BRLD drops final game to Logan View

The BRLD Football team dropped their final game of the season Friday night, losing 21-20 at Logan View.

Will Gatzemeyer was 13-24 passing for 200 yards with a touchdown. He added 76 yards rushing on 21 carries, and scored once.

Trent Gatewood made 2 receptions for 70 yards.

Tyler Kroger finished with 12 tackles while Gatzemeyer, Jacob Zuhlke, and Rafael Jimenez registered 7 each.

The Wolverines finished with 315 yards of offense, including 200 passing. The Raiders had 293 yards of total offense, 224 coming on the ground.

Tough loss for BRLD. The Wolverines just came up a little short.

BRLD ends the year at 4-5.

I thought the Wolverines took a step forward and made progress as a program from last year to this year.

BRLD was 4-2 in their last 6 games, and if they had started better, who knows, they still might be playing.

The Wolverines have to be happy with the strong finish to the season though and what lies ahead next year.

The upset win over Fremont Bergan had to be the highlight of the year for BRLD.

Gatzemeyer ended up 70-127 with 985 yards and 7 touchdowns and 6 interceptions on the season.

He was also the team's leading rusher with 561 yards on 137 carries and 8 touchdowns. Zuhlke finished with 493 yards rushing on 125 carries, including 6 touchdowns.

Derek Peterson led the team in tackles with 61 while Gatzemeyer and Jaxon Johnson totaled 59 and 50, respectively.

BRLD says goodbye to seniors Hunter Ferguson, Michael Snyder, Gatewood, Jimenez, Zuhlke, and Kroger.

So the Wolverines lose some good, key players, but return plenty of talent as well.

Back for BRLD next year will be Gatzemeyer, Lucas Vogt, Darwin Snyder, Peterson, Dustin Burgett, Johnson, Kobe Lyons, Nick Ronnfeldt, Seth Totten, and Luke Kramer, among others.

The Wolverines should have a nice mix of Juniors and Seniors next year, and that should allow BRLD to be successful.

I think the Wolverines will be solid the next two years and for years to come.

BRLD is still in its infancy as an 11-man program, and I look for BRLD to only get better as the years pass.

This is a very strong team with a lot of good coaches and athletes, and I look for the Wolverines to take that next step next season and compete for the playoffs.

BRLD has already proven that they can compete with playoff teams. Now it's a matter of going out there and beating those teams, and becoming an established power in their own right.

To do that, the Wolverines need to have a big offseason of weightlifting, running, growth, maturity, and development.