St. Louis Recap
The 8th grade Owls traveled to CBHS to take on the Cardinals of St. Louis School in a league matchup. The team came away with a hard fought 20 to 6 victory. This was a tough physical match-up. SLS took the opening kick-off and had a nice drive where the Cardinals did a nice job of converting 3rd downs. But on a 4th down effort Foster Flaherty and Liam Curran stopped the SLS QB on his scramble attempt. Unfortunately SLS had a nice blitz dialed up and caused a turnover immediately that put them on the scoreboard first. Owls fought off the 2-PAT attempt but trailed 0-6. Owls immediately went to work and after a nice pass from Brayden Santibanez to John Painter were deep inside SLS territory. But the drive was thwarted by SLS. Backed up the Cardinals took to the air where Cannon Sherman returned the favor from earlier picking off the pass and returning it 33 yards for the TD. The game went to the half ties 6 to 6.
The Owls came out strong the 2nd half going on a 13 play drive featuring the tough running of Walker Atkinson. A timely pass from Santibanez to Adams Field kept the drive going and Atkinson capped it off with a 7 yard run. SLS hung tough and made a drive but it was snuffed out on a nice fumble recovery by Tanner Sherman. Both teams stayed tough on defense and the offense swapped series. The Cardinals ran a nice 3rd down play that appeared to be a big play but was called back because the ref saw a serious holding penalty against Bennett Brooksbank. That penalty backed up SLS and when forced to punt Brooksbank blitzed in to block the punt giving the Owls the ball on the 1 yard line where Atkinson quickly added his 2nd TD and tacked on the 2-PAT for the final margin of 20-6.
Next week the Owls travel to Bartlett for the 2nd half of a Thursday night double-header. The team will seek to improve to 3-0 on the year against the Panthers
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The Owls came out strong the 2nd half going on a 13 play drive featuring the tough running of Walker Atkinson. A timely pass from Santibanez to Adams Field kept the drive going and Atkinson capped it off with a 7 yard run. SLS hung tough and made a drive but it was snuffed out on a nice fumble recovery by Tanner Sherman. Both teams stayed tough on defense and the offense swapped series. The Cardinals ran a nice 3rd down play that appeared to be a big play but was called back because the ref saw a serious holding penalty against Bennett Brooksbank. That penalty backed up SLS and when forced to punt Brooksbank blitzed in to block the punt giving the Owls the ball on the 1 yard line where Atkinson quickly added his 2nd TD and tacked on the 2-PAT for the final margin of 20-6.
Coach Bobby Wade commented after the win, “I will give it to St. Louis and their coaching staff that they came out to play and we showed up somewhat lackluster on offense after our big win last week. I am happy we picked up a win and our defensive group played real well picking up three turnovers and giving up under 75 net yards, but several offensive turnovers and the inability to get it done in the red zone are not a signs of progress we want to see for our offense. We still have a long way to go and must regroup to prepare for Bartlett. Go Owls.”
Next week the Owls travel to Bartlett for the 2nd half of a Thursday night double-header. The team will seek to improve to 3-0 on the year against the Panthers
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