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Banner Falls To Crawford; Coach Sees Slow Progress

The Banner County Wildcats traveled to Crawford on Friday, Sept. 11.

Although the final score was 53-0, in which the Wildcats lost, the one positive, according to Banner County's coach, was that at halftime the score was only 17-0.

Coach Charles Jones reported to the Observer that "I thought we played well in the first half, then mental mistakes and penalties in the second half led to the score. I feel that we are improving, but it is a slow process with the young players. We are continuing to improve each day."

Stat leaders for the game included freshman Wyatt Reichenberg with 12 Rushes for 24 yards. Alex Rundell, the lone junior, had a total of 18 tackles, while Jacob Parsons had 1 catch for 5 yards. And in passing, Jacob Parsons completed 3 throws for 57 yards with 1 interception.

Unfortunately, the Wildcats had 7 penalties for 74 yards.

The Wildcats will be at Wauneta on Friday at 2 p.m.