Paul;1264712 wrote:Daily Record do you know you have the defending Div 4 state champions in this area who leads Div 4 computer points ranking as the #1 ranked team? Daily Record do you know we played an undefeated team last night with a huge line and a 260# fullback who tears teams up but not the Bobcats? Daily Record do you know a star player for this team went down to an injury in the second quarter last night and was taken to the Hospital. Daily Record how long will he be unable to play and what happen to his shoulder? Daily Record you really do have a team like this they are the NORWAYNE BOBCATS and they play on Friday nights! I had to hunt the sports page to find the write up below and the hunt was not worth it!
Norwayne didn’t leave anything
to chance on this night as
it outscored Western Reserve
41-7 by the end of the third
quarter. The Bobcats, who actually
only held the ball for 16:24
in the game, used their spread
attack to pile up 247 yards
passing, which neutralized the
Roughriders’ 145-92 edge in
rushing.
Joe Dreher led Norwayne by
tossing three TD passes as he
finished 13-of-21 through the
air for 247 yards. He hooked
up with Mitch Knieriem twice,
once from 24 and the other
from 7 yards, before going deep
to Brady Berger for a 67-yard
bomb. Knierierm finished with
three catches for 54 yards and
Berger hauled in seven passes
for 162 yards.
The Bobcats were just as
effective scoring defensively as
Kaleb Harris took a pick-6 in
from 46 yards out. From there
on out, it was all on ground as
the locals rode Jon Zimmerly
for a pair of late scoring plays
as he powered in from 1 and
53 yards. He finished with 110
stripes on 16 tries to pace Norwayne.
Relax.
I'm pretty sure it wasn't a featured article because the Daily Record expected the Bobcats to win, and win big ... which they did.
Blowouts are never "good games," and thus, they never draw a lot of interest. I haven't seen the Daily Record online today, but I'm willing to bet the games that took center stage were the Hillsdale game and the Northwestern game.
If I'm wrong, meh. It would have made the most sense for those two games to be featured. They were exciting.
Behind those ones, Smithville and/or Dalton would have been good as the teams gained their first wins.
Norwayne's game was probably the most predictable, and it played out like everyone thought it would. Don't take it as an offense. If anything, it means that everyone knows just how good Norwayne is ... and that nobody was surprised to see them run away with a win last night.