Cougars thrashed by White City
The White City Huskies went for the jugular Friday, defeating the Centre Cougars 53-8."We had too many turnovers," said Coach Bud Peterson. "You can't win with eight turnovers."He said the Cougars matched the Huskies on rushing but were killed on the passing game. "We're going to have to work on our pass defense," he said.According to statistics, White City scored on almost every possession and didn't punt the ball the entire game. Four passes by quarterback Eric Peterson were intercepted.Centre's only scoring came in the second quarter on a 54-yard run by Todd Stahlecker and a pass from Eric Peterson to Scott Peterson for the extra points. The score at half-time was White City 27, Centre 8.White City scored two more touchdowns in the third quarter, ending the game early because of a point spread of 45.White City carried the ball 27 times for a total of 109 yards. Centre carried the ball 21 times for 104 yards.Centre gained only 37 yards in the air, completing nine out of 16 passes. White City, on the other hand, completed 15 of 25 passes for a whopping 259 yards. The Cougars fumbled the ball five times for four losses. Travis Burns led the defense with seven unassisted and four assisted tackles. He also had one interception.The Cougars now are 2-1 on the season.STATISTICS Centre 0 8 0 X 8 White City 14 27 12 X 53Team play (Centre/White City): touchdowns, 1/8; first downs, 4/9; rushing yards, 21c-104/27c-109; passing yards: 9-16-37/15-25-259; penalties, 4-28/4-30; fumbles, 5 for 4 losses/1 for 1 loss.Touchdowns: Todd Stahlecker, 1 for 6 points.Extra points: Scott Peterson, 2 points.Rushing: Travis Burns, 10carries-42yds; Eric Peterson, 2c-2; Stahlecker, 9c-64.Passing: E. Peterson, 9-16-37, four interceptions.Receiving: Stahlecker, 2-14yds.; Burns, 2-8; Carlson 3-36; Andrew Hajek, 1-5.Kick returns: Brent Carlson, 2-7; E. Peterson, 3-20; Burns, 1-8.Unassisted/assisted tackles: Burns, 7/4; E. Peterson, 6/3; Carlson, 5/3; Seth Jirak, 4/5; Stahlecker, 4/3.
