West Lyon stumbles by HMS

Another very nice night for football at Hartley. They had a very large, mostly friendly, crowd on hand. West Lyon crowd traveled pretty well and it was an exciting game. HMS got a first down then Big Blue forced a punt. Couple nice runs then bam, you guessed it, fumble just inside the fifty. We do a decent job on defense, get the ball back and now we are dealing, just running down the field and then boom, interception at the 20 returned to past the 50. A decent run, then pass for HMS but the defense holds and HMS kicks a field goal. 3-0 Hawks. Great return by Tyler Van Middendorp and we are in business. We just pound it down the field and Trevor scores TD and XP for a 7-3 lead. HMS does threaten late in the first by Big Blue turns them away without a chance to score.
Second half opens with a big return by Adam T and the offense goes a great clip, 5-8 yards a carry until the MAN Cody A scores. We have the XP blocked and are up 13-3. Now it is time for the Woehlert show, this kid has been out half the year for drinking and came back after half. He is impressive, great speed. First couple plays had our kid's heads spinning but we shut them down and got the ball back. Some yards then punt, hold HMS and then go on another long drive, solid pounding dives with counters and some option until Trevor scores 11 seconds into the 4th quarter. PAT is good, we are up 20-3. Despite all the mistakes, Big Blue is up 17, and life is good. Well, HMS hits a big pass down the middle, leaping grab, Treybal actually rushed for more than 2 yards, (54 yards on 16 carries, great job D!)and then a 35 yard TD pass right down the middle. 20-10, kickoff, nice return and we quickly get to the 33 and have a 4th and 3. Cody G is half a yard short and the very next play with 7:00 minutes left they line up Woehlert to the left, run fast and run under the ball. Well, it was defensed well, but when we went up to pick it, it bounced off our hands and go straight into number 5 hands and 70 yard TD. No kidding, in 5 minutes we go from 20-3 to 20-17. The boys bore down and went on a LONG drive from the 25 all the way to their 10 where on 3rd and one with 1:02 left we fumble the ball. They could not stop the run, period. Dang fumble. They don't do anything, had used up their timeouts and Kyle H picked his second pass of the night. Adam T also had a pick. Studs on defense: Brendan TerWee 5 solos, 3 assists, 1 TFL and 1 QB sack, Dylan McCarty made some great plays on D 3 solos, 3 assists, Cody Ahrendt had 3 solos and 4 assists. The defense is very stout up front and only allowed 140 yards rushing to one of the top rushing attacks in the state. 220 yards passing needs to improve however.

Offense was led by Cody Ahrendt with 113 yards, Trevor S with 97, and welcome back Sully, 91 yards in first game this year. The entire starting O line actually played and boy did it show. 330 yards rushing total, even when the whole stadium knew what was coming, Big Blue plowed through. Backs ran hard, everyone blocked, just cut out the turnovers. We won even with the mistakes and giving up a fluke TD, but imagine how good West Lyon is without those.

Emmetsburg is next 5-0, 3-0 district, highly ranked again. Game at West Lyon and should be a good one. I don't know what else to say other than "West Lyon vs Emmetsburg". That just explains it. GO BIG BLUE!!