The Emerson-Hubbard Football Team won 22-20 at home against Clarkson/Leigh Friday night in the D2-2 District Championship.
The Pirates led 14-6 at the end of one and shutout the Patriots 8-0 in the 2nd quarter to take a 22-6 lead into the locker room.
Clarkson/Leigh shutout Emerson-Hubbard 8-0 in the 3rd quarter to make it a 22-14 game at the end of three.
The Patriots blanked the Pirates 6-0 in the 4th quarter to make up the final score.
Spencer Burcham had 131 yards rushing on 13 carries, including a touchdown. Nolan Belt ran the ball 18 times for 61 yards, and scored once. Belt was 5-9 passing for 79 yards.
Jacob Kneifl had 19 tackles while Nolan Ostrand and Belt made 18 and 17, respectively. Micah Lamprecht had 11 while Zach Shanks notched 10.
Emerson-Hubbard had 331 yards of total offense, 209 coming on the ground.
The defense gave up 293 yards of total offense, including 282 rushing.
Great performance by the Pirates!!!!!
Head Coach Joe Kvidera says his kids earned it. "It's a big accomplishment for me, but more importantly its a much, much bigger accomplishment for our kids and our Seniors. We've gotten tremendous leadership from our Seniors throughout the season and last summer. Our kids have worked hard for this and I'm proud of them and what they have accomplished."
He adds there were many things that led to the win. "Clarkson-Leigh is a very good football team. There really wasn't one single thing that led to our win. It was a combination of execution on offense and keeping their defense on the field along with not panicking when McEvoy got loose and trying to take advantage of as many opportunities as we could."
Emerson-Hubbard (6-2) takes on Allen (5-3) on the road in the first round of the playoffs Thursday night.
The Eagles lost 42-38 at Wynot in Friday night's regular season finale.
Allen beat the Pirates 24-6 at home on September 7th.
Kvidera says his team knows what to expect from the Eagles. "We have played Allen every year since I've been at Emerson-Hubbard, both varsity and JV, so I don't know if there is anything new I could learn about Allen. We know they are a tough, physical team with some pretty darn good athletes. Whenever we meet up with them its usually a good old fashioned slug fest. We know that we have to continue to be smart and not hurt ourselves and we've got to be ready for a tough physical football game for four quarters."
This should be a really good game that comes down to the wire.
Kyle Smith is the player to try and slow down for Allen.
The winner gets either Johnson-Brock or Pender in the second round of the playoffs, and if Emerson-Hubbard wins Thursday night they host in the second round regardless.
There's a lot for the Pirates to accomplish and a lot of headway to be made yet this season.
Emerson-Hubbard has already accomplished a lot this year, having won a District Championship and making the playoffs.
The Pirates have to want more though.
Emerson-Hubbard can't be satisfied or complacent by what they have accomplished so far this season.
The Pirates have to remain hungry, and have to really want to beat Allen.
Emerson-Hubbard and Allen are kind of rivals you could say so this should be a great matchup between the two teams.
The Pirates have to come out ready to play, and must take the fight to the Eagles for four quarters.
I feel Emerson-Hubbard is a better team this time around than they were earlier in the season so we'll see what happens Thursday night.
Kickoff is set for 7:00 p.m. in Allen.
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