Tigers too much for T-Wolves
The Lewis and Clark Tigers jumped all over the Lake City Timberwolves, winning 34-14.
Read my unedited story in the extended post here.
By Greg Lee
Staff writer
First-year Lewis and Clark football head coach Dave Hughes wants a seamless transition.
Hughes doesn’t plan to deviate much from the Lewis and
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“That’s our zone offense and we’ve done it for a long time,” Hughes said. “We think we know what we’re doing there. We thought that Levi Taylor was going to have a good year and we hope that he continues to have a good year. We think he’s a special kid.”
What pleased Hughes the most was the play of his defense. The Tigers had to replace 10 starters.
“Obviously when you have 10 new bodies in there you’re kind of anxious to see what happens,” Hughes said.
The Tigers did just fine.
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It’s an early pattern that coach Van Troxel is already fed up with.
“The bottom line on all of this is they have to decide that this is important to them,” Troxel said of his players. “(Two weeks in a row) we showed up scared and then we come out and play hard in the second half. I loved the way they played in the second half, but they have to decide to play every play, every quarter. That’s partially from being young. But if we’re going to compete with the schedule we have, we have to compete every play.”
The Tigers outgained the T-Wolves 159-9 in the first half. The visitors had a slight edge in the final two quarters (156-148).
“When they decided to come out and play, they played pretty well,” Troxel said. “We have to grow up and mature and our seniors have to step forward.”
The Tigers took advantage of a poor snap over the punter’s head and a fumbled kickoff return on the T-Wolves’ first two possessions – mistakes that the Tigers turned into a 14-0 lead barely 3:30 into the game.