The Trimble
County Middle School Football Raiders were on the road last Thursday when they
played against the Kentucky Country Day Bearcats in Louisville, KY. The game began with the Raiders kicking off to
the Bearcats. The Raiders defense played tough early on, but a couple of missed
tackles led to a Bearcat touchdown late in the first quarter. The Bearcat drive
took 5:28 off the clock. Down 8-0, Raiders’ Cole Wright returned the kick-off
to their 29-yard line. The offensive line of the Raiders were slow off the ball
and allowed the Bearcat defense to hold running backs Stevie Swanger, Joe
Pollock, and Reese Poe to minimal gains on their opening drive. The Raiders
were forced to punt after three unsuccessful attempts at a first down. The
Bearcats returned the Raider punt for a touchdown and score the 2-point
conversion, which had the Raiders down 16-0 with just 21 seconds left in the
first quarter. Raiders’ Cole Wright returned the Bearcats kick-off nearly 50
yards before being taken down around the 20-yard line of the Bearcats.
Unfortunately, the Raiders couldn’t hold on to the ball and turned it over to
the Bearcats.
Just a play
later, the Bearcats scored another touchdown on a pass play that brought the
score to 24-0 just 7 seconds inside the second quarter. The Raiders offense
fumbled again on their next possession setting up another Bearcat touchdown and
extra point which put the Raiders down 31-0 with 5:40 left in the first half.
Raider Joe Pollock picked up the Bearcat kick-off at the 22-yard line and ran
the ball almost 40 yards before being wrestled down near the Bearcat 40-yard
line. The Raiders offense were able to make some good runs to close out the
half, but unable to get on the scoreboard.
In the third
quarter, the Raiders defense stiffened up and held the Bearcats to only one
touchdown and an extra point. It was the fourth quarter that the Raiders
appeared to wake up in a nightmare of a game being down 37-0. The offensive
team of the Raiders started hitting on all eleven cylinders as they marched
down the field with sense of urgency. Reese Poe broke through the line to run
for a 60 yard touchdown early in the fourth quarter, but the Raiders were
unable to score any points after the touchdown. Trailing 37-6, and being
exhausted from the heat, the Raiders had 6:32 left in the game to make sure KCD
knew they were there. However, the Bearcats scampered their way to the end zone
using almost three minutes of the precious time left. It wasn’t looking good
for the Raiders when Cole Wright was stopped for a short gain on the kickoff
return. Thank God, there is no quit in the Raiders. Coach Mike Isley put together
one last offensive drive for the game that would allow the Reese Poe score one
more touchdown for the Raiders with Nick McCutchen scoring the extra points
that ended the game at 43-14 in favor of the Kentucky Country Day Bearcats. The next game for the TCMS Raiders will be
Thursday September 12 in Bedford at the Trimble County High School at 6:00.
Come out and show your support of these young athletes in our community as they
take on the Gallatin County Wildcats.
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