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MOOSEHEART - Just
about everything went perfectly on Homecoming this year
at Mooseheart -- just about.
Members of the Loyal Order of Moose
and Women of the Moose made their regular fall pilgrimage
to the campus, as did many of the school’s alumni.
Those Moose made a series of presentations,
from All-Terrain Vehicles to be used at Camp Ross, to
a $146,000 check presented to Erik Estrada and Dr. Gary
Reynolds as the fraternity’s
donation to the Safe Surfin’ Foundation. The West
Virginia Moose donated nearly $30,000 to fund the grocery
budget at their namesake home on the campus.
And for three quarters of the football
game that capped the afternoon’s festivities, it
looked as if the Red Ramblers were about to gain their
sixth victory and gain a guaranteed ticket to the IHSA
postseason playoffs.
But -- visiting Hope Academy scored a touchdown midway
through that fourth quarter and won Northeastern Athletic
Conference game, 6-3.
“We weren’t able to control the clock, and
do anything second half,” Mooseheart coach Gary Urwiler
said. “Give (Hope) credit. They did what they had
to do.”
Mooseheart (5-1, 5-1 NAC) has another shot to cinch a
spot in the Class 1A playoffs when it hosts Kirkland-Hiawatha
on Friday at 7:30 p.m. The contest is the Ramblers final
home game of the season.
“We’ve got to win,” Urwiler
said.
Mooseheart’s only points came
on a 25-yard Jasper Cheneyon field goal with 6:34 left
in the first quarter. Though the Ramblers had chances
to score in that half - and in the second half as well
- six turnovers short-circuited a series of drives.
“That’s incredible,” Urwiler
said.
As the game progressed, Hope (5-1, 5-1) began to move
the ball more efficiently. The game-winning run came on
an Adrian Hurst 1-yard plunge with 8:08 to play.
“I think we lost some containment in our assignments,” Urwiler
said. “They started bouncing, which we knew they
would do. We thought we did a nice job of containing that
in the first half. But in the second half, we just couldn’t
contain them.”
Mooseheart had further chances to score, but interceptions
proved costly. For the game, the Ramblers lost three fumbles
and had three passes intercepted.
| Hope |
0 |
0 |
0 |
6 |
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6 |
| Mooseheart |
3 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
- |
3 |
Scoring plays:
M-Cheneyon 25 field goal
H-Hurst 1 run (pass failed)
Mooseheart stats:
Rushing: Gutierrez 4-11, Brigman 5-14, Moore 11-54, Crump
13-52.
Passing: Brigman 6-15-2 90, Crump 0-1-1 0.
Receiving: McReynolds 4-54, Abdulahi 1-5, Moore 2-31.
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