On the upside, not many traveled the 130 miles from Mooseheart to watch the Red Ramblers football team fall 17-8 to Brookfield Academy.
On the downside -- well, there were more than a few downsides as Mooseheart suffered through the game, unable to stop quarterback Andrew Oesterling and also unable to move the ball itself.
The loss drops the Ramblers to 3-2 for the season.
``This was embarrassing,`` Mooseheart coach Gary Urwiler said. ``We didn't play well in any facet of the game. It was like we weren't ready to play. I'm kind of speechless.``
Brookfield Academy (3-2) scored all its points in the first half. Oesterling pulled the strings, faking handoffs for keepers or passes or handoffs to other runners to keep the Ramblers off balance.
He scored the first touchdown on a short run midway though the first quarter. A stalled drive later in the quarter led to an Erik Wemuth 25-yard field goal.
Oesterling ran in from 16 yards with 32 seconds left in the first half to leave Mooseheart staring at a 17-0 halftime score.
``I had no indication that we'd come out and be flat like that,`` Urwiler said.
The Ramblers recovered somewhat in the second half. Spurred by a hurry-up offense, the team found its passing game. Quarterback Chris Morones hit Andy Greenaway for a pair of long passes and the team moved quickly upfield.
But the end zone still remained elusive until 7:02 remained in the game, when Gabe Kendor ran in from 3 yards. Morones ran in the two-point conversion.
``The only good thing is that we drove the ball passing when we had to,`` Urwiler said. ``That was nice to see, even though we dropped a lot of balls.``
Mooseheart held Brookfield Academy on its next possession, but then roughed the punter. When the Ramblers got back the football, very little time remained.
``Every time we did something well, we had a mistake or a penalty or a mental mistake,`` Urwiler said.
The Ramblers now return to Mooseheart for two straight home contests. First is Friday's game against Maranatha Baptist. Next is the annual Homecoming game, Oct. 6 against North Shore Country Day.
``We need to find our way with these next two,`` Urwiler said. ``We'll find out what kind of character we have. Hopefully this one hurts in the belly a little bit. So we'll see.``
| Mooseheart |
0 |
8 |
0 |
8 |
8 |
| Brookfield Academy |
10 |
7 |
0 |
0 |
17 |
B -- Oesterling 2 run (Wemuth kick)
B -- Wemuth 25 field goal
B -- Oesterling 16 run (Wemuth kick)
M -- Kendor 3 run (Morones run)
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