Game Recap: Omaha Westside at Papillion LaVista

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 [player_tooltip player_id="147534" first="Will" last="Hubert"]),(#18 WR [player_tooltip player_id="147988" first="Tyson" last="Money"]),(#37 LB [player_tooltip player_id="156057" first="Kaden" last="Johnson"]), (#39 TE [player_tooltip player_id="151094" first="Luke" last="Lindenmeyer"]), (#73 DB [player_tooltip player_id="167024" first="Justin" last="Wallace"]), (#74 OL [player_tooltip player_id="157610" first="Alec" last="Blevins"]), ( #91 OL [player_tooltip player_id="157613" first="Spencer" last="Smith"]), (#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 [player_tooltip player_id="147817" first="Dominic" last="Rezac"]), (#23 WR [player_tooltip player_id="157566" first="Grant" last="Guyett"]), (#32 DB [player_tooltip player_id="156058" first="Jack" last="Wimmer"]), (#78 OL [player_tooltip player_id="151114" first="Jack" last="James"]), (#84 QB [player_tooltip player_id="147837" first="Kolby" last="Brown"]) and ( #110 LB [player_tooltip player_id="156068" first="Tommy" last="Connelly"]). 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 [player_tooltip player_id="147988" first="Tyson" last="Money"] with an 80-yard touchdown pass going up 7-0. The Monarch’s defense held strong and got the offense the ball back. [video width="1280" height="720" mp4="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/redzone/uploads/2021/09/Tyson-Touchdown.mp4"][/video] The Monarchs drove again and a pass from [player_tooltip player_id="193819" first="Nick" last="Chanez"] to [player_tooltip player_id="151094" first="Luke" last="Lindenmeyer"] for another touchdown to put The Monarchs up 14-0. Westside would not go down fighting [player_tooltip player_id="147817" first="Dominic" last="Rezac"] 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. [video width="1920" height="1080" mp4="https://prephoops-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com/redzone/uploads/2021/09/My-Movie.mp4"][/video] After some back and forth the Monarchs and [player_tooltip player_id="147988" first="Tyson" last="Money"] 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 [player_tooltip player_id="157566" first="Grant" last="Guyett"] 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 [player_tooltip player_id="147837" first="Kolby" last="Brown"] launched a 47-yard pass to [player_tooltip player_id="157566" first="Grant" last="Guyett"] 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. <p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Top 2022 Prospects</strong></p> [player_tooltip player_id="147988" first="Tyson" last="Money"], 5’10″ 195lbs – Papillion LaVista Overall: #18 | WR: #1 Committed: Uncommitted <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11264627/613c4947041ef204b464740f’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11264627/613c4947041ef204b464740f" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> [player_tooltip player_id="147817" first="Dominic" last="Rezac"], 6’1″ 165lbs – Omaha Westside Overall: #19 | RB: #2 Committed: Air Force <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/2/2015/613cca839680a90a900dbfd5’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/2/2015/613cca839680a90a900dbfd5" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> [player_tooltip player_id="157566" first="Grant" last="Guyett"], 6’0″ 190lbs – Omaha Westside Overall: #23 | WR: #2 Committed: Minnesota State Mankato <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11436341/613d119564e0ae0bbcf7015d’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11436341/613d119564e0ae0bbcf7015d" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> [player_tooltip player_id="151094" first="Luke" last="Lindenmeyer"], 6’4″ 240lbs – Papillion LaVista Overall: #39 | TE: #4 Committed: Uncommitted <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11264625/613d13d78cde9e0b200003e6’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11264625/613d13d78cde9e0b200003e6" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> Will Huburt, 6’2″ 190lbs – Papillion LaVista Overall: #13 | DL: #1 Committed: Uncommitted <a href="http://iframe%20src=’//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11090988/613cee1ada512a068881e3e1’%20width=’640’%20height=’360’%20frameborder=’0’%20allowfullscreen/iframe"><iframe src="//www.hudl.com/embed/video/3/11090988/613cee1ada512a068881e3e1" width="640" height="360" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen="allowfullscreen"></iframe></a> <strong>Papillion La Vista Takeaways</strong> <ul> <li>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.</li> <li>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.</li> <li>Great passing offense opening up the field worked very well for them to strike fast and early.</li> <li>Run defense needs to guard the edges and penetrate once they can get past the offensive line they can force worse throws and interceptions.</li> </ul> <strong>Westside takeaways</strong> <ul> <li>Great special teams especially with the blocked touchdown and field goal helped them get going.</li> <li>Pass defense got better and better as the game went on. They began leaving many open receivers to playing very close quarters.</li> <li>The offense in the first half needs to up their game and get going earlier instead of the end of the second quarter.</li> <li>The run game was a very nice supplement to the passing game and helped them grind down the Monarchs</li> </ul>