DOWNINGTOWN — An unbeaten Downingtown West football versus a two-loss Avon Grove is expected to have West in the driver’s seat from beginning to end. But, the Red Devils turned that wisdom on its head making the fans at Kottmeyer Stadium a wee bit uncomfortable. The Whippets used a couple of big plays and a dominating second half to power their way to a 40-19 Ches-Mont League crossover game on a beautiful late summer Friday evening.
“They came to play,” said Downingtown West coach Tom Kline. “I told their coach (Joe Coffey) I love what they’re doing. They were not scared of us.
We had a little adversity at first.” With a number of running backs unable due to injury, including Spencer Dunn, the Whippets (5-0 overall) needed someone to fill the void. That task fell to junior Jacob Barry, and he performed admirably.
He ran for 69 yards in 16 attempts and two touchdowns. “I love that kid,” Kline said of Barry. “He comes to practice and works so hard every day.
We keep preaching next man up and he stepped in and did an awesome job. We have a lot of great kids here who are looking for an opportunity and he took his tonight.” “He’s one of the hardest workers I’ve ever met in my life,” added Darian Smith.
“He fights and scraps his way onto the fight no matter what. He’s just always making plays for us.” Avon Grove (2-3) gained one first down on its initial possession and punted the ball away to West.
On second down, Cole Bricker went back to pass a.