Johnson-The Pender Football Team went into Johnson on Wednesday and left town on the wrong end of a 66-22 ball game won by Johnson-Brock in the 2nd round of the D-1 Playoffs.
The Eagles got the scoring started at the 8:37 mark of the 1st quarter as Quarterback Cole Fossenbarger hit Ty Hahn on a 37-yard TD pass to make it an 8-0 game in favor of Johnson-Brock.
The two connected again with 4:14 left in the 1st quarter, this time from 22 yards out, and it was a 16-0 game with the Eagles ahead.
Johnson-Brock's Hunter Oestmann rambled for 58 yards with 1:45 left to go in the 1st quarter to give Johnson-Brock a 24-0 advantage.
The Pendragons got on the board at the 11:06 mark of the 2nd quarter as Brady Oliver connected with Sam Mailoux on a 37-yard TD pass.
The Eagles went up 30-8 when Oestmann scored on another TD run from 6 yards out.
Fossenbarger hit Hahn for the 3rd time on an 11-yard TD pass to make it a 36-8 with 3:54 remaining until halftime.
Fossenbarger connected with Ben Clark on a 43-yard TD pass 50 seconds later, and Johnson-Brock extended their lead to 42-8.
Oliver threw a 51-yard TD pass to Tyler Nelson with 2:05 left to go until halftime, and it was a 42-16 game, Eagles still in the lead.
Johnson-Brock scored with just over a mintue remaining until halftime as Oestmann scored from 4 yards out to put the Eagles up 50-16 at halftime.
Oestmann scored his 4th rushing touchdown in the 3rd quarter from 3 yards out, and Johnson-Brock led 58-16.
Fossenbarger ran in another TD in the 4th quarter from 28 yards away, and the Eagles went up 66-16 with 4:29 left to go in the game.
Oliver connected with Nelson for a second time on a 5-yard TD pass to make up the final score.
Oliver had 9 carries for 55 yards rushing and was 15-35 passing for 200 yards and 3 TD's for Pender.
Johnson-Brock amassed 460 yards of total offense, including 233 rushing, while Pender had 266 yards of total offense, including 200 passing.
The Eagles were simply too much for the Pendragons. Pender gave it their best shot, but simply came out on the wrong end of the stick.
The Pendragons end the season at 4-6.
Pender had an interesting season. The Pendragons played a great first game, then kind of struggled until the last game of the regular season.
Better late than never though. Pender picked the right time to get hot.
The playoff win over GACC is something these boys are going to remember for the rest of their lives without a doubt.
To beat the Bluejays in the playoffs is really saying something.
The Pendragons lose a lot of talented seniors, including Nelson, Oliver, Jared Tyrrell, Jesse Thompson, Layne Heese, Gerrit Foellmer, and Quintin Saunsoci.
These 7 seniors meant a lot to Pender Football, and their contributions over the last four years won't go unnoticed or unremembered I'm sure.
Mailoux, Korbin Hardenbrook, and Jaydon Jump figure to lead next year's team.
It will be interesting to see what the future of Pendragon Football is like.
I've heard there's a chance Pender is dropping to D-2.
We'll see what happens, but if that's the case, the Pendragons should be very competitive.
Pender should compete in D-1 too if they stay in the class, but I would say the Pendragons have a better chance to do more damage in D-2 than D-1.
Regardless of what class Pender is in the next two years though, the Pendragons have to put in a lot of hard work this offseason.
Pender's returning players and newcomers to need to work and sweat their tails off in the weightroom and on the playing field this offseason.
This is a key year for growth and development amongst the Pendragon players, in my opinion.
Pender really needs kids to develop and mature and mold into a certain breed of football player.
We won't know a lot about some of these kids heading into next year so it will be interesting to see who steps up and emerges for the Pendragons in 2018.
One thing is for sure though....these kids have a lot to live up to given the success of this program over the last few years.
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