North Bend Central won their final game of the 2016 season over David City Friday night, 25-22 at home.
The Tigers enjoyed a 13-7 lead after one. The Scouts blanked North Bend Central 7-0 in the second quarter to take a 14-13 lead into the locker room.
The Tigers shutout David City 6-0 in the third quarter to go up 19-14 after three.
The Scouts won the fourth quarter 8-6 to make up the final score.
Joel Hines carried the ball 15 times for 153 yards for the Tigers while going 4-6 passing for 89 yards. Dawson Poessnecker added 62 yards rushing on 16 carries for North Bend Central.
Poessnecker also made 3 catches for 56 yards.
Shadrick Westerman made a team-high 11 tackles while Brock Ray notched 9. Hines added 8 while Poessnecker made 7.
North Bend Central amassed 315 yards of total offense, 226 coming on the ground.
David City had 293 yards of total offense, including 187 rushing.
Head Coach Ryan Stieren says the win was a good way to finish the year. "It's definitely one of the craziest high school football games that I have been apart of. We just made a couple more plays then they did. Overall, I am pleased with the progress that we made this season and I believe that we can take another step next season."
Stieren says his team got better over the course of the season.
"We really don't talk about wins and losses and stuff like that. We just talk about getting better everyday. And I felt like we did that from beginning to end. Although here at the end I mean we were almost out of players. We've had so many injuries that we were starting to play really young kids that really haven't seen the field this year."
The Tigers end the year at 4-4.
North Bend Central's leaders on the ground this year include Hines and Poessnecker, who had 523 and 389 yards rushing, respectively.
Hines added 588 yards passing on the season.
The leading receiver was Poessnecker, who had 243 yards receiving. Colton Mitties totaled 104 yards receiving himself.
Ray was the team leader in tackles with 68 for the year. Poessnecker added 60 while Westerman made 53.
North Bend Central didn't really have any standout wins, but a 4-4 season is definitely respectable.
Stieren adds the future looks bright for the Tigers.
"We got a nice team coming back, but we got a long ways to go. We got to clean up a lot of stuff, but winning this game will hopefully catapult us into the offseason. And I think kids are starting to believe a little bit so this one helps a lot."
North Bend Central loses 8 players to graduation.
They include Poessnecker, Ray. Camden Stephenson, Jayton Frank, and Trenton Johnston.
These players are big losses, but the Tigers have to be excited by who they bring back.
Hines, Mitties, John Emanuel, Peter Emanuel, Cole Kluthe, Trevor Nelson, Jeremy Doeremann, Cody Pospisil, James Seymour, and other talented players are set to return for North Bend Central next season.
There's certainly a lot for the Tigers to work on in the offseason, but North Bend Central has to be encouraged and feeling good about themselves heading into the offseason given the type of season the Tigers had and who all returns.
North Bend Central needs to have a good offseason in the weightroom and on the field, and if they can do that, more success should come their way in 2017.
The Tigers must learn how to handle winning though. North Bend Central can't get cocky and be complacent and satisfied with what they did this year because that's when you regress.
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