In a disappointing game last Friday evening to ITCL rivals, the McDonald Blue Devils handed the WHS football Tigers their first lost of the season. Except for a few flashes of hope the Tigers were simply overwhelmed with speed on both offense & defense. Seemed like every time Wellsville's fleet footed Jeremy Carter got the ball all he saw was a wall of blue jerseys. Carter was held to 31 yards rushing from the line of scrimmage for the night. The Blue Devils keyed on him big time from the opening kick-off and all night long. Carter did score the Tiger's second touch down on an 85 yard kick-off return with 4:26 left in the third quarter. Nunzio Lombardozzi scored Wellsville's only other TD with an 18 yard pass reception in the first quarter. That pass came from "Mr. Everything" Bubba Dowling. Dowling led all WHS ground gainers with 40 yards. He also went 5 for 12 picking up 77 yards passing with one INT.
The final score was McDonald 50 - Wellsville 12. In a battle of unbeatens it just wasn't Wellsville's night. McDonald is the reigning ITCL champs in the division and are now 5 & 0 overall.
Not being able to go to the game we did listen in to the guys from wkmxlive on the computer. Let me tell you with one year under their belts broadcasting the games Roger, Joe & Bud make you feel you're right there in the booth with them. Roger does an excellent job of calling the play-by-play and the color commentary by Joe & Bud keeps you in the game. You can also sign in and chat with them while the game is going on.
Besides the announcers the games are worked by engineer Terry Brown and on the computer by Sparky Miller. Dave Miller does the camera work. With surgery upcoming for Terry the games are available through the WHS Alumni site at www.wellsvillealumni.com. Just follow the links from there. Once you're on the broadcast page make sure you click on the play button on the video screen. That starts the audio.
OHSAA doesn't permit showing the games live on video but they are allowed to down load it on the computer for later viewing. It's usually ready to go later on and at least by Saturday sometime. We really appreciate them and the sponsors for broadcasting the games live. We can follow the Tigers no matter where they play or where we are. Even if we were over seas all we need is an internet connection.
It was a tough loss for the Tigers and those of us hoping for the best. Next Friday they travel to Western Reserve to get back on the winning track. It'll be an upset special. You just wait and see.
Good Luck Tigers!
ole nib
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I hated to see the Tigers lose, but they will be better because of the loss. Joe,Rodger,and Bud do a
great job bringing us the game.We are lucky to have them, thanks guys !
It's a shame to hear that some of our players ended up with some serious injuries. I would like to wish them a speedy recovery and wish to see them back on the field as soon as they feel ready to do so!
From what my son (who plays) was saying, there were some questionable moments in the game, and hopefully those who were involved can be dealt with appropriately. For goodness sakes people this is a ball game, let the kids have fun, instead of teaching them the wrong way to play.
There are some that saw the game saying the shoddy officiating caused some injuries to happen. Football is a rough contact sport but if there is even a hint that some unnecessary roughness was overlooked it should be investigated by the OHSAA or whoever governs the officials.
nib
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