Saturday night's 20-18 victory by the Lincoln County Patriots was impressive, and much needed. Coming off an embarrassing blowout defeat in the Death Valley Bowl, the young Pats needed a signature win.
They got just that Saturday night, ending the 22 game regular season win streak of Bardstown. LC did it with defense, causing six turnovers and making numerous key stands.
The crucial play in the game, was the interception return for touchdown by senior Levi Rogers early in the third quarter. This started a wild turn of events, seeing LC recover an onside kick only to fumble the ball and watch Bardstown return it for their only second half touchdown.
Another pivotal play was LC faking a punt on their own 15 yard line. It was a masterful call, that seemed as if it was going to work to perfection. Rogers took the direct snap, tossed the ball in the air to Ryan Young, who caught the ball, took a few steps and got "jacked up"! From my point of view, it should have been ruled a fumble near midfield. However, it was ruled incomplete and Bardstown took over on the 15 yard line. The LC defense held up, holding Bardstown to a missed field goal attempt.
The rest of the game was a battle of who didn't want to lose, LC conservativly running the ball up the middle time and time again content to punt and put the defense back on the field to preserve the two point lead. The plan worked, the LC defense continuously mounted stop after stop to gain the Patriots first victory of 2007.
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Right on BB. But lets not be content on winning ugly all of the time. With good receivers we need to open up the offense. Lets make plays with out playmakers (just what we did last year). I want to win (especially Friday) but we also need to use each game for learing what will take us farther in the playoffs.
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