Halftime Thoughts from Brother Rice-Muskegon

Halftime thoughts from Brother Rice-Muskegon Division 2 state title game. Brother Rice leads 14-7.

- After the first two plays of the first Muskegon drive, the Warriors have shut down the Muskegon option attack in the first quarter. On those first two plays, the Big Reds totaled over 40 yards, but were limited to less than 30 for the rest of the quarter.

- Muskegon has done a very good job of bottling up Brother Rice junior running back Brian Walker so far, limiting the Warriors star to just 12 yards in the first half.

- On the flip side, junior Shon Powell has once again been a spark plug for the Warriors, rushing for over 80 yards on just a couple of carries so far. Brother Rice should continue to give him the ball until Muskegon can find a way to stop him.

- The Brother Rice defense has been outstanding at limiting Muskegon fullback John King (Over 1,500 yards this season) to minimal yardage, just 13 yards on three carries so far.

- The decision to rotate quarterbacks with senior Cheyne Lacanaria and Alex Malzone seemed to pay off on the first two drives of the game for the Warriors as each had a touchdown pass in the first action they saw in the game. Will be interesting to see if they continue to use the two QB system.

- After the first two scoring drives for Brother Rice, it seems like Muskegon has found a way to slow down the Brother Rice offense, forcing a three-and-out, while also using up plenty of the clock with a nine and a ten play drive to end the half.