Whippets Fight Through Injury Plagued Loss to McFarland

The Whippet Football Team fell to McFarland 55-8 on Friday, September 5 after losing both quarterbacks to injury.

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Comments from Coach Bartlett:

This was not a game where we could afford mistakes and still expect to win. Unfortunately, we made too many errors, combined with some untimely injuries, which hurt our chances of coming away with a victory. McFarland is a well-coached program that capitalizes on opponents’ mistakes while minimizing their own, and they did exactly that.

Even so, I’m proud of our team’s effort and resilience. Our players never gave up, even after both of our quarterbacks went down with injuries. Senior Christian Minett stepped in to take snaps at the end of the first half, and at halftime our offense adjusted with a “let’s roll with it” mentality. In the second half, senior Casey Lyon took over at quarterback, giving great effort despite not practicing the position. He ran the ball hard and even threw his first career touchdown pass to junior Trevor Piper.

We’ll get back to work this week with a focus on cleaning up mistakes and continuing to Pound the Stone each day as we improve.

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