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Young Badgers shine against Eureka |
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October 10, 2016 |
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| Photo by Sarah
Carver |
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Travis Peterson romps for yardage
Saturday as the Badger sixth graders
fight their way to a 14-0 blowout over
Eureka. |
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Two young Badger football teams took a road trip
to Eureka, Montana, Saturday, and both teams put
on performances that bode well for the future of
Badger football, with the fifth graders fighting
their way to a 16-14 win and the sixth graders
romping to a 14-0 blowout.
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| Photo by Katie
Banning |
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Showing poise
both on the field and off, Teigan
Banning, who scored two touchdowns,
listens to his coaches after Saturday's
blowout. |
The fifth graders hit the field with a strong
running game in a battle that went down to the
wire. Big runs by Badger Henry Willis helped the
Badgers take an early lead, but it was a back
and forth struggle right up to the last second.
Coach Gary Aitken Jr. credited big blocks by
Phineas Graupner with opening up the sweeps, and
said strong blocking up front by Siver, Pope,
Regher, Freeman and Aitken helped the Badgers
hold the momentum throughout the game.
"Power football," said coach Todd Carver of the
sixth grade game. "Blake Rice had some nice runs
and there were some big tackles by Travis
Peterson. The offensive line opened up plenty of
holes."
Teigan Banning grabbed an interception that set
up a score and scored two touchdowns on
quarterback keepers behind that strong front
line of Dillon Mai, Zach Carver, Travis Peterson
and Tyler Pop. Peterson, who played center and
nose guard, ran in a two point conversion and
Cleo Hensley enjoyed a fine running game.
Both teams head south to take on Timberlake this
Saturday. |
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