On Friday night the River Falls Wildcats were able to break their 5-game losing streak on senior night at Ramer Field. Saturday the Falcon football team fell in 3-OT to #LaCrosse 49-47.
With the season over from the standpoint the Cats can't make the playoffs anymore, River Falls took the field in the final game at home for its seniors. Coming in with a 5-game losing streak, facing up against one of the best defenses in the Big Rivers Conference and coming off the worst performance of the season in a 7-turnover 17-0 loss to Eau Claire North the Wildcats looked poised for another defeat. But on senior night it was the underclassmen, with a little help from a couple of seniors, who would come through to send the entire senior class off the field victors in their final home game. Sophomore Quarterback Ryan Kusilek threw 2-TD passes and Junior Wide Reciever Jack Herum would catch another TD, a halfback pass, from Senior Running Back Dylan Dock.
The biggest performer in the game however was Junior Running Back/Corner Back Nick Zimmerman. Zimmerman would run for over 100-yards and get a TD. He also would seal the game with under a minute to play when he picked off a long bomb from Supeiors Quarterback Kellen McCoshen. The Final score was 28-14 in favor of the Wildcats. With the win the Wildcats improve to 1-5 in the Big Rivers Conference and 3-5 overall. The Cats have one game left on Tuesday at Rice Lake.
Saturday's Falcon football game had more big moments in the one game then the Wildcats have had in all games combined. Yet at the end of the day disappointment was again in store for the Falcons and their fans. In the 3-OT game it was #24 LaCrosse escaping with a 49-47 win. For the Falcons it was their fourth loss of the year, however, those four losses come by a combined nine points.
Giving the way this season has finished it should not suprise anyone that the final play of the game was tipped by one Eagle Reciever just out of the reach of Matt Gajeski to fall into the ends of another Eagle Reciever for the score. This of course comes after the Falcons were able to force overtime on a 46-yard field goal by Drake Klatt.
Again with the loss more questions arose about this Falcon football team. This week Ryan Luessenheide showed a vast improvement making some great plays and most importantly making good decisions with the football. Two big questions were put on the table after this football game however, the first one being why the Falcon offense does not have a pitch or sweep rush in their playbook. Taylor Edwards finished with over 100-yards on the ground, yet he was unable to break loose in the second half as the Falcons kept running the ball up the middle.
The second question was why in the world did we ever switch punters from Drake Klatt to Dustin Samplawski. Since the change we have lost 8-yards on average per punt and to top the statistics off the punting game gave up 2-TDs in this game neither off returns. The first one was a blocked punt and the second on Samplawski dropped the snap and the defense took it to the house. We lost this game because our punter blew it, flat out.
As a side note, our school spirit sucks. Our cheerleaders quit cheering in the middle of a close game in the 4th quater. PATHETIC, GET IT TOGETHER LADIES.
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