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Wolverines go down fighting against No. 1 Bulldogs
Ifyouplantobethebest,thenyouneed to play the best, which is what Vian’s squad faced Friday night in its lopsided non-district loss to No. 1-ranked Lincoln Christain.
Vian went down fighting on both sides of the ball, but just couldn’t manage to get on the board against the talented team from Tulsa.
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“Kind of a buzz-saw type of deal,” Vian head coach Gary Willis said of his Wolverines’ experience at Charlie St. John Stadium. “They’re a really good team. It will take a good team to beat them in 3A. I was really impressed with them, and we’re just outmatched right now with the young guys we’re starting and that kind of thing.”
The Wolverines (1-2) managed to move the football, but the Bulldogs’ defense tightened up in the red zone, not giving up a touchdown, which resulted in Vian’s
42-0 loss.
“Decently proud of our boys in the first half. In the second half, they got their heads down a little bit, and I wished we would have fought through that a little more, but we did some good things at times and showed some good things. Ifyouplaythatteamahundred times, it would be hard to win one, they’re just that much better than us. But we’ve got to string together some good plays, and there are still times we’re hurting ourselves.”
The top-ranked Bulldogs (3-0), used three quarterbacks to spread the receptions across 11 receivers, completing 27 of 35 pass attempts for 347 yards and three touchdowns.Ontheground,ninerushers carried the ball 22 times for 129 yards and three touchdowns. All PAT attempts split the goalposts.
The Wolverines’ silver lining was having their defense send the high- powered Bulldogs home with their lowest score of the season so far.
“But other than that, I’m proud of the effort. It’s been a tough, tough three weeks,” Willis said. “We’ve got some guys a little beat up, nothing serious, but we’re ready for this week off and get in the district. One of the positives to come out of it is, nobody is hurt bad, Unless we play Washington again in the playoffs, we’ve seen as tough as we’re going to see in 2A football.
“We were hoping we could poke two or three [touchdowns] in and make it somewhat
