Byron in complete control from start in BNC win over Oregon

OREGON – With rival Byron coming to city for a Saturday afternoon showdown, the Oregon Hawks knew they’d have their fingers full with the Tigers’ environment friendly, efficient floor sport.

That potent speeding assault was evident from the beginning, as Byron scored on its first 5 possessions – and added a first-quarter pick-six as nicely – in a 48-6 victory at Landers-Loomis Area. All 391 yards for the Tigers got here on the bottom.

“It’s enormous to begin quick and get that early lead,” junior fullback Carsen Behn stated. “Not solely on offense, however that pick-six on protection simply gave us that additional little consolation, that pillow, and energized us on that facet of the ball, too.”

The Tigers (6-1) opened the sport with a nine-play, 60-yard scoring drive that Behn capped with a 6-yard landing run. He had 46 yards on six carries within the drive because the Tigers simply stored handing the ball off proper up the center.

“It’s Byron soccer, so we pound up the center after which begin attending to the surface a bit of bit extra,” Behn stated. “Up entrance we bought an excellent push, Jake Kann and Cole Wieck have been simply laying out children and getting good motion up entrance.”

The protection compelled a three-and-out, then Kye Aken had a 6-yard rush and a 47-yard landing dash the place he went off left deal with and ended up outrunning the Oregon protection down the left sideline for a 13-0 lead with 6:05 left within the first quarter.

Oregon’s second possession ended with a second-down interception that Braden Smith returned 31 yards for a rating, then Smith picked off one other go to finish the Hawks’ third collection after Oregon had gained a few first downs and moved into Byron territory for the primary time.

The Tigers went 65 yards in six performs, with James Cone crashing in from 1 yard out for a 28-0 lead with 19.5 seconds left within the first quarter.

“It helps once we get that defensive rating, however I assumed our children got here out and established the run sport early on,” Byron coach Jeff Boyer stated. “We actually established the fullback on that first drive, and sort of opened up all the things else after that.”

Oregon (1-6) put collectively its greatest drive of the half to begin the second quarter, marching 70 yards in 12 performs to the Byron 6. The Hawks benefitted from a pair of go interference penalties on Byron, the primary of which negated a 45-yard interception return landing by Ashton Henkel.

After a fourth-down go into the top zone was incomplete, one other go interference moved the ball to the 6-yard line and gave Oregon one other fourth-down attempt; that go additionally fell incomplete ultimately zone for a turnover on downs.

“They’re a extremely good soccer group, and it was a bit of disheartening how we performed, however it’s what it’s,” Oregon coach Broc Kundert stated. “We discovered some issues that we appreciated offensively; our backs out the backfield labored fairly nicely, so we sort of caught with it.”

Byron began the following drive with an incomplete go, however Brayden Knoll broke off a 54-yard run from the Tigers’ 6 to the Oregon 40-yard line, then Henkel ran for 9 yards, Jacob Ross ran for 15, and Smith capped the five-play, 94-yard drive with a 16-yard landing run on a quarterback keeper for a 35-0 lead with 5:06 left earlier than halftime.

Oregon went three-and-out and punted once more, and Byron coated 53 yards in three performs, with Everett Wichman sprinting up the center for 32 yards and a 41-0 lead with 2:30 left within the first half. The Tigers then took a knee to expire the half after one other Oregon punt.

Byron outgained Oregon 327-79 within the first half; 37 of the Hawks’ yards got here on two runs by Reber and Gabe Eckerd.

“The protection has performed nicely all season, and I’ve bought to present a shout out to Coach [Sean] Considine for all of the work that he places in to organize these guys for each sport,” Boyer stated. “They performed nicely once more immediately.”

Oregon went three-and-out to open the second half, and Byron put in much more subs for its closing two drives. Backup quarterback Ayden Shank scored a 1-yard landing run with 5:35 left within the third quarter, then a fumble ended the Tigers’ closing drive with about 4 minutes left within the sport.

Knoll led Byron with 99 yards speeding, Aken added 60, and Behn had 53 as 14 totally different Tigers carried the ball, and 9 of them completed with double-digit yards.

Oregon answered Byron’s closing landing with a scoring drive of its personal. Reber had a 21-yard run to transform a third-and-12, then Eckerd ran for 10 and Jack Washburn hit Dalton McCammon for a 32-yard go play to get to the Byron 12 to finish the third quarter. Eckerd had a 5-yard run, then Reber coated the final 7 yards in two performs, getting the Hawks on the board with a 4-yard scoring scamper with 10:36 remaining.

Reber missed final week’s sport with an sickness, and was blissful to be again and run the ball nicely in opposition to Byron.

“Attending to the surface, getting that huge achieve, then the gang within the stands cheering me on, it was a fantastic feeling, for certain,” he stated about his 16-yard run on his first carry. “Simply discovering open house was key. Speaking within the huddle, having out blockers block and do the correct factor. We tried our hardest, did what we may, and left our coronary heart on the sphere.”

“He’s bought a distinct gear for us, so it’s good to have a again that may run like that,” Kundert stated. “He’s a difference-maker for us, and it’s good to have him again.”

Reber completed with 74 yards on 17 carries, and Eckerd had 43 yards on 9 rushes. Washburn was 3-for-13 passing for 58 yards, and McCammon had two catches for 38 yards.

The Hawks now flip their consideration to Rock Falls for a BNC street sport Friday at Hinders Area, in search of their second win.

“We’ve bought to get this one out of our heads and prepare for subsequent week, come out and play Rock Falls powerful,” Kundert stated.

“We’ve simply bought to stay collectively, hold hyping up the group to do higher and higher each week,” Reber added.