Indian Hill Recap

Cowboys 18 Braves 13

After a wild run and gun win over Madison last week, the Indian Hill Braves took the Cowboys for their best before Wyoming pulled off a nailbiter victory. Coming into the game on Friday, Indian Hill was winless at 0-3, and the Cowboys were coming off their first win of the season. I predicted that the Cowboys would handle Indian Hill and the game would just be a blowout. Boy was I wrong.

The Braves started out better than the Cowboys for sure, scoring on a 34 yard pass by 2nd string junior QB Matt Thompson. When Wyoming got the ball to have their first drive, the Cowboys moved the ball downfield as usual, coming to within five yards of the goal line. However, then RB Terrell Dailey fumbled into the endzone and it was recovered by IH. So although the Cowboys had covered about 70 yards on the drive, it was all for nothing as the Braves came away with the ball. 

Although IH did not score on the ensuing drive, the Cowboys failed to score again as they fumbled into the endzone on consecutive possessions to leave the score at 0-7 going into the 2nd quarter. However, in this second quarter, Dominic Vamosi redeemed his fumble with a 19 yard TD catch to get the 'Boys back in the game. After the XP failed, the Cowboys were still losing by one. 

This score remained until the third quarter, when Indian Hill's QB took it in himself with a 15 yard run. The Braves XP failed as well, making the score only 13-6 .But he was not the only QB on the field that could hold his own, as Wyoming's Will Marty cashed in a five yard carry. After missing a 2 point conversion, the Cowboys were still 1 point shy of tying the game, at 12-13. But in the final quarter, Terrell Dailey too made amends for his early fumble, and scored on a 1 yard run to put the score at 18-13. The 2 point conv. failed, so the Cowboys held on to a scary 5 point lead. 

But lo and behold, the Wyoming defense came to the rescue, stopping a Brave drive late in the final quarter, allowing the Cowboy offense to come in  with a minute left to ice the game. Final score  18 -13 Cowboys. Senior WR Ben Kurtz led the Cowboys in receiving with 9 recs. for a 118 yards. 

Although the game did not turn out how I predicted, the Cowboys came out of their first conference game with  a victory, moving them to second place in the CHL at 2-2.

Next up for the Cowboys: Homecoming

Fri. 9/21 vs. Reading (2-2)

@ Bob Lewis Stadium

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photo courtesy of Wyoming Roundup (http://wyoroundup.blogspot.com/)