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The Seneca Indians may have just picked up their biggest win of the season.
On the road, against a talented Aurora Houn’ Dawgs squad, on their homecoming night, the Indians came away with a 27-25 win.
“We made some mistakes,” Seneca coach Dan Scheible said. “But it was a big win for us.”
Seneca jumped ahead quickly, climbing up to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter.
Aurora responded and came back strong in the second quarter. The Dawgs scored 18 unanswered points before Neosho got back in the end zone to make it 21-18 at the half.
Seneca, which has been a strong third quarter team all season long, came out of the locker room after halftime fired up defensively, and didn’t allow Aurora to score in the frame.
Late in the fourth quarter, with the Indians leading it 27-25, Seneca threw an interception.
With three minutes to play, Aurora went to work on a potential game-winning drive. They milked the clock down to the end and tried to kick a field goal as time ran out.
It was wide left. The Indians held on for the victory.
Going into the game, stopping Aurora star running back Everett Basham was the priority coming into the game.
“Defensively, we limited them running the ball,” Scheible said. “And, we stopped them on all of their two-point conversions.”
For the Indians, this is the first time this season that they have won two games in a row after trading wins and losses all year up to this point.
Now 4-3, Seneca will have a good deal of confidence going into district play next week.
“We play at East Newton next week,” Scheible said. “On the road again, it seems like we live on the road.”
Marty Mailes had another great day rushing the football. The junior went for 160 yards on the ground in the win. Braxton Graham had about 60 yards and a touchdown as well.
“Our offensive improvement is a credit to the kids,” Scheible said. “We thought we’d be a run heavy team but their progress, namely Payton Rawlins, has given us the ability to be balanced on offense.”
The Seneca Indians may have just picked up their biggest win of the season.
On the road, against a talented Aurora Houn’ Dawgs squad, on their homecoming night, the Indians came away with a 27-25 win.
“We made some mistakes,” Seneca coach Dan Scheible said. “But it was a big win for us.”
Seneca jumped ahead quickly, climbing up to a 14-0 lead in the first quarter.
Aurora responded and came back strong in the second quarter. The Dawgs scored 18 unanswered points before Neosho got back in the end zone to make it 21-18 at the half.
Seneca, which has been a strong third quarter team all season long, came out of the locker room after halftime fired up defensively, and didn’t allow Aurora to score in the frame.
Late in the fourth quarter, with the Indians leading it 27-25, Seneca threw an interception.
With three minutes to play, Aurora went to work on a potential game-winning drive. They milked the clock down to the end and tried to kick a field goal as time ran out.
It was wide left. The Indians held on for the victory.
Going into the game, stopping Aurora star running back Everett Basham was the priority coming into the game.
“Defensively, we limited them running the ball,” Scheible said. “And, we stopped them on all of their two-point conversions.”
For the Indians, this is the first time this season that they have won two games in a row after trading wins and losses all year up to this point.
Now 4-3, Seneca will have a good deal of confidence going into district play next week.
“We play at East Newton next week,” Scheible said. “On the road again, it seems like we live on the road.”
Marty Mailes had another great day rushing the football. The junior went for 160 yards on the ground in the win. Braxton Graham had about 60 yards and a touchdown as well.
“Our offensive improvement is a credit to the kids,” Scheible said. “We thought we’d be a run heavy team but their progress, namely Payton Rawlins, has given us the ability to be balanced on offense.”
