Oct 1, 2005 By Justin Zackal For The 3 min read

CARMICHAELS – Jan Haiden doesn’t believe in making a statement for the rest of conference. He doesn’t worry about the standings and scores of other games. Heck, he doesn’t even know the last time his Jefferson-Morgan football team defeated Carmichaels. (He thinks it was 1992 but he doesn’t know for sure.)

He just worries about preparing his team to win football games. Jefferson-Morgan did just that Friday night as the Rockets dismantled Carmichaels, 42-12, in Tri-County South action.

One of the J-M players screamed “13 years, baby!” to no one in particular while trotting off the field at Carmichaels.

Yeah, that would be 1992.

“There have been some great games,” Haiden said. “But we finally came out on top.”

The player’s voice resonated loudly on a field where no one really heard a peep from the home team’s offense or defense.

“I don’t know where to begin,” said Carmichaels coach Mike Bosnic. “It was a total letdown. We came out flat with no emotion.”

The Mikes collected just three rushing yards. They were stuffed early by the Rockets’ stout defense and were forced to throw relentlessly, and with not much success (38 percent of its completions including two interceptions) for the remainder of the game.

None of the Mikes’ running backs even carried the ball in the second half. With less than four minutes left in the second quarter, Logan Phillips was the last Carmichaels back to carry the ball. He finished with four carries for minus-eight yards after he was stopped for a four-yard loss on a pivotal fourth-and-3 at midfield with the Mikes trailing 17-6.

“We preached all week that for us to win we’ve gotta control the line of scrimmage,” Haiden said. “Our defense did a great job even with the long kickoff (return) we gave them.”

Carmichaels (1-3, 3-3) scored its only meaningful touchdown when P.J. Martin caught a 5-yard pass from Joby Lapkowicz, who threw for 105 yards in the game, to close the deficit to 10-6 in the second quarter.

The play was set up by Phillips’ 78-yard kickoff return to the Rocket 3-yard line.

Jefferson-Morgan (3-1, 3-3) went on to score the next five touchdowns, and at one point in the second half, the running-clock mercy rule was in effect.

The Rockets controlled the line of scrimmage on the offensive side of the ball as well, racking up 266 rushing yards.

Jeremy Weaver and Jarrod Moskola combined for five touchdowns and 226 yards. Weaver led J-M with 120 yards on 11 carries and scores of 41, 36 and 1 yards, followed by Moskola who toted the ball eight times for 106 yards including touchdown runs of 39 and 28 yards.

The two backs easily ran through the Mikes defense capitalizing on assignment breakdowns, according to Bosnic.

“There were some breakdowns with guys not being in position,” Bosnic added. “(Jefferson-Morgan) dominated every aspect of the game.”