Cougars suffer first loss

Two top ten teams faced off at Lyons last weekend as the Flyers of Humphrey Saint Francis defeated the Cougars 38-16.  After a nip and tuck first half the Flyer put the game away  with two third period scores while holding Northeast scoreless after intermission.

 

Lyons-Decatur took the opening kick off and marched down the field and scored in just over two and a half minutes.  Chevy Henneman toted the ball over from two yards out.     HSF methodically moved the ball for the next six minutes and tied the game after a JJ Oltmer 3 yard run.

 

Northeast finished off their second offensive possession with a score at the start of the second period.  Henneman found the end zone after a three yard run.  Brehmer added the point after and the Cougars had a 16-8 lead.

 

HSF would tied the score on a Oltmer  2 yard run with 4:47 left in the half.

 

The game would take a turn against Northeast on their next go on offense.  Faced with a fourth and short Coach Maresh decided to go for it.  A fumble ended the drive and HSF found themselves with a short field.  They scored a go ahead TD with 27 seconds left in the half.

 

Both teams had effective ground games.  HSF rode JJ Oltmer as he carried 35 times for 198  of the Flyers 238 yards.  The Cougars’ two some of Brehmer and Henneman gained 287 yards.  Brehmer had 151 yards on 27 attempts while Henneman got 136 on 24 carries.

 

The defense was tested the Flyer attack.  Once again Dakota Riecken and Alex Brehmer came up big.  Brehmer was in on 20 tackles along with an interception.   Riecken had 19 tackles.  Taylor Fuston added 7,  David Bishop 8,  Chevy Henneman 5 including a TFL, and Marcus Hegy 5 tackles.  Freshman Tyler Hardeman got 2 tackles and Bobby Simpson added one.

HSF                 8          16        14        0          -38

L-D                  8          8          0          0          -16

 

First Quarter

 

L-D      8          HSF     0                                  9:28

Henneman        2 Yard Run

Henneman PAT

 

L-D      8          HSF     8                                  3:50

Oltmer              3 Yard Run

Zach  PAT

 

Second Quarter

 

L-D      16        HSF     8                                  10:47

Henneman        3 Yard Run

Brehmer PAT

 

L-D      16        HSF     16

Oltmer              2 Yard Run                              4:57

Zach PAT

 

L-D      16        HSF     24

Backhaus         6 Yard Pass Reception 0:27.8

Oltmer PAT

 

Third Quarter

 

L-D      16        HSF     32                                9:33

Zach                 9 Yard Run

Weidner   PAT

 

L-D      16        HSF     38                                0:18.6

Oltmer              10 Yard Pass Reception

 

Fourth Quarter

 

No Scoring