Homecoming spirit was high this last Friday for the Garretson Blue Dragon Football team. The band played, the crowd cheered, and the fans really came out with a show of support.
All did not go the Dragon’s way however. The weather wasn’t great, with a raining drizzle and cold temperatures, that occasionally spurted to downpour status. It was a night for warm coats and umbrellas.
The teams were fairly evenly matched coming into the game, Garretson (3-3) and Elk Point- Jefferson also (3-3).
The Elk-Point/Jefferson Huskies lit up the scoreboard first with a 29-yard pass and follow-up extra point kick. But the Dragons rallied, and after a hard stomp up the field Dylan Kindt made a single yard run for a touchdown and Cody Erikson tied up the score with a nice kick.
The second quarter the Blue Dragons continued their Blue Streak, with two more touch- downs. At 8:16 Dominic Abraham crashed and weaved his way through with a 9-yard run for a touchdown. Erikson actually missed that kick, but the score was still 13-7 and things were looking up. Just two minutes later, Garretson had wrestled back control of the ball from the Huskies and Abraham again delivered that hot potato, this time running 29 yards. Then he went for two, and slid it right in, putting the score at 21-7!
At 16 seconds left on the clock the Huskies managed to get a pass in for a touchdown with an extra point kick. But the dragons went to the half with a score of 21-14.
When the third quarter began, it looked as if we might be able to hang on to that lead. There was no score made for the entire third quarter! With the weather worsening, many fans bugged out to watch the game on their TV’s at home, or some left confident in a Blue Dragon victory. It was not to be.
The Huskies’ Ethan Hammit, who had scored the previous two touchdowns and kicked in the extra points for Elk-Point/Jefferson, scored two more in the last quarter, and brought the score to Huskies 28 – Dragons 21.
“Friday’s loss was a tough one,” said head coach Chris Long. “We had several opportunities to make the play that would have made the difference between a win and a loss and we just didn’t get it done. The guys were in the right spots to make the plays, unfortunately it just didn’t happen and that’s the way it goes sometimes. This was the best we have played this year at times, we’ve yet to put a full game together and hope that we can get that done soon.”
This week GHS travels to Bridgewater to play Bridgewater/Emery/Ethan (6-0, undefeated).
“We have a tough task this Friday night with BEE, they have a really good tradition over there and we need to go in with a good plan and execute it well to give us our best chance,” said Long. “We have two games left and we need to get one of the two to guarantee ourselves a spot in the playoffs. Our goal is to peak at the right time and be ready once the second season begins.”
