SAPPINGTON – After Lindbergh began its season with three consecutive, tough losses, coach Nathan Norman asked his players to resist looking back at the disappointments, and instead, to focus on what is ahead of them.
To make his point, he used the metaphor, ‘The rearview mirror is always smaller than the windshield.’
Kevin Fisher kept defenders in his rearview mirror with 139 yards rushing and four touchdowns as Lindbergh continued its impressive turnaround by squashing Parkway West 45-7 Friday at Lindbergh High.
Lindbergh (3-4), which has won three of its last four games, held a potent Parkway West offense to 96 yards of total offense and forced four turnovers.
“I don’t care who you are, starting 0-and-3 is tough, but they hung in there, stuck together and battled. I’m happy for them,” Norman said.
The lone mishap for the Flyers occurred on their opening possession, when a shotgun snap sailed over the head of quarterback Colby Bangert and Parkway West (5-2) recovered near midfield.
Lindbergh quickly made the miscue smaller than it appeared. With Parkway West facing a fourth-and-5, Flyers’ senior Kingston Coates intercepted a pass and raced 58 yards to the Longhorns’ 8-yard line to set up the first of four trips to the end zone for Fisher.
On the following Lindbergh possession, the 5-foot-5 Fisher slithered through a crease, eluded several tacklers and dove into the end zone for a 13-yard touchdown run to make the score 14-0.
“I have to give all the credit to the O-line and their execution up front. They were the reason I was able to get done what I got done,” Fisher said.
His most electric run came midway through the second quarter when he made a spectacular jump cut at the line of scrimmage, pinballed off a tackler, bounced it to the outside and raced up the sideline for a 28-yard touchdown.
“That run got me turnt up. I was pretty excited about that,” Fisher said.
The Parkway West offense had mustered just 38 total yards and two first downs when the Longhorns began a two-minute drill to try to build momentum.
But it only lasted two plays.
Sophomore Sawyer Dobbins stepped in front of a Braden Biermann pass and galloped 35 yards to the Parkway West 7-yard line. This time, Fisher scooted around right end and found the end zone for the fourth time.
In the first half, Fisher carried the ball 13 times for 102 yards and scored four touchdowns, after finding the end zone twice during the Flyers’ first six games.
The Lindbergh defense was just as impressive as Fisher. A three-man defensive line made up of Kasen Williamson, Harun Selimovic and Jameson Honey combed through the Parkway West backfield at will, flushing Biermann from the pocket while producing sacks, hurries and batted balls.
“I give credit to our D-line. There were only three of them out there, and they were still getting after it and pressuring the quarterback,” senior linebacker Noah Norman said.
Late in the third quarter, Norman read the eyes of a scrambling Biermann, leapt in the air and snagged a pass over the middle for the first interception of his high school career; then scooted 31 yards for a pick-6.
Norman’s sideline-to-sideline pursuit of Longhorns’ ball carriers helped limit Parkway West to 19 yards rushing on nine carries. The Flyers forced 20 incomplete passes, four turnovers and yielded just three plays that gained over 10 yards.
“Our emphasis was to stop the run initially because it all starts with the run game, and when you force them to pass on every play, it’s a lot easier to stop,” Noah Norman said.
Things are starting to come easier for Lindbergh after an 0-3 start. A one-point win over Lafayette, a two-point win over Summit, and a thorough, four quarter domination against Parkway West has the Flyers looking optimistically through the windshield at what lies ahead.
“Every loss was a learning opportunity,” Noah Norman said. “Our team kept grinding and never quit, and that made us so much better. ”
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