{"id":800741,"date":"2019-10-26T19:34:11","date_gmt":"2019-10-27T01:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.summitdaily.com\/?p=373651"},"modified":"2019-10-26T19:34:11","modified_gmt":"2019-10-27T01:34:11","slug":"perimeter-run-game-havoc-hungry-d-leads-summit-football-to-road-win-at-steamboat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/ksmt\/local-news\/perimeter-run-game-havoc-hungry-d-leads-summit-football-to-road-win-at-steamboat\/","title":{"rendered":"Perimeter run game, havoc-hungry D leads Summit football to road win at Steamboat"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Summit junior Cameron Kalaf recovers a Steamboat Springs fumble during a game Friday night at Gardner Field in Steamboat.<\/strong>
Shelby Reardon \/ Steamboat Pilot & Today<\/em><\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/figure>\n

As Cam Kalaf galloped into the endzone within the final two
\nminutes of Summit football\u2019s 19-7 win at Steamboat Springs Friday night, his
\nTiger football buddy Dan Gonzalez ran up alongside of him.<\/p>\n

Before the junior quarterback Kalaf even crossed the plane of the endzone, effectively giving the Tigers the win it sorely needed, he and the senior captain tight end Gonzalez high-fived in celebration.<\/p>\n

It was that moment, when the dual-threat QB broke free and dodged eight Steamboat tacklers for a 46-yard touchdown scamper, when Summit (3-5, 2-1 3A Western Slope) could finally exhale. After a heartbreaker last week at Eagle Valley where the Tigers lost despite controlling much of the gameplay, Summit didn\u2019t let this one slip out of their claws.<\/p>\n

Rather, after trailing 7-6 at halftime, the Tigers offensive and defensive lines clamped down at the line of scrimmage while Summit\u2019s perimeter rushing attack blossomed, led by the special dual-threat athlete, Kalaf.<\/p>\n

\u201cThat moment,\u201d Tigers first-year head coach James Wagner
\nsaid of Kalaf\u2019s touchdown run with 1:39 left in the game, \u201ckind of capped it.
\nWe knew we had the game in our hands. It was just an exciting moment for the
\nkids to know they are going to come away with the W and their hard work going
\nto pay off. They just deserve all the credit in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n

After four consecutive losses dropped the Tigers to 1-4, Summit is 2-1 since 3A Western Slope League conference play has began, outscoring their opponents by a combined margin of 61-31 in those games. While the Tigers offense has worked to find its way in those ballgames, Summit\u2019s defense has been the constant. After watching the film Saturday, Wagner was again ecstatic with the leadership of  senior captain linebacker Alberto Espinosa. Aside from a \u201cdouble bubble\u201d screen pass  trick play executed by Steamboat Springs (3-5, 1-2) quarterback Cade Gedeon with fewer than 90 seconds remaining in the first half, Summit\u2019s defense was stout all night.<\/p>\n

Still, Summit was in familiar territory at the half after
\nthat trick play score. Down 7-6, the Tigers had played better than the
\nopposition, yet was still losing. Zeroing in on what was important, Wagner
\nreminded his players that they\u2019d used their one trick play and now their bag of
\nsmoke-and-mirrors plays was likely empty. With that, and with Summit receiving
\nthe second-half kickoff, it was time to return to their gameplan of
\ninfiltrating the Sailors\u2019 backfield on defense and making magic happen off of
\ntheir perimeter run game on offense.<\/p>\n

\u201cGoing into it offensively,\u201d Wagner said, \u201cwe were really
\nlooking to run the ball consistently all night and get Cam Kalaf the ball as
\nmuch as we could. We rode him all night long. He was a playmaker from the very
\nbeginning of the game. He\u2019s just something special to watch.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tigers pounced early, imposing their will with Kalaf, Alex Sanchez, Aidan Collins and Jackson Veeneman churning for yards in the perimeter run game. It all set up a playaction touchdown pass to Gonzalez at the beginning of the second quarter, when Kalaf faked a handoff off on jet motion before tossing it 14 yards to Gonzalez for a 6-0 lead.<\/p>\n

In the second half, while Summit\u2019s D continued to create havoc against Steamboat\u2019s veer game, the Tigers offense found the go-ahead score on their opening drive of the half.  Rather than fake the jet sweep, Kalaf handed it off to the sophomore Collins, who did a great job of setting up his blocks, dipping in and out of the holes that opened up, for a 22-yard score and a 12-7 lead.<\/p>\n

With Senior Night in Tiger Stadium on deck on Friday night against
\nanother 3-5 team, Glenwood Springs, at 7 p.m., Wagner is confident his team
\nrealizes the execution necessary to compete with anyone in 3A Western Slope
\naction.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen we play disciplined,\u201d the coach said, \u201cI like our
\nchances. I like our guys a lot.\u201d<\/p>\n

via:: Summit Daily<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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