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Indians Notch First Win

By Suzie
September 10, 2005

The Indians and company traveled long and far to the town of Grape Creek, last night, and the team let everyone know they were there for one thing: a victory. The lead came quick in the first quarter, as Cam Decker nudgeded the ball to the one yard hash mark and maybe closer to the goal line than that. On the very next play, he handed off to Lane Davis, who, with the help of the powerful O-Line, plugged into the endzone for six. Decker's kick was good. Shortly thereafter, Davis again broke the goalline with an 11 yard run.

The Eagles kept the Indians at bay in the second quarter. The tone of the first period was continued in the third, however, as Decker aired one to Michael Shelton, who caught a 12-yard pass and scored another touchdown for the Indians.

From there on, it was Philip Perez who finished out scoring with two hard fought runs, the latter of which was a tiptoe on the sidelines.

After that, the Eagles' hopes fizzled out, letting the final seconds of the game run down to zero. The end score was 32-0 in favor of the Indians.

The offensive executions were near flawless, for the Indians, as well as the Defense. Kelsey Donnell pulled in a very timely fumble (interception?) that lead to Shelton's touchdown reception.

Cheers to clayton Kraatz, who kept his team revved up off the field.

The entire D-Line gets kudos as well, for great sportsmanship. It seemed like every play, someone was helping someone else up, patting an opponent on the back after a good play, and shaking hands and visiting as if they were friends after the game -- actually, I think the whole team should get this.

The offense should be very happy with themselves, as they were making paths and pockets for Davis and Perez, as well as ensuring that Rance Cook, Shelton, and Stephen Hernandez were able to make their routes.

And to the fans -- did you all notice how much larger / louder we were than the host team? I think that says a lot for you guys -- the dedication and positive attitude you guys have for the players is just awesome! ...either we had more people or smaller bleachers, but there was no way we were not louder. (I'm not biased, am I?)

And of course, some pictures:

Gary Wilson is one of the reasons the O-Line is so productive...

Lane Davis barrels through the Grape Creek defense...

Michael Shelton catches the ball before running it in for a touchdown...

Colt Sansing (22) and Kirk Whitehurst (88) are two of the reasons the Jim Ned Defense was so successful.

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