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IN RECENT YEARS )N THIS YEAR S HEAVILY CONTESTED GAME DIME DEFENSE TO OUR BASE DEFENSE HOWEVER BOTH TEAMS MADE BIG PLAYS BUT TO GIVE THEIR QUARTERBACK DIFFERENT LOOKS MISTAKES COST THE #OMETS A CHANCE TO AND PUT PRESSURE ON HIM v #ARTER SAID /N A FOURTH AND SIX PUNT BY $6#
BREAK THE FIVE YEAR LOSING SPELL TO $6# THE SNAP WAS MISHANDLED PICKED UP AND AS ### LOST AT HOME 3ATURDAY 4HE #OMETS OVERALL IN "AY KICKED BY PUNTER 4YLER -ALLEY AS ### 6ALLEY #ONFERENCE HAD TWO TOUCHDOWNS DEFENDERS PULLED HIM TO THE GROUND 4HE LOW LINE DRIVE NULLIFIED BY PENAL BOUNCED OFF THE TURF TIES INCLUDING AN YARD TOUCHDOWN Ã&#x2DC;:H WRRN VFRUHV IURP AND ### LINEBACK PASS FROM SOPHO *AMIER -ALONE RXUVHOYHV :H ZHUH XS ER PICKED UP THE BALL AT MORE QUARTERBACK *EFFERY !NDERSON TO EXW ZH FRXOGÃ&#x2013;YH EHHQ THE YARD LINE AND RAN IT IN FOR A TOUCH WIDE RECEIVER *ORDAN XS E\ PRUH Ã&#x2122; -ORROW THAT WAS DOWN NARROWING THE CALLED BACK BECAUSE DEFICIT !LONZO #ARTER
OF A HANDS TO THE 4HE #OMETS GAVE FOOTBALL COACH FACE PENALTY ON CEN $6# THE CHANCE TO ADD TO ITS LEAD WHEN
TER -YLES 'RACE h7E TOOK SCORES FROM OURSELVES v COMING OUT OF A #OMET TIMEOUT AN COACH !LONZO #ARTER SAID h4HEY RE A EXTRA PLAYER ON THE FIELD PENALTY AGAINST GOOD TEAM 7E WERE UP BUT WE COULD VE ### GAVE THE 6IKINGS AN AUTOMATIC FIRST DOWN BEEN UP BY MORE v 2UNNING BACK $OZIE )WAUGWU ADDED 4HE LAST TIME ### BEAT THE 6IKINGS 'OLDEN 3TATE #ONFERENCE WAS TO THE $6# LEAD SCORING A TOUCHDOWN IN WHEN THE #OMETS WON AT FROM THREE YARDS OUT ON THE NEXT SNAP 5P WITH LESS THAN A MINUTE IN HOME &ROM $6# OUTSCORED THE GAME THE 6IKINGS RAN THE BALL ON ### ,AST SEASON ### RESURRECTED THE FOURTH DOWN FROM THE ### YARD LINE RIVALRY LOSING TO THE 6IKINGS IN AND WERE STUFFED IN THE BACKFIELD FOR A LOSS OF THREE YARDS TURNING THE BALL OVER 0LEASANT (ILL #ARTER TOLD HIS TEAM BEFORE THE GAME ON DOWNS WITH SECONDS LEFT TO PLAY /N FIRST DOWN !NDERSON PASSED THE THAT THE 6IKINGS DO NOT RESPECT ###
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OF THEM TO FRESHMAN RECEIVER 2ONALD "UTLER 4HE PAIR ALSO CONNECTED FOR ### S ONLY PASSING TOUCHDOWN A YARDER IN THE OPENING QUARTER ,AMAR -C+NIGHT THE #OMETS CHANGE OF PACE QUARTERBACK TOOK SNAPS FOR ONE DRIVE BEFORE HURTING HIS HAM STRING AND DID NOT RETURN $6# PLAYED THREE QUARTERBACKS WITH 1UINN +AEHLER LEADING ALL PASSERS WITH YARDS AND ONE TOUCHDOWN ### S DEFENSE WAS SOLID AT THE START OF THE GAME AGAINST $6# WHICH ALLOWED THE #OMETS TO JUMP TO AN EARLY LEAD IN THE SECOND QUARTER $6# TOOK CONTROL OF THE GAME LATE IN THE SECOND QUARTER HOWEVER WITH UNANSWERED POINTS OF ITS OWN h7E LAID BACK WHEN WE GOT THE LEAD v #OMET SAFETY #LORDION +ENNEDY SAID h4HE DEFENSE LET US DOWN IN THE SECOND QUARTER v #ARTER SAID ONE OF THE BIGGEST PROB LEMS DEFENSIVELY WAS STOPPING THE 6IKINGS ON THIRD DOWN h/N THIRD AND LONGS WE DIDN T GET OFF OF THE FIELD BUT ONCE WE WATCH THE FILM AND CORRECT OUR MISTAKES WE LL BE FINE v HE SAID 4HE #OMETS ALSO SCORED A FIELD GOAL IN THE FIRST QUARTER AND THE DEFENSE HELD $6# SCORELESS !FTER BEGINNING THE SECOND QUARTER WITH A YARD *OSE -UNGUIA FIELD GOAL
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### WAS UNABLE TO CAPITALIZE ON THE TURNOVER h$6# KEPT EIGHT PLAYERS IN THE BOX v !NDERSON SAID h&IELD POSITION PLAYED A PART IN OUR OFFENSIVE STRUGGLES AND WITH OUR BACKS AGAINST THE WALL OUR PLAY CALLING IS LIMITED v 7ITH SECONDS LEFT IN THE FIRST HALF
6IKING RUNNING BACK 6INCE &ERRANTE SCORED A ONE YARD TOUCHDOWN WITH EIGHT SECONDS LEFT TO GIVE $6# A LEAD 4HE ONLY POINTS SCORED IN THE THIRD QUARTER WERE BY THE 6IKINGS ON A YARD RUN BY RUNNING BACK #* "EST 4HE #OMETS ENERGY WAS HIGH EARLY IN THE THIRD QUARTER AFTER !NDERSON COM PLETED AN YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS TO -ORROW BUT FRUSTRATION QUICKLY SET IN AFTER THE SCORE WAS CALLED BACK BECAUSE OF THE PENALTY
#ARTER 4HE SEC OND YEAR COACH S INFLUENCE IS HELPING TO CHANGE THE RECENT HIS TORY OF THE FOOTBALL PRO GRAM 4HE #OMETS RECORD SINCE !LONZO #ARTER TOOK OVER MATCH ES ### S TOTAL WINS BETWEEN
$ISSECTING THE LOSS &IRST QUARTER
3ECOND QUARTER
4HIRD QUARTER
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/N THEIR OPENING DRIVE THE #OMETS SCORED A TOUCH DOWN ON A YARD PASS FROM !NDERSON TO "UTLER ### FIN ISHED THE QUARTER WITH A LEAD OVER $6#
$6# STEAMROLLED THE #OMET DEFENSE SCORING UNAN SWERED POINTS AFTER THE #OMETS OPENED THE QUARTER WITH A YARD FIELD GOAL
4HE 6IKINGS SCORED A TOUCH DOWN AND EXTENDED THEIR LEAD TO ### COMPLETED AN YARD TOUCHDOWN PASS BUT A PENALTY NULLIFIED THE SCORE
! MEN ON THE FIELD PEN ALTY GAVE $6# A NEW SET OF DOWNS AND RUNNING BACK $OZIE )WAUGWU SCORED A TOUCHDOWN FROM THREE YARDS OUT TO PROVIDE THE MARGIN OF VICTORY