Titan football off to good start with lopsided 60-6 win

In the season opener at home in Odessa last Friday, September 5, the Odessa-Harrington Titans soundly defeated the St. John-Endicott team by a score of 60-6. The mercy rule is no longer in effect, meaning that the clock keeps running no matter how lopsided the score. The new ruling means that more underclassmen are given an opportunity to get into the game for longer periods of time, especially when the score is very uneven.

St. J-E 6 0 0 0 6

O-H 22 24 14 0 60

Sam Schafer scored first on a 46-yard run, then ran the ball again for the two-point conversion.

Steven Braun scored the next two touchdowns, the first on a 6-yard run followed by a failed passing attempt for two more, and the second on a 3-yard run followed by a successful two-point conversion run by Carsen Weber.

St. J-E’s Gering scored next on a 3-yard pass play from Hollingshead, but the conversion attempt failed.

In the second quarter, Schafer struck again on a 51-yard run, followed up by a successful two-point conversion with Weber running the ball. Schafer ran the ball in from 9 yards out for another TD and Brown ran the ball for two more. Then Schafer broke away for a 75-yard run and the final score of the half. Weber passed to Brown for the two-pointer.

After half-time, Weber ran 95 yards for the TD on an interception. Brown ran for another two. Caleb Behrens got the game’s final score on a 10-yard run, but the two-point conversion attempt failed.

Sam Schafer ran for a total of 225 yards on nine carries. Carsen Weber added a 95-yard interception return for the Titans and Steven Braun scored twice on short runs.