The Tekamah-Herman Football team won their season opener Friday night, downing Madison 18-14 at home.
The Dragons struck first, and led 6-0 after one. The Tigers answered, nodding the game up at 6 at halftime.
Tekamah-Herman won the third quarter 12-8 to make up the final score. No one scored in the 4th quarter.
Gage Drummond had 51 yards rushing on 12 carries while Ethan Braniff carried the ball 12 times for 50 yards, and scored a touchdown.
Clay Beaumont was 3-4 through the air for 48 yards and a touchdown.
Brandon Schram was on the receiving end of all of that.
Drummond made a team-high 11 tackles while Blake Moore totaled 9. Chance Reusch and Tristan Metzger notched 8 and 7, respectively.
The Tigers amassed 179 yards of total offense, including 131 rushing.
This was a good win for Tekamah-Herman. Madison isn't Norfolk Catholic or Pierce by any means, but they're still a C-1 school, and that has to count for something.
The Tigers (1-0) host Ponca (1-0) Friday night.
The Indians downed Fremont Bergan 24-13 at home this past Friday night.
I figured Ponca would be good, but I was a little surprised they beat the Knights, especially by 11. I think Bergan could be overrated though.
Still the Indians are a force to be reckoned with, and Tekamah-Herman is going to have their hands full there's no doubt about it.
We'll see what happens, but I think this Friday night's game could be much different than this past Friday's game.
That doesn't mean the Tigers can't win...I'm just saying I think it's going to be much tougher given the caliber of opponent.
Tekamah-Herman has to be better on both sides of the ball if they want to knock off Ponca.
The Tigers need to be more physical, and must be ready to blow people off the ball.
I'm sure Tekamah-Herman would like to see Braniff and Drummond run for over 100 yards each instead of combine for over 100.
The Tigers are going to need more yards, points, and will need to allow around the same amount of points to knock off the Indians, in my opinion.
As nice as the opening season win was Tekamah-Herman has to be over it, and must be focused on and ready for Ponca.
The Tigers have to pay attention to detail in practice, and be ready to execute at a high level.
Tekamah-Herman has to iron out in any mistakes and kinks from game one, and be ready to correct those and make things happen Friday night.
The Tigers are on the road the next two weeks after this so Tekamah-Herman has to do everything they can to turn in a good performance to give themselves confidence and momentum for the North Bend Central and Doniphan-Trumbull contests.
There's only one opponent the Tigers should be focused on right now though, and that's Ponca.
Tekamah-Herman has to be ready to play a four quarter game, and make sure they do everything they possibly can to compete in and win the game.
Again, the Indians are a very good team so things figure to be tough for the Tigers, but anything can happen, and Tekamah-Herman is certainly capable of getting the job done and coming away with the win.
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