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Dogie men fall
to the Patriots
Sonja Karp
NLJ Sports Reporter
“Offensively, it was like trying to
strike a match. It would spark but it
would just never light.”
Dogie head football coach Matt
Conzelman described last Friday
night’s contest against the fifth-ranked
Upton/Sundance Patriots in the best
way he could. Throughout the contest,
his team would get some good things
going, have big plays that would seem
to swing the momentum their way, and
then it was like letting go of a balloon
before tying it off.
“It would just be right there and
then we just couldn’t do it,” he sighed.
“We didn’t have any offensive rhythm,
we had missed assignments, and it was
just a lot of stuff that made the night
pretty difficult.”
The Patriots moved up to 2A this
year, and into the Dogies’ confer-
ence so Friday’s matchup kicked
off what Conzelman refers to as the
Weston County Civil War. In this first
battle, the Patriots handed Newcastle
a 41-0 defeat.
“Obviously, the only way to go is
up,” Conzelman determined. “I told
the kids that I put this on us because
we as coaches just didn’t have them
prepared like they should have been.”
Newcastle had the ball to start the
contest and were able to pick up a
couple of first downs in the opening
drive. The two teams battled back and
forth, exchanging blows for much of
the first quarter until a Well placed
punt by the Patriots had the Dogies
taking possession on their own one
yard line.
On second down, Taten Engle, in
his debut appearance as starting quar-
terback, was taken down by the Patriot
defense inside the Dogies’ endzone
giving Upton/Sundance a safety and a
two-point lead on the scoreboard.
“After that, you could feel it tipping
a little bit,” Conzelman admitted. “I
thought defense played well all game,
but we just got into sogpe bad situa—
tions with short field situations which
makes it hard.”
After the Patriots broke the seal,
they pushed their advantage going
into the half with a 29-0 lead over
the Dogies.
In the second half of play, the
Dogies were able to slow the bleeding,
holding the Patriots to only two more
NHS Football
Newcastle v. Upton/Sundance
9/11/20: 0-41
2 yards rushing, yards passing
Chauncey Jenerou: 4 tackles
Aidan Chick: 1 reception for 10 yards, 2 kickoff
returns for 38 yards, 4 tackles
Holden McConkey: 9 carries for 16 yards, 1
reception for 8 yards, 1 punt return for 26 yards,
14 tackles
Kale Carley: 18 tackles
Quint Perino: 5 carries for -11 yards, 2-8 pass
completions for 23 yards, 1 kickoff return for 17
yards, 1 punt return for 7 yards. 7 tackles
Tate Engle: 10 carries for -17 yards, 1-8 pass
completion for 10 yards, 11 tackles
Christian Santos: 9 carries for 8 yards, 1 reception
for 7 yards, 2 kickoff returns for 24 yards, 1 tackle
Emily Beastrom: 1 kickoff for 40 yards
Ezra Anderson: 1 kickoff for 45 yards
Skylar Jenkins: 17 tackles
Kayne Hinshaw: 2 tackles
Xavin Gallardo: 1 fumble recovery
Dylan Drost: 2 kickoff returns for 17 yards,
Braden Jenkins: 1 reception for 16 yards, 1 blocked
kick, 1 sack, 2 tackles
Hogan Tystad: 6 punts for 176 yards, 7 tackles
Josh Womack: 8 tackles
Jacob Prell: 3 tackles
Jackson Lamb: tackles
TDs but still couldn’t get any offense
going to put any points on the board
for themselves.
“If we can get the offense and
special teams going a little bit we
could be better, and we did’have some
really good moments,” Conzelman
mused. “When you go into that game
against one of the top teams in the con-
ference, you want to bang with them a
little bit. It really shows us where we
are and the things we need to work on
going forward which is good for us.”
Conzelman noted that with a full
week of practice this week, the squad
would be going over assignments
to cut down on some of the confu-
sion his players suffered on Friday
to prepare for another tough contest
this weekend.
