Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Serving Lincoln County for more than a century!
Junior-high football
Back row: Head coach Sam Harder, Holden Iverson, Tucker Walter, Corbyn Neilsen, Xavier Hicks, Garrick Rosman, Bo Walter, Casen Watson, asst. coach Colley Walter. Front row: Troy Hardung, Aiden Schmierer, Levi Hardung, Miller Stout, Leland Geary, Sean Widger, Hudson Watson.
ODESSA – We won our first game against Columbia/Inchelium, 14-6. For our first game, we played pretty well. The boys didn't look like they were playing their first game. They were that disciplined.
Tucker Walter, Corbyn Neilsen and Sean Widger carried the team on offense, and our offensive line did a good job making blocks for them. Defensively, I thought we did a fantastic job pursuing and making tackles. Tucker Walter was all over the field and seemed to make every play. Garrick Rosman had some great moments on the defensive line, and Corbyn Neilsen did a great job pursuing and bringing the ball carrier down. It would have been nice to see the offense score a little bit more than two times in the first half, but our defense did a heck of a job holding a good, athletic team to only six points.
Our second game was against Almira-Coulee-Hartline and was a hard-fought game that we lost 25-21. ACH had a great athlete at quarterback who could run hard, was tough to bring down and had a great arm and accuracy throwing the ball. He'll be one of those players for ACH, who will be electrifying to watch for the next few years. Defensively, we struggled keeping him contained, but we had our moments when we did a fantastic job.
Holden Iverson made some great open-field tackles. Sean Widger had some fantastic plays in pass defense and Levi Hardung did pretty well in coverage. Tucker had a couple of huge hits. He's a kid who hits harder than any other player I've seen so far. Offensively, we did a good job of running up the middle with Tucker. He is a very tough, aggressive runner and did a good job pounding the ball. Corbyn did a great job making plays with his feet and had a couple of great throws. Sean ran the ball pretty well.
Troy Hardung had a great touchdown catch, too. Bo Walter and Miller Stout showed good improvement from the week before in blocking, and I was impressed with Holden's blocking, too. We moved him from guard to tight end, and he's adjusted very well.
Unfortunately, we lost four fumbles to ACH, two of which allowed them to score. If we erased two of those fumbles, it could have been a different game for us.
Next week we play Wilbur-Creston at Wilbur. They've had more kids turn out than any of the other teams we'll face this season and probably some more size as well.
We're making some improvements and adjustments on both sides of the ball to get ready for them. I know the boys will be ready to play hard and get after them.
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