The North Bend Central Football Team won 56-34 at home over Johnson County Central Friday night in the season opener.
The Tigers led 21-6 at the end of the first quarter, and won the second quarter 7-6 to take a 28-12 lead into the locker room.
The Thunderbirds won the 3rd quarter 16-14 to make it a 42-28 game at the end of three.
North Bend Central outscored Johnson County Central 14-6 in the 4th quarter to make up the final score.
Austin Endorf completed 31-47 passes for 497 yards (breaking a Class C-2 record for single game passing yards) and 6 TDs, a school record. 214 of those yards went to John Emanuel who had 10 catches. NBC had 114 yards on the ground with Jacob Ray leading the way with 60 of those yards. Defensively, Ben Rolenc, Gavin Peterson, and Jeremy Doernemann led the Tigers with 5 tackles each. North Bend Central did force 4 turnovers -- 3 fumble recoveries and 1 interception.
The Tigers racked up 608 yards of total offense, and gave up 468 yards, including 360 on the ground.
Head Coach Ryan Stieren says his team put together a complete game performance. "I really feel good about this win because we answered the bell when they got close and really pushed down on the gas to put the game away. JCC is a dangerous team with some really good football players -- it wasn't very pretty and we gave up way too many big plays but I am proud of our kids. Offensively, it was the best output since I have been here. Austin had a huge night but we only gave up 1 sack in 47 pass attempts and our receivers did a great job of getting yards after the catch so even though he broke the record, our whole team deserves credit for that. I also think that we ran the ball really effectively which will help us down the road."
Very strong offensive performance from North Bend Central, but some improvements are needed defensively, in my opinion.
The Tigers (1-0) take on Logan View/Scribner-Snyder (0-1) on the road Friday night.
The Raiders lost 36-26 at Fremont Bergan in their season opener Friday night.
This should be a very good and intriguing battle.
It will be interesting to see if either defense can slow down either offense.
This game could very well be a shootout, and if that's the case I give the advantage to North Bend Central.
You can bet both teams and coaches will have great game plans, and that should make for a great game.
One could give the advantage to LVSS being they are C-1 and the game is in Hooper, but don't count out the Tigers.
North Bend Central comes into this one with a lot of confidence without a doubt, and should play a great game, win or lose.
Endorf 's performance last week was off the charts, and I look for him to have another good, strong performance again Friday night.
He will be going against a better team and defense this week so we'll see what he can do for an encore.
Endorf, Emanuel, and Ray are the keys to North Bend Central's offense, in my opinion.
All three need to have strong games for the Tigers to be successful I would say.
North Bend Central also has to be physical and has to create turnovers like they did against Johnson County Central.
Ball security is also imperative for the Tigers, in my opinion.
North Bend Central is going to have to play a very good game to come out on top there's no doubt about it.
The Tigers are definitely capable of moving to 2-0 though.
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