Grand Island- The Chanticleers traveled to Grand Island to play the Grand Island Central Catholic Crusaders at Grand Island Senior High. It was a beautiful night for football at GISH's new stadium. The Chants took the ball to start the game and turned it over on their first possession. The Crusaders drove the ball down the field to inside the 10 but the Chant defense came up with a big stop and forced the Crusaders to kick a field goal. The Chants were stopped on their next drive turning it over on downs. The Chant defense came up big forcing GICC to punt and special teams came up huge blocking the punt. Two plays later Beau Wells scored on a 14-yard touchdown run. The Chants didn’t score the rest of the half and gave up two more touchdowns before the half to make it 17-7. At the start of the second, the Crusaders received the kickoff and after two plays they scored another touchdown to make it 24-7. The Chants responded by scoring on their next 3 possessions to take the lead late in the fourth quarter 28-24. Haydin Nelson scored on a 3-yard touchdown, Colton Thompson scored on a 47-yard touchdown run, and Jordan Williams scored on a 2-yard touchdown run. GICC scored at the end of fourth and the Chants could not move the ball and get into scoring position. The final was 31-28. Coach Wells said after the game, “Once again, we are getting better every week. We are playing well, we just need to find a way to close out these games. We will continue to get better, we have great young men on this team who continue to have great attitudes and are willing to put the work in.” The Chants will be home next Friday for Homecoming vs. the Centura Centurians at 7:00.
Quarter….1…....2…....3…….4……..Final
Ord..…….7........0.......14……7………28
GICC...….3…...14…...7…….7…........31
Team Statistics
Ord
Rushing- 333, Passing- 58
Individual Statistics
Ord
Rushing- H. Nelson 22-135 1 Td, J. Williams 26-205 1 TD, B. Wells 6-40 1 Td, C. Thompson 1-47 1 TD, E. Ryschon 1-6
Passing- J. Williams 5-17 58 3 Int
Receiving- C. Thompson 2-37, L. Critel 2-18, H. Nelson 1-3
Kicking- C. Meyer. (Pat 4-4)
Defense- J. Boettcher 7 Tk 1 Tkl, A. Stethem 6 Tk, C. Lytle 5 Tk 1 Tfl 1 Sck, C. Meyer, 4 Tk 1 Tfl, H. Nelson 4 Tk, C. Thompson 4 Tk, J. Williams 4 Tk, L. Klein 6 Tk, B. Shafer 4 Tk
Takeaways- C. Lytle 1 Fum, H. Nelson 1 Fum, B. Wells 1 Int