Riva Sharples | Editor
Both the Alcester-Hudson Cubs and the Beresford Watchdogs dominated their opponents during opening season action last Friday, August 22. The Cubs defeated Howard, while the Watchdogs rolled over Baltic.
Cubs win over Howard, 40-29
The Cubs took down the Howard Tigers 40-29 during their opening season game, played at home, last Friday, Aug. 22.
Said Head Coach Brian Haak: “It was a great win for our kids. We had a big performance from Darin offensively and Ethan Brown led us with tackles defensively. The offensive line dominated second half!”
The game started slow, with neither team scoring during the first quarter. Things quickly changed course in the second quarter, when the Cubs left Howard in the dust, scoring 12 points on a 18-yard rush TD from senior Darin Dykstra and a one-yard rush TD from senior Tommy Walth.
In the third quarter, Howard fought back with 15 points, but the Cubs scored six on another TD by Dykstra to keep the lead. At the end of the third quarter, the score was 18-15, Cubs leading.
In the 4th quarter, the Cubs outscored the Tigers, 22-14, for an ending score of 40-29. Dykstra had an amazing three touchdowns and one conversion for 22 points.
Statistically, Dykstra was the rushing leader of the game with 180 yards and five touchdowns. Walth had 77 yards and 1 touchdown. Passing leader for the Cubs was Walth with 10 completed passes for 132 yards. Defensive leader for the Cubs was Ethan Brown was 7.5 tackles. Owen Serck had 6.
Watchdogs defeat Baltic, 27-12
It was a battle of the bulldogs Friday night as the Beresford Watchdogs defeated the Baltic Bulldogs at home, 27-12.
Dexton Miller set the pace in the first quarter with a nine-run TD, followed by a kick for the extra point to bring the score to 7-0 Watchdogs at the end of the first quarter.
In the second quarter, Baltic answered with an 8-yard run TD, but failed the two-point conversion. Beresford didn’t let this stand for long and soon added six more points to their lead with a 46-yard run by Malachi James. The Watchdogs’ attempt at a two-yard conversion failed, bringing the score to 13-6, Watchdogs, at half-time.
In the third quarter, the Watchdogs dominated, totally shutting out Baltic from scoring. The Watchdogs had two TDs (a 34-yard run by Malachi James with kick and a nine-yard run by Hayden Schilling with kick). At the end of the third quarter, the score was 27-6, Watchdogs.
In the final quarter of the game, Baltic added six points to their score with a TD and failed two-point conversion. The game ended with the Watchdogs on top, 27-12.
Said Watchdog Head Coach Scott Ebert: “It was good to see our guys compete this past Friday night. We saw many positive things that we are going to be able to build off of and definitely found areas that we need to improve in. For the most part, everything that we saw that needs improvement are all fixable areas. We did what we needed to do to accomplish our goal of going 1-0 to start the season and that is very important. We will get back to practice/film this week and continue to work on getting better at our positions.”