July 23, 2014 at 2:10 p.m.
Penalties hurt Patriots in loss to Bruins (08/30/04)
JCHS football
HARTFORD CITY — After waiting through a 90-minute lightning delay, Jay County played well enough to beat one of the highest-rated football teams in Class 3A. A couple of mental miscues, not physical ones, doomed it Saturday night.
The Patriots committed back-to-back personal fouls leading to a key first down, and also had a touchdown negated by a holding penalty in a 26-13 loss to the Blackford Bruins.
Blackford (2-0), which was ranked eighth in the Indiana Football Coaches Association poll last week and finished 11th in The Associated Press voting, gained 249 yards compared to 276 for Jay County. However, the home team took advantage of a couple of Patriot problems to win the game as it celebrated the 30th anniversary of its 1974 state championship team.
“We come out in the second half and our offense is jacked,” said Jay County coach Shane Hill, whose team trailed 12-7 at halftime. “We were moving the ball, opening up big holes. ... then our defense comes in and just shuts them down. It’s third and (26) and if we make them punt right there we probably get the ball at midfield if not better and move the ball down the field and score and now we’re ahead and they’re playing from behind instead of us.”
But Jay County didn’t stop the Bruins on third-and-26 on their first drive of the second half.
Buried near its own goal line after a pair of penalties, Blackford sent leading rusher Mark Isenberg on a sweep around the left end. He was stopped after just six yards, but the Patriots hit him well out of bounds to earn a 15-yard late hit call.
The Bruins still faced fourth-and-5 from their own 25 and elected to punt. Isenberg got the punt away, but was hit after the kick for a roughing the kicker penalty — 15 yards and an automatic first down.
Blackford took advantage of the 30 yards donated to it by Jay County, putting together a eight-minute, 20-play scoring drive. Isenberg was on the bench with cramps for much of the drive, but finished off the effort with a 1-yard run.
“We overcame some adversity there and we took advantage of their mistakes,” said Bruin coach and Jay County graduate Steve Boozier. “Once we got the breaks from the penalties we made (the drive) with second- and third-string backs.
“We were out there with kids with no varsity experience. They made a nice drive. The line carried them on that drive.”
Sam Bonvillian, Blackford’s No. 2 back behind Isenberg, is injured and did not play against the Patriots.
Jay County (0-2) answered Blackford’s score with a 17-play drive — its second of the game — to cut the deficit to 18-13 with 7:33 left in the game. But, the Bruins got on the board again to put the game away thanks mostly to a 47-yard run by quarterback Travis Roush.
With about six minutes to go and facing third-and-6 at his own 40-yard line, Roush kept the ball on an option play to the right side and scampered 47 yards. Michael Myers managed to trip him up at the 13-yard line, but Roush scored on a 1-yard dive five plays later to put the contest out of reach.
Roush finished as the leading rusher for the Bruins as he carried the ball 11 times for 69 yards and a touchdown. Isenberg ran 13 times for 54 yards and a touchdown, and Braxton McCoin had eight carries for 27 yards.
Roush also did a bit of damage through the air as each of his first two passes went for touchdowns. After completing just 1-of-6 passes last week he opened by hitting Isenberg for a 48-yard touchdown on Blackford’s first offensive play against the Patriots.
He capped the second drive with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Isenberg and finished 3-of-7 for 80 yards.
“We joke with people about it, but we do work on passing a great deal,” Boozier said. “We pass when we think we can take advantage of it or when we think we need to. We knew that Jay would be coming after us.”
Senior linebackers Ryan Younts and Ben Freeman paced Jay County with 12 and 10 tackles respectively.
Jay County quarterback Cory Locke tossed for more than 100 yards, including a fourth-quarter touchdown to Josh Glessner. Mark Kelly grabbed three of Locke’s seven completions for 63 yards.
Steven Castillo also rushed 23 times for 106 yards, but the miscues were too much to overcome.
In addition to the pair of personal fouls early in the third quarter, the Patriots were called for a holding penalty midway through the second period which negated a 31-yard touchdown run by Justin Gilbert. That drive, with Jay County trailing 12-7, ended in an interception.
The Patriots threatened again late in the half, traveling 57 yards in just 27 seconds. But, on the final play from the 10-yard line, Locke took a sack instead of lofting the ball to the end zone to give one of his receivers a chance to come down with it.
Hill said he was pleased with the offensive improvement after gaining only 81 total yards against Delta in week one. Now, he said, he just needs to see it more often.
“(We had) almost 300 yards of total offense, and the thing that delights me the most is the fact that we threw for more than 100 yards,” he said, noting that it was the first such game since Cameron Hummel graduated. “... Teams haven’t had to worry about our passing attack. We have some weapons out there with Kelly, May and Glessner. If we can get some protection and get them the ball we saw what we can do with them tonight. I’m thrilled with the passing game.
