By Darrell Moody
dmoody@nevadaappeal.com
Carson High's football team capped its spring practice with a 7-on-7 game Thursday afternoon.
Blake Roman, the Senators' second-year head coach, saw some good things and not-so-good things during the 70-minute tussle.
"All today was to get out and compete against each other; getting work on our passing game and working on our pass defense," Roman said. "The No. 1 thing is we wanted to see who would compete, and we saw a few players that wanted to compete."
Blake Plattsmier threw three TD passes and unofficially passed for 147 yards, while Trey Jensen passed for 127 yards. Clint Page passed for one score late in the scrimmage.
Plattsmier showed a strong arm and made good decisions, according to Roman.
"He has as strong an arm as I've coached," Roman said. "The biggest thing with him is trying to get him to slowdown so he's comfortable. We're doing the same thing with Trey (Jensen, the No. 2 quarterback). We're trying to simplify things enough where they are both comfortable with reads and what we're doing."
Plattsmier likes the Senators' new spread attack.
"We're switching from a two passing systems to one," said the CHS starting quarterback. "If we make the reads, we should be Ok. It's a lot more flexible.
"It (the passing game) is coming along. I'm getting a little more time with receivers. I'm getting to know some of the juniors (up from JV). Everybody is getting along well from sophomores to seniors. There have been a lot of positives and that's great to see."
Ean Witter, Josh Peacock, Zack Vanucci, Chris Steele, Gabe Pongassi and Robert Figueroa head a talented group of receivers, and all of them had an impact in the 7-on-7 scrimmage. Witter had a great 40-yard catch on a nicely thrown ball by Plattmier to end the first half.
Roman was pleased with the turnout for spring ball. Whether the 70 to 80 that were here in the spring will show up when weight training starts in late June remains to be seen.
NOTES: There were approximately 75 fans that attended the scrimmage ... Roman was pleased with his team's effort on the canned food drive. He said the team contributed 3-to-4 trucloads of canned goods for "Food 4 Thought".