By Kevin Mills,Staff Writer

FALMOUTH – It’s not as if the Falcons don’t give you any warning.

Before each kickoff, the Mountain Valley football team begins the chant – “Hit, hit, hit.” As play resumes and opponents get the ball, three guesses as to what happens. They get hit and usually hit hard.

That was no different Saturday in a commanding 52-6 victory over Falmouth. The Yachtsmen got pounded by a physical Falcon football team from the first whistle.

Just ask Falmouth’s Andrew Clemence, Kevin Smith or Matt Loftey. All three took heavy hits Saturday, and Clemence was later taken to the hospital with a possible broken arm after he was leveled on a kick return.

“We play physical football,” said Mountain Valley coach Jim Aylward. “Our first defense hasn’t allowed a point yet this year. We get to the ball very well, and we’re very physical.”

The Falcons (4-0) defense was so aggressive and fierce that Falmouth (1-3) was desperate to make anything happen on offense. The Yachtsmen resorted to going for it on fourth-and-long despite being deep in their own territory. Falmouth totalled just four yards in the first half.

“We weren’t moving it offensively,” said Falmouth coach Rob Grover.

“By the time we punted, they were just getting it back to the line of scrimmage. So I felt we had to make something happen. We had nothing to lose at that point.”

The plan only backfired and made things easier for a Falcon offense that rolled through the Yachtsmen defense. In the second half, Mountain Valley used just nine plays over its first four possessions and scored two touchdowns.

“You can’t give us the short field,” said Aylward. “I frankly do not understand going for it on fourth-and-15 on their own 10-yard line. I don’t see how it was any advantage because they gave us the short field all day.”

The only time Mountain Valley used a lengthy drive to score in the first half was on the first possession. That drive took five plays and carried 45 yards. Travis Fergola scored on an 11-yard run through the middle with 7:51 left in the quarter.

Falmouth had minus-1 yards rushing in the first half and didn’t get a first down until the closing seconds of the half.

“I don’t think the kids were intimidated,” said Grover. “I just think we were outmatched and outsized. We couldn’t move them off the line offensively. That was the biggest difference in the game.”

Mountain Valley even had a pair of Justin Staires touchdowns called back after penalties, one on an interception return. Instead, it set the Falcons up at the 21, and Aaron Arsenault scored four plays later from the 4 with 10:09 left in the half. He finished with 116 yards on 15 carries and had four touchdowns.

“When we’re playing well defensively, our offense is going to feed off our defense,” said Aylward. “A lot of our points are defense generated. It’s kind of like a basketball team that scores off a fast break. It’s really the defense that scores. We’ve been like that for two years now.”

The Falcons made it 20-0 with 8:22 left in the half on a 3-yard run by Fergola. Arsenault added two more to end the half.

Arsenault and Matt Laubauskas added rushing touchdowns in the third quarter.

Falmouth’s only score came with 4:27 left on Smith’s 9-yard run against the Falcons subs. Staires added a 20-yard run in the final minute.