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Davidson, Barrington make a quick study of Schaumburg

Johnny Davidson wants to not only be a football player, but also a student of the game.

Davidson showed Saturday how much he has learned, throwing for 4 touchdowns and running for 2 more as Barrington rolled past Schaumburg 56-6 Saturday afternoon in Barrington's annual matinee homecoming game.

Davidson meets with the coaching staff every Monday during his lunch break to go over film and the game plan for the coming week. He must have paid extra attention to Schaumburg, as evidenced by 191 yards and 57 passing, all in the first half as the Broncos built a 49-0 advantage on their way to a Mid-Suburban West-opening triumph.

"It was an all-around great team effort," said Davidson, who was 6-for-7 passing and, like all the Barrington starters, did not play in the second half. "We were well prepared and knew what to do out there. I love the extra study time."

Barrington (5-0, 1-0) scored all 7 times the Broncos had the ball in the first half as the run up an impressive 393 yards of offense in just 24 minutes.

"I was really happy the way our kids came out," Barrington coach Joe Sanchez said. "We talked all week about wanting to come out right away. It has been our point of emphasis the last few weeks and the kids have done that."

Davidson was masterful in leading the offense as Barrington led 21-0 in the time it would take to cook one of their famous pork chop sandwiches.

"Johnny has come out and done was he has supposed to do," Sanchez said. "He is prepared the way he is supposed to and he puts in the work."

Davidson threw a 24-yard touchdown pass to Dylan Bingham on the Broncos' first possession. He followed with a 26-yard scoring pass to Scotty Miller, who made a nifty move at the end of the play to score. Davidson then ran for a 6-yard score and the Broncos were rolling.

With the offensive line of Matt Reiser, Nick Bart, Matt Robinson, Alex Serrano and Connor Leighton leading the way, Barrington was able to rack up 202 yards rushing in the first half. Dumaso Mkwanananzi led a bevy of running backs with 80 yards on 8 carries.

"Our specialists are doing a great job," said Reiser, who anchors the offensive line at center. "They are all very explosive. Anyone on any play can break it. That's what we believe, that any play can be a touchdown."

Barrington only picked up the pace in the second quarter, scoring 28 points.

JT Henderson scored on a 1-yard run. Davidson followed with a 43-yard pass to Cole Walsh, and a 58-yard pitch and run to Mitch Pfeiffer. Davidson closed out the first-half barrage on an 18-yard run that was set up by a strip and fumble recovery by Jake Coon.

While Barrington's offense was operating in high gear, the defense had Schaumburg's offense bottled up. Led by David Danhauer, who had 1½, sacks along with Coon, Jason Harris, Mark Bornhofen and Connor Warman and later Jackson Perkins (2½ sacks), Schaumburg had 55 rushing yards in the first half with 37 of that coming on a fake punt.

"We knew what they were going to do coming in," said Danhauer, who had 6 tackles. "We knew they were going to run option. We had 5 guys on 21 (Justice Macneal-Smith). We were really keying him. We knew he wanted to go up the middle and we wanted to stop him."

Macneal-Smith broke free a bit in the second half to finish with 106 yards on 13 carries. Schaumburg (1-4, 0-1) kept at it and scored early in the fourth quarter on a 5-yard run by Alex Kiszkowski.

"There is not much you can say that the scoreboard wouldn't tell you," Schaumburg coach Mark Stilling said. "We got whipped in all three phases and if there would have been a fourth phase, we would been whipped there too."

Barrington, which finished with 472 yards of offense, got a late touchdown by Nate King, with backup kicker Dean Siapkaris kicking the last extra point after Chase Lesniak hit the first 7.

"We have to turn it right around," said Sanchez, whose team comes back on a short week and plays at Conant on Thursday night. "It was helpful to be able to rest our team. Certainly that wasn't expected. The boys came out today hard and that was good."

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