The
Arlington Juniors fell 24-6 to
Gretna
Saturday despite taking an early lead on the Eagles first possession.
Christopher Gorton took a handoff from Christian Vogt and carried
the ball nearly 50 yards to put the Eagles on the board first.
But the lead was short lived as
Gretna
scored on their next possession.
The
defensive line, lead by Trevor Koger, Aaron Doll, Michael Doll, Dylan
Riecken and Tanner Smith prevented Gretna from running up the middle. Key
tackles were also made by Logan Tate, Ross Miller, Jacob Korus, Jonathan
Smailys and Noah Borgmann. But
a reverse play by
Gretna
late in the first half put the Gold up 12-6 at halftime.
Both
Arlington
and
Gretna
defensive squads held their own in the second half until early in the 4th
quarter when another reverse play allowed
Gretna
to post another six points. An
Eagle drive led by Calen Kollars late in the 4th quarter came 1
yard short of a first down, allowing
Gretna
to take possession and with 3 seconds remaining in the game, put six more
on
Gretna
’s total.
The
Junior Eagles host the Northwest Tigers on Sunday October 7th.