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When Seneca opens up Big 8 Conference play next Friday vs. Mount Vernon, they will be below .500.
Berryhill (Okla.) jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first half and rolled to a 28-6 win over the Indians Friday night in Tulsa.
“(Berryhill) is a good football team,” Seneca coach Dan Scheible said. “We didn’t play well. We had five turnovers and our kicking game didn’t play well. We didn’t play our best game.”
Berryhill used a very balanced attack throughout the game. Chiefs’ quarterback Zach Jackson was 13-of-27 passing for 170 yards and two touchdowns while Adam Dolan toted the ball 17 times for 111 yards and two scores of his own.
“They were very balanced,” Scheible said. “Their quarterback did a great job going through his reads.”
In the second quarter, with only minutes to go until halftime, Berryhill drove the ball into the red zone. Jackson threw a ball into the end zone and Seneca junior Jalen Skaggs jumped in front of the pass and picked it off. Skaggs then returned the ball to the 50-yard line.
From there, Seneca turned on their two-minute offense. Ultimately, the Indians would fail to convert the chance into points when sophomore quarterback Payton Rawlins threw an interception in the end zone.
“That was huge,” Scheible said. “If we score there, the score is 21-7 going into the half and we are back in the game.”
In the third quarter, Seneca held Berryhill off the scoreboard.
“Our defense played really well in the third quarter,” Scheible said. “Our offense didn’t take advantage.”
The only touchdown for Seneca came on a fourth quarter touchdown pass from Rawlins to Skaggs.
While the offense struggled moving the ball, Scheible insists that the five turnovers are a much more pressing issue for his team going into conference play.
“There is no way you can win a game with five turnovers,” Scheible said.
Mt. Vernon will come to Seneca in week four, it will be the first true home game for Seneca in 2011.
“We’re finally at home,” Scheible said. “It feels like we have been on the road forever.”
The Indians’ opener was originally scheduled to be a home game, however when ESPNU voiced an interest in televising the contest, it was moved to Missouri Southern in Joplin.
When Seneca opens up Big 8 Conference play next Friday vs. Mount Vernon, they will be below .500.
Berryhill (Okla.) jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first half and rolled to a 28-6 win over the Indians Friday night in Tulsa.
“(Berryhill) is a good football team,” Seneca coach Dan Scheible said. “We didn’t play well. We had five turnovers and our kicking game didn’t play well. We didn’t play our best game.”
Berryhill used a very balanced attack throughout the game. Chiefs’ quarterback Zach Jackson was 13-of-27 passing for 170 yards and two touchdowns while Adam Dolan toted the ball 17 times for 111 yards and two scores of his own.
“They were very balanced,” Scheible said. “Their quarterback did a great job going through his reads.”
In the second quarter, with only minutes to go until halftime, Berryhill drove the ball into the red zone. Jackson threw a ball into the end zone and Seneca junior Jalen Skaggs jumped in front of the pass and picked it off. Skaggs then returned the ball to the 50-yard line.
From there, Seneca turned on their two-minute offense. Ultimately, the Indians would fail to convert the chance into points when sophomore quarterback Payton Rawlins threw an interception in the end zone.
“That was huge,” Scheible said. “If we score there, the score is 21-7 going into the half and we are back in the game.”
In the third quarter, Seneca held Berryhill off the scoreboard.
“Our defense played really well in the third quarter,” Scheible said. “Our offense didn’t take advantage.”
The only touchdown for Seneca came on a fourth quarter touchdown pass from Rawlins to Skaggs.
While the offense struggled moving the ball, Scheible insists that the five turnovers are a much more pressing issue for his team going into conference play.
“There is no way you can win a game with five turnovers,” Scheible said.
Mt. Vernon will come to Seneca in week four, it will be the first true home game for Seneca in 2011.
“We’re finally at home,” Scheible said. “It feels like we have been on the road forever.”
The Indians’ opener was originally scheduled to be a home game, however when ESPNU voiced an interest in televising the contest, it was moved to Missouri Southern in Joplin.
