Week 7: Bobcats vs DeWitt

Homecoming week was a wild week indeed.  With all of the activities that went on, our guys were excellent on the practice field.  We had a very good week of preparation.  We were definitely focused for the task at hand, which was to compete against a strong DeWitt team.  The Sabers record is a bit of a misnomer.  Their 3-3 record included the three games that they had to forfeit due to a participation rules infraction.  They would have been 5-1 entering the contest had they not been forced to give up two wins.  But records aside, we new what we were up against.  DeWitt returned a lot of members from last years quarter finals team that lost to the eventual state champion Decorah Vikings.  With that in mind, we game planned accordingly and came in ready to fight.

The first half was a battle.  After trading TDs, we found ourselves down 7-6 due to a missed extra point.  But with a 7-6 halftime deficit and some great adjustments, we bounced back trading TDs again (Ben Burds with two TDs on the night), but this time we converted the 2 point conversion to tie things up at 14.  With seven minutes left in the forth quarter, things began to get ugly.

Two interceptions and a fumble in the final quarter were too much to overcome.  Each of those led to Saber touchdowns, and we just couldn't get back on track.  The effort was fantastic, and I am so proud of our attitude in the face of adversity.  Sometimes the ball doesn't bounce your way, and it surly didn't against DeWitt.  We knew the game was going to be tough, we learned from our mistakes, and we bounced back for the "play-off" game that was to come against Independence the following week.