OPPONENT:	Villisca Bluejays		WIN:	1	LOSE:	0
DATE:	Monday, September 18, 2006
SCORE:	Stanton	32	Villisca Bluejays		6
	Quarter
	1	2	3	4	Total
Offensive Plays	8	19	11	11	49		Coach's Comments:
Defensive Plays	13	9	6	11	39			Offensively, we were able to move the ball well in the first half.  We																		Offensively, we gained more yardage than in our first game.
Kickoff	1	3	0	1	5			were penalized frequently that ended scoring drives early.  Villisca																		I have not had a chance to view the videotape of the game, but
Kick Return	0	1	1	0	2			did a nice job of making adjustments on both offense and defense																		I know we showed improvement over the Essex game.
Punt	0	0	0	0	0			during the half.  We struggled blocking Villisca's aggressive defense																		The Bluejays were competitors, good tacklers, pursued well,
Punt Return					0			in the second half.  We'll be working on improving our blocking on a																		and disrupted many of our plays.  Many of our players are
2-pt conversions	0	3	0	1	4	included in offensive plays		daily basis before our next game.																		still showing signs of not knowing what to do or
Total Plays	22	32	18	23	95			Defensively, we were able to contain Villisca's ball carriers on all but																		when/if they should be on the field.  I am working hard
								one play.  We are learning to gang tackle and pursue more aggressively.																		to avoid having that happen again.  Some of those
Offensive Yardage	142	152	65	18	377			Our secondary did a nice job defending pass and we were able to make																		mistakes would have been much more costly in a closer game.
Defensive Yardage	63	56	4	16	139			this 2 games in a row with 1 or more interceptions!  This should also
Touchdowns	0	3	0	1	4			continue to improve as we learn how to put more heat on the passer.																		Defensively, we are beginning to pursue better as we learn our
2-pt conv good	0	3	0	1	4			Special teams played well.  We did not give up any touchdowns and we																		responsibilities.  I am hoping the glimpses of hard hitting become
Fumbles Lost	1				1			almost returned a kickoff for a TD.  We hope to return a kick or punt																		more frequent and even more intense as we play more games.
Fumbles Recovered			1		1			for a TD soon!
Interceptions	0	1	0	0	1			5th Quarter:																		Special teams, again looked very good.  We did not give up a TD, AND
OFF plays for loss	0	1/-1	2/-6	3/-7	6/-14				The fifth quarter gave us a chance to get more repetitions for																	we scored on a return.
DEF plays for loss	0	2/-17	2/-3	3/-10	7/-30			our non-starters.  Drew Goodrich, Greg Focht, and Tyler Walter all
								scored touchdowns on long runs.  The line opened up some nice																		5th quarter:  we have much work to do and need to be more focused
Points Scored	0	24	0	8	32			holes.  We will be rotating more people on the line in the games to come.																		in practice.  Attendance is also important to gain the skills necessary
Points Allowed	0	6	0	0	6			OVERALL, I feel the TEAM played well.  Over the past couple of years, I																		to play better.
								have looked forward to our games with Villisca.  They are well coached
Turnovers:								and execute well in all areas of the game.  How well we handle Villisca
Take Aways	2							mentally tells me a lot about how well our team will do in future games.
Giveaways	1							Statistically, I was very happy with the number of plays we able to run
CLICK on the game below that you want to view								on both sides of the ball.  I believe it is a record number of plays for a
								junior high team since I began in Stanton.  I hope to have more complete
								stats after viewing the game film.