Alter-35 Wyoming-21

Once again, the curtain has been drawn early on the Wyoming Cowboys football season. Unlike last year, the 2013 Cowboys made their way to the first round of the playoffs where they met the powerful Knights from Archbishop Alter. In a near home game for the Knights, they bested the Cowboys by two TDs and a final score of 35-21.
 Coming into this game an 8 seed was already a challenge for the Cowboys (who finish the season at 9-3), but coming against such an offensive juggernaut as the GCLC Champion Alter squad would be quite a demand. Unfortunately, stats were not provided by Alter to the CHL or GCLC website at presstime.
 The Cowboys hopped on the Knights right off the opening kickoff however, as Oliver Reinecke forced a Knights fumble which lead to a game opening TD drive by the Cowboys. Will Marty found Dominic Vamosi for a 51 yard pass to set the score at 7-0. However, the Knights came back quickly, scoring on a 17 yard run from RB Tommy Ruff. A Marty pick on the next possession inside their own 10 lead to a 4 yard score and a 14-7 deficit after one quarter.
  In the second quarter, the Alter ground game continued it's success and punched in a score from 2 yards out to make it a 21-7 game. Although the Cowboys showed an inability to convert on their offense most times throughout the night, Alter turnovers kept the score from getting out of hand. JR Parker Chalmers forced two fumbles on the night. With .2 seconds on the clock before half, the Cowboys offense pulled out a reverse pass, with a handoff from Marty to RB Terrell Dailey, and Dailey to WR Duke Brunke, who found the QB in the endzone for a 10 yard, buzzer beater, role reversal score. Marty finished the night with 161 yards through the air, 1 passing TD, 2 INTs, 42 rushing yards and his first career receiving TD.
  In the 3rd quarter, the Alter rushing attack scored again, this time on an 18 yard run from Tommy Ruff, and with a scoreless quarter from Wyoming, the score remained at 28-14.
 In the final quarter of the season, the Knights again found the endzone, this time through the air on a 15 yard pass from Dusty Hayes to Dillon Daxe. The final Cowboys TD of the year was scored by Terrell Dailey on a 2 yard run, which put the final at 35-21.
 Will Marty wraps up his Senior year as the CHL passing champ for the second consecutive year, throwing for 1946 yards, 25 TD passes and a 184.3 QBR. He finishes his career at Wyoming as the school record holder for career completions with 424, most career passing yards with 6,590, and most career TD passes with 70. Terrell Dailey finishes 3rd in the CHL for Rushing, with 1082 yards, and leaves the school with the highest yards per rush average since 1999. Dominic Vamosi finishes his career with 94 receptions, 1654 yards and 18 TDs. Griffin O'Gara finishes #1 in the league with 13 sacks, as well as fellow defender Parker Chalmers finishes the year tied for 1st in Interceptions with 4.
 Wrapping up my final report of this year, it truly has been a great season and an exciting year to write about, and I look forward to picking up again next summer.