North Bend Central falls at Pierce

 

The following is from Head Coach Ryan Stieren:

We fell 48-13 to Pierce on Friday night. We came out with a lot of fire and scored the first points of the game on a 3-yard pass from Brodey Johnson to Allan Orellana. They scored 28 unanswered points to take a 28-6 lead into halftime. Right after half, we tried on onside kick to swing momentum into our favor, instead their frontline guy caught the ball off of a hop and returned it for a touchdown. We scored late in the 3rd quarter on a 39-yard pass from Brodey Johnson to Colin Rhynalds.

Johnson was 16-27 for 115 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions while Ethan Mullaly ran the ball 17 times and gained 78 yards. Rhynalds had 52 yards receiving on two catches, including a score.

Ian Virka made 10 tackles.

The Tigers had 229 yards of total offense, including 161 through the air. The Bluejays racked up 461 yards of total offense, including 415 on the ground.

"Pierce is at a whole new level from what we have seen. I would imagine they will be a strong contender to win the whole thing. Having said that, I was proud of how our came out and went after them right away. It definitely was a competitive game but it was one where the bigger, stronger, and faster team took control of the game. We have a lot that we can accomplish moving forward -- we must continue to prepare well and compete hard."

North Bend Central (2-1) plays host to Boys Town (0-3) Friday night.

The Cowboys lost 25-0 at home to Wahoo last week.

Boys Town has been improving each and every week, and are still Boys Town despite their 0-3 record.

The Cowboys always have good teams, and are always tough to play no matter what.

The Tigers have their work cut out for them once again this week.

North Bend Central has to be physical with Boys Town, and take what they learned from the Pierce game and apply it to this one.

The Tigers can definitely do it and get the job done too, and NBC really needs this one after losing to Pierce.

The Tigers have some difficult games coming up at the end of the regular season so it's imperative that North Bend Central performs well in and wins this one.