The Rocks offense started out on fire on Saturday, receiving the ball on the opening kick-off for the first time and systematically moving the ball down the field under the leadership of sophomore quarterback Camden Simons resulting in a touchdown by sophomore running back Trevor Lickfeldt behind a stout line anchored by sophomore Griffin Burge and sophomore receiver, wing, and player of the game Eli Patchett. The Avon defense firmed up for the remanding of the half allowing only a field goal from junior kicker Andy Manzur, but in the second half, the Rocks responded with a flurry of point. The first score came when Simons hit Patchett for a touchdown pass to start the second half. Patchett later added another score on a punishing run through the entire Oriole defense for over 30 yards. To put an exclamation point on the game came when Simons ran for over 40 yards on a designed quarterback run to seal the game.
The Rocks defense was punishing all afternoon as well. The defensive player of the game was sophomore linebacker Eli Patchett who flew around the field and made plays all day. The play of the game for the defense came after an interception thrown by the offense force the defense to defend a short field. The very first play of defense, sophomore safety Shannon Bola swooped in and intercepted the pass to take the wind right out of the Orioles come back sails. As the Orioles were attempting another comeback, the Rocks Hands Team recovered two onside kicks to seal the game.
The JV Rocks football team will look to keep their momentum going when they play Fishers High School for their final conference game on Saturday October 7th at 10 a.m @ FHS.
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