Youth Football Wins Opener

The Blue Hill Youth Football team defeated the Gibbon Buffaloes 26 - 6 to open their 2009 campaign. The Buffaloes won the toss and elected to have the wind at their backs. The Buffaloes opening kick-off sailed over the head of Bobcat return man, Austin Rose for a touch back. Bobcat fullback, Mitch Krueger rumbled for 37 yards on the first play from scrimmage. Halfback Austin Rose followed up with a 15 yard scamper and tight-end Alec Eiseman added 9 yards on an end around before the Bobcat offense stalled inside the red zone. Linebacker Andrew Mai put the Bobcats on the board when he recovered a Buffaloes fumble in the endzone on their first posession. The 2-point conversion failed and the Bobcats led 6-0. The Bobcats got their second score on a 24 yard sweep by Mitch Krueger as time expired in the second quarter. Again the 2 point conversion failed and the Bobcat's took a 12 - 0 lead into half time. The Bobcats converted again in the third quarter on a 15 yard end around by Alec Eiseman. Ethan Sharp plowed in for the two point conversion to put the Bobcats up 20 - 0. The Buffoles scored early in the fourth quarter on a 40 yard quarterback draw to close the gap to 20 - 6. Kody Mans scampered 15 yards on the final play of the game to make the final score 26-6. Since time was expired, no 2-point conversion was attempted. 10 of Blue Hill's 23 players had carries in the opening game and two additional player's had passes thrown in their direction. The Bobcat's offense netted nearly 350 yards on the ground. Mitch Krueger led the offense with 130 yards on 8 carries and one touchdown. Other ball carriers were; Kody Mans - 7 carries for 55 yards and one touchdown, Jayden Hamel - 6 carriers for 40 yards, Austin Rose - 5 carries for 35 yards, Alec Eiseman - 3 carries for 35 yards and one touchdown, Joel Smith - 3 carries for 20 yards, Ethan Sharp - 2 carries for 5 yards and a 2-point conversion, Andrew Mai - 2 carries for 5 yards, Alec Meyer - 1 carry for 12 yards and Dakota Jameson - 1 carry for 1 yard. The Bobcat passing game had no completions in 5 attempts. Austin Rose, Kody Mans and Mitch Krueger led the Bobcat Defense with 6 tackles each. Andrew Mai added 4 tackles and two fumble recoveries. The Bobcat's host the Axtell Jets on Sunday, September 27. Axtell handed the Bobcat's their only loss of their innagural season, 20-6 in last year's season opener.