The Big Horn Rams are coming in
with the same 0-2 record as the Dogies,
but their losses were also to some
tough teams. They were defeated by
the No. 1 ranked Lovell Bulldogs and
the No. 4 ranked Wheatland Bulldogs.
“It isn’t like they are playing slack
teams, so we will definitely have to
be ready to go,” Conzelman acknowl-
edged. “They are fast and have some
size up front so when they are running
downhill they’re as tough to stop as
anybody. We have our work cut out for
us because they’re going to be hungry
but hopefully we will be hungry too,
and we’ll get afler them.”
Kickoff is scheduled for 6 pm. this
Friday evening at Schoonmaker Field.
news letter journal 5119115
September 17, 2020 — 11
Photos by Walter Sprague/NLJ
Above, Taten Engle gets up in the air to haul down a high snap in the
Dogies loss to the Upton/Sundance
Patriots in the home opener last Friday. Below, a horde of Patriots swarm
sophomore QB Taten Engle in the
inaugural Weston County Civil War last Friday.
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Troftgruben, in his first race of
the season, was hot on his heels.
Next across was Zack Purviance
in third, Bridger Alishouse fin-
ished fourth and Avery Chick
clinched the perfect race with
his fifth-place finish.
“They all finished within six
to 10 feet from each other,”
Beehler beamed. “They pack
ran so well, and they pushed
each other the whole way.
Throughout the race, they
changed places and that was
really fun to watch.”
Chick commented that he
felt some pressure near the end
of the race, because he could
see that there were four of his
teammates closing in on, and
passing the Pine Bluffs runner.
“I was tired, but I knew
that I had to push myself,” he
admitted. “I just couldn’t be the
reason we didn’t run a perfect
race when we were so close.”
Beehler noted that all of the
top five runners had moments
during the race when they suc-
cumbed a bit to fatigue, but
they all found a little more
gas in the tank to keep going.
There were times when Bock
started to falter, so Beehler
encouraged him to push on and
not look back.
Purviance got a little tight
at times, and there were times
when Beehler had to encourage
Alishouse to close the gap
and compete.
“You just have to tell your-
self you’re going to stay with
the pack until the next point
in the course and then tell
yourself that again and pretty
soon you’re across the finish
line,” Beehler began. “I told
Avery that he was way too far
back and he just had to go. He
doubted me, but I told him that
I didn’t care if he got to the end
and he couldn’t go anymore,
but if he held back and got to
the end with more in the tank,
he would regret it. He had to
make the choice and believe
that he could do it.”
Ofiicial results for the meet
were delayed in posting so
places for the remaining Dogie
runners was unknown at press
time, however the order in
which they finished after Chick
was Teegan Hatheway, Mathew
Drake, Max Makousky, Wyatt
Cole, Zander White, Conrad
Prell, Nate Strickland, Gunner
Ramsey and Travis Scribner.
The Lady Dogies also had
a good race, and though their
times didn’t reflect it, they once
again ran faster than they did in
last week’s event.
The track was a tad bit longer
than the usual 5K, or 3.1 miles,
as from start to finish it was
closer to 3.5 miles. Therefore,
though their finish times were
slower than last week, they ran
the 3.1 miles faster than before.
“I was really happy with
how the girls ran,” Beehler
nodded. “They competed and
they passed some kids they
haven’t before, and that was
exciting.”
Alaina Laurence was, once
again, the first across the finish
line for her team, coming in
seventh. She was followed by
Janaya Ralls in eighth place
while Lara Lopez rounded it out
for the ladies.
“It was just a really good
day all the way around,”
Beehler began. “They all had
some moments when they were
able to learn something about
themselves. Our minds keep
telling us we can’t do it, but our
bodies are so capable of doing
it and they really all had the
opportunity to see that at work.”
This week, the squad heads
to Wright on Saturday, the
19th. The race times are to be
announced.
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