Gabe Martin leads Garden Spot past young Tigers
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By Sam Cavalieri — MikeDragoSports.com senior correspondent
Fleetwood had the perfect first play drawn up against Garden Spot.
Beau Fegley caught a backwards pass from Chase McMonagle and then heaved a bomb to Parker Detwiler. Detwiler fumbled as he was being tackled after a 62-yard reception and Garden Spot recovered.
| Final | |
| Garden Spot | 28 |
| Fleetwood | 7 |
Fleetwood never recovered and dropped a 28-7 decision Friday night in a Lancaster-Lebanon League Section 3 game at Ray Buss Field..
The loss comes on the heels of a tough loss last week against Conrad Weiser. The Tigers (0-2, 2-3) led 16-6 at the half last week before losing 26-23.
“We are a young football team,” Fleetwood coach Steve Pangburn said. “We can only take moments like this and last week to learn.”
Gabe Martin led the Spartans (1-1, 2-3) with 141 yards rushing; the quarterback added 80 yards through the air. He hooked up with running back Andrew Pemberton for two long touchdowns (49 and 23 yards) and ran for a 59-yard touchdown, all in the first half. Garden Spot led 21-0 at halftime.
“(Martin) and (Pemberton) were getting the ball, it wasn’t a secret,” Pangburn said. “We just didn’t execute flat out. We got caught in a man coverage and we obviously left a man unoccupied. Too easy.”
The Tigers’ offense that started the first half with an efficient 12-for-15 passing finished the half completing only one of its last 11 attempts. They squandered field position, starting drives on the Garden Spot half of the field numerous times in the first half. McMonagle finished with 146 yards on 44 attempts.
“We were trying to get the big play,” Pangburn said, “when we probably should have kept nibbling.”
Fegley got the Tigers on the board with an 11-yard touchdown run with 5:56 left in the game. He was bottled up most of the night and finished with a season-low 35 yards on 11 carries.
Chase Adams had 11 catches for 91 yards, the second-most receptions in a game for Fleetwood all-time. Mason Musitano had 15 against Shamokin in 2023.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Final | |
| Garden Spot | 7 | 14 | 0 | 7 | 28 |
| Fleetwood | 0 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
Scoring summary
| 1 | Garden Spot | Pemberton, 49 pass from G. Martin (Z. Martin kick) | 8:48 |
| 2 | Garden Spot | G. Martin, 59 run (Z. Martin kick) | 8:54 |
| 2 | Garden Spot | Pemberton, 24 pass from G. Martin (Z. Martin kick) | :33.2 |
| 4 | Garden Spot | Douglas, 16 run (Z. Martin kick) | 10:57 |
| 4 | Fleetwood | Fegley, 11 run (Cappellano kick) | 5:56 |
Team statistics
| GARDEN SPOT | FLEETWOOD | |
| First downs | 12 | 14 |
| Rushes-yards | 34-243 | 19-43 |
| Passing yards | 80 | 208 |
| Total yards | 323 | 251 |
| Passes | 4-10-1 | 22-45-1 |
| Fumbles-lost | 2-1 | 1-1 |
| Punts-average | 5-32 | 2-40.5 |
| Penalties-yards | 12-135 | 3-25 |
Individual statistics
RUSHING
Garden Spot: G. Martin 16-141, Douglas 9-93, Pemberton 7-11, Team 2-(-2).
Fleetwood: Fegley 13-35, Kummerer 2-7, McMonagle 4-1.
PASSING
Garden Spot: G. Martin 4-10-1—80.
Fleetwood: McMonagle 21-44-1—146, Fegley 1-1-0—62.
RECEIVING
Garden Spot: Pemberton 2-73, Swavely 1-5, Douglas 1-2.
Fleetwood: Adams 11-91, Ryan 3-18, Detwiler 2-65, Pletz 2-25, Kleppinger 2-16, Fegley 2-(-7).
INTERCEPTIONS
Garden Spot: Sauder.
Fleetwood: Zornek.
