The freshman team traveled to Batesville last night to take on the Bulldogs in their third game of the season. The game started out as a slugfest with both teams going back and forth at one another before Batesville put the first score on the board on a long run to the outside. Our young Pacers answered with a nice drive down the field of their own and in 6 plays tied the score up on a short pass from Hunter Hayes to Dakota Fuller. Dakota caught the ball and with some crafty running, was able to turn it into a 43 yard touchdown. Batesville put together a long drive of their own and took the lead back on another sweep to the outside. Our Pacers refused to settle or tire out this game, but some costly interceptions and fumbles proved to be too much for our inexperienced players to overcome. We threatened offensively the entire game at putting another score up, even pushing the Batesville defense back to their own endzone on the final play of the game, but Kollin Hayes couldn’t quite break the plane of the goal line as time expired. The final score was 54-6. All players saw the field and showed a lot of improvement. We are constantly finding new players/positions and refining our skills. It may not be obvious by the scores, but there are a lot of positive improvements each game. The offensive line gave our backs much more time to operate and our defense, in spurts, is making strides in pursuing and wrapping up the ball carriers. Team tackling and angles are something we need to improve on to give ourselves a chance to compete each defensive series, but there were now, at least, a lot of players in the right positions to make plays that previously were not. We are excited to get another full week of practice in before playing in front of our home crowd again next Saturday night, September 21st @ 7pm when we welcome Carroll County into Pacer Nation. Thanks to everyone for all of their support!
Posted on: Fri, 13 Sep 2013 15:25:15 +0000
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