The Warrenton football team’s efforts for a three-way tie and its third consecutive GAC North title fell short on Oct. 17 in a 49-27 loss to Orchard Farm.
Warrenton ended its conference play with a 3-2 record. It dropped to 5-3 overall.
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The Warrenton football team’s efforts for a three-way tie and its third consecutive GAC North title fell short on Oct. 17 in a 49-27 loss to Orchard Farm.
Warrenton ended its conference play with a 3-2 record. It dropped to 5-3 overall.
As conference play has concluded and the regular season starts to wind down, the Warriors are shifting their focus towards getting healthy.
“We have to look at who can play right now. We had to put a lot of guys in a lot of different positions where they haven’t played tonight,” Warrenton coach Jason Koper said.
Koper said the linebackers are taking the bulk of the injuries.
“The guys battled hard and when you have this many injuries, that’s a tough task,” Koper said.
Despite the injuries, the Warriors stayed committed to their original game plan of running the ball.
“Isias (Hernandez) had a great game, Brad (Tucker) was running well and Javon (Jones) came in and ran the ball well, so we have a lot to build off of going into playoffs and week nine,” Koper said.
Hernandez rushed for 147 yards, Jones had 35 yards on six carries and Tucker ran for 64 yards on seven carries. Quarterback Christian Blondin rushed for 47 yards.
While Koper said his team’s run game was strong, he pointed to two first-half turnovers as costly. The Eagles scored 36 points in the first half as opposed to its 13 points earned in the second.
“The two turnovers killed us. If we don’t turn the ball over and go score for score, we’re right there at the end of the game in a one-score game,” Koper said. “Our O-line and D-line played well. We just got to clean up some tackles on the back end and keep working.”
Koper credited numerous players for their ability to step into unfamiliar roles.
“Jack (Morris) really stepped up tonight. We asked him to play a lot two ways and we haven’t had to do that this year, so I was really impressed with that,” Koper said. “All those guys, Daniel McChristy got more reps, Ty Cook moved to tight end and did a nice job. So, overall, proud of the effort and we just got to keep working and try to figure out where we can get some linebackers to get some depth going for the rest of the year.”
Eli Schneider had 16 tackles and a sack, Hogan had seven tackles and a sack and Jake Mincher, Jamarion Fulton and Javon Jones each had five tackles.
Warrenton will host Fort Zumwalt South (4-4) for its final regular season game and senior night at 7 p.m. on Oct. 24.
“The season’s not over, so we got to get over this one, put it behind us and get ready for week nine,” Koper said.
