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Posey County Sports
Viking reserves come up one point short in opener
The North Posey reserve football team came back from a 14-0 first quarter
deficit, but came up short in the fourth quarter, dropping their season
opener 35-34 to visiting South Spencer.
Alec Werry threw for five touchdown passes, three of them to Jacob Bender,
to lead the Viking comeback, but it wasn’t enough as Malin Webb scored on an
eight-yard run with 1:24 to go in the final chapter and then added the
two-point conversion to give the Rebels the win, even though North Posey
made them work for it.
“I looked into the players’ eyes and they really looked downhearted,” coach
Mike Kuhn said about the team’s mood after falling behind 21-0 with 6:51
left in the second quarter. “I was worried that we would lose our spirit and
this game would become a blowout.”
Then Werry went to work, connecting with Mitchell Kuhn on a 60-yard pass
play with 4:52 left in the second quarter. He then hit Kuhn with another
scoring pass, this one on a 32-yard pass and run with 2:04 left on the
clock.
Chris O’Risky caught a conversion pass after the first touchdown, but was
unsuccessful on the second, leaving the Vikings down 21-14, but Werry struck
again, this time hitting Bender with a three-yard scoring pass and then
adding the conversion pass with 34.8 seconds to go that sent North Posey to
the locker room with a 22-21 lead.
The offensive fireworks continued in the third quarter. South Spencer scored
first, taking advantage of a high snap in Viking territory to get good field
position and then score on a 27-yard run by Quinton Taylor with 6:28 to go,
but back came Werry, hitting Bender on a fade route for a 76-yard scoring
play and a 28-27 lead on the conversion. Werry and Bender combined for
another touchdown on a 32-yard pass play for North Posey’s last score of the
night.
Then came the fourth quarter. South Spencer took advantage of some North
Posey miscues to reclaim the lead and one last Werry-to-Bender try was ruled
incomplete on fourth down with 30 seconds to go, ending the threat.
“Our players were disappointed, but played a great game,” coach Patrick Rose
said. “I was pleased that they kept competing and never gave up through a
very emotional game.”
Bender also had seven tackles for the reserves. Tyler Adkins registered four
tackles, while Kuhn had three. Werry, Kyle Rickard and Dylan Wright each had
two. Adkins had four assists, while Bender helped out on two tackles.
O’Risky and Derek Voegel each had two assists. Bender and Cameron O’Brien
each had two deflections, while Werry picked off a pass.
