL Jack James Jack James 6'2" | 250 lbs | OL Omaha Westside | 2022 State NE ), (#84 QB Kolby Brown Kolby Brown 6'2" | 165 lbs | QB Omaha Westside | 2022 NE ) and ( #110 LB Tommy Connelly Tommy Connelly 6'0" | 185 lbs | LB Westside | 2022 State NE ).
The talent on both of these teams and numerous amount of positions made this game very entertaining and made it very fun to watch with many defensive stops and a few turnovers.
The game started with a breakout play by Tyson Money Tyson Money 5'10" | 195 lbs | WR Papillion-La Vista | 2022 State NE with an 80-yard touchdown pass going up 7-0. The Monarch’s defense held strong and got the offense the ball back.
The Monarchs drove again and a pass from Nick Chanez Nick Chanez 6'1" | 200 lbs | QB Papillion - La Vista | 2022 State NE to Luke Lindenmeyer Luke Lindenmeyer 6'4" | 240 lbs | TE Papillion - La Vista | 2022 State NE for another touchdown to put The Monarchs up 14-0. Westside would not go down fighting Dominic Rezac Dominic Rezac 6'1" | 165 lbs | RB Omaha Westside | 2022 State NE got the ball and took it 52 yards to the house fighting back to make the score 14-7 and like clockwork, the Warriors holdfast at the end of the first quarter blocking a punt back into the endzone for a touchdown tying the game at 14-14.
After some back and forth the Monarchs and Tyson Money Tyson Money 5'10" | 195 lbs | WR Papillion-La Vista | 2022 State NE score again with a swing-pass to take the lead going up 21-14. The Warriors come back with a fumble recovery by Issac Richard after a botched handoff which lead to a 47-yard touchdown pass to Grant Guyett Grant Guyett 6'0" | 190 lbs | WR Omaha Westside | 2022 State NE evening the score to 21-21. After the half Westside would drive down and score a field goal making it 21-24 with west sides. Quarterback Kolby Brown Kolby Brown 6'2" | 165 lbs | QB Omaha Westside | 2022 NE launched a 47-yard pass to Grant Guyett Grant Guyett 6'0" | 190 lbs | WR Omaha Westside | 2022 State NE for another touchdown bringing the score up to 21-31. Papillion – LaVista would fight back scoring another touchdown but it wouldn’t be able to overcome the tough Westside defense with the final score coming down to 28-31. The Monarch’s record would fall to 1-2 after another close loss. The Warriors would increase to 3-0 and be undefeated for the season.
Top 2022 Prospects
Tyson Money Tyson Money 5'10" | 195 lbs | WR Papillion-La Vista | 2022 State NE , 5’10″ 195lbs – Papillion LaVista
Overall: #18 | WR: #1
Committed: Uncommitted
Dominic Rezac Dominic Rezac 6'1" | 165 lbs | RB Omaha Westside | 2022 State NE , 6’1″ 165lbs – Omaha Westside
Overall: #19 | RB: #2
Committed: Air Force
Grant Guyett Grant Guyett 6'0" | 190 lbs | WR Omaha Westside | 2022 State NE , 6’0″ 190lbs – Omaha Westside
Overall: #23 | WR: #2
Committed: Minnesota State Mankato
Luke Lindenmeyer Luke Lindenmeyer 6'4" | 240 lbs | TE Papillion - La Vista | 2022 State NE , 6’4″ 240lbs – Papillion LaVista
Overall: #39 | TE: #4
Committed: Uncommitted
Will Huburt, 6’2″ 190lbs – Papillion LaVista
Overall: #13 | DL: #1
Committed: Uncommitted
Papillion La Vista Takeaways
- The offense works but needs to keep up the run game to wear down the defense more. The more their defense gets rundown the more the Monarchs will control the game more.
- Their defense needs to cover better and make sure they don’t get beat on the edges. If they can stop the run as they did at the beginning of the game I think this team can finish better and win these close games.
- Great passing offense opening up the field worked very well for them to strike fast and early.
- Run defense needs to guard the edges and penetrate once they can get past the offensive line they can force worse throws and interceptions.
Westside takeaways
- Great special teams especially with the blocked touchdown and field goal helped them get going.
- Pass defense got better and better as the game went on. They began leaving many open receivers to playing very close quarters.
- The offense in the first half needs to up their game and get going earlier instead of the end of the second quarter.
- The run game was a very nice supplement to the passing game and helped them grind down the Monarchs