2 completely different games, Same result.

Sorry it has been so long since I have put a post here, It's been a fairly hectic couple of weeks for me. Now to the team.

On 9/19 we played West Bend East. A team that we had scrimmaged before the season and were confident that we could compete with. We knew that they had some speed, and we would need to contain them on the outside to come out on top. Well early in the game they broke the outside on us twice, and we had a big hole to climb out of. We started the climb but just before the half, I made a coaching decision that maybe I should take back. With 4th down and long on our own 20. we tried some trickery and it backfired. Shortly afer that they scored and at the half it was 20 - 7 WBE. Our kids played with determination and we fought back, all the way to the point of taking the lead with 1 Min left on a Hartford staple. The 60 Hitch & Pitch run to perfection by the team. All we needed to do was hold on for 60 sec. We were doing well, then with 20 sec, one of their speedsters caught the corner and ran for the winning score. So close and the kids played so hard and we couldn't be prouder of them.

On 9/26 we had our first home game, a chance to start building our house. We hosted Oshkosh and they had played the same 2 teams that we had already played. They beat WBE 7 -6, and lost to Lake Country Red 13-12. This game aligned to be just as competitive as the first 2. Once again as in the first 2 games, our opponents broke out to 2 early scores. We did have a nice drive in between those scores, but could not finish it. Through most of the game our defense played tough but gave up a late score as well. Our offense never really got on track as we made many mental and physical mistakes that we have not made in the past. It seems that the team as a whole was just not there today. I guess we all have those days. Lets hope that they all had it the same day and we can move forward from here. There were still a lot of nice plays on both sides of the ball, and we can be encouraged that we can get back to our earlier level of play from this point forward. Now that the real football weather is here, let's see what teams step up and play hard in the cold and yuck.

Keep the faith, things will get better, We as coaches are.
Coach Dave