Dixon overcomes mistakes to pull away from Oregon

OREGON – Dixon was at a drawback at kickoff towards a thriller Oregon soccer staff underneath first-year coach Broc Kundert of their Week 1 sport Friday night time at Landers-Loomis Subject.

After seeing the Hawks put collectively two spectacular drives to begin the sport underneath a selection offense, changes had been made and Dixon was in a position to shut down a youthful squad on the best way to a 34-6 win.

With sophomore quarterback Jack Washburn passing extra in a single sport than what has been seen in many years at Oregon, coach Jared Shaner quickly realized what his Dukes staff was in for.

It was Aiden Wiseman breaking apart what seemed like a certain landing move from Washburn to Griffin Marlatt on the opening possession, one the place the Hawks earlier went for it on fourth down deep in their very own territory. The Dukes bought the ball again on a punt.

On the primary play from scrimmage, it was Wiseman breaking free for a 60-yard landing, with Marlatt having the final crack at him. A stiff-arm later, the 190-pound Wiseman broke free from the 135-pound defender for an early 7-0 lead.

“On the move break-up, I used to be studying his hips,” Wiseman stated. “On the landing, I noticed a lane and in the reduction of.”

Oregon closed to inside 7-6, with Washburn and fellow sophomore tight finish Josh Crandall teaming up for 3 lengthy receptions, two of which had yards tacked on for late hits on Crandall by the Dukes protection. Junior Austin Egyed closed the 82-yard drive out with a 5-yard landing reception.

“We discovered early that it’s a totally different Oregon staff than what everybody was used to,” Dixon coach Jared Shaner stated.

It was his son Tyler main the Dukes to a 14-6 lead on some nifty ball-faking and restoration from a fumbled snap. Peppered in with a 21-yard Wiseman run, the junior signal-caller accomplished three straight passes on a scoring drive. He capped it off with a 3-yard landing run.

Dixon had an opportunity to increase that lead after a Hawks punt went out of bounds at Oregon 42-yard line. Nonetheless, the second of 4 fumbled snaps by Shaner gave possession again to Oregon, with Crandall grabbing the ball at midfield.

“We had been sloppy on offense with fumbles and penalties,” stated coach Shaner at halftime.

The Dukes had been whistled for 90 yards of penalties within the first half, and had 15 penalties for 170 for the sport.

Oregon bought so far as the 24-yard line, however the drive stalled on an incomplete move. By then the Dukes protection was starting to exert its physicality and quickness to the ball.

“We responded on protection and bought to the ball,” Shaner stated.

After Wiseman ripped off a 42-yard run, Hawks defensive standout Anthony Bauer had 15-yard sack of Shaner on a fumbled snap. However, it was Shaner scrambling for the yard marker on a fourth-and-10 to maintain the drive alive.

Withstanding one other 15-yard penalty, Shaner discovered Ethan Hays for a 16-yard rating to make it 21-6 within the second quarter.

“These had been huge performs by Tyler,” stated the elder Shaner.

On the following kickoff, Oregon discovered itself with a place to begin of the 10-yard line after a penalty. Although Dixon made loads of errors, the Hawks misplaced the field-position sport big-time all through the primary half.

Particular groups had been in Dixon’s favor, together with four-of-five additional level kicks by freshman Caleb Carlson within the first half.

Taking on on the Hawks 35-yard line after a punt, Shaner discovered Eli Davison for 20 yards, and two performs later the pair mixed for a 12-yard scoring strike. That made it 27-6 within the second quarter.

Washburn, who was 13-for-23 for 106 yards within the first half, related with Keegan Diehl twice on a drive into Dukes territory. Dixon’s protection stiffened and Oregon couldn’t rating as a protracted first half wound down.

The rest of the competition lacked the joy of the primary few possessions, with Dixon persevering with its streak of by no means dropping to Oregon since coming into the league in 2014.

The Shaner-to-Hays mixture prolonged the result in 34-6 halfway by way of the fourth quarter on a 7-yard rating.