“We just need to be more consistent on the offensive side of the ball.”
Jay County will play its second of three straight road games when it visits Southern Wells Friday at 7:30 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]
The Patriots committed back-to-back personal fouls leading to a key first down, and also had a touchdown negated by a holding penalty in a 26-13 loss to the Blackford Bruins.
Blackford (2-0), which was ranked eighth in the Indiana Football Coaches Association poll last week and finished 11th in The Associated Press voting, gained 249 yards compared to 276 for Jay County. However, the home team took advantage of a couple of Patriot problems to win the game as it celebrated the 30th anniversary of its 1974 state championship team.
“We come out in the second half and our offense is jacked,” said Jay County coach Shane Hill, whose team trailed 12-7 at halftime. “We were moving the ball, opening up big holes. ... then our defense comes in and just shuts them down. It’s third and (26) and if we make them punt right there we probably get the ball at midfield if not better and move the ball down the field and score and now we’re ahead and they’re playing from behind instead of us.”
But Jay County didn’t stop the Bruins on third-and-26 on their first drive of the second half.
Buried near its own goal line after a pair of penalties, Blackford sent leading rusher Mark Isenberg on a sweep around the left end. He was stopped after just six yards, but the Patriots hit him well out of bounds to earn a 15-yard late hit call.
The Bruins still faced fourth-and-5 from their own 25 and elected to punt. Isenberg got the punt away, but was hit after the kick for a roughing the kicker penalty — 15 yards and an automatic first down.
Blackford took advantage of the 30 yards donated to it by Jay County, putting together a eight-minute, 20-play scoring drive. Isenberg was on the bench with cramps for much of the drive, but finished off the effort with a 1-yard run.
“We overcame some adversity there and we took advantage of their mistakes,” said Bruin coach and Jay County graduate Steve Boozier. “Once we got the breaks from the penalties we made (the drive) with second- and third-string backs.
“We were out there with kids with no varsity experience. They made a nice drive. The line carried them on that drive.”
Sam Bonvillian, Blackford’s No. 2 back behind Isenberg, is injured and did not play against the Patriots.
Jay County (0-2) answered Blackford’s score with a 17-play drive — its second of the game — to cut the deficit to 18-13 with 7:33 left in the game. But, the Bruins got on the board again to put the game away thanks mostly to a 47-yard run by quarterback Travis Roush.
With about six minutes to go and facing third-and-6 at his own 40-yard line, Roush kept the ball on an option play to the right side and scampered 47 yards. Michael Myers managed to trip him up at the 13-yard line, but Roush scored on a 1-yard dive five plays later to put the contest out of reach.
Roush finished as the leading rusher for the Bruins as he carried the ball 11 times for 69 yards and a touchdown. Isenberg ran 13 times for 54 yards and a touchdown, and Braxton McCoin had eight carries for 27 yards.
Roush also did a bit of damage through the air as each of his first two passes went for touchdowns. After completing just 1-of-6 passes last week he opened by hitting Isenberg for a 48-yard touchdown on Blackford’s first offensive play against the Patriots.
He capped the second drive with a 20-yard touchdown pass to Isenberg and finished 3-of-7 for 80 yards.
“We joke with people about it, but we do work on passing a great deal,” Boozier said. “We pass when we think we can take advantage of it or when we think we need to. We knew that Jay would be coming after us.”
Senior linebackers Ryan Younts and Ben Freeman paced Jay County with 12 and 10 tackles respectively.
Jay County quarterback Cory Locke tossed for more than 100 yards, including a fourth-quarter touchdown to Josh Glessner. Mark Kelly grabbed three of Locke’s seven completions for 63 yards.
Steven Castillo also rushed 23 times for 106 yards, but the miscues were too much to overcome.
In addition to the pair of personal fouls early in the third quarter, the Patriots were called for a holding penalty midway through the second period which negated a 31-yard touchdown run by Justin Gilbert. That drive, with Jay County trailing 12-7, ended in an interception.
The Patriots threatened again late in the half, traveling 57 yards in just 27 seconds. But, on the final play from the 10-yard line, Locke took a sack instead of lofting the ball to the end zone to give one of his receivers a chance to come down with it.
Hill said he was pleased with the offensive improvement after gaining only 81 total yards against Delta in week one. Now, he said, he just needs to see it more often.
“(We had) almost 300 yards of total offense, and the thing that delights me the most is the fact that we threw for more than 100 yards,” he said, noting that it was the first such game since Cameron Hummel graduated. “... Teams haven’t had to worry about our passing attack. We have some weapons out there with Kelly, May and Glessner. If we can get some protection and get them the ball we saw what we can do with them tonight. I’m thrilled with the passing game.
“We just need to be more consistent on the offensive side of the ball.”
Jay County will play its second of three straight road games when it visits Southern Wells Friday at 7:30 p.m.[[In-content Ad]]
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