#RockReport - JV and Freshmen

JV

The Junior Varsity Westfield Football team played the Royals of Hamilton Southeastern’s Junior Varsity football team on Monday the 30th of September at 6:00 at home. The JV Rocks did not play their best football until the 4th quarter and ended up losing 39-21.

On the offensive side of the football, the JV Rocks stopped many of their own drives with penalties and turnovers. The Rocks JV football offense was able to move the ball later in the game and had many bright spots throughout the game. Sam Trompen and Brandon Karsnick both scored touchdowns running the ball on Monday. Sam scored on a quarterback sneak and Brandon scored on a 10 yard run up the middle. Jordan Grimes scored on a 5 yard pass from Sam Trompen later in the game. Max and Will McCool also contributed big catches for the Rocks JV team.

It was a difficult night for the Rocks football team defensively. There was great effort on the part of individuals throughout the night, despite the lackluster result. Evan Harlan and Michael Patterson both were disruptive and made numerous plays from their defensive line positions for the Rocks JV defense. Cameron Harrison also played hard and made plays from his defensive cornerback position.

Will Harrison had a great night for the Rocks JV special teams unit. Harrison, a kicker, made all of his extra points and also placed the ball perfectly on two onside kick attempts for the rocks, both of which were recovered. Daniel Kainrath and Luke Lammers recovered the two onside kicks giving the JV offense a chance to make the game competitive.

Freshmen

The Freshmen Football team lost a heart-breaker to Hamilton Southeastern on Monday night 14-22. The Rocks fought hard but just came up short in the end. The freshmen team quickly took the lead on a pass from Andy Sweet to Josue Gonzalez where he made several defenders miss and got into the end-zone for a 9 yard score. Miles Clinckenbeard kicked the extra point. Then, Hamilton Southeastern answered with a touchdown but missed their extra point. The freshmen team led 7-6 going into the second quarter. After a turnover, Caleb Sanburn threw a 50 yard pass to Tanner Nichols on a halfback pass. This long play set up another touchdown pass by Andy Sweet. This time the ball went to Evan Manley for 12 yards and to put the Rocks up 14-6 going into halftime. Hamilton Southeastern got the ball to start and they took 5 minutes to go down the field and score. They went for 2 and made the conversion tying the game at 14-14. The defense was on the field for the entire 3rd quarter other than 3 plays. They fought hard and never gave up. They were lead by Jackson Garrett with an interception and Josh Tuffnell with several tackles behind the line of scrimmage. The freshmen football team came back in the 4th quarter and drove down to the 6 yard line but was unable to get the ball into the end-zone. The defense stopped the Royals and forced a punt. After a long pass to Davion Gibson the Rocks were back down to the 14 yard line. But the Rocks fate was sealed after a fumble on the 6 yard line. The whole team did not give up and continued to fight to the end of the game. The freshmen team will be at home against McCutcheon next Monday, October 7th at 6 PM.