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Badger sixth graders dig deep for win |
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October 17, 2016 |
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Badger sixth-grader Josh Pinkerton looks
for room to run Saturday as the Badgers
pull out an amazing win at Timberlake. |
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The Badger sixth grade football team reached
down deep Saturday and pulled out a
come-from-behind win in the fourth quarter to
beat Timberlake 26-18. The fifth grade team,
hampered by few players who turned out this
year, fought a good, hard fight, but fell 13-0.
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| Badgers Cleo
Hensley and Blake Rice taking down a
Timberlake runner. |
"They showed much heart and determination
yesterday and during the entire season," said
coach Todd Carver after the upset. "They are a
special group of kids."
According to Carver, the young Badgers stuck to
their game plan of "power running" and it paid
off. The offensive line, led by Donny Riess and
Brayden Blackmore, opened up some huge holes,
giving Josh Pinkerton and brothers Cleo and
Charles Hensley rooms to make touchdown runs.
"We were down 18-7 at one point during the
second half, made some adjustments on defense
and the kids just didn't give up," Carver said.
David Hammonds, Noah Botcher and Dillon Mai all
had big defensive games. Teigan Banning had his
second interception in as many games.
"Their hard work really paid off," Carver said.
"They showed a lot of heart and determination
during this game and through the entire season."
The fifth grade Badgers played tough but lost to
a good Timberlake team.
"Colin Fairchild had some nice runs on offense
as well as Brody Rice," coach Gary Aitken Jr.
said. "Rice also played a great defensive game." |
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