Blocking Punts A Specialty At Haverford School

did a number of positive things in its 55-0 whitewash of .

But perhaps what stood out the most was the Fords didn’t block not one, not two, not three, but four punts—with three of the four leading to touchdowns. With the victory, the Fords moved to 5-2 overall and 1-1 in the Inter-Academic League.

Haverford School’s Anthony Hill and Sema’j Reed each blocked a punt, with Reed picking up the blocked punt and scoring.

“Our special teams coach saw something in (Germantown Academy’s) protection and we went after it,” Fords’ coach Mike Murphy said.

“But special teams is something we take seriously here, and something we work on every week in practice. We cover everything, including blocking punts. We put that up there third in importance, with our offense and defense,” he said.