GACC falls to BDS to end year

The Guardian Angels Central Catholic Bluejays saw their season come to an end last Tuesday evening as they fell 36-16 at home to BDS in the state quarterfinals.

The Eagles led 8-0 at the end of one and won the second quarter 12-8 to lead 20-8 at halftime.

BDS added 16 third quarter points to go up 36-8 at the end of three.

GACC scored their final points of the year in the fourth quarter.

Nolan Plagge was 8-19 passing with 113 yards, including a touchdown and three interceptions.  Tanner Ortmeier caught three passes for 74 yards, and scored a touchdown.

Tanner Hass had 96 yards rushing on 14 carries, scoring once.

The Bluejays totaled 243 yards of offense, including 130 on the ground.

The season didn't end the way or in the fashion GACC was hoping for, that's for sure. The Eagles are a good team that totally took the Bluejays out of their game.

GACC ends the year at 10-1.

Despite the fact the Bluejays came up short of reaching their goal of winning the state title, it was still a good season.

GACC had nice wins over High Plains Community and Pender in the regular season, and rolled Mead and Bloomfield in the postseason.

I honestly expected more out of the Bluejays against BDS, but the Eagles had all the answers last Tuesday in Beemer.

GACC loses a number of very talented seniors, including Noah Kreikemeier, Brandon Hass, Tanner Hass, Colin Wooldrik, Zach Kaup, Austin Duhsmann, Eric Klitz, Robert Schmaderer, Jordan Peatrowsky, Luke Gnad, Justin Watson, Ortmeier, and Josh Baumert.

These 13 seniors meant a lot to Bluejay football over the course of their careers, and should be proud of all they accomplished.

Next year's team will no doubt be led by Plagge, Kobe Slaughter, Jacob Yosten, Andrew Guenther, and others.

I don't know if GACC will be as good next year as they were this year, but I still expect the Bluejays to be competitive and make the playoffs.

GACC puts a quality team out on the field year and year out, and I look for next year to be no exception.

Look for Bluejay football to be strong once again in 2016.