Waldron defeats Burr Oak 40-0
to have a 2-0 record
The Spartans of Waldron scored all 40 of its points in the first half of the Thursday night football game at Waldron area schools on August 30, 2007. In the first quarter of the game with 7:31 left in the quarter Spartan Travis Bernath had a 24-yard run to score a touchdown. James Sterling would then run the ball 3-yards to get in the end zone to score another touchdown with 4:28 to go in the first quarter. But with 1:47 left in the first Travis Bernath ran the ball for another 19-yards to score his second touchdown of the game with the score 18-0 Waldron at the end of the first. Extra point attempts were no good!
The second period of the game the Spartans continued what they had going in the first quarter. Spartan Sam Lockwood received an 8-yard pass from Byron Leininger with 10:20 left in the half to get six more points on the board for Waldron. James Sterling kicked the ball through the goal post for the extra point bringing the Spartans score to 25-0 over the bobcats of Burr Oak. The Bobcats of Burr Oak took over the ball and only eleven seconds after Sam Lockwood’s Spartan touchdown the Bobcats quarterback through an interception pass to Josh Fellows of Waldron and he ran the ball 22-yards for a Spartan touchdown and James Sterling added an extra point. If a thirty-two-point lead was not enough for Waldron, Jeremy Flickinger proved that as he ran the ball 1-yard to get into the end zone and Justin Ghent ran the ball for two extra points to tally the scoreboard 40-0 with the Spartans on top and 3:54 left on the clock in the first half of the game scoring 22 points in the second.
There would be no more scoring in the game and Waldron is now 2-0 for the season and 1-0 in scaa league play. The Spartans defeated Taylor Light & Life Christian their first game of the season 25-0.
The Spartans had 14 first downs to Burr Oaks 4, Waldron had 40 rushes for 275 yards to Burr Oaks 36 rushes for 52 yards, passing yards the Spartans had 12 and the bobcats had 5, pass attempts Waldron was 2-6-0 and Burr Oak was 3-15-4. Waldron was 1-1 for fumbles and Burr Oak 2-2.
The Waldron Spartans will play Tekonsha for parent’s night on Friday, September 7th at 7:00 p.m. at Waldron area schools.
Rushing:
Travis Bernath - 6 for 98 yards, James Sterling – 12 for 75 yards, Sam Lockwood – 9 for 61 yards, and Jeremy Flickinger – 7 for 9 yards
Passing:
Byron Leininger – 2-5-0 8
Receiving:
Cody Mohr – 1 for 4, and Sam Lockwood – 1 for 8
Defense:
Josh Fellows had 9 tackles, and an interception return, Byron Leininger had 8 tackles, 1 interception and fumble return, Travis Sanders had 13 tackles, Sam Lockwood 8 tackles, James Sterling 7 tackles and an interception, John Martin had 2 tackles and an interception