Following the loss in Owen County Friday night, the Raiders
sent their junior varsity squad to Owenton to take on the Rebels junior varsity
Monday evening. The Raiders received the opening kick-off and started sophomore
classman Tracer Fox behind center as quarterback. After going three and out for
their opening drive, the Raiders dropped back to punt. Although the punter was
able to make the kick a Rebel defender ran into the kicker, causing a 15-yard penalty
that gave the Raiders a first down and another shot on their opening
drive. Raiders quarterback Tracer Fox
connected with freshman tight end Easton Stombaugh for nearly a 50-yard gain. The
drive was capped off with a touchdown by freshman running back Tyler Turocy,
but the attempt for extra points failed. The Raiders were able to keep the lead
of 6-0 to end the first quarter of play.
The Raiders defense would hold strong through most of the
first half of the game. With 1:29 left in the second quarter, the Rebels
completed a pass to the wide receiver that would run 42 yards for the tying
score. The Owen County attempt for points after the touchdown was unsuccessful
and the score was 6-6. The Raiders were set up deep to receive the Rebel
kick-off following the score but mishandled the return and gave the ball back
to the Rebels at the 33-yard line. The
Rebels wasted no time to put the ball in the air again to score another
touchdown just 26 seconds after their first score. The try for points after the
touchdown failed leaving the score at 12-6 with 1:03 left in the first half.
The Raiders could not get anything going on their next possession and dropped
back to punt. The center for the Raiders made a bad snap, putting the ball over
the head of the punter. An Owen County defender scooped the ball up and ran
into the end zone for a third Rebel touchdown in just a little over a minute of
the game clock. With :08 left the in the second quarter the Raiders were down
18-6.
The Raiders kicked the ball deep to the Rebels to begin the
second half of the game. The Rebels found holes in the Raider 44 defensive
scheme and marched down the field with ease. The Rebel quarterback scored the
fourth touchdown for Owen County on a 33-yard run that was set up as a pass
play. The attempt for points after the touchdown was good, and the Rebels had
the lead of 26-6 with 8:05 left in the third quarter. The Raiders offense took
the field and was not wasting time putting the ball in the air and running all
over the Rebels but turned the ball over when a Raider running back fumbled the
ball.
The junior varsity squad of the Raiders went on to lose 48-6,
but showed some great strengths for the future of Trimble County Football. Sophomore
quarterback Tracer Fox connected with freshman tight end Easton Stombaugh four
times for over a hundred yards. Junior Brandon Yowler made extraordinary
returns on kick-offs, freshman running back Trenton Hall showed great bursts
of speed to make gains on the ground, as well as many other sophomores and freshman showing promise of better days ahead.
