Huge effort by the Brossart defense tonight.

Bracken County hangs their hat on their running game, but scored their first TD via air. The pass, on 4th down set up a one-on-one between Jake Sendelbach and the receiver Logan Teegarden. Jake went up in an attempt to bat down the pass, and allow his team to take over on downs. Unfortunately, the jump was mis-timed, Teegarden hauled in the pass and went unmolested into the endzone.

 

Their second TD was a breakaway by the speedy Nick Parker who went 32 yards for the score. Beyond that the Mustangs defense was sterling.

 

I too was concerned at halftime kicking off to Bracken County and our senior QB sidelined. However, the Polar Bears went 3 and out and (if my stats are accurate) would produce only four more first downs for the remainder of the game.

 

Tyler MacDonald took over at QB with about 3 minutes to play in the half and the Mustangs on the march at about the 20 yard line. He completed a pass to Bryce Donnelly on his first snap, setting up a keeper that he ran 10 yards for the Brossart touchdown giving the Mustangs a 20-13 halftime lead.

 

MacDonald, on his 16th birthday, then orchestrated an 85 yard touchdown drive in the waning minutes of the third quarter, as Nate Bezold carried the Bracken County defensive hoard 16 yards into the endzone, giving the Mustangs a 27-13 lead, placing our fate squarely in the hands of the Brossart defensive unit.

 

MacDonald put the icing on the cake with 5:02 to play in the game plunging 1 yard for his second touchdown carry of the night, putting this one on ice, as the Mustangs improve to 5-2 on the season and 2-1 in district play.

 

Bracken County falls to 5-2 on the season, 1-1 in district play, and 2-1 on opposition Homecoming nights. They will host Berea next week, while Brossart will take on Paris in Alexandria next Friday night.

 

As always have to give Brossart props,especially the defense. What did they do different against Bracken that they didn't do against Nicholas? I was surprised Bracken's running game didn't put up high numbers, thought Brossart would score 30+(not without Keller though), but was projecting Bracken in the low 40's. How will they matchup against Paris and will Keller be back?

I was impressed by the play calling of coach Wiggins with his soph Qb. He didn't call anything complicated, which appeared to give is young Qb confidence.

Bracken is one dimensional offensively. If #11 or #28 aren't getting the ball that offense goes nowhere. Quite frankly, I'm surprised #11 didn't get the ball the majority of the time because he created a lot of problems outside the tackle.

 

The same play calling gave Harlan their lone loss and beat really good Bath and Paris teams. Don't know what happened against Brossart

The same play calling gave Harlan their lone loss and beat really good Bath and Paris teams. Don't know what happened against Brossart

 

My source tells me that Martin for Brossart was a force in the middle that Bracken couldn't handle. You never know with Kids sometimes.

Congras to Brossart on the win. Good luck to Mr. Keller. Hope it is not serious.

 

Love the Macdonald kid. Great athlete, well composed.

Seeding is critical with this district. Definitely wanna be a #1(bye) or a #2(Fairview), come playoff time. The Eagles are down, but their no slouch either.

Who is in charge of that football field? Is it BB or Campbell co?

Campbell co is in charge of it

I was talking to a BB friend last night and he wasn't none to happy with it and I couldn't blame him.

Although he didn't get many touches, the kid who impressed me a lot was #10 Bradley Moore. On a couple of occasions with drives threatening to stall he took the ball and picked up a first down, including the clinching touchdown drive in the fourth quarter.

For all of you who remember the giant concrete grandstands at old Campbell.....

Nice win BB ... Hope #2 is ok ...good player.... Sounds like BB had some other players step in and play well ...

Have to eat some crow today and drop Bracken to 4th in the district even though they beat Paris, to lose convincingly to Brossart without their best player and star QB Keller. Still a close district, but have

1. Nicholas County

2. Bishop Brossart

3. Paris

4. Bracken County

5. Berea

 

Bracken has to really regroup for the battle in 2 weeks with Nicholas County at home. A win propels them to #1, a loss and I got them as the 4th best team in the district to end the season. Cannot beat Paris mid season and think that is the end of the season, have to look at the big picture. Sounds like they got behind at Brossart and lost composure, can't quit at this point

Nice win for Brossart! Bracken needs to regroup and take a look at adding some things on offense. It almost seemed like Brossart knew what they were running most of the 2nd half.

 

And that's what comes from hours of film study and game planning. Props to the Mustang coaches and that is not to take anything away from the BC staff. Their approach looked sound, but 100+ yds in very untimely penalties is hard to overcome.

Edited October 8, 20169 yr by Oldercoach

I was talking to a BB friend last night and he wasn't none to happy with it and I couldn't blame him.

 

Same field, same dry fall bare spots, same dust for last 55 years. I know of what I speak.

With my last two Brossart prognostications, Mustang might never want me to pick BB to win.