It’s just a plain old fact and not much of a secret when it comes to football: A team’s defense can play really well, but the offense still has to move the ball and score points to win games. Southern Regional did a lot of one but none of the other on Oct. 6.

“We had plenty of opportunities in the first half and didn’t execute,” said head coach Chuck Donohue, whose Rams dropped to 1-4 after a 10-8 loss to Shore Conference Class A South foe Jackson Memorial. “The effort’s not the question.