The Pioneers travelled to Hebron tonight to take on the Conner Cougars in the first game of District Play for both teams. The Pioneers come out on top as they throttle the Cougars by a final score of 48-6 behind the strength of a tough defense and nearly 500 yards of offense. SK scored touchdowns through the air, on the ground, by the defense and on a strange special teams play. The special teams play happened in the first half when placekicker Cody Herald’s field goal attempt was blocked. The ball took a fortuitous SK bounce into the hands of Chad Lawrence who found DJ Rabe headed to the endzone with no Courgars within 10 yards of him. It looked like the Cougars were celebrating the block with some of them actually heading to the sidelines while Lawrence and Rabe were playing pitch and catch. The play would send the momentum the Pioneers way as they jumped out to a 21-0 first half lead that was capped by a nice touchdown drive with under a minute to go.
The SK defense jumped on the touchdown when nose tackle Jake Schneider pounced on a loose ball that was teetering on the goal line. The play was set-up by a spectacular punt by Rabe that ended up backing Conner up to their own three yard line.
Nice way for the Pioneers to start district play by playing strong in all 4 quarters and in all phases of the game.
Lawrence scores on a 60 yard touchdown where he might have covered 100 yards with all of the side to side running.
Jake Schneider moves him for his defensive TD.
Austin Baldwin is under there somewhere after he carried the pile for about 5 yards. Nice run by the senior- maybe more to come?
Baldwin on the other side of the ball with a punishing tackle.
L to R, Carroll, Rabe, Winkler and Reilly take a break in the 4th quarter.
