No. 2 Reardan Takes Down No. 1 Davenport

Tony Adams of Reardan wrapped up Davenport’s Travis Telecky one last time.

This time it was an emotional embrace as Telecky balanced himself on crutches and accepted heart-felt condolences.

Adams, who spent a fair amount of time in the Davenport backfield, wanted to share a moment before joining his teammates to celebrate No. 2 Reardan’s 21-10 win over the top-ranked Gorillas in a Bi-County B-11 football showdown of 4-0 teams Friday night.

“They missed Telecky,” Adams said. “Obviously.”

With Telecky, the Gorillas won the first half 10-7. Without him, there was little room for error, and the Gorillas had a bushel full of mistakes.

Telecky hurt his left knee after gathering in a pass in the right flat and racing 9 yards to the Reardan 1 with 55 seconds left in the half. Jeremiah Johnson scored on the next play.

In the second half, Davenport self-destructed, something the Indians had done for most of the first half.

Reardan went 68 yards in five plays with the opening drive, scoring on Reece Jenkin’s 33-yard run. Then the Indians gave up the ball on downs at the Davenport 12, and threw two interceptions in Gorilla territory, one as time expired for the first half.

“I though we’d score a lot more points,” Reardan coach Dan Graham said, “but I didn’t know if we could stop them. We made a lot of mistakes, mental mistakes. The kids were playing hard; it was me. We were down (inside the 20) too much and didn’t get enough. It was crappy play calling on my part.”

Davenport reached midfield after the second-half kickoff, but on fourth-and-2 at midfield Pete Eastman made a big stop for the Indians. Reardan promptly went 47 yards in five plays with Malin Orcutt scoring on a 9-yard run for a 13-10 lead.

“They were bunched up inside; I thought we could sweep outside,” Davenport coach Skip Pauls said. “We didn’t have a punter; I didn’t even think about punting.”

Telecky handles the Gorillas kicking, which included a 32-yard field goal on their first possession.

Reardan stuffed the Gorillas on their next possession of the second half and on a punt attempt with the line of scrimmage the 18, the ball was snapped through the end zone for a safety to make it 15-10. Still, Davenport went from midfield to the Reardan 6, only to have Adams recover a fumble on the 10 on a first-and-goal play from the 6.

Davenport’s next drive was stalled by a holding penalty and the Indians went 49 yards in six plays, aided by two penalties for 25 yards, to ice the game on a 10-yard run by Jenkins with 4:55 to play.

“We didn’t expect so many penalties on them in the second half. They kind of gave up the game,” Eastman said. “But we killed ourselves in the first half. We should have scored three more times. It kind of evened out.”

Eastman and Jenkin were the other Indians to seek out Telecky after the game. Eastman, in particular, was subdued after the game.

“It was just another game,” Eastman said. “It don’t mean nuthin’ until the playoffs.”

Reardan 21, Davenport 10

Reardan 7 0 8 6 -21

Davenport 3 7 0 0 -10

R-Jenkin 33 run (Ray kick) D-FG Telecky 32 D-Johnson 1 run (Strate kick) R-Orcutt 9 run (kick failed) R- safety, Davenport snaps ball through end zone R-Jenkin 10 run

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