The GACC Football team avoided disaster at Nebraska City Lourdes Friday night, rallying in the 4th quarter to win win 28-22.
The Bluejays trailed 8-0 at the end of one, and 14-0 at halftime after the Knights shutout GACC 6-0 in the second quarter.
Both teams scored 8 third quarter points, and Nebraska City Lourdes led 22-8 after three.
The Bluejays blanked the Knights 20-0 in the final frame.
Jared Minnick ran the ball 30 times for 166 yards and a touchdown. Derek Petz was 8-16 passing for 105 yards with three interceptions.
Jadyn Smeal made 4 catches for 75 yards.
Jacob Yosten made a team-high 11 tackles while Smeal totaled 9.
GACC racked up 349 yards of total offense, including 244 on the ground.
The Bluejays did a nice job rallying in the fourth quarter, but they got lucky, in my opinion. GACC needs to play with that same sense of urgency all the time I would say.
The Bluejays (4-0) host Omaha Nation (1-3) Friday night.
The Chiefs lost 53-6 at home to Clarkson/Leigh this past Friday night.
GACC has to be focused, determined, sharp, and ready for Omaha Nation, but the Bluejays should be able to roll the Chiefs regardless.
GACC beat Clarkson/Leigh 62-18 if that tells you anything.
I think Omaha Nation is a perfect opponent for the Bluejays to have at this time.
GACC has been a little sluggish until it's mattered the last couple of games I would say, and needs to refocus and get back on track and take care of business.
The Bluejays need to come out and play a complete four quarter game against the Chiefs.
GACC has to build a big, insurmountable lead early and never look back and get up by enough to have a running clock.
I feel the Bluejays are a better team than what they've showed the last couple of weeks, and can definitely play better than they did for much of the time against Plainview and Nebraska City Lourdes.
GACC may be able to get through the regular season not playing their greatest, or at least have no troubles until Pender, but these sluggish starts will cost the Bluejays in the playoffs, in my opinion.
So GACC has to treat the rest of the regular season like it's the playoffs.
The Bluejays have to pretend that every game could be their last game of the season because that's what it's going to be like in the playoffs.
If GACC can simulate that playoff style of play, that atmosphere...then they could very well be on their way to big and great things.
But if the Bluejays continue to wait three quarters to wake up then it could be something like a second round playoff exit for GACC.
The Bluejays don't want that so that's why getting back on track and playing four quarters of football is so important.
Every week counts and is super critical to a team's season so GACC has to come up big throughout the rest of the season.
No more messing around. The Bluejays have to get down to business from here on out.
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